Supergirl

When I was a child, my planet Krypton was dying.

I was sent to Earth to protect my cousin.

But my pod got knocked off-course

and by the time I got here,

my cousin had already grown up and become Superman.

I hid who I really was

until one day when an accident

forced me to reveal myself to the world.

To most people I'm a reporter at Catco Worldwide Media.

But in secret, I work with my adoptive sister for the DEO

to protect my city from alien life

and anyone else that means to cause it harm.

I am Supergirl.

Previously on Supergirl...

So our mystery alien is from Daxam.

It's a sister world to Krypton.

My name is Mon-El.

I asked the DEO to release you into my custody.

I'm in your hands, Kara.

It's your first day of work!

No. - Yes!

Thank you.

Do you want syrup...

Looks good.

How is it?

It fits! That's perfect. - Yeah?

Yes, now you just need glasses.

No. I... I have got that covered, thank you.

No, no, no, no. Like real glasses, like mine.

Well, they're not real.

But, they keep it so that no one knows I'm Supergirl.

I'm pretty sure no one's gonna mistake me for Supergirl.

No, no, but maybe someday

you will want to help people the way I do.

In which case, these will come in handy.

So no one knows Mon-El is Mike.

And who's Mike? - You are, Mike Matthews.

Uh, Winn got you a birth certificate,

Social Security card and everything.

Oh, four-nine-eight, zero-zero, three-one-four-five.

And oh... Oh, soon you will get your FICO score.

Oh. I don't know what any of those words mean.

It's okay. You'll learn about it working at Catco.

Great? Thank you for helping me be more... human.

Yeah.

All right.

These definitely say "Mike" To me.

Really? - Yeah.

So, when I first started working here,

I found it helpful to bring coffee

to the other assistants to make new friends.

Ah, bribery, got it. We have that on Daxam.

No, it's not bribery, it's just niceness.

Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning.

What... Wait, what are those alarms for?

No, no. They're not alarms, come here. That's a phone.

You pick it up and you say,

"Hello, this is Catco, how may I help you?"

Oh, you definitely want to give Eve Teschmacher a coffee.

She is James' assistant, the big boss.

Eve, have you met our new intern?

Uh, thank you so much! - Sure.

What's your name? - Mike. Number 49800...

No, no, Mike. You don't need to give her your social security number.

So I memorized that fake ID for nothing?

You mean your real ID?

Yes.

Hi... Mike...

Oh, James. I want to introduce you to our new intern... Mike.

Right, Mike. Welcome to Catco.

You're... You're the big boss? - That I am.

I kind of expected someone a little more intimidating.

I had Miss Teschmacher put some reports on your desk

that should be put in order and filed.

So, if you have any questions, my doors are always open.

Oh, thanks.

And hey, sorry I ran out of bribery coffees.

That's okay, I'm actually about to go get one myself. So...

Can I go with you? - Of course you can. I'll be at the elevator.

Okay. - Bye, now.

Why would you take the elevator?

It'd be so much quicker to just fly from floor to floor.

Mon-El! - "Mike."

Mike, Mike, I told you a million times,

you are never to show your powers to anyone else.

That's the whole point of the clothes and the glasses.

This is your desk.

Wait, so you're saying I can't use my powers

to go through this giant pile of boring paper?

No, of course not.

And you're telling me that you've never used your powers

to do these menial tasks?

Never. No. Not once.

You know you get this little...

This little crinkle right up there when you lie?

I don't have a crinkle.

Yeah, you're crinkling right now. - I don't have a crinkle.

You're crinkling at the moment. -

It's your first phone call. Think you can handle it?

Yeah.

Hello, this is Catco. How may I help you?

I don't get the chance to win my money back?

Uh, with the rate that you play, we'd be here for hours.

Your girlfriend would have to put out an APB.

Not likely. We broke up.

Oh, my God. I'm sorry. What... What happened?

She dumped me. - She dumped you?

Who would do that? - She did. Convincingly.

Maybe it was just a fight?

Well, she said I was hard-headed,

insensitive, obsessed with work...

That's not so bad.

Also borderline sociopathic, and she never wants to see me again.

So, I'm pretty sure it's over.

Well, her loss.

I just thought... You know, she was...

Thought she was what?

Look, I appreciate the beer and pool,

but I think I need to go home and drink something a little harder

and lose my cool.

See you later.

Okay. Feel better.

Hey, thanks again for taking in Mon-El.

You make him sound like some sort of stray puppy.

He is. He's an outer space stray puppy.

I gotta admit, I'm a little jealous of him.

You know, everything is so brand new and exciting.

I mean, yeah, he's got a lot to learn though.

But he does have me to guide him.

He will be an Earthling in no time. Way faster than I was.

That was close. - Yeah, for their car.

Seriously? Right in front of Supergirl?

I almost feel bad for them.

You do know those bullets aren't going to work on me, right?

I'm glad I didn't bring any bullets.

James! James, are you okay? - Yeah.

Oh, no. Your dad's camera.

Who were those guys?

Any of these look familiar? - That one.

That's the gun he was carrying.

Okay. That is an Anndrannian Photon Cannon.

How'd these guys get their hands on alien technology?

Are you sure they weren't Anndrannian?

Well, they weren't purple with fins,

so yeah, I'm sure.

Oh, you are lucky this thing hit you

before it was fully charged.

There's no telling what this might've done to you.

We've got to find a way to track these weapons.

So it emits phased muon particles.

I could maybe come up with a way to detect it.

You were warned.

The alien invaders are dangerous.

Their intentions, malicious.

They possess power we cannot hope to match.

And their technology, brought from other worlds,

is falling into the wrong hands.

We should not be opening our arms to them.

We should be locking them up and taking their weapons away.

You did not heed us,

but you will heed the chaos that amnesty has brought.

You will pay the price in fear and blood.

And you will beg us to save you.

We are Cadmus.

Kind of a coincidence that Cadmus releases a new video

just as criminals get their hands on alien weapons.

Not a coincidence if Cadmus is the one

giving them the guns.

In another case of humans using alien weaponry,

the National City Children's Hospital has been damaged.

I don't know about the rest of you,

but I sure as hell would feel a lot safer

if I had one of those super-powered weapons on me

to defend myself. - That's not the solution.

Well then, what is?

The bad guys are running around everywhere

with these high-tech weapons.

I just think it's about time the good guys got some of our own.

Alien guns are bad no matter who controls them.

The Second Amendment gives us the right to bear arms.

Even if those arms are ray guns.

That's what Cadmus wants.

They're the ones handing out these weapons,

They want us to be afraid of each other.

to not trust each other anymore.

Well how do you know what Cadmus wants?

I... I just do.

Okay, guys, that's enough.

We all know our assignments.

We've got a magazine to put out. Let's get it together.

James, I don't know what to do.

Anndrannian cannons, Pytharian magma bombs.

These are weapons that are far more advanced

than anything we had on Krypton.

Cadmus doesn't care who gets hurt

in trying to make sure all aliens get a bad name.

Yeah, well, I'm sure you and the DEO will figure something out.

Don't sound so defeatist or anything.

I'm sorry. I just...