06x14 - Magical Thinking

[bunniefuu]

Previously on Supergirl...

I'm going to ask the Superfriends
if I can be embedded with them.

Lena your back.

Did you find anything else
about your mom?

Kind of a lot to process,

so I'd prefer it if we could
just jump back into work

and maybe you could bring me up
to speed?

We're in a race against a vengeful

Fifth Dimensional Imp named Nyxly

to find seven Totems before she can

use them to wipe us out of existence.

- She's angry.
- Kara?

- Nyxly's angry.
- My pain is the price of the power...

and with it, I will find the
rest of the Totems.

No, not again!

- Well, you are a wringer.
- Well, it's called hand-eye coordination.

I don't know
what else to tell you, babe.

- Don't we have enough stress in our lives?
- What's stressful?

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

[ALEX] Whose turn is it?

- [NIA] J'onn's.
- Okay, everyone, so, hopefully,

she'll be home soon,
and then we can...

- [J'ONN J'ONZZ] Hey.
- [ALEX] Hey.

- What are you guys doing here?
- It's game night, remember?

We thought that it would cheer you up.

Oh, that's... [SIGHS]

Guys, that's really sweet.

I just figured
with Nyxly still out there,

we would cancel our plans.

We all need to relax and decompress.

You most of all, Kara.

Yeah, but there's
still no sign of Nyxly

and she already has one Totem.

Brainy is on the Legion ship
and he's scanning for Nyxly's ship.

So if she or Mitch
pop up anywhere, we'll know.

Besides, the mental tether you share

with Nyxly could be a benefit to us.

Yeah, well, I...
I can't read her mind.

I can only sense her extreme emotions.

And it's not like a light switch
I can just turn on and off.

I feel like I'm constantly
just waiting for it to happen.

I can't think of anything else.

We have to find her.

Well, I might have something
that can help.

My mother's book of spells.

Have you found anything useful?

Not yet.

I'm trying to figure out the
underlying scientific logic,

but I'm beginning to think magic
is mainly just instinct and intuition.

Honestly, that sounds a lot
like dream interpretation.

Maybe I could help you
try to sort some of that out?

I'd really like that.

- Maybe we could start tomorrow.
- Yeah.

Lena, there's... There's
something we need to tell you.

Um... [CLICKS TONGUE]

William Dey is going
to be embedded at the Tower,

covering all of us for CatCo.

A reporter? At the Tower?

Are you sure that's such a good idea?

We think that it would be good
for the mission.

We need the public support.

Especially if things continue
to spiral with Nyxly.

But still, he'll have to work
within our parameters.

Which means keeping your identity

and your connection to us
off the record.

Well... [EXHALES] Good luck tomorrow.

You won't be at the Tower?

I have a home check with
an alien orphan named Esme.

I met her at Joey's group home.

She was placed with
a foster family last week.

Hopefully, she ends up with a
family where she can really blossom.

[LAUGHS]

Why are you laughing?

Like that?

It's Nyxly.

I can sense her and she's...
She's really happy.

Another Totem in National City.

It's almost too easy. [CHUCKLES]

It's as if fate is just dropping
them on my doorstep.

[CHUCKLES]

But the moment
we leave the ship to get it,

Supergirl and her friends
are gonna be able to track us.

Well, then we better move quickly.

And I even have my own bathroom.

Can you believe?

And your new foster parents,
Dana and Joe?

Are they treating you okay?

- They make pancakes for dinner if I want.
- [CHUCKLES]

Oh... I almost forgot.

After everything she's been through

to have such spirit,
it's just wonderful.

Oh, I'm so happy the
three of you are hitting it off.

I'll check back in next week
to make sure everyone's okay.

[DANA CHUCKLES] Ooh!

I made you this
to thank you for everything.

- See? I have one too.
- [CHUCKLES]

I absolutely love it. Thank you.

[KELLY CONTINUES LAUGHING]

A PI office as cover, huh?

I've always found it's best
to hide in plain sight.

I just wanted to say

I appreciate you trusting me
with your secrets, J'onn.

Or should I call you "Mr. Manhunter"?

"J'onn" will do.

I'm curious. Um, how did
Kara and Nia develop

such close relationships with the
Martian head of the former DEO?

Let's just say
they have a friend in common.

- Alex, you're, uh...
- My partner in crime.

Welcome to the Tower.

Wow.

This place is incredible.

How do you fund
an operation like this?

Not easily.

