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[Kara] Previously on
"Supergirl"...

I don't want to kill
any more.

Be my partner. In return,
I promise I'll protect you.

How could I not love you?

You sad,
silly woman.

I told you your obsession
with the Kryptonians

- would end like this.
- [Lena] The program I was developing

was supposed to
expand the human mind.

But I think Lex reworked it.

[screaming]

[cracking]

Kara, no!

Without the coordinates
of where he sent her,

she could be anywhere
in the Phantom Zone.

Kara is not dead.

We are bringing her home.

[slow rock music playing]

[low growling]

[snarls]

[screaming]

Keys...

Thank you.

[screams]

[beeps]

This is going to
suck for you.

No pun intended.

[snarling]

[snarls]

Boo.

Keep dreaming, Dracula.

[snarls]

[thuds]

[grunts]

Got you.

- Please! I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
- [grunts]

I'm sorry.
I wasn't going to hurt anyone.

I'm not really a vampire.

We know. Your name is Silas.

- You're an alien.
- From Transilvane, to be exact.

Which is apparently
a real planet.

You're where vampire stories
come from.

Great. Glad to see
you've done your research.

But you're under-emphasizing
one tiny, important detail.

They're just stories. I rob blood
banks so I don't have to hurt people.

We're not interested
in the robbery.

- We'll let you go...
- [sighs]

...if you help us.

Help you with what?

We want you to help us
break into the Phantom Zone.

Why in the hell would
you want to do that?

[faint warbling]

[grunts]

No, no, no, not again!

[screaming]

My husband was falsely
accused of theft, and sentenced

to six months
in the Phantom Zone.

They took Owen from me.

It was so unfair.

I had to get him back.

But they caught you
attempting to break him out.

How do you guys
know all this?

My brother was in the Phantom
Zone. He'd heard about you.

We cross-referenced
what he told us

- with your Fort Rozz file.
- You're the only person

to ever break into
the Phantom Zone.

- We need you to teach us how.
- You must understand, I failed.

And you will fail, too.

I'm certain I can replicate
your technology.

The tech is the easy part.

It's the Phantoms
you have to face.

People talk about the Zone as a
place where time does not pass,

but that isn't
what makes it terrible.

It's the creatures
that give it its name.

They feed on your fear
by making you live it.

They're like shadow spores
that creep inside you

and infect everything
good and right

and then turn it
against the host.

Eventually, you forget that the
Phantoms are doing it to you at all.

Your nightmare
becomes your reality.

That's when you go insane.

Just like my husband did.

[Dreamer] I'm sorry
that happened to you.

But right now
you have the chance

to help us save
someone that we love.

Supergirl is there.

We're trusting you
with this information

because you're the only one
who can help.

And we think you're the
kind of guy who would.

Prove us right.

Help us.

[sighs]

Okay, I need a pen.

Good man.

[cell phone chimes]

[sighs]

911 from Andrea.
I have to get back to CatCo.

Silas will keep us from being
stuck in the Phantom Zone,

but we're still nowhere
on Supergirl's location.

Once we're inside, you'll
need to divine where she is

and then lead us there.
And that will be no easy feat

with Phantoms circling.

So, you'll need to train.

I'll be back
as soon as I can.

[Andrea] I want to talk to you
about power.

Specifically,
the power of the press.

It's the trial of the century

and CatCo needs to be

the culture's one-stop shop
for all things Lex Luthor.

The trial hasn't even
begun yet.

Well, we pre-write obituaries
for heads of state, don't we?

This should be no different.

We all know
he's getting convicted.

We might as well
just get a jump on it.

Well, nice of you to join us,
Ms. Nal.

I'm sorry.
I was donating blood.

Oh, how heroic of you.

Obsidian North
died for Lex Luthor's sins.

Now I want our smart,
splashy coverage

to bury him six feet under.

So, assignments.

Nia, with Kara still out
of town with Cat Grant,

I'm going to need you down
at the courthouse.

The judge, the jurors,
the witnesses,

do literally whatever it takes
to get interviews.

I will pay your bail
if it comes to that.

- I'm sorry. Me?
- Yes.

And William, of course.

