Season 4.5 Episode 15
Lena stared at her large plasma screen TV mystified as the news media analyzed Starlight's accusation that someone had shoved their dick into her face. "Social media is still buzzing about her controversial speech," an anchorwoman said showing a number of supporting Tweets on screen.
"Of course, I support Starlight in every way," Lucy, as Superwoman, said to the reporters.
"I want to know is who is that guy that shoved his dick into her face. She should fuck that guy, right in his fucking asshole," a random fat girl said to a reporter.
Lena turned to Brainiac 5 who had entered the room. "Where the fuck is Starlight?"
"Socializing at a bar," Brainiac 5 replied.
"I want her back here," Lena ordered.
Kara ignored calls for her to come back as she hung out with Winn at a sport's bar. She eyed the TV with some dismay. "All they got out of my brilliant speech was that part about someone's dick."
"Why did you even add that into your speech?" Winn asked genuinely confused.
"I was going off the cuff. It just came into my mind," Kara said.
"Is this some cynical plot to get rid of The Deep?" Winn asked.
"Maybe," Kara smiled not giving anything away.
"Whatever it is that you're doing, I want in," Winn said.
"It's best if the two teams work separately to avoid Lena's detection. Honestly, we shouldn't even be meeting like this," Kara said.
"What's the point? Brainiac 5 could shut down the Seven himself. You could do it yourself," Winn said.
"It's not enough to defeat Lena physically. That's too easy. We have to show her that the idea itself is wrong. You don't mix superheroes with corporations and then sell them like some kind of brand," Kara said obviously.
"And having superheroes hired by the government is better?" Winn asked confused.
"No, that's wrong, too. What's wrong with just having a non-profit that is neither connected to the government or corporate interests?" Kara asked him.
"That sounds like the Justice League," Winn said.
"Fuck those guys," Kara said instantly.
"Is it because they wouldn't allow you into their club?" Winn asked.
"I wouldn't have been a good fit anyway. I don't lead people, and I don't take orders," Kara frowned.
"Hey, you got your own club: the Vindicators," Winn pointed out.
"Yeah, that's right," Kara nodded. "I don't know how long I can last without Mon. I'm on the verge of going crazy."
"Same here, I mean, spouses," Winn said awkwardly.
"To loved ones not here," Kara and Winn clinked glasses.
The next morning, Lucy did a special with reporters at her family house. "My father, General Sam Lane built this place with his bare hands. He is an amazing man. The old piano. Every night, my mother would sit here and play some songs. My old man and I would make model planes over there. I always wanted to be a pilot, you know? Now, I finally get to be one," Lucy smiled.
"When I flew with the Blue Angels, my father was so proud of what I had become," Lucy said and then showed a photograph of her parents, her sister Lois, and herself. "That's me in the middle," she said haunted by the photograph.
Lucy then entered her bedroom filled with softball pennants. "This is my bedroom, the softball hall of fame if you will," she said showing all of her trophies. "That's my team. I played shortstop. We did a lot of winning."
Lucy then looked over her bed. "It's so special to come back here."
Once the cameras stopped rolling, Lucy frowned. "I want to get the fuck out of here. Just being here makes my skin crawl."
Manchester gave a class to Hank, Question, Winn, and the Asian woman in front of a USA map showing hospital locations. "Samaritan's Embrace, bankrolled by L Corp, has been shipping Harun-El as polio vaccines to fifty-three hospitals.
"Well done, gentlemen, we got L Corp for drug trafficking, child endangerment, and possibly the largest fraud in American history," Hank summed up. "I can sell this to the CIA."
"So, what's the score?" Question asked.
"Bombshell: dead. Dark Angel: missing. The Deep: deep shit," Manchester smiled.
"It only takes one of them to kill us all," Hank reminded them. "Winn, come with me," he said taking him outside for a stroll.
"What is it? I'm doing what you've been asking," Winn said concernedly.
"You're doing good, Mr. Schott. We're about to make our move. What those guys don't know is that Red Hood is now mind-controlled by Barney and Annie is actually Kara. If we can peel James away from Lena, she's cornered," Hank said.
"That won't be easy," Winn frowned.
"I know. I'm going to be talking to Alex soon. Don't let any of those guys know that you know about Kara," Hank ordered.
"Got it, boss," Winn agreed.
Kara, impersonating Annie, knocked on Lena's door. "Come in, Starlight," she allowed in.
Kara came in and sat down across from Lena. "I would like you to take this in a constructive way," Lena began.
