Previously on Supergirl...
We're in a race against Nyxly to find seven Totems
before she can use them to wipe us out of existence.
Courage, Humanity,
Truth, Destiny, Love, Dreams and Hope.
Since Nyxly arrived, I feel like I have
been one step behind on everything.
Mysterious alien known as Nyxly remains at large.
Are the Super Friends prepared for this?
- What are you talking about? - I quit.
Supergirl just destroyed the Hope Totem.
Now the AllStone will never be whole.
- What are you? - The key to your success.
You're the key to my success?
That's right.
There you go. All-in-one and in working order.
Also, I'm going to help you get the AllStone.
Right.
A man dressed like a fancy banker
is going to help me collect seven magical Totems,
one of which has already been destroyed, by the way.
Yeah, thanks for the assist with the suit, but I'm good.
Your own future consciousness used
the Dream Totem to manifest me here.
Surely, you trust your own opinion of me.
Good.
Now, at the risk of breaking the rules of time travel,
you need to know that I am also from the future.
- Well, technically, I'm from this time... - This is terribly boring.
But in that future, you and I are partners.
And very good friends.
I don't have any friends.
You have one friend. Me.
And together, we're two of the
most powerful beings in the universe.
That sounds like I got the AllStone then.
You did.
But you didn't do it in the right way.
And that turned out to be a grave mistake.
As in fatal.
- I died? - But lucky for you,
I was there.
I preserved your consciousness and came back here
to help you succeed this time in a
way that will make you invincible.
Sorry I'm late.
What is Lex Luthor doing here?
You're Lex Luthor,
the madman who sent Supergirl to the Phantom Zone.
That was some of my best work.
Do you know what I really, really loathe?
Men who send women to Phantom Zone.
I know exactly what you are, Lex Luthor.
I've had to deal with men like you my entire life.
Arrogant, narcissistic, manipulative.
I can assure you we are not and we will never be friends.
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I can't believe it.
CatCo's not gonna be the same without you.
Being a journalist is part of who you are.
I know, but with Nyxly still out there, I need to stay focused.
She is the biggest threat we have ever faced,
and there's no reason for us to always be one step behind.
I want to draw Nyxly out and catch her off guard.
I like it. How do we do it?
We have a plan.
Nia, Lena, Kelly, to the lab.
And I could use your help on disarming strategies.
Sure.
Oh, gosh, I'm so glad you two are here.
Is Kelly around?
She just went to the lab with Brainy. Why? What's up?
Oh, I don't know. Maybe because this came in.
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
It's beautiful. She's gonna love it.
Uh, I forgot. Tomorrow night's the big night, right?
Yes, it is the anniversary of the moment
that I knew I was in love with Kelly.
Oh, I love this story. Tell it, tell it.
Okay. okay. So we're at Al's and everybody's there arguing about
the greatest movie villain of all time.
And she and I both say at the same time...
- Hans Gruber. - Yes.
Who knew Al's bar was so romantic?
Yeah, and it's going to be even more so after I set it up.
I'm thinking rose petals on the tabletop that we shared,
and so many candles, we'll probably break the fire code.
Esme and I gonna take all the supplies there to Al's now,
so that it's easy to set up tomorrow.
But, um, listen, I won't be gone long,
so I can be back to help with Nyxly.
Go, go. We will let you know when we're ready.
- Just go. Get out of here. - Okay, okay, okay.
I'll call you when
we've got our trap ready for Nyxly.
All right, Esme, look at this. This is Al's.
This is home to the best karaoke night in the galaxy.
You're gonna love it.
As long as they have mozzarella sticks.
They do.
Hey, Al!
Hey, where you guys going with all this stuff?
Oh. Uh, I was just dropping off some supplies for tomorrow night.
I have kind of a romantic evening planned.
Oh, Alex, I wish you'd called ahead.
We're booked for a private event.
You're booked?
This place has never been booked.
If I had known that you could be booked, I would have done that.
If you want to make it another night, I can easily...
They can't do it another night.
It has to be the night Alex realized Kelly was the love of her life.
Don't you believe in love, Al?
Wow.
I'm really sorry, guys.
I can't do it.
Oh, I missed you, boss.
Now, why couldn't Nyxly have given me that kind of reception?
So what if she rejected you?
You're Lex Luthor. And your timing couldn't be better.
Luthor Corp's returns are through the roof this quarter.
Your mom gave me a board seat.
And the way you left everything covered,
I think I'm the only one who noticed you were gone.
My point is, you don't need that imp.
See, the thing about that imp is
she's the only thing I want.
