- M'yrnn J'onzz: I enjoy Christmas. What a wonderful way to close your year. Paying homage to an evergreen creature. It so reminds me of Life Day.
- Winn Schott: Excuse me, hi. "Life Day"? As in the "Star Wars Holiday Special"? It was on CBS. Princess Leia, like, sang a song... You have no idea what I'm talking about. Oh, my God, you don't know what "Star Wars" is.
- [to J'onn]
- Winn Schott: You probably don't know what "Star Wars" is.
- J'onn J'onzz: Excuse me? "The Empire Strikes Back" is the best movie sequel of all time.
- Winn Schott: Man, I just love you more and more each day.
- M'yrnn J'onzz: What's a "sequel"?
- Morgan Edge: Lena. Didn't recognize you without a .38 in your hand.
- Lena Luthor: Maybe I should hit you over the back of your head and put you on a drone headed for the reservoir.
- Imra Ardeen: Everyone's been very kind so far. It's fascinating to see Earth this far back.
- Winn Schott: Oh, yeah. This must be like medieval times for you.
- Imra Ardeen: You eat things with your hands. So fun. Mon-El tells me there's a place in town where you can eat all the ribs you want. What did you call it? "Food until you're full"?
- Mon-El: Very close. It's "All you can eat."
- Imra Ardeen: Do you need fresh eyes? I can take a look through the data you've collected, suspects you might have already dismissed. I'm a 31st century version of a kip.
- Winn Schott: I think you mean "cop."
- Ruby Arias: [entering bedroom] Mom?
- Samantha Arias: [dazed] Yeah...
- Ruby Arias: I heard you scream.
- Samantha Arias: I'm sorry. Sorry, I had a bad dream.
- Ruby Arias: I thought you'd wake me up when you got back from your trip.
- Samantha Arias: [still dazed] What trip?
- Ruby Arias: Where you went yesterday.
- Samantha Arias: I didn't go on a trip, Ruby. I'm... here.
- Ruby Arias: You said you were going somewhere. To get answers. That something wonderful was gonna happen.
- Samantha Arias: I said that? I don't know what... I'm tired. I've just been so tired.
- [reaches out to Ruby]
- Samantha Arias: Come here. Hi. Hi.
- Ruby Arias: [jumps onto bed] Hi.
- Samantha Arias: What time is it?
- Ruby Arias: 11:00. Yeah, you slept in.
- Samantha Arias: It can't be 11:00. Because it's pancake-o'-clock!
- [as they jump off bed:]
- Samantha Arias: What do you want, chocolate chip or banana?
- Ruby Arias: Both!
- Mon-El: It's a long story.
- Kara Danvers: Well, seven years is a long time.
- Mon-El: Strange as it may sound, the 31st century is actually not that different from today.
- Winn Schott: What, better smartphones?
- Imra Ardeen: What's a phone?
- Winn Schott: [amused] "What's a phone?". Oh, the future's awesome.
- Winn Schott: So, a legion of superheroes. Ha!
- J'onn J'onzz: Sounds formidable.
- Mon-El: Not nearly enough. The future has, uh... some bad things happening.
- Imra Ardeen: Yeah, the darkness is spreading.
- Kara Danvers: What's that? What do you mean?
- Mon-El: Well, my team and I were on a mission, and, uh... we got into some trouble. Our ship got knocked into one of those, uh... those disruptions.
- J'onn J'onzz: A wormhole?
- Mon-El: Yes.
- Imra Ardeen: We crash-landed back on Earth 12,000 years ago.
- Alex Danvers: So you traveled back in time by accident?
- Mon-El: Which is exactly why we couldn't just go home. So we went into cryo-sleep and set the ship to wake us up when we returned to the 31st century. But then the torpedo hit the ship, and damaged the ship, and that's when I woke up. But do you think we can fix it? Can you help us get home?
- J'onn J'onzz: We'll do everything in our power to help. But for now... settle in.
- Alex Danvers: You might be here for a while.
- Winn Schott: Dude, I do not undertand your obesession.
- J'onn J'onzz: It is the greatest Christmas song of all time.
- Winn Schott: That's great. We've played it, like, four times.
- J'onn J'onzz: If my father learns nothing else this holiday season, he will learn about Hall and Oates. Put it on.
- Kara Danvers: I mean, as far as parties go, this one doesn't suck, right?
- Alex Danvers: No, it's great. It is. But how about you? How are you doing?
