05x19 - Immortal Kombat

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Previously on Supergirl...

The shrinking and collection of worlds is a common practice among our ancestors.

William and I discovered that Eve Tessmacher has been working for Obsidian.

If you're going to be a vigilante, maybe you should get better at hiding.

What do you mean, like, wear a mask?

I don't know who this Brainy is.

But I know I don't trust him.

Andrea knows nothing.

Seems on this Earth, post-Crisis, Leviathan hasn't activated her yet.

Gemma Cooper is warming to me.

And when she sees my newest present, she'll roll out the red carpet.

And if that means helping them get a w*apon or two, so be it.

You know what this w*apon is, so you know what it needs.

Get it for me.

And this time, do not fail.

Regarding your request to meet my colleagues, I'll send you a car tomorrow morning.

See you tomorrow.

I have made a terrible mistake.

Lex is working with Leviathan, and they are going to use Obsidian to do something terrible.

I want to help stop them.

An elevator?

Seems a little pedestrian for a goddess of technology.

Welcome to Leviathan.

You know...

I pride myself on seeing things.

Connections where others see only coincidence.

Pathways where others see only walls.

I anticipate everything.

But I must admit, I didn't not except you to live in a casino.

After you.

One small step from that...

Lex Luthor.

The fabled man of tomorrow.

At least you have the decency to bow before the gods.

I told you to disable the shields.

As long as he knows where we live it stays on.

At all times.

- On whose orders?

- Whose do you think?

The ship's defense mechanism.

A proto-focused radiation shield.

This pin will protect you.

Wow, you really know how to make your guests feel welcome.

Well now the, uh...

...pleasantries are out of the way, Don't you think we should discuss our plan to take out Supergirl and her friends?

These rings bought you a ticket to board our ship.

So enjoy your photo op.

But leave the slaughter of Supergirl to us.

Thank you for letting me in, Kara.

It's been a year and I still haven't come to terms with what I did.

sh*t my brother and...

I mean, I thought I was protecting everyone but it really started all that...

I don't want to talk about the past.

All that matters now is the thr*at ahead of us and how we are going to stop it.

Understood.

Get down on the ground, now.

No, Alex, no.

You texted 911.

Not about her.

She's here to help us stop Lex.

And Leviathan.

Oh.

So Lex and Leviathan are planning something using Obsidian virtual reality platform.

And my tech likely made that possible.

That must be why Rama Khan went after the DEO's Kryptonite.

To keep Supergirl from interfering.

Well, the joke's on Rama Khan and his big dumb gladiator outfit.

Because I have already defeated him once.

Don't be rash, Kara.

He's tied to the Earth.

Which means he can track your slightest movements.

If you use your powers even once, he will sense them, and att*ck.

With all that Kryptonite at his fingertips, he could k*ll you.

You guys will protect me.

Just like we protected the DEO?

It's not checkmate.

Not yet.

I haven't made Kara an anti-Kryptonite suit in this world.

But I could.

Just need to get you safely to my lab.

Your lab is across the city.

And Kara can't use her powers.

We could get her there.

If we had the right distraction.

Or the right decoys.

No, no, no way.

Absolutely not.

I can tell those pants will chafe.

Ugh!

I was right.

I quite like it.

This is just like the beginning of Deathly Hallows.

Moody and Hedwig d*ed.

You lost comrades in battle?

My condolences.

No, it's...

Dreamer and I will draw Rama Khan out in Courtney Park.

M'gann, Alex, you move across the rooftops to cover us.

While they're distracting Leviathan, you and I will make our way to LuthorCorp.

Come here.

I have to show you something.

Okay.

Stay right there.

Oh, my God.

J'onn made it for me.

She looks great.

Oh, it was a scream of delight.

Thank H'ronmeer.

Well, we should probably get going.

Stay safe out there.

I know that may not have been the most pleasant experience.

But Rama Khan was just trying to protect the base.

Not only Ram Khan, it seems.

And here I was thinking you were the top of the food chain.

I answer to another.

Took me a long time to gain her trust.

Which is why the Unity Festival must succeed.

I'm yours.

Whatever you need.

Keep it.

You've earned it.

That's why I brought you to the ship.

You're one of us now.

Today is the last day of the old era.

