Supergirl (TV Series)

Nevertheless, She Persisted (2017)

Brenda Strong: Lillian Luthor

Quotes 

• Lillian Luthor : That chess board's been in the Luthor family for generations.

  Lena Luthor : Did you come here to yell at me for not treating the family heirlooms with respect or to blame me for what's happening outside?

  Lillian Luthor : How could you let that woman deceive you? I taught you to be a scientist; to question everything.

  Lena Luthor : No, what you taught me was to doubt myself, to look for validation elsewhere. So much that I was willing to take it from the first mentor that offered it to me.

  Lillian Luthor : I'm sorry.

  [Lena scoffs] 

  Lillian Luthor : I am, Lena. When you came to visit me in jail, I honestly wanted to be a better mother to you. And every time I've had the opportunity to choose you over something else, I've chosen something else.

  Lena Luthor : Well, congratulations on saying the first honest thing in your life.

• Lillian Luthor : I have justified the worst behavior for the best of causes. But I was right. The threat was real. That maybe I backed the wrong child to stop it. The transmat portal you created? That was brilliant, Lena. If you could do that with the portal, maybe you could do something with this.

  Lena Luthor : [she sets a metal box on the table]  Is that from Lex's vault?

  Lillian Luthor : He created it to get rid of Superman.

  Lena Luthor : Does it work?

  Lillian Luthor : Well, you'd need to adapt it. But if you could, you would be the Luthor who saved the world.

• Clark Kent : [to Kara]  Hey. You're never gonna guess who wants to see us.

  [in costume, they arrive at Lena's office] 

  Lillian Luthor : Of course the two of you would make an entrance.

  Lena Luthor : Unfortunately, this is her on her best behavior.

• Supergirl : So, what did you want?

  Lillian Luthor : My daughter has a way to save us.

  [Lena and Lilian lead Supergirl and Superman inside] 

  Lena Luthor : [showing them the box Lilian gave her]  It's a device my brother invented to keep humans safe while irradiating the atmosphere with kryptonite. It would have made the planet uninhabitable for both of you.

  Supergirl : Well, lucky my cousin put him in jail before he could make it work.

  Lillian Luthor : And lucky for you, I found it.

  Lena Luthor : I've been studying it, and I think I can convert it to irradiate the atmosphere with lead rather than kryptonite.

  Lillian Luthor : Just a trace amount. Harmless to humans, but the atmosphere would become toxic to Daxamites. The aliens would be forced to leave, or stay and die.

  Superman : All of them?

  Lillian Luthor : Mm-hmm.

  Lena Luthor : And they could never return. Even Rhea's son.

  Supergirl : [more to Superman]  Mon-El would have to leave Earth.

  Lena Luthor : Did you know he was dating Kara Danvers?

  Supergirl : Start working.