KARA: I know what it’s like to be a stranger on this planet. So when you wake up, I’ll be here for you, so you never know what it’s like to be alone.

MON-EL: So does everyone on this world have superpowers or is it – is it just us? Uh, what’s going on? Thought I was a dangerous killer.
KARA: I don’t know you at all. And it was a mistake of me to misjudge you just because you’re from Daxam. You didn’t try to kill the president and I apologize for assuming you did. My name is Kara Zor-El, I’m from Krypton, and like you, I am a refugee on this planet, Earth.
MON-EL: My name is Mon-El. So, uh, what now? Can you help me get in touch with my home world?
KARA: Uh… You might want to sit down, there’s something I have to tell you. When Krypton was destroyed, the debris showered on to Daxam.
MON-EL: I know, that’s why I got out of there in a hurry.
KARA: Some of the larger masses struck Daxam’s moon, disrupting the gravitational force of the planet.
MON-EL: Wait, what… what are you… what are you saying?
KARA: Daxam is still there, but it was ravaged by solar storms. It’s a wasteland now. Your home, my home, they’re uh – they’re gone.

MON-EL: Oh, hey, what is this place?
KARA: It’s… it’s private.
MON-EL: Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t…
KARA: Shouldn’t you be testing your abilities with Winn somewhere?
MON-EL: Yeah, Winn said we could ‘chillax for five’… whatever that means. Who is that woman?
KARA: It’s my mother. She’s not really her, but she’s a hologram of her, with her thoughts and knowledge.
MON-EL: Yeah, we had constructs like this on Daxam.
ALURA HOLOGRAM: Daxam. Sister world to Krypton. A race of bullies and hedonists, committed only to their own pleasure.
KARA: Okay… Bye mom! (Hologram disappears) Sorry about that.
MON-EL: No, it was… uh… an apt description.
KARA: Sometimes I just like to come here, to tell her about my day. I know it’s not really her, but I.. it makes me feel less…
MON-EL: … alone.
KARA: Yeah.
MON-EL: She is… a babe.
KARA: Excuse me?
MON-EL: Well, your mother, I mean…
KARA: Okay…
MON-EL: Winn told me that ‘babe’ is what you call a beautiful woman on Earth, I’m sensing that’s not right.
KARA: Maybe don’t let Winn teach you too much about women on this planet.
MON-EL: Well, perhaps you can.
KARA: Me?
MON-EL: Well Hank said I had to stay in the DEO for my protection, what if you were to accompany me outside, surely I’d be safe from humans with the most powerful woman in the world, right?
KARA: I don’t think that’s a good idea.
MON-EL: Because you’re from Krypton and I’m from Daxam.
KARA: No, I’m just… I’ll see you later.

MON-EL: It’s not Winn’s fault. Hey I… I tricked him…
KARA: Winn will be fine, and those guys you hurt will recover. But you shouldn’t have been out there.
MON-EL: Hank told me I needed to stay here because it wasn’t safe, but he didn’t mean for me, he meant it wasn’t for humans from me.
KARA: After I first got to Earth, I went to my junior prom and Scott Klein asked me to dance. I stepped on his foot, and I broke three of his toes. It’s just gonna take some time to get used to having these abilities and living in the world.
MON-EL: I know it’s not easy for you to be nice to me. Where I’m from and all..
KARA: That’s not why I’ve been standoffish. And don’t say I haven’t been. My parents gave me so much and I was so loved. My dad was a scientist, and my mom fought for justice. They were… proud, strong people, good Kryptonians, and even better parents. And that’s the way I want to remember them.
MON-EL: Why shouldn’t you?
KARA: Because… they weren’t perfect. And no matter how smart they were or how hard they tried, they couldn’t save us.
MON-EL: You never met my parents. They weren’t exactly role models.
KARA: Mine saw the end of the world coming and didn’t do anything about it.
MON-EL: Hey, it’s not… it’s not your parents’ fault. It’s not even Krypton’s fault. Okay, we shared a star, that’s all. I promise that I will do as I’m told from now on.

KARA: Hey.
MON-EL: I heard you took down Draaga.
KARA: Yeah, thanks for the tip.
MON-EL: Yeah, I thought it would be fun to have these powers.
KARA: It can be. It will be. I’m going to teach you how.
MON-EL: I got the impression you didn’t want to spend time with me.
KARA: Oh, you’re right, I didn’t. But I asked the DEO to release you into my custody.
MON-EL: Really. Why?
KARA: I wasn’t sent to planet Earth to be a hero. I was sent to protect my cousin, to teach him and keep him safe. And I never got to fulfill that purpose. So, in a weird way, helping you, it gives me another chance to do that.
MON-EL: Who would have thought, a boy from Daxam and a girl from Krypton, working together.
KARA: Why, is it because you come from a planet of partyers?
MON-EL: No, because you come from a planet of snobs.
KARA: I’m in your hands, Kara.

KARA: It’s your first day of work!
MON-EL: No!
KARA: Yes!
MON-EL: (Haircut! Pancakes!) Thank you.
KARA: You want syru... (Clothes!) Uh…
MON-EL: Good. (More clothes!) How is it?
KARA: It fits! That’s perfect
MON-EL: Yeah?
KARA: Yes, now you just need glasses.
MON-EL: No, I… I have got that covered, thank you.
KARA: No no no no, like real glasses, like mine. Well, they’re not real, but they keep it so no one knows I’m Supergirl.
MON-EL: I’m pretty sure no one’s going to mistake me for Supergirl.
KARA: I know, but maybe someday you will want to help people the way I do, in which case these will come in handy so no one knows Mon-El is Mike.
MON-EL: Who’s Mike?
KARA: You are. Mike Matthews, uh, Winn got you a birth certificate, social security card, everything.
MON-EL: Oh, 498003145.
KARA: Oh, and oh, soon you will get your FICO score.
MON-EL: Oh, I uh, I don’t know what… any of those words mean.
KARA: It’s okay, you’ll learn it all, working at CatCo.
MON-EL: Great, thank you for helping me be more… human.
KARA: Yeah. (Glasses on)
MON-EL: Alright.
KARA: Those definitely say Mike to me.
MON-EL: Yeah? Really?

MON-EL: Why would you take the elevator? It’d be so much quicker to just fly from floor to floor.
KARA: Mon-El!
MON-EL: “Mike.”
KARA: Mike. Mike, I told you a million times, you are never to show your powers to anyone else. That’s the whole point of the clothes and the glasses. This is your desk.
MON-EL: Wait, so you’re saying I can’t use my powers to go through this giant pile of boring paper?
KARA: No, of course not.
MON-EL: And you’re telling me that you’ve never used your powers to do these menial tasks?
KARA: Never. No. Not once.
MON-EL: You know, you get this little… this little crinkle right up there when you lie?
KARA: I don’t have a crinkle.
MON-EL: Yeah, you’re crinkling right now.
KARA: I don’t have a crinkle.
MON-EL: You’re crinkling at the moment.
KARA: (phone rings) It’s your first phone call. Think you can handle it?
MON-EL: Yeah. This is CatCo, how may I help you?
KARA: (picks up receiver for him)

KARA: What are you doing?
MON-EL: Eating these red tubes, they’re amazing, like pure joy in food form.
KARA: No, Mon-El, there’s a time and a place for eating candy.
MON-EL: Yes, this time and this place.
KARA: No, this… this is your place of work. So when James gives you a task, you should be the one to complete it, not Miss Tesmacher.
MON-EL: She wanted to please me. On Daxam, when a woman wishes to please a man…
KARA: Just wherever you’re going with that, just… just don’t. We are not on Daxam, thank Rao.

