Supergirl (TV Series)

Prom Again! (2021)

Jesse Rath: Brainiac-5

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• Brainiac-5 : In almost every scenario I can devise, we have a success rate of nearly 20%.

  Nia Nal : That's a failure rate of 80%.

  Brainiac-5 : Oh, yes, it's terrible.

• Nia Nal : Brainy, where's the debris? Where's the rock with Kara's blood?

  Brainiac-5 : [spotting her falling from the sky]  Kara.

  Nia Nal : This wasn't supposed to happen this way.

• Brainiac-5 : You're still worried, aren't you? About your dream?

  Nia Nal : What if it's trying to warn me about something really important, something life-threatening, and that's why it keeps coming back? How can I be a hero if I don't even understand how to use my own powers? While we're in this time, I just wish I could...

  Brainiac-5 : But you know you can't. Call your mom.

  [a console beeps] 

  Brainiac-5 : The meteor just entered the Earth's atmosphere right on time.

  Nia Nal : Let's finish this.

• Naxim Tork : This is Naxim Tork with a message for all non-humans. I have the Kryptonian's mascot in my possession. If the Kryptonian does not surrender themself to the attached digital coordinates in ten Earth minutes, the human dies.

  Young Alex : What was that?

  Young Kara : Those coordinates... I-I can get there in 30 seconds and turn myself over to Naxim.

  Young Alex : What? No. No, you're too weak. We need to get that green stuff out of your hand.

  Brainiac-5 : I agree. Plus, outing yourself now would be catastrophic. Leave Kenny's rescue to us.

  Young Kara : Kenny sacrificed himself for me. I have to do this. And... you can't stop me.

  Nia Nal : Actually, we can.

  [she uses her powers to knock Kara unconscious] 

  Young Alex : [catching her as she falls]  Kara!

  Nia Nal : She'll be okay in a little bit. I'm sorry.

  Brainiac-5 : [they leave, securing the door behind them]  We had no other choice.

• Brainiac-5 : My apologies for the subpar attire. It's the best I could do on short notice.

  Nia Nal : I... I don't know. Do you think it's a little...

  Brainiac-5 : [momentarily dumbstruck]  It's... stunning. You... you're stunning.

  Nia Nal : Thanks.

  Brainiac-5 : I believe it's, uh... it's customary for couples attending prom to share a dance, no?

  [taking her hand] 

  Brainiac-5 : Should I spin you? I'm spinning you.

  [they start dancing] 

  Brainiac-5 : You know, I never thanked you before... for sharing your calming technique with me. The "9 to 5" was quite effective.

  Nia Nal : Happy to help.

• Young Kara : [after Kenny is abducted]  This is all my fault. We have to get Kenny.

  Brainiac-5 : I'll have Naxim's whereabouts soon. The Bismolian energy from that ship is trackable for half a light-year.

  Young Alex : But first, we need to get you somewhere to recover. Whatever was in that meteor packed a punch.

• Brainiac-5 : Kenny Li. I thank you for your service, and for the exposure to the high school statusphere. It was truly enlightening.

  Kenny Li : At least I was helpful then. You guys did all the heavy lifting here. I don't think I could keep having crazy adventures like that all the time.

  Brainiac-5 : It's not about how intense your adventures are. It's about who you have them with.

  Kenny Li : [looking up at Kara]  Yeah, I completely agree.

• Nia Nal : [captured by Tork]  Power dampeners. What do we do?

  Brainiac-5 : Thinking.

  Naxim Tork : I came for a Kryptonian, but a Naltorian... and a Coluan... well, I'd say it adds a nice kitsch factor to our menagerie.

  [firing his weapon] 

  Naxim Tork : Take this.

  Nia Nal : There's gotta be some way out of this.

  Young Kara : [hearing them with her powers]  Brandon and Brenda are in trouble.

  Kenny Li : Go. I'm right behind you.

• Young Alex : [finding the unconscious Kara]  Kara, wake up! Wake up. Kara!

  Young Kara : [regaining consciousness]  You don't have to scream. What's happening to me?