You would be amazed how
much these suits cost to dry clean.

[WILLIAM LAUGHS]

But hey, um, first,
we do have some ground rules.

I don't let my sources dictate
what I write. I'm sorry.

No, it's... It's nothing
like that, William.

We're never gonna ask you to lie.

Only that you help us protect
the people of National City

by keeping private some things
that may jeopardize our missions.

Trust me, I believe in a free
press more than you know.

Good to hear. So, how does this work?

Well, you can't disclose
the location of the Tower,

and you can't ID the Super Friends

or even try to learn their identities.

[ALEX] Not even my sister Kara knows.

If you do, I'll wipe your mind.

- [CHUCKLES]
- [DREAMER] He'll do it.

Yeah.

Oh, and before you file any story,

just run it by one of us.

Okay.

So, what're you guys working on now?

[TRILLING]

It's Naxim's ship. It's over the city.

Nyxly.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

Hey, kid.

I was frightened
before my first big match too.

- I'm not frightened.
- No shame in fear, bro.

Most important is to become one
with your humanity.

What are you? Some kind of monk?

No.

But I studied with 'em.

The Buddha once sat under
a tree made of this wood.

The vendor swore, dude.
It keeps me focused.

You have no idea what
you're holding in your hand,

do you, muscle boy?

That is one of the seven keys

to unlocking all the power
of the universe.

And you've just been carrying
it around in your sweaty pocket

with loose change
and unwrapped candies.

Give it to me.

Now.

Cgyrzyx.

[MAN] The Totem can belong
only to one of ready heart.

Is that you?

- Yes.
- [MAN] Then use it wisely.

That's it?

There's no... gauntlet?

[CHUCKLES]

All right then.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

Mitch, now.

[GRUNTING]

J'onn, I'm gonna need backup.

Send everyone. Send anyone. And hurry.

Police are warning the public

to stay away from midtown
as chaos has erupted...

J'onn stayed back at the arena
to get things under control.

- Sentinel and Guardian did too.
- What happened exactly?

Nyxly got a hold of another Totem

and activated it like it was nothing.

And then... And then, she used it.

And it turned people depraved,
but not cold or unfeeling.

But they're actually gleeful.

They're taking joy in theft
and v*olence and destruction.

Humanity is everything we think
of as compassion and empathy.

Exactly the things that Nyxly
drained from her victims.

So the Humanity Totem is
probably the one Nyxly got.

There had to have been
at least , people

in the blast radius of the arena.

But luckily, it seems to have
only affected a couple hundred.

Patching into the NCPD's
CompStat technology,

we can track real-time crime incidents

represented by the blue dots.

Well, don't look so surprised.
I'm smart too.

You guys are just showoffs.

[BOTH] Hmm.

Did you find anything
in your mom's book?

Uh, yeah, there is this one spell.

It's "finding which was lost."

Which, if I understand
my mother's writings correctly,

uses the discharged energy
from the Humanity Totem to track it.

So we find the Totem, we find Nyxly.

Like a homing beacon.

Lena, this is great. Can you do it?

It's a bit advanced,

but we've been readying the lab.

The air within feet
of where Nyxly used the Totem

would have been hyper-ionized.

I just need a sample of the particles.

I'm on it.

See? Maybe you can find
science in the magic after all.

[CHUCKLES]

[WILLIAM CLEARS THROAT]

Could we talk a minute?

- So, Alex caught you up?
- Yeah.

A revenge-obsessed imp hell-bent

on acquiring interdimensional Totems

capable of wreaking universal
destruction is here on Earth,

and Lena Luthor has magical abilities.

Just another Tuesday in National City.

[CLICKS TONGUE]

This Nyxly is unlike anything
the public has faced before.

The threats and strange events
of the past few weeks

are because of her, aren't they?

The people deserve to know

who and what they're up against.

There are so many other things
you could write about,

like how we work together
or keep people safe.

Naming Nyxly is about safety.

Keeping this a secret
will only cause more harm.

Nyxly doesn't know
we have Lena right now,

that we have magic.

So if you write about this
and what we're doing,

Nyxly could find a way to stop us.

But if you write about this

and don't write
about what we're doing,

it'll look like we're losing,

and that will cause people to panic.

So your only move is to
not write about Nyxly at all.

- You'd make a good reporter.
- [CHUCKLES]

[MAN] Help! Please help!

Duty screams.

How did that home check go
with that little girl...

Esme?

- It was great.
- Oh, I'm so glad.

