Supergirl (TV Series)

Both Sides Now (2018)

Katie McGrath: Lena Luthor

Quotes 

• Lena Luthor : Sam, do you remember when we first met? It was three o'clock in the morning. We'd just acquired your company, and I was in charge of the takeover. You were a junior VP, and your light was the only one on in the office. I walked by, and I saw your head down over spreadsheets.

  Samantha Arias : Cross analysis report. God, I was good at those.

  Lena Luthor : You were so focused. And I thought "Her. I wanna work with her." Everyone knows how good you are at your job, Sam. You don't have to keep on proving it. With everything that you're dealing with in your life right now, I just wanna give you as little stress as possible.

  Samantha Arias : [shakes her head]  Lena, I can't take time off right now.

  Lena Luthor : Yeah, you can. In fact, I am ordering you to take today off. There is nothing here I can't handle, so go. Be with your daughter.

• Lena Luthor : Honey, are you okay?

  Ruby Arias : I'm fine.

  Lena Luthor : Sweetheart, what happened?

  Ruby Arias : I turned around, and she was gone.

  Lena Luthor : Honey, I'm so sorry. Your mom's just... she's going through a lot. It's gonna be okay.

  Ruby Arias : This is not okay. She was so excited to hang out today. And then she just disappeared. It's like, a few months ago, she was planning on going on this big trip, and something wonderful was gonna happen. And when she got back, she acted like she hadn't been anywhere.

  Lena Luthor : She didn't remember?

  Ruby Arias : There's something wrong. I don't know what, but there's something. It's like, sometimes, she's a completely different person.

  Lena Luthor : Ruby, I know it's scary, okay? But something you've got to know about me is that when there's a problem, I always find an answer.

• Samantha Arias : Where's Ruby? Your text said you picked her up.

  Lena Luthor : She's fine, okay? She's at my apartment. She's sleeping. She called me when you disappeared. She thought you'd come into work, but you... you hadn't.

  Samantha Arias : My god, how could I do this to her? What if I'd been driving at the time?

  Lena Luthor : She's safe, all right? She did the right thing. She called for help.

  Samantha Arias : Was she scared?

  Lena Luthor : Yes. We all are.

• Lena Luthor : Do you remember any...

  Samantha Arias : No. I don't, I... same as always.

  Lena Luthor : Ruby told me about the other times.

  Samantha Arias : What? No. She doesn't know.

  Lena Luthor : Sam, she's a smart kid. She knows something's wrong. She knows that you go places and then you don't remember where you've gone.

  Samantha Arias : You told her I was sick?

  Lena Luthor : I told her that we didn't know what was wrong yet.

• [last lines] 

  Samantha Arias : You told a twelve year old her mother has a disease no one can diagnose?

  Lena Luthor : I reassured her that you didn't abandon her...

  Samantha Arias : You had no right to tell her anything. Just because you're my boss does not mean you can make decisions for my family.

  Lena Luthor : No, it wasn't like that. It was...

  Samantha Arias : No one makes those decisions but me.

  Lena Luthor : Sam, your blackouts are coinciding with something. I just need to ask you a few...

  Samantha Arias : Silence!

  [in her fit of anger, Sam's eyes briefly flicker red] 

  Lena Luthor : Sam? Sam? Sam, did you just have a blackout?

  Samantha Arias : Yeah.

  Lena Luthor : You don't remember anything you said?

  Samantha Arias : No.

  Lena Luthor : Sam, honey, it's okay, all right? I know what's wrong with you. I'm gonna make you better.

• Samantha Arias : Hey.

  Lena Luthor : Hey.

  Samantha Arias : What's up?

  Lena Luthor : Nothing. Is everything okay?

  Samantha Arias : Yeah. TYK Labs branch, I'm gonna have to replace a few people there.

  Lena Luthor : Oh, I can handle that. I've been away from L-Corp too long. I'm looking forward to getting back in and getting my hands a little dirty again.

  [seeing Sam's concern] 

  Lena Luthor : Sam, this has nothing to do with the way things have been running, believe me.

  Samantha Arias : But it's because I'm sick, though. You don't think I'm up for the job anymore?