But we won't be able
to get in.

The courthouse is on lockdown
due to threats against Luthor.

I mean, they're even keeping
a jury off-site to protect them.

Well, the two of you
are sharks.

You'll find a way to get in.

Plus, if you run into trouble,

I'm sure Supergirl
will swoop in to protect you.

She always does.

[door opens]

[clicks tongue] I thought visitors
were forbidden in this wing.

The Luthor name
still commands respect...

and the occasional favor.

Ah, favors.

Is that how you secured me
that plea deal?

Admit to conspiracy and
manslaughter, and go away for... Ah, ah.

Go away for 25 years.

I'm sure your lawyer
advised you to accept it.

He did.
Which is why I fired him.

The case against you
is ironclad.

The Tessmacher girl's testimony
will be damning.

And every day
you spend fruitlessly

shaking your fist at the sky
is another day

the Luthor name
gets dragged through the mud.

Mother, it almost feels as if you
care more about the family name

than freeing your son
from bondage.

I do.

Our family has always achieved
selfish aims by appearing selfless.

If you take the stand
and make a mockery of yourself

in the face
of insurmountable evidence,

the world will see us
for what we really are.

Do you really have
so little faith in me

that you think I should agree
to rot in prison?

I will remind you,
I have been in prison before.

I have been shot and killed
and risen from the dead before,

and I will not be
subjugated again.

You should know,
I always have a plan.

Yeah, boss. Kablooey!

A legal plan,
you imbecile.

[sighs]

Well, let's hope this plan
is better than the last.

[faint warbling]

[grunts]

[fire crackling]

[gasping]

[man] Calm down.

There are no Phantoms here.

Who are you?

As if you don't know. You
bear the glyph of my house.

So you must be some sort
of mirage, another figment

of my own tortured mind.

Your house?

This is the glyph
of the House of El.

Father?

Kara?

My daughter alive,
my wife alive...

it's more than I ever
dared hope for.

Argo survived,
because of your sacrifice.

All this time I thought
I'd lost you forever.

When I chose to stay on
Krypton to activate Argo's shields,

I knew there was no way
I'd get off the planet in time.

Sending myself here was a
last-ditch attempt to save my life.

A terrible mistake.

There are things
worse than death.

And to think
you were here, too,

languishing,
your pod trapped.

Oh, this place
is nothing like I remember.

- It's worse.
- Indeed.

From the safety of your pod,
you never faced the Phantoms.

They got to you,
didn't they?

What did you see?

I was in a cavern, a fortress
of one of my enemies.

She was dead...

but so was
everyone I ever loved,

cut down while they were trying
to save the world,

and I just stood there
among their bodies...

horrified.

I couldn't save them.
I couldn't wake up.

I wanted to die there
with them.

But I couldn't do that, either.

A terrible vision.

Not a vision.

A memory.

One that I thought had
finally stopped haunting me.

But it was crystal clear.

It felt like
it would never end.

That's exactly what will happen,
if you resist the Phantoms.

You were a hero...

and you didn't deserve this.

But it's gonna be okay now.
We're going to get out.

"Get out"?

Yeah, Mother once told me
that Fort Rozz

was rooted in space
above the rocks by an anchor.

The guards come and go

through a portal at the base.
If we can find the anchor...

To try would only invite
the Phantoms' wrath!

But if we do not provoke them,
they will leave us be.

We are trapped here forever.

We will never die,

but we may yet survive.

You must accept that, Kara,
or you will go mad,

and remain so for eternity.

So, will you be
watching the trial?

Of course.

You don't think I'd miss
an opportunity for the world

to see my brother
as he really is?

[chuckles softly]
Well, what about who you are?

What do you mean?

You were there with Lex
through everything.

But you haven't
spoken on the record

and you haven't
been asked to testify.

Think of the good it could do if
you aired your firsthand experience

and asked for forgiveness
publicly.

I thought I was coming here
to catch up with a friend,

but you're lobbying
for an interview.

Oh...

Please, Lena, I...

[sighs]

I screwed up with Obsidian,
and CatCo barely survived.

It's all I have left,
and it's in bad shape.

If you go on the record,
maybe we can help each other.