Tomorrow the future begins.

Did you get the ship's location?

Indeed.

But it has a nasty defense mechanism.

They gave me something to protect from it.

Give it to me.

Not yet.

We've come all this way...

We have done all those terrible things, so that I can sneak up aboard the Leviathan ship and upload the mortality code, so that I can k*ll the immortals.

And we shall.

But first, Rama Khan and his element-bending g*ons need to eliminate Supergirl's friends one by one.

And when she has nothing left...

they'll slay her, too.

After that you k*ll the gods.

You think I'm just gonna sit back while Leviathan murders my friends?

Former friends.

And yes, I think you will.

Because if you get on that ship any sooner, you'll die with them.

Leviathan is the enemy, Lex.

Not Supergirl, not J'onn J'onzz.

- Not Dreamer.

- You're right.

They're heroes.

They would happily sacrifice themselves to save the world.

Maybe they'll even thank us.

There's no place I can't find you.

That's where you're wrong.

M'gann you're off the hook.

We've got Rama Khan.

Copy that.

We're on our way.

Wait.

There's someone else.

Another element bender.

Gotcha!

There's more than one of us, too.

Kara, we got her.

Kara, come on, we've gotta go.

Dreamer.

Dreamer, what happened?

J'onn, no.

Go.

Go, go, go.

The suit won't be ready for at least another few hours.

But I'm doing everything in my power to speed it along.

Hey.

What happened?

It's just not Rama Khan out there.

There's three of them.

Each with different element-bending power.

Where are the others?

J'onn was injured.

M'gann and Dreamer are taken back to the tower.

I should have been there, fighting alongside you, I'm sorry.

Kara, it's okay.

We all still have our ears.

Kelly, hey.

Oh, thank God I got you.

William texted me last night, that he was going after Eve Tessmacher.

I haven't been able to reach him since.

William went after Eve alone?

No super-hearings.

- Sorry.

- Eve Tessmacher?

She's back?

Look, I'll get to you as soon as I can.

Hey, if this Eve is working with Lex, William has no idea the danger he is in.

I...

Alex, I have to do something.

I can't just sit here.

I have to help him, - somehow.

- Okay, listen to me.

Stop.

I know how hard it is for you to sit on the sidelines.

Okay, but Kelly and I, we will handle this.

We will access Eve's files at Obsidian North and we'll see what she's up to.

And if she has gotten to William, hey.

We will find him.

You just need to stay safe until Lena finishes your suit.

Okay, all right, fine.

But please, be careful.

You know me.

Yeah, exactly, that's what I'm worried about.

Come on Satellite uplink is nearly ready.

We should launch.

Gemma?

I was communicating with her.

- The news isn't good.

- What is it?

Tezumak managed to injure one of the Martians.

But Supergirl never even joined the fight and the others got away.

I've gambled everything on this Unity Festival.

Then we have to make sure it goes off without a hitch.

Lex, Gemma...

It's time.

So?

Shall we begin ending the world?

Al's dive bar?

This is where you summoned me at a time like this?

It's the place where you first gave me this mission.

Work with Lex Luthor.

Defeat Leviathan.

No matter the cost.

Today I will feel the full extent of that cost.

Querl.

I know things spun out of control last time you disobeyed Lex.

But you don't have to do this.

You don't have to let your friends die.

I don't plan to.

I don't plan on using Lex's mortality code on the gods, either.

But how will you defeat them?

By using this.

Rather than k*ll the gods.

And I shall reclaim the actions of our ancestors.

For good.

Instead of evil.

I'll shrink them.

I'll bottle them here in stasis, where they can harm neither this planet nor my friends.

But if you enter the ship without Lex's anti-radiation pin, you'll...

You'll...

You'll die.

I pushed away everyone I loved because you told me I must.

You were right.

This planet...

my friends...

It's worth it.

I called you here simply because...

I don't wanna die alone.

Citizens of the world.

Today we stand on the precipice of history.

Ours is a world of pain, suffering.

Of conflict, of chaos.

But when you enter Obsidian's world...

The problems of the real one melt away.

In virtual reality, there is nothing to want.

No reason to harm one another.

It's a place where we can be our best and truest selves.

This world can be our real world.

And it all starts today.

With the Obsidian Worldwide Unity Festival.