MON-EL: What’s your name, beautiful? Oh, it’s you. Mm, are you gonna yell at me again?
KARA: (mouth full) I’m not gonna yell at you…
MON-EL: What’s wrong with your mouth?
KARA: I’m not gonna yell at you again.
MON-EL: Oh.
KARA: Where’s the suit from?
MON-EL: Oh, you like it?
KARA: Yeah, it’s nice.
MON-EL: Yeah, Eve gave me her little, uh… her plastic rectangle to buy things.
KARA: You used her credit card?
MON-EL: You’re gonna yell at me again.
KARA: I’m not gonna yell at you.
MON-EL: I miss dancing. I used to dance a lot on Daxam.
KARA: Yeah, we danced on Krypton, too.
MON-EL: Well then…
KARA: Sorry, hold on. (puts down food) Okay.

KARA: Good morning.
MON-EL: Am I late for work?
KARA: Oh, no, you were fired.
MON-EL: Yeah, I’m not sure it was my destiny to be an intern.
KARA: Yeah, I’m not so sure either.
MON-EL: So you’re not mad at me?
KARA: I get the feeling I’m always gonna be a little mad at you.
MON-EL: Yeah, I get that feeling, too.
KARA: When I was younger, I had no idea what I wanted to be here on Earth. I had a family, to help me and guide me, but… ultimately I had to make my own choices. And I was trying to impose those choices on you, because when you landed I was just so excited to have someone to take under my wing… to look after. I never got to do that with my cousin. But you are your own man. And your life here on Earth is going to be very different from mine, and that’s fine. That’s great.
MON-EL: So does this mean I don’t need to get a job?
KARA: You still need to get a job.
MON-EL: Right.
KARA: But just pick something that you like. And I’ll be here to help you, however you need me to. That’s what a real mentor does. I got you something, it’s a guide to National City.
MON-EL: Mmm… Thank you, Kara.
KARA: Mm-mm.
MON-EL: What’s a ‘strip club?’
KARA: You know, let’s just take that page out.

KARA: Hey, hello? Can you stop flirt-drinking for one second?
MON-EL: Okay.
KARA: You have been dodging me for days. You promised we would talk about a job. Even if it’s not CatCo, you have to work.
MON-EL: I’ve found work.
KARA: That’s great! What is it?
MON-EL: Mm… Various things, and odds… Odds and ends.
KARA: At least let me train you. You have all these powers, and you’re not learning how to control them.
MON-EL: I can control things.
KARA: That’s dangerous. You have to know how to… (Mon-El breaks glass)
MON-EL: This was not the prime example of that.
KARA: Sure.
MON-EL: I’ll make a trade with you. You drink this drink, and I will train with you.
KARA: I – I don’t think so.
MON-EL: You scared? (Kara downs drink) Oh my god. That was very quick. How do you feel?
KARA: … Floaty. But I’m not floating.
MON-EL: No, you’re sitting. Yes.
KARA: And ha! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! You have to train with me now! … Tomorrow.
MON-EL: Anything you say.
KARA: Woah, that hits you fast.
MON-EL: I’m going to get us two more drinks.
KARA: I’m going to clean up while you’re gone.

MON-EL: Is this because I got you drunk?
KARA: Let’s never discuss that again. You need a break?
MON-EL: Okay, I accept your surrender.
KARA: Ha, ha, this is serious. You have to learn how to defend yourself.
MON-EL: How often are you planning on attacking me?
KARA: I’m training you, so that, one day, if you are so inclined, you can make a difference.
MON-EL: And what if that’s not me?
KARA: Sure it is.

KARA: Hey! (he turns around) Mon-El?
MON-EL: Ah, okay, before you say anything, you should know that this gentleman here… Stand up, Brian.
BRIAN: Hi there.
MON-EL: Brian here has a bad habit of not paying back his debts promptly.
BRIAN: I do.
MON-EL: And if his bookie wants to pay me to help him improve his habits, I mean, who am I to say no, right? I mean who’s the victim here, really?
KARA: Run along, Brian.
BRIAN: Yes, ma’am.
KARA: Are you kidding me? This is how you’re using your powers? As muscle for hire?
MON-EL: It’s a living. A temporary living.
KARA: You’re supposed to help people. You cannot use your powers for money.
MON-EL: Why? Don’t you?
KARA: Absolutely not!
MON-EL: Well, that’s a missed opportunity, because…
KARA: This goes against everything we stand for.
MON-EL: Mm, everything you stand for. Look I never said I wanted to save the world. Things in this world cost money, and if I can make a few bucks using my powers why shouldn’t I?
KARA: Okay, I get it.
MON-EL: What?
KARA: No. You are so selfish.
MON-EL: Okay.
KARA: I don’t know what else I should have expected from a…
MON-EL: From what? From a Daxamite?
KARA: I didn’t say that.
MON-EL: Yeah, but you were going to, Kara. Okay, I may have your powers but I don’t have this… this innate desire to go leaping into trouble. But that doesn’t make me a bad person, alright?
KARA: It kind of does.
MON-EL: No, it doesn’t. You’re no saint, Kara Zor-El!
KARA: Excuse me?
MON-EL: You fly around, rescuing people, like you’re just pure of heart. But that is crap. Because you love that attention. You love people loving you. You are not selfless.
KARA: And you are no hero. I thought you could be, but I was wrong.
MON-EL: Kara…

MON-EL: Is he…
KARA: You showed up.
MON-EL: Nobody’s more surprised than me.
KARA: Thank you.

KARA: Mon-El.
MON-EL: Are you okay.
KARA: Now I know how the bad guys feel when I pummel them. Yeah, I’m okay.
MON-EL: They captured J’onn, too.
KARA: That wasn’t J’onn. Remember I once told you J’onn assumed the identity of a human? That’s the human, Hank Henshaw. Only they enhanced him somehow.
MON-EL: They tricked me. (Kara attempts to break cell bars) The bars are made from Nth metal from Thanagar. They’re unbreakable. So what is this place? Who are these people?
KARA: It’s called Cadmus. It’s run by scientists who want to wipe aliens off the face of the planet.
MON-EL: News just gets better by the second. So, what, I’m the, uh, the lucky first contestant?
KARA: No… No, they kidnapped you to get to me.

MON-EL: What did they do to you?
KARA: They took my blood.
MON-EL: And?
KARA: And that was it.
MON-EL: Are you okay?
KARA: I’m scared. Mon-El? If something happens, if… If I don’t get out of here. I need you to tell Alex something for me. I need you to tell her to just keep living her life on her own terms. Tell her I wasn’t scared, okay?
MON-EL: Well, if I don’t make it and you do, you’re welcome to tell everyone I was scared out of my mind. I have to think, why me? Why am I the only one who survived Daxam? If I die in this cell, maybe I deserve to.
KARA: You don’t deserve to die. You deserve to survive. That prince on Daxam sacrificed himself because he saw you were worth it.
MON-EL: Kara, about Daxam, there’s… There’s something I have to tell you.

