Supergirl (TV Series)

I Believe in a Thing Called Love (2021)

Jesse Rath: Brainiac-5, Querl Dox

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• Nia Nal : I can't believe it. CatCo's not gonna be the same without you.

  Lena Luthor : Being a journalist is part of who you are.

  Supergirl : I know, but with Nxyly still out there, I need to stay focused. She is the biggest threat we have ever faced, and there's no reason for us to always be one step behind. I want to draw Nxyly out and catch her off-guard.

  J'onn J'onnz : I like it. How do we do it?

  Brainiac-5 : We have a plan. Nia, Lena, Kelly, to the lab.

  Supergirl : And I could use your help on disarming strategies.

  J'onn J'onnz : Sure.

• Brainiac-5 : There's no sign of either Nxyly or Lex's energy signatures.

  Kelly Olsen : This is bad.

  Alex Danvers : [Kara gets off the elevator]  Hey, how are you feeling?

  Supergirl : [hugging]  I'll be fine once we find Lex and Nxyly. Where's Nia?

  Alex Danvers : She's trying to dream up their location.

  Kelly Olsen : How did they even meet?

  J'onn J'onnz : We've been monitoring LuthorCorp's chatter in the underworld on Lex's activities. Nothing popped. We thought he was laying low.

  Brainiac-5 : He was. Just... just not in this century. The explosion Lex used, that tech is from the 31st century. And now Lex has his hands on it.

  Alex Danvers : Wait, are you saying Lex went to the future?

  Supergirl : All that matters is that two of the worst villains we have ever faced are now working together, and we need something big to stop them.

  Brainiac-5 : We do have two weapons we haven't considered using yet. The totems. We use our totems to take Lex and Nxyly's courage. Or give them humanity.

  Alex Danvers : So if we do it the reverse, then it could take our humanity.

  J'onn J'onnz : Alex is right. The totems' consequences are too unpredictable.

  Supergirl : I agree. It's... it's too risky. And-And we always said we were going to protect the totems.

  J'onn J'onnz : Maybe there's a way we can use the totems' energy, but not as a weapon. At the Hague, Nxyly used the Courage totem as a shield. Is there a way we can replicate that?

  Brainiac-5 : I can make a prototype. But we'll have to activate the totems to see if it'll work.

  Supergirl : J'onn and I can do that. Brainy, you get working on that shield. Alex, Kelly, you two are on patrol. If Lex and Nxyly are working together, this city is the most vulnerable it's ever been.

• William Dey : Okay, I won't publish anything until after you succeed. But how exactly is this plan gonna work?

  Supergirl : After conferring with the Kryptonian witch hologram, we've deduced the next totem Nxyly will go after. The Love totem.

  Lena Luthor : Using my magic, I'm gonna mimic the energy of the totems we already have, thereby creating a fake Love totem, which will be indistinguishable from the real one.

  Brainiac-5 : And when Nxyly picks up on that signature, she'll come for the totem, right to the secure location we've chosen.

  Dreamer : Where our team will be staked out waiting to contain Nxyly the minute she shows her face.

• Nia Nal : Try reversing the totems' energy signatures. That should create a baseline to repel the Dream totem.

  Lena Luthor : Yeah, she's right. That should theoretically work.

  Brainiac-5 : Sure. Yes, theoretically. What if Lex is using some other technology from the 31st century? Sprock. I should have known. The 31st century is a technology nirvana. Of course Lex would have been drawn to that time. I just... I just wish we knew what he was doing in the future.

  Lena Luthor : Well, what's the Legion say?

  Brainiac-5 : Uh, I haven't contacted them yet.

  Nia Nal : What? Brainy, they would know what Lex is up to, and we need all the information we can get.

  Brainiac-5 : I know. But knowing things about the future could have major consequences on the...

  Nia Nal , Brainiac-5 : Space/time continuum.

  Brainiac-5 : And the last time I acted on information from the future, I teamed up with Lex, betrayed my friends, and nearly destroyed half the world. I don't wanna go down that path again.

  Lena Luthor : I understand.

  Nia Nal : All right. Well... I'll try to dream the location of the Love totem. But if you guys should have a need of my genius again, give a whistle.

• Supergirl : Brainy, how's Lena doing?

  Brainiac-5 : [as Lena chants an incantation]  She's getting her emotions in check.

  Supergirl : [using her freeze breath to knock Nxyly backward and encase her in ice]  All right, Lena. It's your turn. You got this.

• J'onn J'onnz : I hit the Love totem with all the energy of the Courage totem. Do you think it still works?

  Brainiac-5 : It's not emitting any fifth-dimensional energy like it should be. And, you know, it turned black.

  Kelly Olsen : If the Love totem is destroyed, does that mean all the love in the world is diminished?

  Alex Danvers : You know, I-I don't think all the love in the world has been diminished. You want to know why, out of all the pockets in all of the world, that totem appeared in mine? It's because of how much love I feel for each one of you. And it doesn't go away just because that thing turned black. It's still here. And I know it because I can feel it. It's... it's the truest love. Kelly...

  [beckoning her forward and taking her hands] 

  Alex Danvers : Earlier today, I was... I was so anxious because I convinced myself that if you and I didn't have the perfect proposal that our future would be doomed. And thinking about that, that sounds absolutely ridiculous. And from the moment that we met... you and I have been surrounded by chaos. From blackouts to black holes. We fought monsters. I mean, God, we even loved each other through the end of the universe. And not even that could tear us apart. Kelly Olsen...

  [getting down on one knee] 

  Alex Danvers : I love you with every fiber of my being. You are the person that I want to watch "Die Hard" with for the rest of my life. Will you marry me?

  Kelly Olsen : Yes. Yes. Of course, yes.

• Brainiac-5 : Lex's behavior tonight... it was irrational. He had the Love totem in his grasp, and yet... yet he portaled away without it. Why?

  Nia Nal : I try not to get too much into the psyche of Lex Luthor.

  Brainiac-5 : Something changed him in the future. We need to know more. I don't want to make the same mistakes of the past.

  Nia Nal : Well, you won't. 'Cause this time, you don't have secrets. This time, you have me and the rest of the team, and we trust you. You need to call the future.

• Brainiac-5 : There's no sign of the totem. Even the energy signature is gone. And I'll need to fix this Prototrap if we have any hope of finding Nxyly in the future.

  Alex Danvers : I just don't understand. How could it just disappear? None of the other totems behaved this way.

  Brainiac-5 : Actually, according to lore, there are legends of it disappearing and reappearing throughout history. The totem seems to seek out love and be repelled by hate.

  Supergirl : Well, Nxyly certainly wants it for hateful reasons.

  Brainiac-5 : I'm afraid that while the combination of the two totems' energy is stronger than anything I could've created from scratch, defensively it's a half-measure. A totem's energy is much more effective when used as a weapon.

• Nxylgsptinz : [blocked by Lena's protective barrier]  That gibberish might be able to suppress my totem's powers, but you can't suppress this.

  [she fires a blast of energy at Lena, then engages the other Super Friends in battle] 

  Supergirl : [eventually gaining the upper hand]  Take her to containment.

  [they're knocked backward by an explosion, and Lex jumps down from a nearby tree] 

  Brainiac-5 : No!

  Lex Luthor : Well, this is a familiar scene.

  Nxylgsptinz : I had them.

  [Lena magically crushes the totem; burning her hand, she drops it] 

  Nxylgsptinz : A trick totem. You'll pay for that.