Oh, nice.

Did someone call for tech support?

I just said a mask, but...

Wow.

Bummer we have to get to straight to business.

Yeah, I guess you inspired me.

I could have never gotten past security.

My girlfriend's a badass.

Breaking into a tech corps, that's easy.

What I battled earlier today...

These are gods.

I mean, I finally got this baby working.

But compared to what those guys are packing...

I might as well have brought a slingshot.

I've never felt so human.

Oh, wait, wait, we got something.

Eve's IP address.

- Okay.

- Wait.

It's encrypted.

Better call Lena.

These programs should be able to cr*ck Eve's cipher in minutes.

Talk about history repeating itself.

Tracking Lex down through Eve...

It's just like Kaznia.

Please, Kara, I'm sorry.

Okay, I truly believed what I was doing was helping people.

I told you I don't want to talk about the past.

Oh, come on, you can scream at me if you'd like.

I know I deserve it.

I know now that working with Non Nocere was a mistake, that working with Lex...

This isn't about Lex.

This is about J'onn and Alex and all the other people that could have been k*lled today because they are on my team.

Don't you understand that?

No, I do, of course I do.

No you don't.

You have never understood what it means share a secret identity with someone.

How much danger that puts them in.

You...

You never even understood that I kept my identity from you because I wanted to protect you.

I know, I know that I hurt you by waiting so long to tell my truth.

But what about all the ways you hurt me?

You pretended to be my friend for weeks.

Just so you could manipulate me.

You stole from me.

You convinced me to steal for you.

And then, then, you even...

You used Kryptonite on me.

I made one mistake.

One mistake that was only ever meant to protect you.

And in return, all you did was hurt me in every way imaginable.

I'm sorry.

I know you are.

But if you came to me looking for absolution, I can't give it to you.

It's Eve's location.

I'm going.

No, Kara, your suit isn't ready yet.

I don't care.

Protecting people is what I do.

You should know that by now.

Then I'm going with you.

Now that you're up, you better start talking.

Why were you following me?

I'm pursuing a story on Lex Luthor.

I know he is up to something criminal.

I don't know your involvement.

But I believe you've been working for him.

You have no idea what you have gotten yourself into.

You should have stayed out of it.

Now I have no choice.

I'm a journalist.

Okay, I can read people.

You're a good person who looks trapped.

It's clear you're not a k*ller.

What does he have on you?

Did he thr*aten someone you care about?

My mother.

I am so sorry.

But you don't have to fight this alone.

I can help you and your mother.

We can bring the truth to light.

If the truth comes to light, my mother is dead.

Eve, please.

I really am so sorry.

It's okay.

I've got you.

Okay.

The b*llet went through and through through but we still need to get you to a hospital.

No, no, no, he's losing to much blood.

There's no time.

Okay.

I can cauterize it but it's gonna hurt.

- Do it, do it.

- All right.

Don't do it.

Too late, too late.

It's done.

You okay?

Yes, it just hurt.

All right, what happened here?

I was following a lead.

Got jumped.

Ah, Reporting 101.

If you get kidnapped, you must be on the right track.

Something Kara Danvers likes to say.

She was working the case with me.

I need to make sure she is all right.

Kara is fine.

I spoke to her, she's in a safe place.

Get William and Eve out of here.

I'll deal with this.

Are you mad?

They've got Kryptonite.

Well, then you'd better get that suit here fast.

It's already on its way.

And I'll call for back-up.

k*ll her.

Did someone call for backup?

Now it's a fair fight.

Couldn't let you have all the fun.

Can't believe you left to play earth, wind and fire without us.

They're...

They're gone.

The expl*si*n k*lled them.

We have to get out of here.

Now.

Let's replenish ourselves and finish this once and for all.

That's when their bodies started to reform like out of a horror movie.

Yeah, but that means...

They're indestructible.

Immortal.

This isn't about defeating them anymore.

They want us to fight until we drop.

So they can distract us from whatever Lex is planning.

Do we even know what that is?

I'm gonna go find out.

Eve.

Eve, can you hear me?

- Is the reporter okay?

- Yes.

He told us everything.

Please understand...

I was just trying to protect my mom.

Now Lex is gonna k*ll her.

I know you must feel like there is no way out.