  Brainiac-5 : Must have been something in that meteorite.

  Young Kara : Brandon? Brenda? Wh... what are you doing here?

  Nia Nal : Uh, the meteor shower delayed our flight plans.

• Young Alex : I know I've been a bit of a grouch with you guys, but... thanks for all your help with the space psychos.

  Nia Nal : It was a team effort.

  Brainiac-5 : Naxim and his comrade are secured inside one of their cages. I've re-cloaked their ship and alerted the proper intergalactic authorities. Midvale won't be plagued by these two anymore.

  Kenny Li : Space cops are a thing?

  Brainiac-5 : Indeed. Accordingly, we should be on our way.

• Nia Nal : So, what are we really gonna do with the bad guys?

  Brainiac-5 : I set the ship's course to Uruguay. That's where Naxim was found in the original timeline. In three days, his ship will de-cloak, and an encrypted message will be sent to the DEO, allowing us to fully realign space-time.

  Nia Nal : Easy-peasy.

  [falling into a dream state and seeing the pink cougar's empty cage] 

  Nia Nal : What is that?

  Brainiac-5 : [she wakes up with a gasp]  Another dream?

  Nia Nal : I saw the cage like before. And I could hear the cougar nearby, but... we've already captured Naxim and Mitch, so why would the cage be empty? Why would I be dreaming of them at all?

  Brainiac-5 : Perhaps it's a dream echo, triggered by the ship's Bismolian energy.

  Nia Nal : Maybe.

  Brainiac-5 : Well, the kryptonite meteor should be entering the Earth's atmosphere any moment now. As soon as we get the debris with Kara's blood on it, our mission here is finished.

• Nia Nal : You stowed away?

  Young Kara : I-I heard you say you were going back in time to fix things, so I just... I followed my instincts and... okay, wait. It was awful. Under those police-issued flashlights, with the reporter asking me questions, and-and... and the cops coming in. In that moment, I saw my future, and I'm only 17. I don't know anything. I... I don't have a driving permit. Eliza's only let me do the laundry once, and I'm-I'm not even sure I know how to make rice. I don't know what I want my future to look like, but that wasn't it. So, please, let me help you find the reporter and change things back.

  Nia Nal : Brandon, you know she's right.

  Brainiac-5 : What?

  Nia Nal : That future wasn't hers.

  Brainiac-5 : [leading her away to talk privately]  Uh, no. No, no, no.

  [to Kara] 

  Brainiac-5 : No super-hearing.

• Brainiac-5 : What are you guys doing here?

  Kenny Li : We thought you were in trouble.

  Brainiac-5 : Trouble? I...

  Young Alex : Yeah. Uh, where... where did Brenda go? What are you wearing?

  Brainiac-5 : What am I wearing? What are you wearing?

  [tapping her shoulder, she pushes his finger away] 

  Brainiac-5 : I am so sorry, Alex. I'll tell you everything, okay? It is a wild story. It involves alien hunters, large explosions and... . well, an... an excess of formal wear. So, at times, it may seem improbable.

  Young Kara : [trying to be helpful]  But it's all true.

• Brainiac-5 : My face is numb. My heart, it's racing. Feel that. That's not normal.

  Nia Nal : [feeling his heart]  That is not normal.

  Brainiac-5 : We have irrevocably changed space and time.

  Nia Nal : You say that a lot.

  Brainiac-5 : Yes, but this time it's true. You understand? We released a horde of savage aliens. Kara, she's exposed. Supergirl is lost in the Phantom Zone, and we are running out of time. There's no undoing this one.

  Nia Nal : But there is, isn't there? Yes, we can. Brainy, we have a time machine. We can fix everything. We can go back to when we first landed and start over.

  Brainiac-5 : Absolutely not. Trying to re-live the past two days would be catastrophic. There are too many variables. Landing a millisecond later than we originally did would have ramifications we can never account for.

  Nia Nal : So what if we don't go back that far? What if we only redo the last couple hours? My dream was about Cat, right? So what if we go back to right before she lets Naxim out?