- Kara Danvers: I'm good. Yeah, totally. I love parties. And Christmas.
- Alex Danvers: I mean, like, with... Mon-El and Imra. I mean, this... this can't be easy.
- Kara Danvers: [dry laugh] No, that's not easy, but you know what? Here we are. Are you okay?
- Alex Danvers: Yeah, well, Christmas without Maggie, that's... that's not my favorite thing, but... but we are not wallowing.
- Kara Danvers: No. No, sir. And you know what? We can be single crones together.
- Alex Danvers: Aww. Crone buddies.
- Samantha Arias: Do you remember that Christmas that year that I got that job in Central City? You were really, really mad at me for making you leave your friends in the middle of the school year. I was making us drive all the way down.
- Ruby Arias: It was days in that car.
- Samantha Arias: It was days in that car. We ended up spending Christmas at a truck stop on Route 34. We had that snowball fight in the parking lot and then we made that tree out of newspapers. And that night, when we were lying in that awful bed, it smelled like mothballs, I'll never forget it. You whispered to me, and you said that it was the best Christmas you'd ever had. It was for me, too, Ruby. You wanna know why? Because we were together. I have something for you. I was gonna wait 'till tomorrow, but...
- [she hands Ruby a velvet box; inside is a pendant with Supergirl's "S" on it]
- Ruby Arias: How did you know?
- Samantha Arias: I'm your mom. I know everything. Did you know that it means "stronger together"? We are. Always. I love you so much.
- Ruby Arias: I love you too, mom.
- Winn Schott: Samples from the remains of the victims confirm they were killed by heat vision.
- Alex Danvers: So our bad guy is Kryptonian.
- Winn Schott: Yep. And Morgan Edge had nothing to do with it. Hey, well, at least it's not related to the guy with the laser gun who went after Lena.
- Kara Danvers: No, that guy was just someone Edge hired to try to kill Lena.
- Agent Vasquez: He thought he could get away with killing her and blame it on the Kryptonian?
- J'onn J'onzz: It's just like Coville said. Work of the Beast.
- Winn Schott: It's creepy.
- Kara Danvers: But Coville's a fanatic, not a prophet.
- J'onn J'onzz: The two don't have to be mutually exclusive. He said this, the Beast would come. She would mark the city and then She would take it. I think it's worth pushing through the noise here to see the truth.
- Kara Danvers: Well, the moment you start believing in something is the moment you give your power away. I'm not gonna give away mine. So what we know about this Kryptonian is that she's a pretender. I beat Kal down to the ground when I had to. I'll beat her down, too.
- Mon-El: Look, Imra... she feels really bad that she upset you. That wasn't... that was not her intention.
- Kara Danvers: Oh, no, she didn't do anything wrong. She was very kind, and generous, and, you know, she's smart and beautiful, and even though she looks like a Greek goddess, I can't find any reason to hate her. But am I okay with this? No.
- Mon-El: Kara, I...
- Kara Danvers: No. Stop. Please, Mon-El, I... I see this very clearly for what it is. We're just three good people stuck in a really crappy situation. But, you know what, at least two of us still get to be happy.
- [she turns to leave, then stops]
- Kara Danvers: And... and just for the record, Mon-El, I really am trying to be okay with this, but... this is... this is worse than... the worst thing I could possibly imagine. And that's you looking at me with no love in your eyes. So, please, just...
- [turning to leave again]
- Kara Danvers: Please.
- Supergirl: The Kryptonian attacked Edge in his office.
- Winn Schott: Oh... no? No. No. No, that's bad. That's objectively bad.
- Supergirl: It doesn't matter who the target was. They're just killing whoever they want.
- J'onn J'onzz: We're doing everything we can to track them.
- Alex Danvers: I'll head to Edge's office, see if they left behind anything I can trace.
- Supergirl: No. No, I'm tired of playing hide and seek. The longer we wait, the more people are gonna die.
- J'onn J'onzz: What do you propose?
- Supergirl: We do it their way.
- Winn Schott: [sarcastic, as she flies away] Well, that's comforting.
- Supergirl: I have to go.
- Alex Danvers: Hey, not like this. Listen to me. I know that you've been struggling for the past months and I have been trying to get you to embrace your humanity, but forget that. Be cold. Be Kryptonian. I don't know why, but this thing really scares me. So, please, be alien.
- M'yrnn J'onzz: J'onn, I do not know why you introduced me to coffee first. This brown water is vastly superior.