Nyxly is the love of my life.
I'm sorry, what?
I know. Me? In love?
I've always shouldered this world alone.
I've never known what it meant to have a true partner.
Who could possibly match my wit, my flair, my unfiltered genius?
But when I met Nyxly, I knew. She was the one.
This was supposed to be so easy.
Come to this time,
help Nyxly get the Love Totem before the Super Friends find it,
and then return to the future where my Nyxly would still be alive.
I can't save her if she doesn't trust me.
And she won't trust me if she doesn't even like me.
And if she doesn't like me now, how will she love me in the future?
I did not understand a word of that.
But if she loved you before, why don't you just do that again?
You big, beautiful idiot. That's exactly what I should do.
Okay, I won't publish anything until after you succeed.
But how exactly is this plan going to work?
After conferring with the Kryptonian witch hologram,
we've deduced the next Totem Nyxly will go after.
The Love Totem.
Using my magic,
I'm going to mimic the energy of the Totems we already have
thereby creating a fake Love Totem,
which will be indistinguishable from the real one.
When Nyxly picks up on that signature, she'll come for the Totem,
right to the secure location we've chosen.
Where our team will be staked out waiting to contain Nyxly
the minute she shows her face.
That kid is really something, isn't she?
Yeah, she is.
We're very lucky.
Yes, we are.
You know, I knew I wanted to be a mom,
but I never imagined what it would be like to be with such an amazing partner.
The world may throw us a lot of curveballs,
but the one thing that I am certain about is us.
It's showtime.
I see. It's a party then.
Ah! That gibberish might be able to suppress my Totem's powers,
but you can't suppress this.
Take her to containment.
No!
Well, this is a familiar scene.
I had them.
A trick Totem.
You'll pay for that.
Miss me, sis?
What the hell was that?
Your sister?
How could she imitate a Totem and fool my crystal ball?
I can take a look at that for you.
Make it so it can't be tricked.
- I don't mind. - Just because you waltzed in
at a very convenient moment doesn't mean that... Wait.
How did you know where I was?
What is that?
Is that a surveillance drone?
Are you stalking me? Creep.
I was protecting you.
If I hadn't shown up when I did,
you would be powerless in a prison right now.
You claim to be on my side.
But I am no closer to finding my Totems.
So get out!
Uh, this is my home.
Fine.
I love you.
You're awake.
Thank God. How are you feeling?
I'm fine.
Are you okay?
I'm not the one that just got blasted by her greatest weakness.
Lena, we just faced off with Lex.
I saw your decoy Totem catch fire.
What happened?
I thought I was done with all that
venom he brought into my life but...
When he turned up yesterday unexpected and unannounced...
All that rage, it came... came back all over me.
Magic is so tied to emotions and...
If I feel out of control or angry, then my magic reflects that.
Your rage started the fire?
It's what happened to my mother.
She lost control and people got hurt.
I'm so sorry.
Just while Lex is in play and getting in my head,
I think it's safer if I don't do magic.
- You know, God knows who I could hurt. - Yeah, I understand.
And you bring so much more to the team than magic.
I mean, look how you just healed me.
Well, that was science.
Lex Luthor is working with Nyxly?
Super Friends set a trap for her,
but it failed when Lex showed up.
They escaped together.
Get me everything.
Don't eat. Don't sleep.
We're already down one Pulitzer winner,
so this is all on you.
I want a full expose on their nefarious plan
before anyone else gets wind of this.
Andrea, believe me,
no one wants to take down Lex more than I do.
But you remember the trial.
We prejudged without knowing all the facts,
and Lex used that against us to make us look like fools.
We have to do this the right way this time.
You mean the slow way.
I need the story to put us back on top.
And I need to be certain it was really Lex,
and not just someone in an image inducer.
Then I'll figure out what he's up to.
And how are you going to do that?
Infiltrate the Luther inner sanctum somehow.
Get airtight proof he's back.
Fine.
But you have until the end of today.
I will run the story of Lex Luthor's return by tonight,
with or without your proof.
There's no sign of either Nyxly or Lex's energy signatures.
This is bad.
Hey, how are you feeling?
I'll be fine once we find Lex and Nyxly.
Where's Nia?
She's trying to dream up their location.
How did they even meet?
We've been monitoring Luthor Corp's chatter in the underworld
on Lex's activities.
Nothing popped.
We thought he was laying low.
He was. Just...
Just not in this century.
The explosion Lex used,
that tech is from the 31st century.
And now Lex has his hands on it.
Wait, are you saying Lex went to the future?