  Brainiac-5 : But how would we stop her?

  Nia Nal : I can stop her. We can still salvage this, Brainy.

  [Kara hears them with her superhuman hearing] 

  Nia Nal : If we go back to the ship right now, we can fix everything. Please.

• Kenny Li : Brandon?

  Young Alex : Kara?

  Brainiac-5 : [quietly to Nia]  CJ's half a mile north. Go. We'll deal with them.

  [to Kara] 

  Brainiac-5 : You want to save your future? Best thing you can do now is do nothing.

• Brainiac-5 : According to this energy signature, Naxim Tork's ship should be right over there.

  Nia Nal : So we just have to find CJ before she finds it.

  Brainiac-5 : Honestly, I was dubious of our plan succeeding, but... eh, looks like our luck is finally turning for the better.

  Young Kara : [coming out of the Legion crusier]  Hi, guys. Don't be mad.

• Nia Nal : [seeing the pink cougar's cage in a dream]  Okay, let's actually read you this time.

  [with a growl, the cougar approaches, snarling] 

  Nia Nal : [catching it in a bubble as it attacks]  Don't!

  [seeing the initials P.W. on the cougar's cage] 

  Nia Nal : It's slipping. I can't... hold it.

  Brainiac-5 : [as she wakes up, he sees the bubble she conjured]  What is that?

  Naxim Tork : Well, if it isn't the Naltorian.

  [Nia manages to conjure the pink cougar] 

  Naxim Tork : Run!

  Brainiac-5 : Is that the cougar from your dream?

  Nia Nal : Totes.

• Brainiac-5 : We can't do this, Nia. What if she runs into herself? She can't meet Cat Grant. It... it's too early.

  Nia Nal : Well, clearly locking her up doesn't work. We'll keep her close.

  Naxim Tork : [nearby]  I love it when the animals...

  Young Kara : That's Naxim.

  Nia Nal : Ambushing the old us. We have to find CJ and her drone now.

  Brainiac-5 : [to Kara]  Fine. You can help. But stay close and stay out of sight.

• CJ Grant : [seeing the pink cougar]  Beautiful animal.

  [she takes a picture with her phone] 

  Naxim Tork : We've got a full zoo, except for the one I want.

  Young Kara : [crashing through the roof]  You want a Kryptonian? You got one.

  Mitch : [as she punches them in the chest, they're thrown against a control panel]  Oh, no. Every alien on the lower level has been released. Sir, the escape pod!

  Naxim Tork : [closing a hatch]  Congratulations. You've just set free a school of Plutonian land sharks. And with what you've let free, your resting days are over!

  Brainiac-5 : We have to stop those land sharks.

  Nia Nal : Where's CJ? She can't tell the world about this.

• Nia Nal : We're here to get you out.

  CJ Grant : It's about time. Perhaps you can fill the holes in the story young Mr. Li has been refusing to talk about.

  Kenny Li : She's a reporter.

  CJ Grant : The one who's breaking this story.

  Kenny Li : She also let Naxim Tork out.

  CJ Grant : Accidentally. Either way, the story's mine. What are you two waiting for? We have to get out of here, stat.

  Nia Nal : [quietly]  Brainy, that's not just any reporter. That's Cat Grant.

  Brainiac-5 : Cat Grant. As in...

  Nia Nal : The pink cougar. She's what my dreams have been about. None of this has been about Naxim Tork at all.

• Brainiac-5 : I understand you're frustrated with your dream interpretation, but lucid dreaming? Seriously advanced.

  Nia Nal : Sure. So, now I can bring dreams to life. I just can't figure out what any of them mean.

  Brainiac-5 : One victory at a time.

• Brainiac-5 : My presets worked. We're back in 2009 Midvale, one hour before the meteor enters the Earth's atmosphere.

  Young Kara : We did it. My future is mine. Thank you, guys.

  [her phone rings] 

  Young Kara : Hey, Alex.

  Young Alex : Where are you? I've been looking all over for you...

  Young Kara : She's freaking out. I have to go. But, Brenda, Brandon... thank you. Thank you so much. I'm never gonna forget you.