- J'onn J'onzz: Yeah, I don't take advantage of hot cocoa enough.
- Supergirl: What happened?
- Agent Vasquez: Looks like someone took a flamethrower to large swaths of the property.
- J'onn J'onzz: Any chance it was a brush fire?
- Agent Vasquez: I don't think so.
- Supergirl: But why call us for arson after the fact? The fire's already out.
- Agent Vasquez: There's something you should see.
- Supergirl: Where?
- Agent Vasquez: Bird's-eye view.
- Samantha Arias: You know, if you wanted, you could pull James Olsen right underneath that mistletoe.
- Lena Luthor: James? Don't be ridiculous.
- Samantha Arias: I mean, I think he likes you.
- Lena Luthor: I'm his boss.
- Samantha Arias: Mm. Yes, because that's never happened before.
- Kara Danvers: Hi.
- Samantha Arias: Hi.
- Kara Danvers: And I don't mean to eavesdrop, but I've been noticing chemistry between you two for weeks now.
- Lena Luthor: There is no chemistry, all right?
- Kara Danvers: [skeptical] Okay.
- Samantha Arias: It's off the charts!
- Lena Luthor: Okay, I'm gonna have to kill both you, all right? But then I wouldn't have either of my best friends, so that wouldn't work. So I'm just gonna have some more Scotch.
- Kara Danvers: Okay, come and get your eggnog.
- Alex Danvers: Uh, yeah, but be warned, this is not your grandmother's recipe. No, this is highly potent, intoxicating deliciousness.
- James Olsen: Ooh. Danvers' famous eggnog?
- Lena Luthor: Um, sounds tempting, but you know, I think I'll stick with the Scotch.
- Samantha Arias: I'm late, I know. It's been a really long day, but I got the cookies.
- Alex Danvers: No worries. Come in.
- Samantha Arias: Christmas shopping, conference call with some very unpleasant men who were yelling at me in German, and then Ruby told me about the cookies, I'd forgot. The Italian bakery that I really liked, it was closed, so, you know, you get these.
- Alex Danvers: Okay, sounds like somebody needs to take a break and maybe have a drink. Or two.
- Alex Danvers: Did I ever tell you that I work with Supergirl sometimes?
- Ruby Arias: Okay, I have four questions.
- Alex Danvers: Hey, uh, Lena opened the good stuff.
- Samantha Arias: Thank you.
- Ruby Arias: Okay, one, has Supergirl ever flown you anywhere? And two, if so, how was it? And three...
- Alex Danvers: Yes. Yes, yes. She... she has flown me. Several times. And, actually, last year, she caught me when I jumped out of a skyscraper during a shoot-out.
- Ruby Arias: Okay, I have more questions.
- Kara Danvers: You know, this... this year has been really tough for me, but I did get two really great things out of it. And that's you guys.
- Samantha Arias: Aw.
- Lena Luthor: I am not wearing waterproof mascara.
- Kara Danvers: I've always been blessed. You know, my sister, I've always had her, and she has my back, but I've never had best friends. And I couldn't have gotten through what I've been through this year without you two.
- Samantha Arias: Okay, now you're gonna make me cry.
- Kara Danvers: [laughing] Oh, no.
- Lena Luthor: I am very grateful for both of you.
- Samantha Arias: Me, too. I love you guys.
- Supergirl: I've seen this before, when I was a kid on a field trip to the ruins of old Krypton. What does it mean?
- Alura Zor-El: The symbols predate recorded history. The glyphs are known as "low speech" and used in Urrika, the Kryptonian continent where life began.
- Supergirl: And the people who used them?
- Alura Zor-El: The Juru were matriarchal. Tribal. Polytheistic. Over time, their sun god became known as Rao, the tribes began to worship him alone, and modern Krypton was born.
- Supergirl: So, then the Book of Rao must have something that can help.
- Alura Zor-El: There is nothing in the book. The ruling council destroyed much of Krypton's so-called supersitions.
- Supergirl: But if someone's trying to send me a message through this, I have to know what it means. This feels important.
- Alura Zor-El: I represent the total accumulation of knowledge on the twenty-eight known galaxies. If I cannot translate it, the translation may not exist.
- Lena Luthor: Listen, I am less concerned with CatCo's response to this than who's doing this and why. The first appearance of this symbol, the crop circle, was on L-Corp property.
- James Olsen: So you think this is personal?