But it is when things feel their most hopeless that we have to dig down deep to do what is right.

Otherwise the bad guys win.

Help us, Eve.

Help us fight.

And I promise I will do everything in my power to keep you and your mom safe.

Gemma Cooper is not who she says she is.

Her real name is Gamemnae.

She is a member of Leviathan, just like Rama Khan.

Tonight they are planning to att*ck the Unity Festival.

Once all four million subscribers are inside...

Gemma will k*ll them all.

I recommend the chocos.

How's J'onn?

Recovering.

You can't fool a sidekick.

I saw you hesitate during the fight.

You dreamed something.

And it terrified you.

What did you see?

Brainy.

You two were couple, right?

You know J'onn.

For a deeply serious man, he's got a big mouth.

I know.

It was more than a relationship.

We were partners.

We...

protected each other.

Turns out that one thing I couldn't protect him from was himself.

I told him to take off those inhibitors.

Maybe these dreams are because of my guilt.

There may be more to what he's going through than you know.

When J'onn discovered that I was a White Martian.

He thought the worst of me.

Until he finally saw my soul.

I'm not a telepath.

No, you're a dreamer.

And like it or not, you're dreaming now.

You have to engage with it.

It could have meaning far deeper than you realize.

I'm sorry M'gann, I need to be keeping Brainy out of my mind, not letting him in.

There is nearly a billion people logged into the Unity Fest already.

Can we shut down the system?

Or destroy it somehow?

No.

The Luthor power core has an indestructible fail safe.

So, you're saying we need to convince potentially billions of people to log out of virtual reality paradise of their own free will.

Hope you've got one of those classic hope speeches handy.

I mean, I've done it before but never on this level.

Oh, if anyone can do it, it's you.

Jinx.

All right, so what do we do about Leviathan?

We'll fight till our last breath.

J'onn, are you sure?

With you by my side, 100%.

Well, we'll need to do something to drive Leviathan out.

I'll send them a message.

- What are you going to say?

- Something to get their attention.

That arrogant Martian thinks he can speak to me like that?

I'm a god!

Once we're done with this world, I'll turn to Mars next.

Now's your chance.

Place your hand on the central terminal.

You'll be able to upload the shrink code.

Now you can't move your hand or else you have to start over.

The upload will take ten minutes.

I don't know if I can last that long.

You can.

I'll be with you the whole way.

Kelly opened the back door into the festival.

It should help protect you from the k*ll switch.

Hopefully we get everyone out before Lex and Gemma hit it.

You will.

Let's do this.

Wow.

This is amazing.

I've never seen anything like this.

No wonder so many people signed up.

There's still no sign of them.

Guess they didn't take the bait.

Maybe you should have been meaner.

Ah...

No.

I was just mean enough.

What?

No Supergirl?

Let's see if we can't convince her to join us.

- What's wrong?

- Supergirl.

She's inside the Unity Festival.

We need to hit the k*ll switch.

Wipe out as many people as possible.

Before she has a chance to interfere.

There aren't any enough people logged in yet.

We need to get 50% saturation.

What good is wiping out one quarter of the world if the other three quarters rise up against us.

We'll worry about that problem tomorrow.

This is about tomorrow.

You told me you answer to a higher power.

How will she feel when you give in on the mission before it's complete?

And if Supergirl is in the Unity festival, then her physical body is vulnerable.

Rama Khan, Tezumak and Sela might be able to make it back in time.

They need to take out Supergirl's friends.

Then what do you propose?

Send another assassin.

Someone who won't fail you.

Hi.

We are nearing two billion simultaneous users.

Our dreams are finally a reality.

Not just our dreams, Andrea.

Your father's.

Hm.

And Leviathan's.

Leviathan?

How do you know that name?

Because I am Leviathan.

What does that mean?

All I know is that Leviathan rescued me that day in the cave.

It was I who rescued you.

And I have been looking out for you every day since.

But now I need your help.

Yes.

Yes, of course, anything.

There is great power in you.

I know you feel it.

The power of shadows.

I need you to use that power...

to k*ll Supergirl.

What?

No.

I don't...

I can't.

Yes, you can.

And when you do, you'll have power beyond your wildest dreams.

And your company will be untouchable.

If you don't, your company will collapse.

