Supergirl

Previously on Supergirl...

I am going to ask the Super friends if I could be embedded with them.

Lena, you're 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 winger. - 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!

Whose turn is it?

J'onn's. - Okay, everyone, so, hopefully,

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

Hey. Hey.

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

We thought that it would cheer you up.

Oh, that's...

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...

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... 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Ooh!

I made you this to thank you for everything.

See? I have one too.

I absolutely love it. Thank you.

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.

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.

Not even my sister Kara knows.

If you do, I'll wipe your mind.

He'll do it.

Yeah.

Oh, and before you file any story,

just run it by one of us, please.

Okay.

So, what're you guys working on now?

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

Nyxly.

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.

The Totem can belong only to one of ready heart.

Is that you?

- Yes. Then use it wisely.

That's it?

There's no... gauntlet?

All right then.

Mitch, now.

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 ahold 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 violence 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 10,000 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.

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 30 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.

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.

This Nyxly is unlike anything the public has faced before.

The threats and strange events of the past few weeks