- Lena Luthor: I think it's Morgan Edge. That man has a vendetta against me, and believe me, he will go to any lengths. Plus, he's the only man who has the tech and the resources to pull something like this off. It's gotta be Edge.
- James Olsen: Oh, I think it's time we pay that Don Johnson wannabe a visit.
- Lena Luthor: No, I was gonna go on my own.
- James Olsen: Not a chance.
- Lena Luthor: Morgan, what is this?
- Morgan Edge: I don't know. Looks weird. What, are you re-branding? I mean, hey, it worked for Prince, right?
- Lena Luthor: I know you're behind this. It's more fearmongering, more of the same. You're so predictable.
- Morgan Edge: Lena, Lena. Lena, come on, it's Christmas. Where's your Christmas spirit? It's my favorite time of the year. The only fires I'm lighting are the ones I'm gonna roast chestnuts over. And if you think I had anything to do with going after you, which you sure as hell can't prove, my line of attack would be much, much more effective. Is that why you brought your bodyguard?
- James Olsen: I'm here just to make sure that you remain... civil.
- Morgan Edge: Jimmy, I get the feeling your dislike for me is more than just purely professional.
- James Olsen: You get feelings?
- Morgan Edge: I, for one, have work to do, so if you wouldn't mind, it's time to go.
- [she and James turn to leave]
- Morgan Edge: Oh, hey, come on, look. Hold up. What am I thinking? Where's my manners?
- [offering them coffee mugs]
- Morgan Edge: Little parting gift. Company present. I like to spread the cheer.
- James Olsen: Bah humbug.
- Mon-El: Hey, so how was your party?
- Kara Danvers: Good.
- Mon-El: Yeah?
- Kara Danvers: How's your ship?
- Mon-El: Broken beyond my understanding, so...
- Kara Danvers: Oh. Well, it sounds like we are having two very different weeks.
- Mon-El: Hey, I forgot how much I miss this place. You know, it's... special.
- Kara Danvers: You did make a pretty mean club soda.
- Mon-El: And I'm guessing you probably steered clear of Aldebaran rum.
- Kara Danvers: Please do not remind me. That was...
- [they share a laugh as she covers her face in embarrassment]
- Kara Danvers: You know, you are so lucky I did not lose my job at the DEO that day.
- Mon-El: Hey, you know, I'm really sorry. About us being here, you know, and how this must be really hard for you.
- Kara Danvers: No, no, no. You know what, Mon-El, your wife is lovely. And you two seem to really make each other happy. So...
- Mon-El: Do you want to talk about it?
- Kara Danvers: There's not really much to talk about.
- Kara Danvers: Worldkiller?
- Thomas Coville: It's here. The end of days.
- Kara Danvers: There are no end of days in the Book of Rao.
- Thomas Coville: The prophecy I speak of predates the Book of Rao. But I suspect you already know this if you've tried to find the meaning of the Kryptonian symbol that's all over the news. They are the mark of a dark god. A devil.
- Kara Danvers: How do you know this?
- Thomas Coville: You know that I spent two years on a pilgrimage all over the world collecting artifacts and texts, learning everything I could about Rao and your people. But I didn't just find objects. I met people. The forgotten from Fort Rozz.
- Kara Danvers: You know about Fort Rozz?
- Thomas Coville: I met a disgraced Kryptonian priestess who told me about the god before Rao. A Lilith made of darkness and teeth who ends everything. There are three steps leading to the end of days. First is the Mark of the Beast.
- Kara Danvers: The glyph in the field.
- Thomas Coville: They're all over National City now. After that comes the Work of the Beast in the form of many deaths. And finally, comes the Reign of the Beast. And this is when She comes.
- Kara Danvers: She? Who is "She"?
- Thomas Coville: Worldkiller. The one who will bring about the end of times. This is your purpose. To fight the devil.
- Kara Danvers: There's no such thing as the devil.
- Thomas Coville: The lost gods must fall for a new god to rise. And Her rise will come at the fall of the righteous. And She will reign unless you stand and smite Her.
- Imra Ardeen: I know that you and Mon-El used to be together. And I... I know how difficult me being here must be.
- Kara Danvers: No, no, Imra. It's fine.
- Imra Ardeen: Mon-El loved you so much, Kara. You know, when he first arrived in my time, he spoke only of finding a way back to you. And he certainly didn't move on lightly. I mean, he wouldn't even look at another woman for years. Until he realized he wasn't going to find a way back. I just thought you should know that.