All that matters is that two of the worst villains we have ever faced
are now working together,
and we need something big to stop them.
We do have two weapons we haven't considered using yet.
The Totems.
We use our Totems to take Lex and Nyxly's courage.
Or give them humanity.
So if we do the reverse, then it could take our humanity.
Alex is right.
The Totem's consequences are too unpredictable.
I agree. It's too risky.
And we always said we were going to protect the Totems.
Maybe there's a way we can use the
Totems' energy, but not as a weapon.
At The Hague, Nyxly used the Courage Totem as a shield.
Is there a way we can replicate that?
I can make a prototype.
We'll have to activate the Totem to even see if it'll work.
J'onn and I can do that.
Brainy, you get working on that shield.
Alex, Kelly, you two are on patrol.
If Lex and Nyxly are working together,
this city is the most vulnerable it's ever been.
Try reversing the Totem's energy signatures.
That should create a baseline to repel the Dream Totem.
She's right. That should theoretically work.
Sure. Yes, theoretically.
What if Lex is using some other technology from the 31st century?
Sprock. I should have known.
The 31st century is a technology nirvana.
Of course Lex would have been drawn to that time. I just...
I just wish we knew what he was doing in the future.
What does the Legion say?
Uh, I haven't contacted them yet.
What?
Brainy, they would know what Lex is up to,
and we need all the information we can get.
I know.
But knowing things about the future
could have major consequences on the space-time continuum.
And the last time I acted on information
from the future, I teamed up with Lex,
betrayed my friends, and nearly destroyed half the world.
I don't want to go down that path again.
I understand.
All right. Well...
I'll try to dream the location of the Love Totem.
But if you guys should have need
of my genius again, give a whistle.
So if we activate these Totems,
we should be able to use their power
to shield us from the Dream Totem.
We know the Humanity Totem doesn't require a test to activate it.
It only affected Nyxly's humanity
because she used it as a weapon.
So that leaves the Courage test.
Let me try this time, Kara.
You sure?
I know exactly the moment I lacked true courage.
And while the thought of going back to that moment terrifies me...
I think it's time.
I know that I can't enter the gauntlet with you,
but know that I will be beside you the whole time.
Kerr six.
No!
No. Not this time.
You have performed admirably.
Kerr six.
She was unimpressed with my heroics.
She balked at my surveillance drones.
You know, we used to have matching tracking devices.
She got them for our anniversary.
Said nothing was more romantic than
knowing where her Lexie was at all times.
It's so sweet to see you like this, you know, smitten.
Smitten?
If I ever hear you say that word ever again,
I'm going to implant a nano sun eater into your skull.
Hey. Why don't you, like, just...
Brainwash her?
"I love Lexie" style.
Otis, my good man, forcing women into loving you
is the underpinning of a toxic relationship.
But you love toxic relationships.
Not as much as I love Nyxly.
She has made me a changed man.
And I have grown.
Then why don't you just tell her
the truth about your relationship?
You can't just tell a woman how you feel.
It scares them off.
Oh, one hour until the Super Idiots find the Love Totem for real.
You gonna crash their party again, rescue Nyxly?
No, I think this time I'm just going to have to let the girl come to me.
But that does not mean that I am just going to let her fail.
Hello, courier minion. I need you to deliver
some highly-sensitive intel to Nyxly for me.
But do not tell her where you got it from.
Mm-hmm.
Oh, good. You're back.
What happened to you?
I was doing research and a book fell on my face.
Twice.
But I did read Tale of an Object Infused with Love.
You know, maybe it's the Love Totem.
Ines De Castro, the Corpse bride of Portugal.
The grave of famous lovers in Portugal.
Hmm.
That's just what the Mxy ball said.
I know where the Love Totem is.
Hey, guys, I see it.
Oh, you didn't think I'd let you just come in
and take such a pretty little bauble, did you?
Supergirl!
It's only a nightmare from the Dream Totem.
Where did it go?
Mitch, now.
There's no sign of the Totem.
Even the energy signature is gone.
And I'll need to fix this proto-trap
if we have any hope of finding Nyxly in the future.
I just don't understand. How could it just disappear?
None of the other Totems behaved this way.
Actually, according to lore, there are legends of it disappearing
and reappearing throughout history.
The Totem seems to seek out love and be repelled by hate.
Well, Nyxly certainly wants it for hateful reasons.
I'm afraid that while the combination of the two Totems' energy
is stronger than anything I could've created from scratch,
defensively it's a half-measure.
A Totem's energy is much more effective when used as a weapon.
Nyxly. What a surprise.
The Love Totem disappeared.