I know you were worried about her.

Looks like she's gonna
get her happy ending.

And she made me this as a thank you.

[CLICKS TONGUE] Aw!

Nice move. And nice bracelet.

[NCPD OFFICER] Sentinel, Guardian.

NCPD needs help at th and Conroy.

[SCREAMS]

"The epicenter of the
inexplicable chaos seems to be...

Burnett Arena."

Wait, that's my story.

I'm literally writing it right now.

Have you hacked my computer?

Kara and others are
already covering the chaos.

You are embedded
with the Super Friends.

You need to play up that angle.

What do they know
about what's happening,

when did they find out,
and who is responsible for it?

There are certain things
I'm not able to report on.

At least not yet.

You're the reporter who broke
open the BX gas scandal in Kaznia.

And you didn't do it by
pussyfooting around the story.

You're holding out on me.
Start naming names.

The Super Friends are my sources.

I've only just gained their trust.

It isn't in my interest

or CatCo's interest
to burn them right away.

The longer I embed with them,
the more I learn,

the better
the eventual story would be.

I see what is happening.

They're making you feel welcome,

showing you around,
showing off their gadgets,

making you feel
like you're one of them.

- But you are not.
- I know I'm not one of them.

Good, because they may be
the Super friends...

but they are not your friends.

Now come back with a real story...

or you don't come back at all.

[SCOFFS]

This job
just gets weirder and weirder.

Okay.

Invenire res amissa.

- [BUZZING]
- [WHIRRING]

Was there just an energy spike?

Let me check.

- Nia!
- Uh...

I can't...

I can't tell my lefts from my rights.

Okay, I am so sorry.
I will... I will fix this.

I mean, it's kind of hilarious.

Um...

It's not permanent?

No, no, no. I just must have
miscalculated the ingredients.

It should wear off in about an hour.

- Any luck with that spell?
- Not yet. But...

Lena broke my brain.

Huh.

Well, the v*olence out there
is spreading.

The more we fight these attackers,

the more joyful they seem
in fighting back.

[GASPS]

It's Nyxly.

She feels different.

There's no rage anymore,
just... just...

compassion.

I've never felt anything
like this from her before.

I don't know what this means.

We need that spell to work, Lena.

And we need it to work now.

[MITCH WHISTLING]

- Ah!
- [GASPS] Oh!

Oh, Mitch!

You poor, broken thing.

Oh!

We have so much work to do.

I can't possibly lose you now.

Are you, um, feeling okay?

Mmm-hmm.

Never better.

We already have two Totems.

And if the next one is as easy to
use as the Humanity Totem was,

I expect we'll have
all seven in no time.

[CHUCKLES]

[ALARM BLARING]

The next Totem's at The Hague.

We're going to the Netherlands.

I love travel!

Supergirl brought me up to speed.

So, Lena Luthor can do magic.

That's off the record.

[WILLIAM] Of course. You can trust me.

I'm not sure how accurate
that statement is, anyway.

So, what else are you working on?

It's a spell from my mother's book.

I'm trying to track
the Humanity Totem's energy,

and hopefully, Nyxly as well.

This is your mum's book?

Reminds me of a family recipe book.

Yeah, I guess you could call it that.

Except I have followed
this spell's recipe to a T,

I have checked all the directions.

I have measured all the
ingredients twice, and...

- All I managed to do was break Dreamer.
- Hmm.

I remember when I was a kid.

Every Sunday I'd wake up

and my dad was already in the
kitchen tossing something together.

Muffins, scones, the occasional pie.

You name it.

After he d*ed...

I would try to recreate his pastries,

but they always came out... off.

What I eventually realized was
that I was being too technical.

I was so focused
on the exact measurements,

I'd forgotten the ingredients.

Berries he'd picked from our garden.

Crust he'd make by hand.

He wasn't just baking.

He was creating.

Put his heart into it.

When I stopped comparing
my skills to my dad's,

and I began to trust myself
to make his recipes my way...

I finally became the baker
I'd always hoped to be.

Next time you try
one of your mum's spells,

put your heart into it.

Maybe you'd be surprised
at the result.

Thank you.

[GRUNTING]

Hey.

Don't worry, hon.

The news said whatever's
happening is miles away,

and now we've got plenty
of food, water, and ice cream.

Joe and I will take care of you, okay?

[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING]

[EXCLAIMING]

Aw, you scared, little one?

Good.

[ESME SCREAMS]

Oh, my God. Are you okay?