You will lose everything.

Your father will be crushed.

We both know he won't be able to survive the blow.

Everyone listen to me.

There is something wrong with the program.

You need to end the simulation now.

What are you talking about?

There is no one in here but my late husband.

It's so good to hear his voice.

Hey.

Hey, kid.

Kid, can you hear me?

You need to disengage from the program.

Leave me alone.

My mom is back.

I missed her.

It's...

It's not working.

There are too many people, they feel connected to their loved ones.

It's spiritual.

I have no idea how to break through to them.

I think I can give you a way to talk to everyone at once.

Try now.

I need you all to listen to me.

You're in danger.

If you and I fan out to the side we can draw their fire.

While you two att*ck through the middle.

- Sound good?

- Why not?

- You ready?

- Nope.

Me neither.

Let's go.

Five more minutes.

Stay focused.

Andrea.

The medallion.

You've been activated.

If I don't k*ll Supergirl, they'll k*ll my father.

I know it can be addictive, to live in a perfect place where nothing hurts.

But that's not reality.

k*lling for them...

Going down this path, it won't keep him safe.

How do you know?

Because I've been down it before.

We all get hurt.

But it's only by going through that pain that we're able to appreciate the good.

Pain is what helps us grow.

Without it, we'd never be able to...

To evolve, to overcome.

To forgive.

I have done terrible things to protect myself and the people I love.

But it has never kept me safe from pain.

It's just brought me a new kind of misery.

And I moved further and further away from the person I was, until one day I woke up and I was utterly alone.

Each of us came here because we are afraid.

I'm afraid of getting hurt, just like you.

And I do everything I can to escape pain, just like you.

But the cost of escape is too great.

Years ago...

we made a promise to each other.

You jump, I jump.

If you choose to go down this path...

I will be there.

If you want to get to Supergirl, you're gonna have to go through me.

We have to wake up now.

We need to end the simulation once and for all.

I believe in you.

I believe in you.

I believe in you.

Hey, it's okay, it's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay.

End simulation.

End simulation.

End simulation.

End simulation.

Go...

on...

I had hoped you'd die screaming.

But I'll take what I can get.

What have you done?

I...

b*at...

you.

What's happening?

The Coluan.

I never thought I'd see the day.

Obsidian Platinum, the most popular VR platform ever created.

And not a single person is using it.

Alex called...

Leviathan has disappeared.

You did what you said you would.

Almost.

I still have one promise left to keep.

You did it, Querl.

You did it.

You saved this world.

You saved your friends.

Will you...

...stay with me?

Till the very end.

Nia.

Who do you think you are?

We had a plan.

Leviathan kills Supergirl and you k*ll Leviathan.

And together we save this planet from the invulnerable aliens, who think they know what's best for mankind.

Why couldn't you just wait for Supergirl to die?

Underestimated me.

My friends.

I'd never let you k*ll them.

No, Braniac 5.

Uh, I underestimate nothing.

I knew you would decide to shrink the gods instead of k*ll them due to your precious moral code.

I planned for that.

I just didn't think that you would k*ll yourself.

Well...

Supergirl lives.

But, I have the ball.

No...

You gave me exactly...

what I needed.

I'm just gonna k*ll Supergirl myself.

It'll be fun.

And you...

can die alone.

Just like you intended.

No, no, no, Brainy.

I should have listened to you.

It's Brainy.

He stopped Leviathan.

He saved us.

He needs my help.

Oh...

Oh, my God.

It's actually you.

In the last world, she betrayed us.

We may never know what was driving her, but...

I do know what was driving you.

You didn't want to tell me who you really were because you didn't want me to get hurt.

But I did get hurt.

And I did what I always do when people hurt me.

I...

built a wall and I suffocated behind it.

Makes it very difficult to see things from other people's point of view.

But I see yours now.

And I am very sorry it took me so long.

You know, when you showed up at my door this morning I...

I didn't wanna let you in.

And I kept waiting for you to let me down.

But at every turn you came through.

Building that suit.

Protecting my identity, supporting me.

I wasn't ready to accept your apology.

But maybe, maybe I am now.

Okay.

What now?

Well, there is one bad guy left to catch.

Let's go take my brother down.

Let's get to work, Doc.

Right away, dear.