Do you know where it went?
- Are you asking for my help? - Yes.
Will you help me?
It would be my honor, ma cherie.
Uh, still...
Never going to be friends, you and I.
This is strictly business.
Hmm.
Hey.
Oh, man.
I'm so sorry, I truly thought that shield would work.
I am so, so sorry I wasn't there to protect you.
It's not your fault.
I was right there with you in the decision.
It's not just that.
My courage test took me right back
to the moment that I failed to protect everyone I love.
Only this time in the gauntlet,
I didn't let myself be separated from my daughters.
I fought.
Fought like hell.
Fought to the death.
But I still lost them.
And when I saw you get hit with that Dream Totem, I...
I had that same feeling all over again.
I know what you mean.
When the Dream Totem hit me in my...
My nightmare vision was Phantom Zone phantoms.
Hey, this is the first time you've come
face to face with Lex since he sent you there.
That can't have been easy.
And now with Lex and Nyxly working together, it's hard...
It's really hard to find hope.
You know, maybe...
my test and your vision...
is trying to teach us that we're stronger than our fears.
I can't save my daughters.
But I can save you.
Everyone.
My family now.
I think we should use our Totems
as weapons against Lex and Nyxly.
The combination of Lex and Nyxly is
too dangerous, and Brainy was right.
If we're going to win this war, we need to use all our firepower.
I agree.
But if you use the Humanity Totem...
Kara, you could lose your humanity.
But that's a risk I'm willing to take.
And I think I know of a way I can protect myself.
You want me to use my magic with Lex still around?
Just to protect me from the blowback of the Humanity Totem.
If I use it to give Lex and Nyxly more humanity,
I run the risk of losing some of my own.
Unless your magic can protect me.
Kara, I told you that my magic
can't be trusted with Lex involved.
When the Dream Totem hit me...
it sent me into a nightmare.
Where I was...
surrounded by phantoms.
And I was becoming a phantom too.
Cold.
Emotionless.
But then I realized...
this nightmare is showing me what I
could become without my humanity.
And I thought that nightmare would make
me even more afraid to use the Totem,
but you know what?
I'm not afraid to become that phantom.
I've been letting Nyxly convince me that if I stoop to her level,
I'd become a monster just like her. But you know what?
I have something she doesn't.
This team, this family.
And no matter what happens,
I know you all will pull me back from the edge,
which is why I need your help now.
If I use my magic, I could end up hurting you.
You've been afraid to become the worst version of yourself
because for so long, Lex was the only family you had.
He wanted you to be a monster, and there was no one around
to pull you back when you went too far.
But he's not your family anymore.
We are.
Focus on the good.
On your real family.
Use that to fuel your magic...
and you won't lose control.
- Hey. - Hey.
Wait a minute. What are you still doing here?
Shouldn't you be at Al's Bar getting all betrothed?
Al's was booked.
I know. I know.
And with Nyxly and Lex out there, I
don't know if it's even the right time.
So you're just gonna postpone your proposal?
Just like that?
You may not know this, but Kelly was engaged before.
And so was I.
And the last time that I proposed, it was totally spontaneous.
I just jumped right in there with
no planning and it just felt right.
But...
That relationship just...
ended.
Alex.
You and Kelly have one of the
strongest relationships I've ever seen.
And if I know one thing, it's this.
When Lex Luther is around, tomorrow is never promised.
So if you have love to give...
give it now.
You may not get another chance.
You really think you fixed my crystal ball without magic?
This is technology from the future.
With your own future self's help, I
was able to blend technology and magic.
- I helped you build that? - I told you. We were quite a pair.
We made many beautiful things together.
What was I like...
will I be like... after I got the AllStone?
Did I get my revenge?
Oh, yes.
I didn't know you then, but it must have been magnificent.
Every time you talked about it, you glowed.
Maybe...
That's why you were more responsive to
befriending an arrogant man such as me.
You no longer carried the weight of you unfulfilled vengeance.
I know where the Love Totem is.
Okay, Al, I know that you said this place was booked but...
- Surprise! - Surprise!
Wait, you're the one who booked it?
- How did you even do this? - Uh, I had some help.
William was in on it.
You two had the same plan. It's fate!
Oh, my gosh.
Alex.
I wanted to surprise you tonight because...
It's the anniversary of the first time I realized I loved you.
I love everything about you.
Your passion.
And your compassion.
The way that you fight for people that you love.
But you never let it harden you.
The way that you make space for me
to be the truest version of myself.
You are more than my love.
You are my perfect match.
And when I'm with you, my soul feels complete.