- James Olsen: Okay, where exactly are we going?
- Lena Luthor: I told you, this guy has access to Edge's bank records. If Edge has been buying technology that can make those Kryptonian marks, this will lead us to him.
- James Olsen: That's great, but I mean, literally, where are we going?
- Lena Luthor: Jimmy Olsen, are you scared? Don't worry, I'll protect you.
- James Olsen: Hey, so, we're alive.
- Lena Luthor: Yeah, well, thank god I was here.
- James Olsen: You okay?
- Lena Luthor: It's just my quarterly assassination attempt.
- James Olsen: Yeah, about that. Who the hell is this guy?
- Mon-El: You keep walking away from me.
- Kara Danvers: I'm not walking away from you. I'm just walking away.
- Morgan Edge: I heard you were attacked by someone who tried to make it look like it was perpetrated by that thing that's leaving those alien marks. That's awful. Awful. I mean, it's... it's Christmas.
- Lena Luthor: Morgan, you are a vile, despicable scrooge who's gonna die alone and in prison.
- James Olsen: Someone just tried to heat-vision Edge. He's calling a press conference.
- Supergirl: Is he hurt?
- James Olsen: Sadly, no. Of course this guy has a lead-lined panic room in his office. But whatever's out there wants him dead. He just got lucky.
- Lena Luthor: [watching Edge's press conference] Sociopathic cockroach.
- James Olsen: He'll get what he deserves. Guys like him always do.
- Lena Luthor: You know, today was the second time you've saved my life. Beginning to be some kind of a hobby.
- James Olsen: Right place, right time.
- Lena Luthor: Yeah, well... I owe you a drink.
- James Olsen: I wouldn't say "owe", but I'll... I'll take it.
- Supergirl: So you're supposed to be the Devil?
- Reign: The Devil isn't real.
- Supergirl: Then who are you?
- Reign: I'm from the time before fathoming. Born to cleanse the scourge and deliver the awakening. I am Reign.
- Supergirl: How did you get here?
- Reign: I survived Krypton's death. Sent here upon its destruction.
- Supergirl: If that's true, then where have you been?
- Reign: Dispensing justice.
- Supergirl: By terrorizing people? Killing people?
- Reign: This world has sunken into chaos and sin. Too many have eluded judgment.
- Supergirl: I'm not gonna let you hurt anyone else. Surrender now before I make you surrender.
- Reign: So full of hubris. Just like the righteous Kryptonians who feared my makers. Worshiping false gods as they watched our planet suffocate by shame and burn from memory. Stand down, or I will make you join them in their purgatory.
- Supergirl: I'm not going anywhere.
- Reign: Then I will dispense my justice on you.
- Supergirl: Take your best shot.
- Mon-El: Well, technology has developed beyond imagining, but at the end of the day, it's still in service of... of communicating with each other, and entertaining each other, and also killing each other. In this day or a thousand years, conflict is constant, but so is strength.
- Imra Ardeen: And... and what's where we come in.
- Alex Danvers: So, what are you, um, soldiers?
- Imra Ardeen: The governments were overwhelmed by violence. By chaos. Mon-El organized us. And we banded together to help Earth's leaders keep the peace, at home and in the stars. We call ourselves the Legion. And we exist because of you.
- Kara Danvers: Because of me?
- Imra Ardeen: Mm.
- Mon-El: You inspired me. So when I founded the Legion, I chose to use you as an example of what we could be. Of what we aspire to be.
- Imra Ardeen: When I learned about your life and work, your compassionate fight for justice and your devotion to protecting others, everything just crystallized. Your example gave my life purpose. I can't express how much it means for me to meet you in person.
- Thomas Coville: "They will receive a blasphemous sigil. And in its wake, many cowards and killers and vile men will burn."
- Kara Danvers: That's not from the Book of Rao.
- Thomas Coville: "And every eye will look upon the heretic, and they will call it Worldkiller." Kara Danvers, there is so much that you still don't know.
- Winn Schott: So Coville says that this is like the sign of the devil. A Kryptonian 666.
- Alex Danvers: Do you believe him?
- Kara Danvers: No. No, I think Coville calling me is an excuse for him to feel relevant.
- J'onn J'onzz: It reaffirms the narrative he chooses to believe and gives his life purpose.
- Kara Danvers: We don't even know if the person burning these symbols is Kryptonian.
- Alex Danvers: It's probably a bunch of vandals who don't even know what it means.