I'm sorry for your troubles,
I really am,

but what happened
by Lex's side,

I will never speak of publicly.

I thought maybe
we could talk about it,

especially after everything
we've been through.

But I see now that I was
mistaken because, as ever,

you're always
putting yourself first.

Keep the Scotch.

[sighs]

Figured you guys
could use some lunch.

So how are things going here?

I mean, with Silas' help
and the nanobots to rebuild it,

he can have Supergirl back
by sundown.

Whoa.

By sundown?

We should order in Dim Sum
Delite's entire stock of potstickers

because she's gonna be starving
when she gets back.

You're not listening to me.
Sundown isn't possible.

Next week
might not be possible.

The last time
I built this portal,

it took six months of testing

to make sure I didn't burn to
death when I stepped through it.

It's just wonderful that you are
all big, powerful superheroes,

but I can't guarantee you
won't burn to death, either.

I already have not saving
my husband on my conscience.

I don't need your deaths, too.

Hey, hey, I, um...
I got it. Okay?

I, um...

I know what it's like
to lose someone.

Someone you love more
than anything in the world.

But Owen being in the
Phantom Zone is not your fault.

You need to forgive yourself
for what happened to him.

I can't.

The guilt is overwhelming.

Of course you feel guilt.
Of course you feel shame.

But those feelings are there to
remind you that your love was real.

And that is something that
no Phantom can take from you.

Look, I know you're scared,
but you can do this.

You can build that portal.

You can make it work.

And when you do,
we will save Supergirl.

And every life she saves from
then on will be thanks to you.

And thanks to Owen.

[District Attorney] Ladies
and gentlemen of the jury,

for perhaps
the first time in history,

"crimes against humanity"
carries literal weight.

Lex Luthor stands accused

of attempting to brainwash
half of humanity

into loving him
and to murder the rest.

And this, in addition to the actual
murder and conspiracy charges.

Any one of these should
put him away for life.

Through evidence
provided by Eve Tessmacher,

who was present
for every terrible moment,

we'll prove him guilty
of every charge.

[inhales deeply]

No, she won't.

[electrical crackling]

Look, I'm sorry. Sorry.

You know this isn't... You
know this isn't easy for me.

[J'onn J'onzz]
Silas, I do not have time.

Fix it. Fix it right now.

J'onn, can I talk to you
outside?

Get it done,
and don't immolate anyone.

[device beeping]

I know you think of Kara
as a daughter...

when you've already lost two.

I think of K'hym and T'ania
every day.

But with Kara gone,
enduring all that alone...

my memories
take a different shape.

I'm worried about Kara, too.

But I'm also worried
about you and Alex.

You're running yourselves
ragged trying to get her back

and speed up the process.

We've taken risks before.

It's not risk I object to.

This mission calls for
methodical planning,

without ego or emotion.

But instead
you're just charging ahead

without getting
the lay of the land.

You're not acting
like a soldier,

you're acting like a father.

I'd rather die trying to get
her back than live with the guilt

that I didn't do
everything that I could.

I hear your wisdom, M'gann.

I do.

But we need to do this our way.

You've been incredibly
strong today, Miss Tessmacher.

And I know it can't be easy
speaking truth to power like this.

But I have to ask you
one more question,

and I implore you to
answer honestly and clearly.

Is the murderer of Dr. Jarrod
in this courtroom today?

Yes.

Lex Luthor.

[District Attorney] No
further questions, Your Honor.

Your witness, Mr. Luthor.

- Eve...
- Miss Tessmacher.

Miss Tessmacher, then.

When I returned home after
saving those kidnapped VR users,

who was waiting for me?

I was.

That's right. You surprised me
with a lavish candlelit dinner.

Do you recall the entree?

[sighs] It was...
beef Wellington.

Mmm. The meal was delicious,
I might add.

Succulent, tender.

Objection.

- It's his opinion.
- I was just as surprised at the quality

as you, Ms. District Attorney.

Which is why I asked Eve...
Miss Tessmacher,

"What's the occasion?"

And do you remember
what you said?

I...

Have you not sworn to tell the
truth today, Miss Tessmacher?