"Okay," Kara wondered where she was going with this.
"You are an arrogant selfish child," Lena concluded.
"Wow," Kara said stunned.
"Back in Iowa, you probably were a big fan of Supergirl, right?" Lena asked.
"I was," Kara nodded wide-eyed.
"She was a rebel, didn't play by the rules, and didn't give a shit what anyone thought of her. It's what you wanted to be. It's what American heroes are," Lena said.
"Sounds awesome," Kara smiled knowingly.
"But it's a myth. I should know because I experienced it first-hand. The truth is, dozens of people in this company spent hundreds of hours to create the thing that is you," Lena said.
"And I have delivered. I played to my base hard and my approval ratings are the highest they have ever been. I'm playing the game, and I am kicking butt," Kara said struggling to stay in character.
"You want to be a superhero. You want to be famous. But nobody is famous alone. So, why don't you cut the petulant diva shit, show a little fucking gratitude, and let us do our job? Stick to the scripts we give you," Lena ordered.
"No," Kara shook her head.
"Excuse me?" Lena thought she misheard.
"I'm going to save people. I'm going to say whatever is on my mind. I'm going to dress however I want," Kara said smartly.
"Then maybe it's time we reconsidered your position in the Seven," Lena glared.
"After I just reported a sexual assault on live TV? Get real. I got you and your company by the balls, and I don't intend to let go anytime soon," Kara smirked.
"Did The Deep really do that to you?" Lena asked.
"Does it matter? Believe all women, right?" Kara mocked.
"Well, I hope we can count on your discretion," Lena said slightly panicked.
"I don't do discretion," Kara replied. "If they ask me who did it, I'm going to answer. But for the moment, I'm going to let Twitter speculate, discuss, debate, and investigate it."
"Thank you for coming in, Starlight. I have a lot to think about it," Lena said dismissing her.
Garth, as The Deep, squinted uncomfortably as he looked into the camera to discuss his Green Crusade initiative. In the background, Green Crusaders were picking up trash on the beach. "Thanks to me, more people are driving hybrids. That's what the Green Crusade initiative is all about. To respect what's beautiful in the world," he said with false sincerity.
"Sup?" he said to a cute girl as she walked past him.
"So, everything, so beautiful," Garth said to the camera.
"Cut, put all the trash back on the beach, please. We're going to do another take," the director ordered everyone.
James did his own interview as A-Train. "Well, we lost our dad at a young age to the Iraq War and my mom worked two jobs. It was my older sister, Kelly, that raised me. When I was young, there were these guys shooting, and I outran the bullet. That's when I figured out I was special," James said to the camera.
James then went off and met with Kelly. "Thanks for that plug," she said appreciatively.
"Yeah, no problem," James said.
"We're twins, James," Kelly reminded her.
"Yeah, but I look so much younger than you," James smiled.
"Shut the fuck up and run," Kelly ordered.
James went around the track within a second. "You missed your target," she said looking at the computer.
"Really? Damn," James said and then tried again.
"Missed it again. What's up with you?" Kelly wondered.
"I don't know. Maybe, I'm losing it. I need more Harun-El," he said to her.
"No, you can't be taking that shit anymore. You're still amazing, James. Don't destroy yourself trying to be the best. You already beat Flash. You have nothing to prove," Kelly said.
"He let me beat him," James said bitterly.
"Who gives a fuck? What do you want to be in life? A photographer, a news editor, a superhero? What is it that you want?" Kelly asked.
"I don't know," James said honestly.
Kara entered the L Corp elevator and found Lucy as Superwoman already there. "You're really milking this for all its worth," Lucy remarked.
"Excuse me?" Kara asked her.
"This empowerment act? Every time I'm on the red carpet, someone is always asking me how I'm supporting Starlight. Hey, as long as your trending, right?" Lucy said condescendingly.
"I know you might not get this but it's not an act," Kara lied. "I'm just trying to be honest."
"Yeah, you know, when I was in the service plenty of men acted like assholes to me. I could have reported them all with sexual harassment complaints and ended their careers easily. But I didn't because these were the same men that fucking killed Osama Bin Laden and kept our nation safe," Lucy said angrily.
"You can't pick and choose whether this sexual assault or that one is worthy of attention. Whatever happened to the Army's No Tolerance policy? As an officer, don't you uphold the standard? You were a JAG officer, Lucy. I mean, what the freak?" Kara said struggling not to laugh.
Kara then exited the elevator leaving Lucy stunned.