MON-EL: (Kara gives him food) Oh, yes. Thank you.
KARA: It’s good to be home.
MON-EL: You didn’t find our adjoining cells cozy?
KARA: You were really brave, Mon-El.
MON-EL: I told you I was scared.
KARA: Well, you could still be scared while being brave. Maybe there’s a hero in you after all.
MON-EL: Well, any, uh, any courage I do have, I learned it from you.

KARA: (playing game) Oh, crap.
MON-EL: Aw, sucks for you. My turn. I mean, please.
KARA: And you’re in jail.
MON-EL: That feels appropriate.
KARA: You’ll be out of here soon enough. Both of us will, so don’t pout. Hey, you don’t, uh… You don’t like me, do you?
MON-EL: Of course I like you.
KARA: No, I mean, like, you don’t ‘like me’ like me?
MON-EL: ‘Like you’ like you? Sorry, English is my second language.
KARA: My mom, Eliza, she… She thought you were being extra nice to her on Thanksgiving. That’s like a thing that boys on this planet do. They’re nice to the moms of girls they have crushes on sometimes.
MON-EL: ‘Crush?’ Sorry, I’m not – I’m not following.
KARA: You don’t want to mate with me, do you?
MON-EL: Mm, I mean, have you seen the women that I’ve been attracting, earthlings and otherwise, since I’ve been on this planet?
KARA: Mm, thank you, for the clarification.

MON-EL: Hey.
KARA: Hey.
MON-EL: Did you learn a new power where you can duplicate yourself? Because I’m seeing two of you and it’s really cool.
KARA: No. No, sorry, no new powers, just… I think the double vision is all you.
MON-EL: Oh so I have a new power.
KARA: Yeah.
MON-EL: Your earth mother, Eliza, she thinks I’m dying. I might not have your hearing, but mine’s pretty good.
KARA: She’s gonna find a cure.
MON-EL: It’s okay. I’ve, uh… I’ve cheated death more times than anyone should.
KARA: It’s not okay, you shouldn’t be dying. The only reason you’re dying is because of my family.
MON-EL: Eliza did her best.
KARA: No, not her. My birth father created Medusa. He’s the reason you’re in so much pain, and he’s the reason I can’t do anything about it.
MON-EL: You know, you look beautiful, with the weight of all these worlds on your shoulder.
KARA: You don’t have to make me feel better.
MON-EL: (he kisses her, slowly sinks back to his pillow) Yeah. Absolutely beautiful.

KARA: I’m so glad you’re okay.
MON-EL: Yeah, me, too. I don’t know what you would have done without me.
KARA: So, are we gonna… talk… about what happened?
MON-EL: Yes, yes, I want to hear all about how you chased that missile down.
KARA: No, I mean, are we gonna talk about what happened between us while you were dying?
MON-EL: I… What? What happened? What did I do?
KARA: Uh… You drooled.
MON-EL: I… No…
KARA: You drooled, all over yourself.
MON-EL: That’s bad. But that – that was… That was it?
KARA: Yeah, that was it.
MON-EL: Okay.
KARA: Well, get some rest.

KARA: Excuse me? Oh, hi. Could I… Could I just please have a club soda?
MON-EL: (pops up from below bar) Hey.
KARA: Hi.
MON-EL: Hey.
KARA: Do you work here?
MON-EL: I do. Yeah, you know, after the, uh… Gosh, after the incident, they were a little short-staffed, so I took a job.
KARA: Mm-mm.
MON-EL: And you know, I like alcohol, I’ve been known to like alcohol. So I just really feel like this is gonna be a great job for me.
KARA: Well, I’m glad someone’s feeling like they fit in somewhere.
MON-EL: Oh, that’s a sad sound? You wanna tell me what’s going on? Huh?
KARA: Mm…
MON-EL: Come on, talk to me, I am a bartender now.
KARA: Uh, I’ve just been feeling betwixt and between of late.
MON-EL: Betwixt and between?
KARA: Yes. But, a story came across my desk today. A missing girl. I’m gonna find her.
MON-EL: Can I offer you some unsolicited advice?
KARA: Do I?
MON-EL: If you go looking for trouble… Trouble… Ye shall find.
KARA: Thank you for the completely useless advice. (drinks, spits back into glass) That’s not club soda.
MON-EL: Yeah, what exactly is club soda? Not this.

MON-EL: Hey, Kara.
KARA: Hey…Wait, what are you doing here?
MON-EL: I took the day off.
KARA: It’s your second day.
MON-EL: Yeah, didn’t wanna overdo it. So lunch?
KARA: No, actually, I’m working.
MON-EL: Oh, great. I’ll come with you.
KARA: I… I don’t think so.
MON-EL: Oh, come on! Come on, it’ll be fun. You wanna find that missing girl, right? Hey, two heads are always better than one, right? Except on the planet Barvex, because they have two-headed cannibals.
KARA: Fine. Fine.
MON-EL: Yes.
KARA: Just keep your mouth shut.
MON-EL: Have I told you about the first time… (elevator doors shut)
(…)
MON-EL: Question, do you think I’m more of a Goofus, or more of a Gallant?
KARA: Goofus.

KARA: Go back to the DEO.
MON-EL: I just…
KARA: Tell Alex what happened and make sure a strike team follows me. I’m going in there.
MON-EL: Right, mm… We don’t know what’s on the other side.
KARA: Izzy’s on the other side and that’s all that matters.
MON-EL: Wait, no… (she crosses the gate)
(…)
KARA: What are you doing here?
MON-EL: Uh, I thought you might need my help. Hey, you’re bleeding.
KARA: That is a red sun.
MON-EL: Like on Krypton and Daxam.
KARA: And we get our powers from the radiation of a yellow sun, so that means…
MON-EL: No powers.
KARA: No powers.
MON-EL: We need to get out of here. (gate disappears) Well, now who’s gonna help us?

MON-EL: You know how on Earth they rate everything? One star. This is a one star.
KARA: I used to love going to other planets with my parents. They’d take me to the pretty ones, though. Not like this. We’d spend solstices on Sedenach..
MON-EL: Oh, yeah. The Bismuth mountains?
KARA: Yeah. Yeah, they’d grow right underneath our feet.
MON-EL: Yeah.
KARA: It’s all those crystal staircases raising us up.
MON-EL: I took a girl there once. It’s a great spot, you know… (stops) Uh, Kara?
KARA: What? Oh, come on, now you won’t follow me?
MON-EL: Mm, I can’t. My leg is stuck.
KARA: What is this? What… (shot sound)
MON-EL: This planet sucks.