- I have.
- Objection.

Then why did you
cook me dinner?

[voice breaking]
Because I was in love with you!

[Lex on TV] And when
I did not reciprocate...

Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury,

I ask you,
what is more reasonable?

Lex Luthor, philanthropist,
entrepreneur and hero

committing these terrible crimes...

or Eve Tessmacher, jilted lover
hell-bent on revenge,

setting up the man
who would not have her,

all to avoid punishment
for her own crimes.

She had the means,
she had the motive

and she had an image inducer.

You made me hack Obsidian.

You made me impersonate people.

You made me kill.

You made me do all of it...

[Lex] I demand
Miss Tessmacher's testimony

be stricken from the record
and her plea deal revoked.

Oh, uh, and if you feel like
throwing in a charge of perjury,

that'd be cool, too,
Your Honor.

Let me guess. Now that the
trial has turned in Lex's favor,

you want me
to relinquish my shares

and step down from the company,

so Mama's number-one boy
can retain his rightful throne.

On the contrary.
I'd like to sell you my shares.

Why?

Because Luthor Corp
in your brother's hands

is nothing more than a weapon.

We both know it.

My shares, coupled with yours,
would form a majority

Lex couldn't outvote
no matter how hard he schemed.

Think of what you could do
with all that power.

You're trying to bribe me.

Why in the world would I need
to bribe my own daughter?

Because you know I'm gonna
testify against Lex.

An idiotic and childish notion.

[Lena] Eve's testimony
was the backbone of this case.

Now that Lex has completely
damaged her credibility,

all her evidence is tainted.

It's "fruit of
the poisonous tree."

If I don't speak
to the brainwashing charges,

then he might go free.

So let him.

Your brother nearly
threw everything away

and revealed his true colors
to the world,

but through cleverness
and sheer force of will,

he has convinced the jury that he's a
good man framed by an evil woman.

That perception is good
for the entire family.

The truth is good
for the family.

The truth is
you did nothing to stop Lex

until it was nearly too late.

If you take that stand,

you'll have to
accept your guilt

for every single thing
you did by his side.

And then the world will
not only think Lex is evil,

but they'll think you are, too,

and the Luthor name
will be as good as worthless.

It's time for Luthor
to do some actual good

instead of just pretending to.

If I have to risk my name
to make sure

my brother stays behind
bars forever, then I will.

It's not a risk.

It's a certainty.

Lex won't hesitant
to take you down with him.

And he knows better than anyone
how to get under your skin.

Oh, I'm counting on it.

[whirring]

Hey! Sorry. I know, it was
impossible to get away from William.

He just could not understand
what was more important

than staking out
the courthouse.

Now is not the time
to worry about William.

Or Lex's trial,
for that matter.

Now is the time to train.

The Phantom Zone
is an environment

unlike one
you've ever experienced.

It will require the highest
levels of your concentration

to dream Supergirl's location
in there.

Accordingly, I give you
my Phantom Zone simulation,

meticulously crafted from all
known data about the Zone.

Sensors placed around the room
will record your dream energy.

Any fluctuations, distractions
emotional incongruences

will trigger the Phantoms I've
populated this training exercise with

to attack you,

just as they will do
in the Phantom Zone.

I got it. Just like the
holodeck on Next Gen.

Now,

hidden somewhere in this
simulation is my simulated Supergirl.

Please close your eyes...

[exhales deeply]

...and try to divine
her location.

[children laughing]

[Alex] Kara, wait up!

Kara, just slow down.

[snarling]

[gasping]

Kara and Alex
in high school.

- What a surprising divination.
- It's not a divination.

It's a distraction, Brainy.

Well, try again.

I could barely find you when you
were dying on the Leviathan ship.

I thought maybe
our relationship

was what was
clouding my powers.

But maybe I just don't know
what I'm doing.

Without my mom or my sister,

I don't have anyone to actually
teach me how to interpret my dreams.

And until I learn, I'm never
going to be the hero I want to be.

I'm from the Legion of
Superheroes, where everything we did

was through
the lens of Supergirl.

Her virtue, her
accomplishments, her drive.

But you and I have had the
opportunity to actually know her.