Oh.

[J'ONN J'ONZZ] The chaos is spreading

out from the arena to the waterfront.

Have the satellites
picked up anything?

Spy satellites?

We, uh... we borrowed some
satellites to track Nyxly's ship.

Yeah, that's off the record.

And, uh, no, nothing.

No Nyxly, no Totem.

We're still at square one.

Maybe not.

The seeds we used
came from a big box store.

They've been packaged,
processed and made dull.

That's not how they would've been

gathered when my
mother wrote the spell.

We need seeds from the wild.

Sheep Laurel is a flowering shrub

from the Limestone Barrens
of Newfoundland.

Here, it would have to be grown
under the right conditions.

The Botanical Gardens.
That's close to the arena.

Ground zero for the v*olence.

I'll go get you some.

No. I need to come with you.

The effective particles are
unstable and diminishing in potency.

I need to be on site
to make the spell work.

I'm coming too.

I was a w*r correspondent.

Closer I am to the action,
better my reporting.

[MITCH] The Totem is in
an alcove just off the library.

Get inside and look for a sculpture

called "The Hand of the Flower."

k*ll the guard
without drawing attention.

The Sheep Laurel has to be
around here somewhere.

Oh, there it is.

[MEN GRUNTING]

[WILLIAM] You protect Lena.
I got this.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Auge navitas pro omnibus homnibus.

Auge navitas pro omnibus homnibus.

[MITCH] Nyxly, what's happening?

k*ll the guard. Get the Totem.

Nyxly, k*ll the guard.

I can't do it.

We don't have time. Just do it.

I can't do it.

Guys, she suddenly got violent.

I think I made things worse.

I thought the spell
would locate the Humanity Totem

by amplifying its energy signature.

But Latin can be interpreted
in a lot of ways.

I mean, I got it wrong.

The spell amplified
the energy's potency.

So the people already affected
were made more callous and vicious?

Yes. My spell backfired,

and it drained the humanity
from more people in the arena,

and now those people are
running wild in National City,

and it's my fault. I'm responsible.

Maybe... maybe you can undo it.

How? I don't even know how
the magical abilities I can harness

will interact
with Fifth Dimensional energy.

Maybe there's another spell in
your mother's book you can try.

You want me to try more magic?

Nyxly already has two Totems.

She's probably close
to getting a third.

Science has gotten us nowhere.

Your magic is our only option.

[SIGHS]

What kind of being hurts others
for their own benefit?

Nyxly, there's something wrong
with you.

The Hope Totem
was yours for the taking.

After everything you've gone
through to just give up now,

it doesn't make any sense.

Mitch.

Remember how strange
I thought it was that...

The Totem had no gauntlet?

What if... the Totem is the test?

What if when I unleashed its power,

it drained every drop of humanity

from anyone
standing in the blast radius?

What if all that compassion
and empathy flooded into me?

That's why
you couldn't k*ll the guard.

He might've had children.

He might've had people who
loved him and cared about him.

All I could think was how sad

they'd be if I took
him away from them.

[GROANS]

[VOICE BREAKING] I can't bear it.

All right.

We already have two Totems now.

Maybe there's a way of getting
the others without hurting anyone.

That way you get what you want.

And I still get
the life you promised me.

Mitch.

[LAUGHS]

Oh, it's brilliant!

You're brilliant.

Thank you.

You're always thinking about me.

[GASPING]

Guys.

Nyxly is overwhelmed with feelings.

It's almost like all of the
humanity she took from her victims

had to go somewhere,
and now it's going into her.

Wait, you said that Nyxly
used the Totem immediately.

But that would mean
that there's no gauntlet.

And from all of our research, we

know that there's always a gauntlet.

That could mean that using
the Totem itself is the gauntlet.

And we may be able to use that
to our advantage.

How?

By repeating Lena's mistake
at the Botanical Gardens

and taking more humanity away
from the original people

that were affected at the arena
in the first place.

And in the same way that National

City is overrun by chaos right now,

if we flood Nyxly with emotions,

it might be
too much for her to handle.

And... and it might force her

to restore everyone's humanity
and get rid of the Totem.

It'd be sure to draw her out.

We could capture the Totems and Nyxly.

We can end this today.

- Can't do it.
- What?

I won't do it.

It's wrong.

Lena, people need help now. This...

This is for the greater good.

For the greater good?

Do you hear yourself right now?

- That's not what I meant.
- [NIA] Um...