MON-EL: Psst!
KARA: Did you just ‘psst’?
MON-EL: Yeah. Come here. So, we’re stuck in the most dangerous planet in the galaxy. We don’t have our powers, and you’re optimistic how?
KARA: Because they need us to be.
MON-EL: See, this is what I’ve been telling you, Kara, you know, if you go looking for trouble, you will always find it. And you do. You’re like the winner at it.
KARA: That’s what heroes do. They fight. They don’t sit and hide in a bar because it’s easier than getting involved.
MON-EL: I am not hiding. I’m being smart. It’s a dangerous universe. And why do you have to be the one who saves everyone every time?
KARA: Because our worlds may have been destroyed, but we were spared for a reason.
MON-EL: Uh, luck.
KARA: I refuse to believe that. I believe you keep fighting… Whether you’re stuck on another world, whether or not you have your powers, you never give in. That’s the difference between you and me.

KARA: Hi.
MON-EL: Club soda?
KARA: I see, thank you.
MON-EL: I found it. You look cozy and comfortable.
KARA: Well, I am.
MON-EL: So you still feeling betwixt and between?
KARA: No, no, I feel amazing.
MON-EL: Good, good.
KARA: So what brings you by? (sits on couch, pulls blanket over legs)
MON-EL: Oh, you know, some shopping… a little evening stroll. No, I mm… (pulls blanket over legs) There we are. I was wrong. That’s what I wanted to…
KARA: About? Because the list of things you were wrong about is, is, it’s long.
MON-EL: Yes, long list. Mm, I… About getting involved. And then I saw you with those people and… There wasn’t much to inspire me on Daxam.
KARA: What about the prince?
MON-EL: He wasn’t worth admiring. But I wanna be. So that’s the next thing. I’ve made a decision…
KARA: Sounds decisive.
MON-EL: It’s very decisive. I wanna be a superhero.
KARA: Say what?
MON-EL: Like you. With a name and an outfit, maybe a cape.
KARA: You want the suit.
MON-EL: No. No. I mean, yes. I want the suit, but no, no, I wanna… I wanna get my hands dirty, you know, like… I wanna do something.
KARA: You’re serious?
MON-EL: Yeah.
KARA: If you take this road, easy is over.
MON-EL: Well, I don’t want easy.
KARA: Cape can get heavy sometimes.
MON-EL: I want a heavy cape.
KARA: Come on.
MON-EL: I wanna help you keep the world spinning, to prove that I was spared for a reason.
KARA: You’re gonna have to listen to me..
MON-EL: Pfft… I will listen to you. I will, I will. This time I will.
KARA: Well, you got me something, it’s funny. I got you something, too.
MON-EL: You got me something?
KARA: Yes. (gives him magazine)
MON-EL: What’s that? Wow, for me? My very own? Can I ask why?
KARA: Yesterday, you were a little less Goofus, a little more Gallant.
MON-EL: You noticed? I’ll take it.

KARA: Uh, Mon-El?
MON-EL: Yeah? (sees beheaded cardboard civilian) Mistakes were made. But it’s our fewest cardboard fatalities yet.
KARA: I think you’re ready.
MON-EL: Mm-mm.
KARA: I mean, you’re dedicated. You punch really hard.
MON-EL: Not as hard as you. Yet.
KARA: Ever.
MON-EL: Okay.
KARA: But when you deflected that laser, you hit this girl.
MON-EL: Oh, the headless one, yeah.
KARA: So what is our number-one rule as heroes?
MON-EL: Protect the people.
KARA: Yes. Are we clear on the whole protect citizens above all else thing?
MON-EL: Yes, clear. Super clear. Supergirl clear. I’m just kidding. No, seriously, we’re clear. Let’s do it again.
KARA: Uh… Well, I think you might need to change.
MON-EL: Oh…
KARA: I think it’s time.

KARA: Hey… Hey wait. We need to talk.
MON-EL: Yeah, what’s wrong?
KARA: I can’t trust you.
MON-EL: Me?
KARA: You were reckless. You left your post and because of you someone got hurt.
MON-EL: I was trying to protect you.
KARA: Yeah, but I don’t need that, I need a partner who will listen to me. I told you, I said protect the people, above all else and… Why can’t you just listen to me?
MON-EL: Because!
KARA: Why? Why are you working with me?
MON-EL: Because I should. Right? I have these powers, and I should use them.
KARA: That’s not an answer… Do you like me?
MON-EL: Do I like… Uh, at the moment, that’s a tough call.
KARA: You kissed me when you were sick.
MON-EL: Yeah, mm, says you.
KARA: Are you working with me because you like me?
MON-EL: I don’t know what to tell you, okay? I want to work with you, Kara, and that is it. I’m sorry if that disappoints you. Where are you going?
KARA: I’m going to find Livewire and her soldiers because someone has to, and apparently I’m the only person in National City that appreciates how evil she actually is.
MON-EL: Well let me come with you.
KARA: No, you’ve done enough superheroing for today.

KARA: Hi.
MON-EL: Hey… Yeah, that’s your door.
KARA: Come on in.
MON-EL: Thanks.
KARA: So are you okay?
MON-EL: Yeah. Just you, uh… You were right. I remember kissing you. Do you… Do you want to sit? I… I feel like…
KARA: Yeah, sure.
MON-EL: I think we’re gonna sit. That’s a good idea. I remember. I was sick and alone. And you were leaning over me. And you must have been sad or something because your eyes were insanely blue. I mean, they always are. But they were like comets. And I had never seen anyone so stunning, and I kissed you. And it was okay that I was… It was okay that I was going to die, because I’d gotten to kiss you. I, mm… I saved you at the police station because… because I care about you. (quiet) Comets…
KARA: Mon-El…
MON-EL: I’m not here to change your mind. I get that you don’t care about me.
KARA: I do care about you.
MON-EL: But not in the same way. That’s… That’s good, that’s fine. It’s okay.You know, just keep working with me. I’ve been honest about it, so let’s just… Now we can ignore it, right? We can let it go. Let’s put it behind us. Yeah?
KARA: Uh, yeah. Yeah, of course.
MON-EL: Just keep being my partner.
KARA: Of course. Thank you for being honest.
MON-EL: Yeah. Okay. Good talk. I’ll see you tomorrow.

MON-EL: Hey, I heard what happened at the DEO. Is everything okay?
KARA: Oh, well, I’ve… I’ve never seen anything like it, but everyone’s fine.
MON-EL: Good. Good, good. All right.
KARA: So, is that together, like on a date?
MON-EL: Yeah. I mean, you rejected me. So it’s time to move on, right?
KARA: Right. That was a pretty quick turnaround.
MON-EL: Uh, yes. Yes, I guess that is true, mm… Gotta swipe right til you find the one. Right? Isn’t that what the kids say?
KARA: As you should.
MON-EL: Hey, you, uh… You said you wanted to talk about something? Or was it… (Eve returns)
KARA: It’s… No, it’s fine, you guys have a good date.

MON-EL: That woman is bad news. I hope once she’s convicted, they, uh… They put her out on the town square for public shaming. On Daxam, it really seemed to cut back on recidivism.
KARA: Uh, well, that kind of punishment actually went away a long time ago.
MON-EL: That’s too bad. Yeah, I haven’t, uh… Haven’t seen you in a while.
KARA: I’ve… I’ve been busy.
MON-EL: Yeah?
KARA: Just chasing bad guys. Uh, how are you? How’s Eve?
MON-EL: Oh, great. Great, we are… We’re great. Eve is great. Things are great.
KARA: I’m so happy for you.
MON-EL: More drinks for you guys?
KARA: Yeah, please, I would… We would love… Yup.