Alex Danvers, will you...
No, no no. Wait, wait, wait.
Wait. Wait.
Look, I wanted to be the first to do this.
Oh, crap.
What is that?
That's the Love Totem.
Supergirl!
Get her out of here.
Let's go.
Brainy, how's Lena doing?
She's getting her emotions in check.
All right, Lena.
It's your turn.
You got this.
Now.
Why?
Why are you making all this chaos?
It's working!
No.
I won't let you sway me from my mission again.
J'onn, I need you!
Looks like I got here just in time.
No!
I hit the Love Totem with all the energy of the Courage Totem.
Do you think it still works?
It's not emitting any fifth-dimension energy like it should be.
And, you know, it turned black.
If the Love Totem is destroyed,
does that mean all the love in the world is diminished?
You know, I don't think all the love
in the world has been diminished.
You want to know why,
out of all the pockets in all of the world,
that Totem appeared in mine?
It's because of how much love I feel for each one of you.
And it doesn't go away just because that thing turned black.
It's still here.
And I know it because I can feel it.
It's...
It's the truest love.
Come here.
Earlier today, I was so anxious
because I convinced myself that if you
and I didn't have the perfect proposal,
that our future would be doomed.
And thinking about that, that sounds absolutely ridiculous.
From the moment that we met...
you and I have been surrounded by chaos.
From blackouts to black holes.
We fought monsters.
I mean, God, we even loved each
other through the end of the universe.
And not even that could tear us apart.
Kelly Olsen...
I love you
with every fiber of my being.
You are the person that I want to watch
Die Hard with for the rest of my life.
Will you marry me?
Yes.
Yes. Of course, yes.
Yes.
Oh, my God! Come on!
We're getting married!
Oh, my God.
Don't worry.
This will remove all of the Totem's energy from you.
There.
All done.
Your emotions are once again your own.
You had a clean shot at the Love Totem.
And you abandoned it to save me.
Why?
Did I? I must not have seen it.
Tell me the truth.
What do you want from me?
You want the truth?
The truth is I love you.
I love you so much that when you... died,
part of me died too.
And you don't understand. I don't love anybody.
In fact, I hate everyone.
From a very young age, I knew I
would move through this world alone,
riding that solitary high-speed train
towards progress and greatness all by myself.
But there you were.
This radiant, powerful being,
vibrating with your own brilliant madness.
I never thought anyone could match my ambition, my genius, but...
Then I met you.
In all the timelines, in all the dimensions,
in all the universes, you...
were the only one that could match me.
But of course, you don't know any of this, 'cause you weren't there.
Yet.
You haven't met me yet, and I sound insane.
No one has ever selflessly sacrificed something for me
like you did tonight.
So, no, I wasn't there.
But...
If what you say is true and you really are here
to help me succeed...
Well, I don't see why we can't be friends.
- Look at that. - Top it off.
You know, I never said drinking was allowed in here,
- but I think it's a good idea. - Well...
Kelly! Welcome to the family.
Aww, thank you.
Oh.
Oh, excuse me.
Would you like a Shirley Temple, Esme?
Okay.
Excuse me.
So for engagement presents, I'm thinking matching motorcycles.
What say you?
Sure.
Hey, what is it?
Lex's behavior tonight...
It was irrational.
He had the Love Totem in his grasp, and yet...
Yet he portaled away without it. Why?
I try not to get too much into the psyche of Lex Luther.
Something changed him in the future.
We need to know more.
I don't want to make the same mistakes of the past.
Well, you won't.
'Cause this time you don't have secrets.
This time, you have me
and the rest of the team, and we trust you.
You need to call the future.
Okay.
There you are. You almost missed the party.
I just wanted to take a minute to clean up downstairs.
Uh, thank you for taking that risk today.
You protected me from losing a part of myself.
You always do.
Well, you protected everyone else.
Besides, it should be me thanking
you for pushing me to use my magic.
'Cause I now know for sure...
I really am free of Lex.
I will drink to that.
Thanks for meeting me.
You've reached William's phone. Please leave a message.
William, you promised you'd deliver, and you didn't.
If you're not going to get me what I need,
I'll get it myself.
Thank you for fixing this.
But what does it matter if we find the rest of the Totems?
I can't build the AllStone without the Hope Totem.
You mean...
This Hope Totem?
I thought Supergirl destroyed that.
The thing about these Totems is, you can destroy the shell,
but the essence flows into something new.
Oh. Also, the Love Totem...
The Super Friends destroyed it.
So you think that one will reconstitute itself as well?
I know it will.
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