William, have I shown you
the kitchen yet?

We have a new coffee machine
that is literally out of this world.

Brainy picked it up from Corvon- ...

I can't believe you would not help.

Not if it means losing
who we are in the process

because then we're no better
than she is.

I know that you are still processing

the fact that you can use magic,

and I know that I've been pushing
you out of your comfort zone.

But that's only because
I believe in you, and...

I'm...

I'm terrified.

She makes me feel powerless.

Nyxly's magic is unlike
anything I've ever faced.

I feel like
I don't know how to b*at her,

and if she gets all seven Totems,

I won't be able to.

You can do something I can't.

I need your help, Lena.

From everything
you've told me about Nyxly,

she's more than just her magic.

She is cunning
and manipulative and cruel.

Who does that remind you of?

Lex.

You've b*at him before
and you will b*at Nyxly too,

but not by doing
whatever it takes to win.

By doing the right thing.

My mother hurt people with her magic.

Unintentionally, but...

She hid the truth of what happened,

and that secret destroyed lives.

I'm so sorry.

Nyxly has caused so much pain.

And I don't wanna hurt anybody
with my magic or deceit.

You're right.

Mmm, you're right. We can't
cross lines in darkness,

however good the reasons.

Secrets are hard to hide
in the light of day.

But maybe...

But maybe the light of day
is just what we need.

I did not come here to report on
the Tower's kitchen appliances.

Excuse me?

Why did you even allow me in here

if you won't let me report
what's really going on?

You agreed to our ground rules.

The situation has changed.

The v*olence in the city
is getting worse.

You guys have no plan.

Yes, we do.

Lena is going to amplify
the Totem's power...

so that everyone who was within
Nyxly's blast radius at the arena

will lose their humanity, too.

We believe that Nyxly is being
infused with the compassion

that she's drained from her victims.

With more people affected,
we think she'll get overwhelmed

and then use the Totem again
to restore everyone's humanity.

Okay, but doing so will cause

even more chaos and destruction
throughout the entire city.

So, we'll have to spread out and

try our best to keep the city safe.

Until when?

Until Nyxly's drawn out.

If she comes out. She might not.

And the longer people are
affected by the Totem's power,

the less they seem
to care about anything.

This is a dangerous situation.

Lena, you were
against this plan before.

What changed?

You.

You have to write about
what's going on here,

so people can't accuse us
of operating in secret.

The time has come
for full transparency.

By shining a light on our actions,

the people will be able to make up

their own opinions about our methods.

If I agree to this,
I tell the story my way.

Nyxly's identification,
her search for the Totems,

and the role of magic in all this.

Those are my ground rules.

All right, tell your story.

I'll set the computers
to scan for Nyxly's ship

and alert us if he shows up.

I hope this works.

You wanted closer
to the action, you got it.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

You sure you want to be
out in the open to do this?

I've gotta get out of my head
and I can't do that in a lab.

Okay. We'll keep people from

getting hurt when
your spell hits them.

[CHANTING] Auge navitas
pro omnibus homnibus.

Auge navitas pro omnibus homnibus.

Auge navitas pro omnibus homnibus.

[GRUNTING]

[SUPERGIRL] J'onn, there's a

carjacking happening at Maine and th.

[J'ONN J'ONZZ] I'm on it.

Help, somebody! My son is in there!

[SUPERGIRL] Dreamer, there's

a situation at the bus stop on th.

Sleep tight.

- Hi.
- [GROANS]

[DREAMER] All good here, Supergirl.

[NYXLY] No. No, no more.

[GASPS]

Get a grip, girl.

It's only the Totem...

Messing with you.

Concentrate.

Concentrate on getting the next one.

The Hope Totem.

[EXHALES]

How can I be expected
to get anything done

when there's so much
suffering on this planet?

If only I didn't have this damn cuff,

I could snap away poverty,
disease, hunger.

I could save the snow leopards
from extinction.

Am I the only one that cares?

[SIGHS]

[GROANS]

- Let me in!
- It's okay, Esme.

Just do your
fire breathing thing again.

I told you, I don't know how I did it.

It was an accident.

Just be a big girl. You can
have some ice cream later, okay?

Keep us safe.

[MAN] Look what we have here.

Step aside...

[GROANING] Ow!

[GUARDIAN] You're safe now.

We won't let anyone hurt you.

[WHOOSHING]

Where we going?

[EXHALES]

National City.

I'm giving everyone
their humanity back.