MON-EL: (applauds) That was good. Is there a technique to that or were you just giving it a swift kick in the caboose? Because if there’s a technique, I wanna know it. I’ve missed training with you.
KARA: Yeah, I’ve just been…
MON-EL: Busy. I get it. Chasing bad guys. And with what’s going on with Lena I’m sure it’s… I’m sure it’s extra busy.
KARA: Are you going to tell me not to believe I her?
MON-EL: You believe in a lot of people that others don’t.
KARA: Oh, did you talk to James?
MON-EL: No, I’m actually talking about myself. You know, you believing in me, it meant a lot.
KARA: You’re right. I have been cold. And distant. And I’d like to apologize for that.
MON-EL: Hey, I’m just glad to know that it’s not me adjusting to Earth’s chilly climate.
KARA: I was mad at you, because I thought you were dating Eve.
MON-EL: Ah. “Were,” as in past tense. Right? As in, she told you that the date didn’t actually go well.
KARA: Uh, she mentioned it.
MON-EL: Yeah. You know, I’m not super hip on earthly social cues, but why would you be mad if I was dating Eve?
KARA: I’m not mad.
MON-EL: You literally just said you were mad.
KARA: No.
MON-EL: Two seconds ago, you said, “I am mad about…”
KARA: Yeah, I’m surprised.
MON-EL: Oh, not mad, surprised.
KARA: I’m surprised that… You’d just date someone else, when you were serious about me, because I mean if… How could you be serious if you did that?
MON-EL: If you don’t like me, why do you… Why do you care?
KARA: I’m gonna go check and see if they’ve found Lena.

MON-EL: Hi.
KARA: Thanks for coming.
MON-EL: Yeah, yeah, I was, uh, surprised you called after how you dashed out.
KARA: Yes, I wanted to apologize for that. Because I should have answered your question.
MON-EL: Yeah, could’ve. Could’ve, should’ve, would’ve. It’s a… That’s a thing I heard at the bar. It’s not…
KARA: Yes, but I don’t want to do that anymore. With you. See, uh… I can be strong, and stand my ground when I’m protecting someone else, but when that someone is me… it’s a lot harder. ‘Cause I don’t like being vulnerable. We’re really different.
MON-EL: Yeah, I’m, uh, super fun. And you’re hyper-critical.
KARA: More like you’re an arrogant dude-bro and I’m the personification of the American way.
MON-EL: I’m sorry, and I’m arrogant?
KARA: That’s not the point. It’s just… Last year I thought I could have it all, and then I thought I couldn’t. Then I had to pick. So, I chose being Supergirl over having a relationship. And then, you came along, and I thought you were… thoughtless, and selfish. And I kept writing you off. And you kept proving me wrong. And it just got me thinking… maybe I can have it all.
MON-EL: Hi.
KARA: Hi.

MON-EL: Hey. So, this Day of Valentine, is that something we’re supposed to…
KARA: Maybe we should talk in private.
MON-EL: Okay, private. This is good.
KARA: So, you and me… Uh, there was something happening between us before Mxyzptlk showed up.
MON-EL: Mm-mm.
KARA: And I really, really want to get back to that.
MON-EL: Oh yeah, me too.
KARA: But first, I have to get rid of him.
MON-EL: I mean, of all the girls in all the galaxies, that little imp had to pick you to pursue as his mate.
KARA: But don’t worry. Because before you know it, he’s going to be back in his dimension, and you I, we can celebrate “The Day of the Valentine” together. I promise.

MON-EL: Hey. I cannot believe you sided with that fast-talking nefarious twerp.
KARA: I did not side with him.
MON-EL: You sent me away so you could have private time with your stalker!
KARA: I sent you away so that he didn’t snap you off to Siberia, and plus, you were being out of control.
MON-EL: Oh… I’m sorry that I was busy, uh, defending your honor.
KARA: I am not some damsel in distress, I’m Supergirl, and I can defend myself, and more importantly, I told you, I was handling it.
MON-EL: Well, Kara, sometimes you’re not a good judge of what you can handle, so… there it is.
KARA: Really?
MON-EL: Yes.
KARA: Is that why you didn’t tell me that the secret to getting Mxy off Earth was to get him to say his name backwards, because you didn’t think I could handle it?
MON-EL: No, I didn’t tell you that because it never works! First of all, it’s hard enough to say it forward, and second of all, that guy is a motor mouth, but he’s not stupid.
KARA: You should have told me.
MON-EL: You are so hard on me, Kara. Okay, but why not him? I mean, that guys… Hey, hey!
KARA: What? God!
MON-EL: He conjured up a supervillain and set it loose on National City. Did you give him an earful? No… No, no, no. Because Mxy snaps his fingers, and there’s flowers in your loft. And he snaps his fingers, and you’re in Vera Wang…
KARA: Oh my god!
MON-EL: What?
KARA: You’re jealous!
MON-EL: I’m… That is ridiculous.
KARA: Oh, is it?
MON-EL: You know what, Kara? I knew you were a little full of yourself, like, a little bit.
KARA: Full of myself?
MON-EL: But this is off the charts…
KARA: What do you mean?
MON-EL: I’m not jealous, okay? I’m angry, because you have an unfair double standard.
KARA: Yeah, you’re right, I don’t hold you and Mxy to the same standard, because I expect bad behavior from him, but from you, I expect much, much better.
MON-EL: Oh. No, no, no…
KARA: What?
MON-EL: You do not get to turn this around on me. Because I am the one in this situation, at this moment… Good to see you Dana… that is supposed to be mad.
KARA: You know what? I thought you changed. I really did, but you are still the same macho…
MON-EL: Oh, here it is. Say it…
KARA: … egotistical…
MON-EL: Daxamite?
KARA: Yes.
MON-EL: He’s a Daxamite!
KARA: As you’ve always been. This was a mistake, you and me.
MON-EL: Agreed.
KARA: We shouldn’t have…
MON-EL: Nope.
KARA: Good.
MON-EL: So are you going to kill the imp?
KARA: No.

KARA: Hi.
MON-EL: Hi. Can I… Thanks. Hey, I just wanted to let you know that, uh, you’re awesome. No, you are. You out-tricked the most cunning intergalactic trickster, and you did it your way, without violence, which I never should have doubted because you’re… You know, you’re you.
KARA: Thanks.
MON-EL: I also wanted to say I’m sorry. For acting like an ass. I’ve been giving it a lot of thought and I have realized… that you are my kryptonite.
KARA: Me?
MON-EL: Oh, uh… No, I mean, my feelings for you. I’ve never felt like this about anyone in my life… I didn’t know that there were this many feelings to even be had. My emotions, I guess they made me kind of crazy.
KARA: Yeah, I totally get it, yeah.
MON-EL: Anyway, I’m really glad you’re okay. And I’m really, really happy that you didn’t marry that guy.
KARA: Me too.
MON-EL: Anyway, uh… I’ll get… I’ll get out of your hair.
KARA: Wait. Don’t go yet. Please.
MON-EL: I get that you were upset that I wasn’t listening to you and I… I tried really, really hard to listen to you this time. And I heard that you… you don’t think that we belong together, and I respect that.
KARA: No, but Mxy wasn’t the only one I tricked. I didn’t mean it. I just said it so you’d let me go, to protect you. Plus, he could have been listening, so…
MON-EL: Wait. Wait, so you didn’t mean any of that stuff that you said?
KARA: Well, the first bit about your infuriating male ego, that part, I meant.
MON-EL: Okay, okay.
KARA: But the second part about us not being a match… I didn’t mean that.
MON-EL: Wow. No, you’re good, you are good. Well, you got rid of Mxy.
KARA: I did.
MON-EL: That means nothing is… Nothing is stopping us.
KARA: Nope. Nothing is stopping us.