• Young Kara : [Nia returns from talking to CJ]  Brenda. Did you find her?

  Brainiac-5 : Kara and I put everything and everyone else back to where they need to be, so...

  Nia Nal : She bought it. It's time to get out of here.

  Young Kara : Wait. How do we know the future is really fixed?

  [they and the Legion cruiser vanish in a flash of light] 

• Nia Nal : So, are you sure it worked? Did we really prevent CJ from freeing Naxim?

  [cut to a hotel bar, where CJ sips a martini] 

  CJ Grant : [answering a call from Perry]  Hello. Perry, let me stop you right there. I don't know exactly what a balloon boy is, but I do know that I will not be reporting on one. I am done reporting on your shallow, insipid, white-noise bunk. I did not become a journalist to write about which celebrity is in rehab. I became a journalist to make waves. And that is exactly what I am going to do. I quit. Oh, and, Perry, from now on, it's Cat Grant.

  Brainiac-5 : [nearby as she leaves]  That's one mission down.

• Kenny Li : You know, it's starting to feel like the universe doesn't want me to hear whatever it is you need to tell me.

  Young Kara : Kenny... I love you... and I love our life here. But next year... I can't stay here and super like we planned. My mother used to say that we are the sum total of all the choices we make in life. But... I-I didn't choose Midvale. I-I didn't even choose these powers. I... I crashed here by accident and... and-and kind of got locked into this life. And... and I love this life. I do. But if I stay here and keep supering, then I'll just get locked in again. And I don't think I want that. I... I don't even know if I want to keep supering all my life, or-or stay in Midvale, either. I think I just need to make more choices. I need to figure out who I am. I... just got accepted into National City University, and I'm choosing to go there. Come with me?

  Kenny Li : Before I met you, Kara, I was a mess. My dad had just passed away, and... and my mom, she was so depressed that she couldn't even get out of bed. So I'd go to school in the mornings, and then I'd run the shop at night and on the weekends. And I thought that's how the rest of my life was gonna be. And then you came along. And you were this... amazing light in a world of darkness. You changed me, Kara Zor-El. When I'm around you, I'm... I'm braver. I'm stronger, I'm... I'm better. But after everything that's happened this past week, I'm starting to realize that... maybe I haven't changed as much as I thought. And it's great to know that I could be saved by you. But I think it's time that I figure out how to save myself. So, uh... no, Kara. I can't go with you.

  Young Kara : [understanding]  I can... fly home on the weekends, right?

  [hearing Alex honk the car horn] 

  Young Kara : Stargazing and Monty Python?

  Kenny Li : Best prom ever.

  Brainiac-5 : [out of sight with Nia and the meteor piece they need]  All missions accomplished.

• Naxim Tork : [in a cell on their ship]  Mitch, what did you press?

  Mitch : Nothing, sir. But it does sound like the autopilot's starting up the engines.

  Naxim Tork : Well, that's not good. If we launch like this, things will become incredibly painful for me.

  Brainiac-5 : [watching the ship take off and cloak]  Two missions down.

  Nia Nal : One more to go.

  Brainiac-5 : Any bad dreams?

  Nia Nal : Not anymore.

• Brainiac-5 : You were great today.

  [seeing her look] 

  Brainiac-5 : No. Hey, Nia. You were. You conjured the dream world into reality... and you interpreted your dream about Cat, and used that information to save the space-time continuum.

  Nia Nal : I was only able to interpret my dream because I've lived through Cat Grant.

  Brainiac-5 : [kissing her]  You saved us. And when we save Supergirl from the Phantom Zone, it will be because of you.

  Nia Nal : Brainy, are you crying?

  Brainiac-5 : Ah, it's just... I've been so consumed with negative emotions, lately, I... I forgot how the good ones felt. Maybe that's the... the lesson of high school. You're not supposed to suppress the bad emotions, you're simply meant to endure them. So you can appreciate the good ones when they come.

  Nia Nal : Mm. What are you feeling now?

  Brainiac-5 : [setting course for the future]  Hopeful.