Garth arrived at L Tower and met up with Lena. "Walk with me," Lena said as they went past statues of great Luthor men.
"What's this all about?" Garth wondered.
"I'm going to need you to make a public apology and then a sabbatical for a week," Lena said.
"What the fuck for?" Garth asked her.
"Everyone knows it was you Starlight was talking about," Lena said.
"I didn't do it," Garth said innocently.
"It doesn't matter," Lena said flatly.
"I think it does. Whatever happened to due process and presumption of innocence?" Garth asked.
"Those things don't exist in the corporate world. Whether you did it or not, you're hurting the company's image. And on top of what happened to that poor dolphin. You fucked us, Garth," Lena said angrily.
"I realize I've made mistakes, but I can bounce back from this. I'm a Green Crusader," Garth said.
"We're going to station you in Sandusky, Ohio," Lena told him.
"Fuck me," Garth realized.
"No, no, no, fuck you," Lena corrected. "We need to get ahead of this before Starlight or any other woman in this building name drops you."
"This is an outrage. Atlantis won't stand for this character assassination," Garth argued.
"No one in Atlantis gives a shit about you. That's why you came to me, remember?" Lena reminded him.
"Damn, that's cold. That's colder than the Arctic," Garth complained.
"Deal with it," Lena said dismissively.
Kara and Winn ate popcorn at her apartment as Garth made his apology to the press. "At the time, I thought it was consensual. I hope Starlight can forgive me," he said to the camera.
Kara laughed hysterically. "Got you, bitch."
Lucy, as Superwoman, dropped down at the family house to finish shooting. Lena arrived on the scene to supervise the film crew. She found Lucy in the barn staring blankly. She took a baseball and angrily threw it miles away over the horizon.
"That's going to kill someone when it comes down in Metropolis," Lena said dryly.
Lucy said nothing to that. "Something wrong? Does this place trigger you?" Lena asked.
"My mother, Ella, died when I was young. My father never got over it. We moved from this house not too long after," Lucy said.
"I'm so sorry. How did your mother die?" Lena asked.
"She was murdered," Lucy said vaguely.
"Let's just film this last part and then we can go back to my suite," Lena said getting close to Lucy and then reaching down to her crotch.
"Alright," Lucy sighed.
Lucy got herself together and went before the cameras. "It was actually my mom that dragged me to my first little league softball practice. Soon after that, I just loved the game more than anything in the world. So, every year, she would bake me a birthday cake in the shape of a softball diamond. And I got to tell you, it was perfect. Just...like her."
"Cut," the director said as Lucy was about to tear up.
"We done?" Lucy asked impatiently.
"Yes," the director replied.
"Good," Lucy said and then walked off.
Hank strolled into Alex's office at the CIA headquarters. "I got more of that Harun-El serum, proof that they're transporting it through hospitals, and they're giving it to babies."
"Let's get it to the lab," Alex allowed.
"Not so fast," Hank smiled giving her a list.
"A list of your demands," Alex rolled her eyes and read them out loud. "Exhorbent salaries for your team, office space, security clearances, legal protection, and a guarantee that Lena Luthor will be prosecuted under the highest extent of the law."
"Any of that a problem?" Hank asked.
"No, I'll pass it up the chain," Alex lied. "While they hash it out, we move forward on the...," Alex reached for the Harun-El package.
"Not so fast. We both know you can rubber-stamp all of this yourself," Hank said knowingly. "So, what's it going to be, deputy director?"
"I can give you everything on this list except Lena," Alex said.
"You know what's she's done," Hank said crossly.
"And you don't think Kara hasn't done far worse? She's our friend," Alex told him.
"So, we just let our friends run amok?" Hank wondered.
"No shit," Alex said obviously. "Think of all the shady shit you did, that we did together? Lena's a fucking girl scout compared to us."
"That's fair," Hank allowed.
"We find a way to let Lena walk away unscathed from this," Alex said.
"Fine," Hank agreed.
Kara, as Annie, walked the halls of L Tower looking at her phone. A new corporate video had just come out about her. "This small-town girl next door wanted to change the world. But the world had other plans. Battered and beaten, a phoenix rose from the ashes with a message so loud, so raw, it couldn't come forth as anything less than a roar. Witness her power. Hear her truth. Watch her stand up and fight back. Citizen Starlight," the narrator said as the video played.
Kara watched the video again seeing The Deep's pathetic apology and a video montage of her in different locations doing different poses. She then put the phone away as she laughed hysterically down the hall spooking other L Corp workers.