MON-EL: Good morning. Kara. Kara? (she’s not there) Was it that bad… Was it that good?
NEWSCASTER ON TELEVISION: … and it’s been quite a morning for Supergirl. National City’s own feminist hero in a cape has already prevented five armed robberies, delivered a litter of puppies, and given one very lucky tugboat owner some extra help hauling a tanker.
KARA: (flies in through window) Morning.
MON-EL: Hi.
KARA: I got you these.
MON-EL: Oh! What a gentleman.
KARA: Just hang on, one sec.
MON-EL: Okay. ( Kara changes out of costume) Hi.
KARA: So, I… I had a really nice time.
MON-EL: Yeah? Me too. Mm, one note.
KARA: Okay?
MON-EL: I would like to wake up next to you.
KARA: Oh?
MON-EL: Yeah.
KARA: Gosh, it’s so nice to do that without breaking the guy’s nose.
MON-EL: How many times did that happen?
KARA: Mm… Less than five?
MON-EL: So four? Exactly four times. Hey, so, since you got your little superheroing out of the way for the day, can we maybe just stay here? Mm?
KARA: Oh, gosh, I really… I… Oh, no…
MON-EL: Yes. Yes.
KARA: No, no, no, ‘cause we have to be at the DEO in like 20 minutes.
MON-EL: Boooo!
KARA: I know, I know. Speaking of which, mm, can we just keep this quiet?
MON-EL: What, you… You don’t want people to know?
KARA: No, no, I do. It’s not that, it’s just… Just for now. The last time I liked someone, everyone in my life watched me and commented on it. And I just really don’t want that to happen to us.
MON-EL: Mm, so there’s an us?
KARA: Yeah.
MON-EL: Yeah? I like that. Well, okay. We can keep it quiet. (cut to arriving at the DEO) Hey, everybody! Uh, quick thing. Kara and I are dating. Yes, it’s awesome. Yes, we are very happy. And your jealousy is appropriate. You can carry on now, thank you. Sorry.
KARA: Ten seconds.
MON-EL: Yeah, I thought that was…
KARA: You lasted… We just walked in. It was ten seconds.
MON-EL: … very, very short. I’m sorry, I couldn’t help myself. I mean, back on Daxam, they used to throw parties when people got together. You’re lucky I didn’t arrange a parade.
KARA: Ha, ha!
MON-EL: I’m just saying.

KARA: (knocking at door) It’s unlocked.
MON-EL: (comes in) Hey. You okay?
KARA: No.
MON-EL: No?
KARA: Yeah.
MON-EL: Hey, today was a… a little… I just want to… (she looks up at him from the couch) I’m not… I’m not gonna talk. Mm. (sits on couch) Why don’t you… Why don’t you tell me what you need? I’ll listen.
KARA: Just be here with me.
MON-EL: Okay. Hey, come here. Come here. (she moves to rest against him and he holds her) Just… Just sit here?
KARA: Yeah.
MON-EL: Yeah?
KARA: Yeah, just like this.
MON-EL: Do you need anything else? Or…
KARA: To wake up with me.
MON-EL: Hey. I’d love to.

MON-EL: (funny voice) Kara, I’m home! (normal voice) I just… I love saying it like that. Hey, come on, not even a smile? What is it? What’s going on?
KARA: I’m trying to decide whether I should blog my article myself.
MON-EL: Well, what happens if you blob it?
KARA: Blog.
MON-EL: Right, that’s what I said, blob. Will Snapper get mad or something?
KARA: Uh, big time, yeah.
MON-EL: Okay, well, think fast. Do you think it’s the right thing to do? Go.
KARA: Yes, I do.
MON-EL: Well there you go. Then publish it. Easy.
KARA: But how can you be so sure?
MON-EL: Because you are the most moral person I know. So if you think it’s the right thing to do, it is.
KARA: I…
MON-EL: It is. Just push the button. Push the button.
KARA: Okay. It’s blobbed.
MON-EL: There you go. Way to blob, babe.
KARA: Ugh..

MON-EL: Potstickers. Still piping hot. Here, eat one. Or all of them, I promise you’ll feel better.
KARA: Ah, I don’t know.
MON-EL: Hey… Hey, you’re gonna get another job.
KARA: Yeah, but I… I don’t want another job. Reporting is my calling, I help people.
MON-EL: Yeah? You know who else does?
KARA: Who?
MON-EL: Supergirl.
KARA: Mm…
MON-EL: Yep.
KARA: You know, it’s just… When I write, I don’t need a yellow sun. It’s just me. Supergirl is what I can do. Kara is who I am. I really loved that job.
MON-EL: Hey. You have so much to offer this world. So don’t let Snapper or anyone else tell you differently. Okay?
KARA: You know something?
MON-EL: What?
KARA: Maybe being Supergirl and having you is enough.
MON-EL: You think so?
KARA: Yeah.
MON-EL: I hope so.

KARA: Wow! We’re six seasons in and winter still hasn’t come!
MON-EL: You know, since you got fired from CatCo, your queue has gone down exponentially.
KARA: Yes, well, I am fully embracing my funemployment.
MON-EL: Funemployment.
KARA: What’s next?
MON-EL: Oh, how about, uh… How about one of those movies where everybody just… just breaks into song out of nowhere?
KARA: You mean a musical?
MON-EL: Yes! Yes.
KARA: Are you serious right now?
MON-EL: Dead serious.
KARA: You are opening the floodgates my friend. We have to watch Funny Face! It’s Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, being adorable. The most romantic movie ever! (he just looks at her) What?
MON-EL: That face. That smile.
KARA: I’m just happy.
MON-EL: Yeah?
KARA: Yeah, like that… dopey grin, butterflies in my stomach happy.
MON-EL: Mm-mm.
KARA: Is that cheesy?
MON-EL: It’s like, it’s like a rom-com on steroids cheesy. But I’m happy you’re happy.

KARA: Mon-El, what are you doing?
MON-EL: I’m going up there.
KARA: No, no, they literally just tried to kill me. How do you know they won’t shoot you on sight?
MON-EL: I don’t, okay, but they want me. This is my decision.
(…)
KARA: Are you sure about this?
MON-EL: I’ll be okay.
(Kara speeds after him and is transported along)
MON-EL: Why did you follow me?
KARA: I didn’t want you to come up here by yourself.
MON-EL: Well, maybe I wanted to come up here by myself.
KARA: Why would you want to beam yourself up to an unknown spacecraft?
MON-EL: ‘Cause… stuff.