And so we know she's more
than just Supergirl.

She's Kara.

She is our beacon
through the darkness.

She's the example
we all aspire to emulate.

So, yes, you may fear that you
will fail to live up to Kara's example.

But I am here to tell you,
in no uncertain terms,

that you are not a liability
to this mission.

You are the reason
it's going to succeed.

Let's try again.

I'm so sorry
you were lost here.

I'm so sorry you've endured
what you've endured.

I'm going to help you
find your way again.

I'm going to get us
out of here.

I promise.

[faint warbling]

[panting]

[groaning]

[roars]

[groaning]

[roaring]

Get away from her!

[fire crackling]

[groaning]

[exhales]

I take it
you learned your lesson.

I have to try again.

Kara, I can't lose you again.

Please,
we can live safely here.

And do what? Stare at
cave walls day in and day out

until time loses all meaning?

The father I knew
never would have accepted that.

The father you knew
was hollowed out

and devoured slowly
by the Phantoms.

I'm trying to spare you that.

You may think
you're stronger than I,

but strength
doesn't matter here.

The Phantom Zone isn't
something you can fight.

You're right.

I can't beat it.

But I am going to do
everything I can to escape it.

Even if it means I just get
an inch further every day.

And I'm sorry for everything
you went through.

But I would rather
live through torture

and do something than
just exist for the sake of it.

The House of El is meant
for more than that.

Well, I won't let my daughter
go into the rocks alone.

So if you're going to
insist on trying...

I'm going with you.

Miss Tessmacher's testimony
has been thrown out

and the murder charges
have been dropped,

so perhaps we should be
getting to closing arguments.

If there's no objection.

Actually, Your Honor, the people
would like to call one more witness.

What could one more witness
possibly testify to?

[door opens]

Everything else.

Non nocere.
It's "to do no harm."

I mean,
that was always my intention.

To make the world
a better place,

to inhibit our desires to hurt each
other emotionally and physically.

But Lex corrupted my technology
to turn every Obsidian user

into his own
mindless followers,

essentially brainwashing them.

[District Attorney]
To what end?

To get away with murder.

[District Attorney] No
further questions, Your Honor.

Defense, your witness.

[laughing]

Something funny, Mr. Luthor?

[Lex] Mmm.

Not funny.

Hilarious.

My sister can couch her project
in flowery language,

"make the world
a better place,"

but put plainly, she created a
tool to brainwash the masses.

- Isn't that right, sis?
- Yes, I did.

But I wasn't the one with
the motive to use it that way.

Well, it's your word
against mine on that. On...

Well, pretty much all of it,
for that matter.

Now, by your own admission,
you yourself would have had

both the means and the opportunity
to commit the brainwashing

of which I stand accused,
Would you not?

No. Because in the trial phase,
it became clear that

Non nocere was irreparably
flawed. I abandoned it.

But then how could I have
possibly used your creation

to brainwash anybody
if it didn't really work?

I said it was flawed.
Not that it didn't work.

I was filing patents
when you were in diapers.

Why would I waste my time

workshopping your faulty
science fair project?

Because your little sister had
created something that you needed.

Something that you could never
have come up with on your own.

You've never done anything
on your own.

- You've always needed me.
- Objection.

You can't stand that
I don't need you anymore.

Sustained.

Without me,
your precious non nocere

would've never
gotten off the ground.

And so you think you can just
take credit for my work?

You're damn right, I can.

[jury gasps, muttering]

[Lex] I have always taken the
big swings that you never would.

But I supported you,
because you're a Luthor.

I kept you by my side when
you were too timid and weak

to do what was necessary.

It takes guts to wield power.

And I wield my power
to make the world better.

So did I help develop
non nocere? Yes.

And yes, non nocere failed.

Boo-hoo, it happens.

But instead of
accepting that humbly,

my sister blames me for it.

It's no surprise
that this entire case

has fallen apart
when every single charge

hinges on
the unsubstantiated hearsay

of bitter women
like my sister and Eve.

Women who, mind you,

could have committed
these crimes themselves,

as could any number
of other suspects

that the prosecutor
has overlooked

in her obsession
with targeting me, and why?

