Supergirl (TV Series)

American Alien (2018)

Brenda Strong: Lillian Luthor

Quotes 

• Kara Danvers : Brainy, what's up?

  Querl Dox : Definitely not me. I was grounded by Director Danvers. But while I was chained to my desk, not literally, I stitched together various images from surveillance at Vose's lab and ran them. The images were rudimentary and brought up 754,231 potential suspects. I checked each image with known associates and narrowed identification down to two. Otis and Mercy Graves. A brother and sister team.

  Kara Danvers : Do you have a location?

  Querl Dox : Negative. However, I was able to identify an ex-employer who might be able to help you with an address.

  Kara Danvers : Who's that?

  [cut to her arriving at Albatross Bay as Supergirl] 

  Supergirl : [surprised]  Lena.

  Lillian Luthor : Oh, dear. I hope I didn't have that same expression when you showed up this afternoon.

  Lena Luthor : No, mother. Your face was a mask of enigma, as usual.

• Supergirl : What are you doing here?

  Lena Luthor : Funny, I could ask you the same question.

  Supergirl : [to Lillian]  I need to find Mercy and Otis Graves. They worked for Lex. And then for you. Cadmus.

  Lena Luthor : Mercy was Lex's head of security.

  Supergirl : And then turned state's evidence on him, betrayed him. Put him behind bars.

  Lillian Luthor : So you think I'd help you as some sort of revenge? I'm not vengeful anymore. My heart's grown several sizes in here.

  Lena Luthor : Says the Grinch who stole Christmas.

• Lillian Luthor : A few months ago, when the planet was being terraformed by those other Kryptonians, I was in my cell, under a mattress, hoping the ceiling wouldn't fall and crush me. And I realized I didn't want to die alone. And if I didn't want to die alone, I had to change. So, what do you want to know about the Graves siblings, besides they're monsters?

  Supergirl : A list of every Cadmus location you think they might be using to hide.

  Lillian Luthor : Just domestic? Or international?

• Lena Luthor : Checkmate.

  Lillian Luthor : You just love saying that to me, don't you?

  Lena Luthor : I've let go of my anger, too, mother. I can't waste my energy on it.

  Lillian Luthor : Right. You need all your energy to focus on saving the world. Although, all I've seen are the commercials for your image inducer. Making a mint hiding aliens in plain sight.

  Lena Luthor : It's not political mother, it's just business. It helps fund my other research; the important kind.

  Lillian Luthor : Ever the pragmatist.

• Lillian Luthor : I know chess with me is a good time, but the love of the game can't be the only reason I've seen you twice in as many days.

  Lena Luthor : The truth? It's James and the looming indictment. It made me think about my life, how much of it I've spent living on an island. I wanna reconnect, rebuild the relationships that I've lost. And yes, that does include you. For better or for worse, you're still my mother. Things weren't always rosy, but there were some good times. Even with Lex.

  Lillian Luthor : It made me sad when the two of you became enemies. If I were still vengeful, I'd blame Superman for tearing this family apart. Okay, I'm still vengeful.

  Lena Luthor : I don't know if it was all Superman. In my opinion, it was his relationship with Bruno Mannheim that started him down the wrong path.

  Lillian Luthor : That miscreant? They were business partners, sure, but Bruno was only in it for the money laundering. It's a shame how he used your brother's business and then dumped him.

  Lena Luthor : I didn't know Bruno laundered money through LuthorCorp. Is there anything in my books I need to worry about, since you know where all the bodies are buried?

  Lillian Luthor : I guess it's time I educated you.