MON-EL: So, you survived the first dinner with the fam…
KARA: You’re a liar.
MON-EL: I’m sorry, okay? Can you really blame me for wanting to just be Mon-El, a regular guy from Daxam?
KARA: Oh, wow.
MON-EL: With how you feel about Daxamites, if you had known that I was the crown prince, would you even talk to me?
KARA: You didn’t even give me the chance.
MON-EL: I tried to tell you so many times, okay? I really did.
KARA: What, is that supposed to make this better?
MON-EL: Me being the prince doesn’t change anything, not how I feel about you.
KARA: This changes everything. It’s bad enough you lied, but you being the prince? I thought you were just born on a cruel planet, but you lead it. You benefited from its cruelty. What about that Kryptonian emissary? Your guard… Do you even feel guilty?
MON-EL: Of course I do.
KARA: I can’t even look at you.

MON-EL: I hope you don’t mind, I let myself in. I just wanted to, mm, say a few things… before I lose you forever. ‘Cause I owe you a lot, but most of all I owe you the truth. My name is Mon-El. I’m the former prince of Daxam. And I was a spoiled, useless person, that I didn’t know, until I met you. And I love being here because it means I get to spend every single day by your side. And I love that you’re honest to a fault. And the way that you fight for those you care for. And I love you. With everything that I have, I love you. You’re so special.
KARA: Yeah, I know that. I deserve better than being lied to.
MON-EL: You do and I’m sorry for that. You’re right, okay? I’m a liar. And I really hope that you can still see the good in me. Please.
KARA: Were you ever gonna tell me the truth?
MON-EL: I don’t know.
KARA: You just want things to be easy, Mon-El. But being a hero and falling in love, those are not easy things. They’re hard and they’re messy, and they hurt sometimes.
MON-EL: I would never hurt you on purpose…
KARA: Well, you won’t again.
MON-EL: Kara, don’t.
KARA: I can’t… I can’t do this. No, it’s over.

MON-EL: Stay with me, I’m gonna get you out.
KARA: There’s no time.
MON-EL: We have to go. We have to get them out.
…
MON-EL: I’m so sorry I lied to you.
KARA: I forgive you.

KARA: What smells so… Oh, is that hash browns!
MON-EL: No, no, no, no! I’m trying to make you breakfast in bed. I’m going for full romance, here. And you have ruined it.
KARA: Okay, that’s very sweet. But there’s no way you’re getting in the way of me and bacon! And biscuits! And, oh, is that a poached egg?
MON-EL: Yeah.
KARA: When did you learn how to poach?
MON-EL: Oh, I found the instructions. Turns out books have a lot more useful information than YouTube.
KARA: Hey!
MON-EL: Who knew?
KARA: You have changed.
MON-EL: Oh yeah?
KARA: Yes, I’m impressed.
MON-EL: Well, I figured since you were good enough to take me back, that I should be good enough to fill every moment of your life with joy. And… oh, and coffee. ‘Cause that’s ready.
KARA: Well, there’s one good thing about not having to work at CatCo.
MON-EL: What’s that?
KARA: There’s more time with you. Any word from your parents?
MON-EL: No. They’re just up there, hovering around in orbit. Is that what they mean by helicopter parenting?
KARA: (newscast about alien attack) Oh, crap.
MON-EL: Laser eye patch, that’s new.
KARA: Well, duty calls…
MON-EL: Do you want me to come with you? We can get him together.
KARA: Sure.
MON-EL: Yeah? I’ll just get changed… Oh, shoot, my stuff is at the DEO. (she has already changed) You are so fast.
KARA: I got this one.
MON-EL: I’ll get a jump start on that laundry!

KARA: What are you doing?
MON-EL: I don’t know, it’s not me! (continues going after her) I’m sorry! I’m not in control of my body.
KARA: (hits him) I’m sorry! I’m sorry!
MON-EL: I had that coming.
(…)
KARA: Can you control it?
MON-EL: No! I just feel pins and needles all over.
KARA: Okay…
MON-EL: It’s no good! You have to run. I’m much too dangerous.
KARA: Just focus and try to fight it.
MON-EL: I can’t! (throws her down) Oh, no. I’m so sorry.
(…)
MON-EL: I don’t think I can fight it.
KARA: Wait…
(…)
MON-EL: (whammy is gone; gets punched in the face) Ow. Hey, it’s me. It’s me!
KARA: Oh, oh! I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.

MON-EL: Hey, so I’ve been thinking about a solution to our problem.
KARA: Yeah, me too.
MON-EL: Yeah?
KARA: There’s only one thing we can do.
KARA/MON-EL: Talk to your mother. / Run for our lives.
KARA: Wait, what?
MON-EL: What? (pause) So there’s this planet that a Durlan emissary told me about when I was a kid. It’s got water, and a yellow sun, it’s got everything we need to survive. My parents wouldn’t find us there. We’d be together, we’d be safe. I think this because I’m reading this play right now, Romeo and Juliet?
KARA: Yeah, I’ve heard of it.
MON-EL: Right, and there’s this moment at the end where I am right now, where they’re about to run away together and to live happily ever after. And I can’t help but think that that could be us, you know?
KARA: Yes, but Juliet and Romeo both die at the end.
MON-EL: I… did not see that coming.
KARA: And no. We’re not going to your secret planet. I’m Supergirl, I don’t run from anything.
MON-EL: Yeah, I know. It’s one of the more annoying things about you.
KARA: Thank you.
MON-EL: You’re welcome. I mean, you… You don’t know my parents. They won’t stop. They want you dead, and they want me to come home. And they’re… They get what they want.
KARA: That’s why we have to talk to your mother.
MON-EL: But J’onn said we can’t engage with them.
KARA: No. He did not say that. He said we can’t attack them. We can still talk to her. Then you can get her to realize all she really wants is for you to be happy. And then she’ll realize that Earth is the best place for you. Your mother can change. You just have to talk to her.
MON-EL: People don’t really change.
KARA: Sure they do. You did. You’ve become someone incredible and unselfish. Just give her a chance.
MON-EL: You really think I’m incredible?
KARA: No. I just said that to get you to listen to me.
MON-EL: (laughs, sighs) Yeah. Okay, well, I’ll contact the ship. It’s worth a shot.

MON-EL: I’m sorry, Kara. This is the only way. So long as you’re safe.
KARA: Don’t go. Mon-El…
MON-EL: It’s okay. It’s okay.

MON-EL: You came after me.
KARA: Every time.