Now.

You can't!

What I can't do...

Is take it anymore.

How am I going to hunt down
the other Totems

if I don't stop feeling so deeply?

[GROANS]

If we leave the ship,
Supergirl will be able to find us.

[VOICE BREAKING] I don't care.

[CHUCKLING MANIACALLY]

[WOMAN] Please don't hurt me.

Help! Help! [SCREAMS]

[GROANS]

You're gonna be okay.

Thank you.

I hope we all will be.

[J'ONN J'ONZZ] Supergirl,
we got a hit on Nyxly's ship.

Cgyrzyx!

Hey, boss. Feeling better?

No.

No!

Why did you let me
get rid of the Totem?

Fly down. Get it.

Change of plans.

Get us out of here.

Hard to believe a small piece
of wood from the bodhi tree

can cause so much chaos.

Well, now that Nyxly's back
to her old self,

she'll no doubt be on the hunt
for another Totem.

And now she's lost her Humanity

Totem, she'll be angrier than ever.

When William publishes his article,

everyone in National City's gonna
know about her and the Totems.

And that the Super Friends
have evened the score.

It's time
we get a head start on Nyxly.

Any ideas how?

I still have some of those
ionized particles left.

They're still active.

Each of the Totems
has the same energy signal,

so we could use the particles
to track another one.

There's just enough left
for one, though.

Okay, so, which one do we go after?

Well, there's the Dream Totem.

Sounds like something
I might be able to help with.

[LAUGHS]

William, your article is fantastic.

"A frustrated imp
hell-bent on revenge."

"The Super Friends in a race
to get powerful Totems."

"Magic?" [CHUCKLES]

Our readers are gonna eat this up.

I'm glad you liked it.

I love it.

And now for your follow-up,

this Tower the Super Friends
work out of, where is it?

And what are their plans
to defeat this "Nyxly"?

Oh, and you must reveal
who among the Super Friends

has the magical power to fight her.

No.

I'm sorry. Did you say no?

I'm the one embedded
with the Super Friends.

So I'm going
to cover the story my way.

Not theirs, and not yours.

You don't get to tell me
how to do my job anymore.

Now you can either take
the stories I give you,

or I am sure the Daily Planet

would be interested in running them.

Hmm.

Fine.

But I'm moving your desk
next to the bathrooms.

- [KARA] Hey.
- Hey.

- How's William's article?
- It's fantastic.

I saw J'onn reading it early on,

but I couldn't tell if he liked it.

Yeah, he likes to
play it close to the vest.

But it's out there now.
There's no turning back.

I just hope people will understand
why we did what we had to do.

Some will.

Others will accuse us
of abusing our power.

But at least we can
debate about it in the open.

Yeah.

You know, I wanted to thank you

for helping me
get outside my comfort zone

and embrace my magic.

And thank you for
reminding me that it's

important to have clear
boundaries with friends.

- Potsticker me.
- Here. Take 'em.

I don't want to use my fingers.

- I'm going to.
- Oh, that's classy.

- Mmm-hmm. You know me.
- [LAUGHS]

[KELLY] I'm here for you, Esme.

Did Mrs. Ford
remember to pack everything?

I think so.

Hi.

Esme, this is Alex Danvers,
my girlfriend.

Hello, Ms. Danvers.

Hi, Esme. I've heard a lot about you.

You have?

I have. And it's all good things.

So, what's going on?

Uh...

Esme, will you excuse us for a minute?

Okay.

[SIGHS]

Hon...

we are waiting for the van
from Social Services.

The Fords changed their mind.

They requested
another placement for Esme.

- They're giving her back?
- Mmm-hmm.

They said she's not a
right fit for their family.

Oh, but she was a right fit

when they forced her
to confront armed attackers?

I told them even though
she's an alien with powers,

it was their job to protect her.

- Not the other way around.
- Good for you, babe.

'Cause I would have
punched their lights out.

I know going back to the group

home wasn't what you were hoping for.

But it's only a matter of time
till you get a new foster family.

One that can help you
understand your powers.

It's okay if the next one
doesn't work out either.

I'm never going to have a real home.

Come here, kiddo.

- You're so strong.
- Can I take your bag for you?

It's okay.

It's good to have you back
to your old self. [CHUCKLES]

I mean, let's figure out how to get

this Hope Totem out of The Hague.

Losing the Humanity Totem
was a blip in the road.

It will be mine again.

They all will.

No matter what I
have to do to get them.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]