Because I am powerful!

So let that be
a lesson to you all.

If you try to build
a good life for yourself,

there is always somebody
waiting to tear you down

and punish you
for your greatness.

But I accept who I am.

I like power, and I have the
guts to do something with it.

I did not commit the crimes
of which I stand accused.

But if I had,
who could blame me?

If push came to shove,
you'd have done it.

The defense rests.

Yes! Come on.

You sure
this thing won't blow up?

It won't blow up, but I can't
guarantee it won't implode.

Let's bring Supergirl home.

[device powering up]

[electronic warbling]

It doesn't look like
the simulations, Brainy.

No.

This isn't right.

The Phantom Zone
has been fractured somehow.

Of course. Crisis.

When all the timelines
converged into one,

the opposite
must have happened here.

It's no longer one pocket
dimension, but many.

An interdimensional
archipelago.

Well, Dreamer should still
be able to find her in there.

Every dimension has
its own vibrational frequency.

We would have to go to each one
before Dreamer could even try.

And it's moving
in a randomized pattern.

It would take years for us
to make it to each of them.

Supergirl is in there, okay?

We are not
not going to go get her.

Alex, wait.

I won't give up on Kara.

I'm not gonna lose you, too.

[cracking]

Phantoms!

[all grunting]

[growling]

The Phantoms disrupted the
portal. We need to get it back online.

On it.

Not again.

Silas, we have to send
the Phantoms back.

I need you to help me.

Please, don't let them take me.

These creepy bastards
aren't going to

take any more of us.

Okay? Do it for Owen.

I'll cover you.

[roaring]

- [roars]
- [grunts]

- [growling]
- [gasps]

[roars]

[gasps]

This isn't gonna
hold them forever.

Your dream power helped me in
the past. Allow me to repay the favor.

Both of us.

Oh, that is much better!

- Anytime you're ready, Silas.
- I'm trying. Come on, you stupid thing.

[beeping]

Now!

[whooshing]

[device beeps]

All rise.

[judge] In the case of the People of the
United States of America v. Lex Luthor...

You found them?
Everything all set?

Judge?

- Jury?
- Executioner.

[judge] ...to which the defendant
stands accused of conspiracy

and murder
in the first degree...

Kablooey!

...Mr. Foreman, has the jury
reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

In the matter of National City
v. Alexander Joseph Luthor,

we, the jury, find the defendant
not guilty on all counts.

[bangs table]

[Lex] Uh...

- [judge] Mr. Luthor is now cleared of
all charges... - Wait, you actually won?

- Not that I'm surprised, boss. ... - and will be released
from government custody effective immediately.

- Well, I am. Clearly I underestimated the value of just... - [judge] I'd like to thank the jury for their service.

- being myself
- You performed your civic duty admirably.

- [sighs] No kablooey.
- [judge] This court now stands adjourned.

Of course not, you idiot.

I'm sorry things were different
than you expected

and you couldn't save
your friend.

But just because you couldn't save
her this time doesn't mean you won't.

I think we all need
to at least take a beat.

It's been a rough day,
but we will figure this out.

- [reporter on TV] Breaking news.
Lex Luthor has been exonerated. - Guys,

it's about to get
a lot worse.

I would like to
congratulate the jury

on coming to the right decision

in spite of the clear prejudice in
the media coverage of my trial.

CatCo published
a glorified hit piece

painting me as guilty
and then allowed

the same biased journalist to
single-handedly cover my trial.

Oh, gods. I've got to
get back to CatCo.

It all comes down to a lack of hard
evidence and a lot of reasonable doubt.

It's the system, you see.

They pick a powerful guy
and they try to tear him down.

No one deserves
a life sentence for that.

Okay, enough of this farce.

[sighs] The trial may be over,
but we are not.

William, get out there and
find me my next Lexposé.

Back to work.

William! William, I am so sorry I
didn't make it back to the courthouse.

It wouldn't have made
a difference.

I'm not sure any of this
does anymore, really.

Of course it does.

Look, Lex got acquitted,
and there is nothing

that we could have
done about that.

But when he tries
something again tomorrow,

that is something
we can do something about.

We can still make a difference.

