Supergirl (TV Series)

The Faithful (2017)

Mehcad Brooks: James Olsen

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• Thomas Coville : Now, many of us don't get second chances at life. Many of us stay lost. And I'm not talking about driving around in circles because you are running out of gas and you have no GPS. I'm talking about being spiritually lost and needing to find your way back home, like Olivia. Don't be shy. It's okay.

  Olivia : Hello. Uh... well, it was, um... it was spring break when I caught my boyfriend cheating on me with my best friend. And I... I took it hard; snuck into a rooftop party, and I got totally wasted, and I stood on the ledge as a joke. And the next thing I knew, I was falling. And as I fell, I thought "I hope, if this is it, that it's quick." But it wasn't quick, and that fall lasted an eternity. And then she caught me, and she told me that everything is gonna be okay. Because of Supergirl, I realized that I still deserve to be loved. Supergirl saved me.

  [applause] 

  James Olsen : Do you remember saving her?

  Kara Danvers : I... I remember all of them.

• James Olsen : Hey, Kara, what are you still doing here? I thought you already turned in your piece for the hospital closure.

  Kara Danvers : I did. Uh, this is something personal.

  Winn Schott : Whoa. Hey, where'd you get this?

  James Olsen : What's that?

  Kara Danvers : It's the Kryptonian symbol for Rao.

  Winn Schott : It's the god of Krypton.

  James Olsen : Yeah, I know, but what is it doing on a pamphlet?

  Kara Danvers : That's what I've been trying to research all afternoon, and I can't find anything.

  Winn Schott : Just a time and address. It's kind of ominous.

  Kara Danvers : Just how ominous it is, I'm about to find out.

  Winn Schott : Wait, wait. You're... you're gonna... you're gonna go there?

  James Olsen : We're coming with you.

  Kara Danvers : I don't need your protection.

  James Olsen : Yeah.

  Winn Schott : Yeah, we know.

• Winn Schott : Okay, so I ran facial recognition. Thomas Coville, 44 years old, born and raised in National City. Definitely not an alien. No offense.

  Hank Henshaw : Any red flags, Agent Schott? Criminal records, arrests?

  Winn Schott : Well, he was pretty much a Boy Scout until about three years ago when his wife filed for divorce, and then his life fell apart. Uh, let's see... he was disbarred from practicing law after a series of misdemeanor convictions for public drinking and disorderly conduct.

  Kara Danvers : I don't understand how that connects to Supergirl. I don't remember saving him. And trust me, I would remember.

  Winn Schott : That is right. Yes, you did not save him as an individual, but I looked into mass emergencies that Supergirl intervened in; you know, burning buildings, colliding trains, the ushe... and I dug a little deeper. Thomas Coville was on Flight 237.

  James Olsen : What's so important about Flight 237?

  Kara Danvers : It's the flight Alex was on that I saved. The night I became Supergirl.

• Thomas Coville : Welcome, Children of Rao.

  James Olsen : This is starting to feel a little...

  Winn Schott : Culty?

  James Olsen : Yeah.

  Thomas Coville : We're here, all of us, by her grace. We're here together, standing in the light, for just one reason. We're here because Supergirl saved us.

• James Olsen : You know how I met Superman?

  Kara Danvers : At the Daily Planet.

  James Olsen : No, that's your cousin Clark. So, one day, I-I-I climbed up this bridge spire to get this angle on this tanker fire, and it was... it was beautiful. It was great. There was a lot of smoke in the air; I got light-headed, and I lost my footing, and I fell. And I knew for sure that I was gonna die, so I just... I prayed. I prayed to... to... to anything, to anyone who was listening, to save me. And then out of the smoke came this hand that grasped mine. And that was the first time Superman saved me. Same way you did Coville.

  Kara Danvers : My biology absorbs solar radiation at a different rate than humans. What about that is miraculous?

  James Olsen : In this life, prayer normally doesn't work. Nobody shows up. But Clark did. And you do. Kara, you're something that we can see, something that we can touch. How are you not a miracle?

• Kara Danvers : Our religion was so important on Krypton. Not just spiritually, but... it was our community.

  James Olsen : Yeah, that's how I felt every Sunday at my church.

  Kara Danvers : I didn't realize how much I missed it until I heard those prayers again. But Coville's teachings are so misguided. I tried to tell him, but he only hears what he wants to hear. I mean, how do I tell him that my sister was on a crashing plane and he just got lucky?

  James Olsen : Hmm.

  Kara Danvers : He knows I'm Supergirl.

  James Olsen : Whoa, that... how? Wait. What? That's not good.

  Kara Danvers : I can fight so many things, but I don't know how to fight someone's belief. He's blinded by faith.

  James Olsen : Let me ask you. What makes somebody blind just because they believe?

• Winn Schott : [notices pamphlet]  Oh. Hey, where'd you get this?

  James Olsen : [odd symbol]  What's that?

  Kara Danvers : It's the Kryptonian symbol for Rao.

  Winn Schott : [explaining to Jimmy]  It's the God of Krypton.

  James Olsen : Yeah, but what's it doing on the pamphlet?

  Kara Danvers : That's what I've been researching all afternoon, and I can't find anything.

  Winn Schott : Just the time and address. That's kinda ominous.

  Kara Danvers : Just how ominous it is...

  [takes her jacket] 

  Kara Danvers : I'm about to find out.

  Winn Schott : Wait, wait. You're gonna... you're gonna go there?

  James Olsen : We're coming with you.

  Kara Danvers : I don't need your protection.

  James Olsen : Mm... yeah.

  Winn Schott : We know.

  James Olsen : We know.