KARA: I just want all of these sugary… What?
MON-EL: Nothing, I just… I just really didn’t think I was going to see you again, after today.
KARA: Yeah, me either. But not for long, I mean… I knew I couldn’t let that happen.
MON-EL: Well, yeah.
KARA: And I’m sorry I forced you to talk to your mom. I should have listened to you. I was wrong.
MON-EL: No. You believe that people can change and you gave them a chance to do it. Like my father, he changed. He understood that I was happy here on Earth. He saw what I wanted and he found the goodness in his heart to let me stay. So you were right to be hopeful. I think we could all stand to be a little more like you. More optimistic and brave…
KARA: I think you were pretty brave.
MON-EL: No, I just did what I knew you would have done. And it was terrifying. But you, I mean, you do that every day. I don’t even understand it.
KARA: Mm…
MON-EL: You make it look so easy, to do the right thing that you wouldn’t even guess that it’s that hard. But it’s hard. You sacrifice a lot for everyone else and… I know I’m beginning to sound like a broken record here, but I… I admire you.
KARA: Well, I’m not going to forget the way you sacrificed yourself for me. Ever.
MON-EL: So we saved each other today.
KARA: Yeah.
MON-EL: Just like Romeo and Juliet.
KARA: You really need to finish it. Can you finish reading that, please?
MON-EL: Yeah, how does it end?
KARA: You need to finish it. I don’t wanna…
MON-EL: Come here. (kisses her)

MON-EL: Oh, so it went well?
KARA: Jack Spheer’s nano swarm ate my source.
MON-EL: Oh no, are you okay?
KARA: Two people have died, and I didn’t save them.
MON-EL: Okay. Hey, hey, breathe, breathe.
KARA: And I have no idea how to stop the nano swarm from killing someone else. No source, no lead…
MON-EL: What about Lena?
KARA: What?
MON-EL: She’s having dinner with Jack.
KARA: How did you know that?
MON-EL: She called, and she was hoping that you would talk her out of it.
KARA: We’re going.
MON-EL: I just don’t think she meant in person is the only…
KARA: No, come on.
MON-EL: This just feels like stalking…
KARA: No, it’s journalism.
MON-EL: Okay, very… creepy journalism.

KARA: What are you doing?
MON-EL: I stole Jack’s security badge. You know, for journalism.
KARA: What did you do?
MON-EL: (in accent) Use me for good. Please.
KARA: This is an exception.
MON-EL: Yes! Shenanigans!
KARA: Shut up.
MON-EL: Mm!

MON-EL: Okay.
KARA: Okay. Quiet.
MON-EL: Be very quiet. (takes out flashlight)
KARA: Put that away.
MON-EL: What, I’m helping.
KARA: I’m a woman with x-ray vision.
MON-EL: That’s a fair point.
KARA: Oh, okay. (uses badge to open door)
MON-EL: That was easy. This is a nice office.
KARA: Shh!
MON-EL: Okay.
KARA: (sits at computer) Mm… (types password, it works)
MON-EL: How did you do that?
KARA: Password was ‘starling.’
MON-EL: That romantic bastard.
KARA: Okay, here we go. Human trials. It’s empty. The whistleblower was right.
MON-EL: No, what about this one?

KARA: Hey! Do we have a date?
MON-EL: No, no, no, no. No, I just thought I’d surprise you. We’ve got egg rolls and pot stickers, shumai…
KARA: Oh!
MON-EL: It’s a veritable poo poo platter.
KARA: Woo-hoo!
MON-EL: I love saying that. “Poo poo platter.” Sorry.
KARA: Did you rip the seat off the toilet in my loft again and now you’re just bringing Chinese food so you don’t get in trouble?
MON-EL: That was once. That was one time.
KARA: Mm-mm.
MON-EL: And in my defense, you can be pretty scary when it comes to enforcing bathroom etiquette. No, I, mm… I thought I saw my mother last night. I didn’t. Don’t worry. I went and checked, and my parents’ ship definitely had left for Daxam a few weeks ago. But thinking I saw her, it… I thought it would make me feel anger. But I felt, mm… other… other stuff… I just… I hate… I hate that I still care about her.
KARA: Hey, we can’t will ourselves to not feel anything. Life doesn’t work like that.
MON-EL: On Daxam, that’s exactly what we’d do. We’d drug ourselves so we literally didn’t feel anything.
KARA: You’re allowed to miss her. She is your mother.
MON-EL: Well, she’s gone forever. So…

MON-EL: Hi.
KARA: Hi. Uh… Kara Danvers sent me to get you.
MON-EL: Yeah, she’s great, isn’t she?
KARA: She’ll be thrilled to hear you think so.
(…)
MON-EL: Where did they go?
KARA: Lillian left us to die.

MON-EL: Well, now what are we gonna do?
KARA: Lillian betraying us wasn’t the biggest shock ever. So, Winn bugged Henshaw and rigged a remote so I could beam us back if she double crossed us. Hope for the best…
MON-EL: … have Winn Schott prepare for the worst.
(…)
MON-EL: Let’s go.
KARA: I’m not going with you.
MON-EL: Well I’m not going without you.
KARA: Rhea’s already lost. The positron cannon is ready to fire, and you’re safe. Your mother deserves to surrender gracefully.
MON-EL: Please, don’t do this. You’re not gonna get through to her.
KARA: I have to try. As long as you’re safe.

KARA: Let’s just stay here a little while longer, okay?
MON-EL: How long?
KARA: Until tomorrow.
MON-EL: Okay, woman of tomorrow. (looks at her pendant) You always wear this. It’s… It’s beautiful.
KARA: You know, it was my mother’s.
MON-EL: Really?
KARA: Yeah, she gave it to me the day I left Krypton.
MON-EL: Mm…
KARA: I had just watched little Kal-El launch into space. Our world was falling apart around her, and even in the middle of all that, she looked at me and smiled and said, as long as I had this, I would never be alone. She’d be with me in my dreams. I know we can’t stay all day, but let’s just stay a little while longer, please?
MON-EL: But, Kara, you’re not here.
KARA: What?
MON-EL: You’re in the fortress.

MON-EL: Kara! Are you okay? (embraces her)
KARA: I’m so much better now.

MON-EL: You just invoked a trial by combat created by barbarians! It’s been around since we crawled out of the caves on Daxam with rocks and sticks.
KARA: If I win, she goes. They all go. They are bound by ancient law to leave this planet in peace. She’s not gonna win.
MON-EL: But what if she does? Do you know what will happen? You’ll have to stand by and watch her walk this planet, trampling everyone underfoot.
KARA: I just have to beat her, and I will.
MON-EL: Why not Superman? Isn’t this his fight, too?
CLARK: (coming in) It’s everyone’s fight. But Kara just defeated me. She’s the champion of Earth.
KARA: I don’t have time for you to be afraid. I need you strong.

MON-EL: When you go to meet her, I’m coming, too.
KARA: You can’t fight for me.
MON-EL: But I can be with you. (to Clark) I know you probably want to go, but I…
CLARK: No, you’ll be a good second.

KARA: Mon-El! No! No, please, please. I’m gonna get you somewhere safe. I’m gonna take you somewhere safe.
MON-EL: (struggling to breathe) It’s okay.
KARA: No, stop.
(…)
MON-EL: It was worth it.
KARA: Stop, stop. Alex? Uh… Do something for me?
(in field, Kara’s pod waits)
KARA: You’re okay.
MON-EL: Kara…
KARA: I’ve got you…
MON-EL: Kara…
KARA: No, no, don’t talk. Just save your energy.
MON-EL: (coughing) There’s something I need to say. Wherever I go… I’m gonna be better because of you. You’ll be in my heart. I promise I’m going to be the man… that you thought I could be. I promise.
KARA: (crying) You’ve made me so happy. Here, here. (gives him mother’s pendant) Take this. This will keep you safe. I love you. And I should have said it before.
MON-EL: I love you.
KARA: Okay, okay. You have to go. You have to go.