We just can't stop trying.

[chuckles softly]

Come on, you guys
have been at it for hours.

Eat.

How are you guys doing?

Brainy's still running
analytics on the projector.

It's slow going, but we're making
progress on mapping the Phantom Zone.

I wasn't talking about the job,
I was talking about you.

Oh. [Sighs]

Right.

I was just thinking
how right you were,

about methodical planning,
without ego or emotion.

If I hadn't been so reactive,
rushing us into a risky plan.

Well, your plan
would have worked

if the Phantom Zone
weren't fractured.

Yeah, but if I had been
more thorough,

have Brainy map it before,

we would've been
prepared for that.

Well, now,
we will be next time.

But I know
you're going through a lot.

You can talk to me.

But I almost lost you today...

and Alex, everyone.

I need to do what I must
to get Kara back.

Until then,
I need to follow your advice.

Stop thinking in terms of
family and just be a soldier.

[reporter on TV] Mr. Luthor,
now that you're free, what's next?

I'm just glad that I can return to
making a difference as a free man.

These 21st-century
keyboards suck.

[sighs]

[grunts]

[exhales]

[Kelly] Alex?

I couldn't...
I couldn't get her back. I...

I couldn't save her.

Hey, that's more than anyone
could have pulled off in a day.

No, it's not just today.

I mean, what if we never...
What...

What if she's really gone?

I mean, how am I supposed to
accept a world without Kara in it?

The only thing
that you have to accept

is that this
could take a while.

But you are going to
keep fighting, and so is she.

Yeah, but that's the thing,
I don't know if I can.

This isn't just a hard path.
I don't see any path at all.

We're nowhere, Kelly.

We are nowhere,
and she is alone

and I might not
ever see her again.

[reporter on TV] Another
surprising turn of events. Lex Luthor

has called for
the District Attorney

to instead consider charges
against his sister, Lena,

who in the process
of testifying today...

- [knock on door]
-...may have implicated herself

in criminal activity.

So much for not speaking
about Lex publicly, huh?

I owe you an apology.

I was behaving
selfishly earlier.

You saved my life.

I shouldn't have
tried to use you.

And I shouldn't have
jumped down your throat.

It was hypocritical.

I'm intimately aware of how
difficult it is to make amends.

Well, you did it in style, coming
forward despite the difficulty.

[sighs] Honestly,
I wish I was brave enough

to confront my father
like that.

[scoffs] By giving him
a platform to grandstand

that backfires so disastrously

that the DA ends up
investigating you instead?

By using his own
strategies against him.

You pushed Lex right
where you wanted him.

No one could have expected
the jury to sympathize.

We'll keep going after Lex
with everything CatCo's got.

I will, too.

And if the justice system
doesn't stop him, then I will.

Well, I'll drink to that.

[glasses clink]

I admit I didn't expect your
little performance be so effective.

You underestimated me
even more than I did, Mother.

[chuckles]

No one should have been able

to Houdini themselves
out of a situation like that.

Please. Houdini was all about
tricks, whereas I am now seeing

the value of unvarnished truth.

Two words I never thought I'd
hear applied to a Luthor. [Chuckles]

And how does my narrative suit
our beloved family name now?

Far better than your sister's.

Hmm. From mass murderer to
vindicated martyr in one fell swoop,

and all I needed was me.

[chuckles]

I wasted so much time
trying to buy, threaten

or brainwash people into
doing what I wanted.

But apparently, people love
a guy who tells it like it is.

The key is, if you can get
them to buy it long enough,

they stop being able to discern

whether you're telling it
like it really is,

or how you want them
to believe it is.

Ah, damn it.

Which one of you thieving
idiots drank my O negative?

[gasping]

[cell phone dialing]

[phone beeping]

[Silas on phone] J'onn, I think
the Phantom did something to me.

Please come.
I think I need help.

[coughing]

[growling]

Where did they just go?

I have no idea. I've never seen
a Phantom do anything like that.

Well, if they use portals
to get around,

maybe we can use one
to get out.

It looks like the portals only
open and close long enough

for a Phantom
to get through it.

Then I guess we're gonna
have to catch a Phantom.

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