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The National Pork Producers Council warned that possible Chinese tariffs on U.S. pork could have a significant negative impact on rural America. China has indicated it will impose the duties in response to U.S. tariffs and restrictions — announced today — being placed on a host of Chinese goods.
"We sell a lot of pork to China, so higher tariffs on our exports going there will harm our producers and undermine the rural economy," says NPPC President Jim Heimerl, a pork producer from Johnstown, Ohio. "No one wins in these tit-for-tat trade disputes, least of all the farmers and the consumers."
Last year, the U.S. pork industry exported $1.1 billion of product to China, making that country the No. 2 value market for U.S. pork.
An article on Bloomberg.com this morning says, "China unveiled tariffs on $3 billion of U.S. imports in response to steel and aluminum duties ordered by Trump earlier this month. The White House then declared a temporary exemption for the European Union and other nations on those levies, making the focus on China clear. Though Beijing's actions so far are seen by analysts as measured, there may be more to come."
Many economists, including Iowa State University economist Dermot Hayes, have cautioned that tariffs on U.S. agricultural products could disrupt exports to China. Lost sales would have severe economic consequences for America's farmers, who shipped nearly $20 billion of goods to the Asian nation in 2017.
The U.S. restrictions on Chinese imports come after an inquiry by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative into China's practices related to technology transfer, licensing and intellectual property rights. USTR's Section 301 — of the 1974 Trade Act — investigation determined that U.S. companies have lost billions of dollars from being forced by China to disclose intellectual property and to transfer technology.
"When it comes to trade, we expect all countries to follow international rules and to trade fairly," Heimerl says. "We also expect all countries to resolve trade disputes in a way that doesn't harm businesses, farmers and consumers."
Friday's Daily Livestock Report by Steiner Consulting Group addressed what the U.S. pork industry may face as a result of the tariff war. "If they do go into effect, however, they are bearish for U.S. pork prices, especially for fall and winter hog/pork values. U.S. pork production is expected to be record large this fall and the tariff will make it more difficult to sell into the Chinese market. The tariff would be particularly negative for byproduct values since China takes about a third of all our pork variety exports.
"But bearish as the announcement is, it should not be overstated. Our pork competes with pork from the European Union for access to China. U.S. average base hog carcass price is around $54 per hundredweight compared to $83 in the EU. Lower hog prices this fall may be needed to maintain U.S. competitiveness versus EU products. The next area of uncertainty for the pork complex is the North American Free Trade Agreement re-negotiation and the possibility that Mexico, the biggest buyer of U.S. pork, may also impose tariffs. This will continue to add uncertainty in a market that already is coping with larger than expected supplies and new trade barriers."
According to a previous article by Bloomberg, "China would feel some impact if it cuts back — it's heavily dependent on U.S. soybeans for cooking oil and animal feed, especially in seasons when Brazil isn't harvesting. But the damage would be real, both economic and political. Soybean production is concentrated in middle-American states that voted for Trump.
"U.S. pork exports could be another 'easy target,' amid a boost in China's sow herd, according to Vertical Group, a New York-based investment bank."


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Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) has some advice for Mitt Romney as he campaigns for the presidency: start bragging about your wealth.
During a town hall meeting in Elmhurst this past weekend, Walsh told constituents that because making money is a good thing, Romney's key to success is to tout his wealth. He advised Romney to start telling voters, "Hey you know what America? I'm a rich guy!" Walsh concluded that Romney should not be humble about his extraordinary wealth if he wants to succeed — "Don't shy away from that! Rejoice in that!"
WALSH: It's a good thing in this country, Tammy Duckworth, to make money. That is a good thing. I wish Mitt Romney would be proud of that. I wish Romney walked around every day in this campaign and said, "you know what? I'm real successful. Hey you know what America? I'm a rich guy! In fact, you might call me wealthy. That's me, Mitt Romney. You know what? I worked my butt off to get this way. And you know what? I want you to be rich like me." Don't shy away from that! Rejoice in that!
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Romney is worth an estimated $250 million. He made his wealth after spending years at Bain Capital profiting off of troubled companies that often had to lay off workers.
Though Romney won't say exactly how large his personal fortune is, he did feel the need to open accounts in countries notorious for tax dodging, including Switzerland and the Cayman Islands. In fact, Romney's tax returns show that he makes more money in a single day than an average American makes in an entire year.
Even if Romney has largely ignored Walsh's advice and avoided discussing his own wealth, many of his comments on the campaign trail betray the every-man image he's trying to convey. He proposed a $10,000 bet on national television with Texas Gov. Rick Perry, said his $374,000 speaking fees was "not very much," bragged about his "friends who are NASCAR team owners," and declared that he's "not concerned about the very poor."

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Nuckin' Futs
A short story
by Chris Hibbard
(Authors Note: This 'chapter' was written in response to a creative writing class exercise that required us to write something about a personality trait. Each student wrote a personality trait on a scrap of paper, and they were then randomly drawn and assigned. I opened up my scrap of paper to see the word NEUROTIC.)
Nuckin' Futs
"Let's go out and get something to eat," I said.
Connor turned away and continued blasting mutants on the telly.
"Why go out? We can order in, and stay right here. Modern technology is beautiful," he replied without even making eye contact.
"Jesus man, we've been in here for hours, since last night – can I at least open the windows and let some air in here?"
Pausing the game and staring at me with what appeared to be scorn, Connor said, "Fine. Open the one in the bathroom though, and keep these blinds closed."
As I made my way to the bathroom down the hall, I shook my head and muttered under my breath "He's gonna shrivel up like mushroom in here."
I met Connor Townshend at summer camp when I was twelve. That was a long time ago. At camp that year, I had been asked by my fellow bunkmates to go find a missing Connor. He hadn't been seen since lunch, and then he was down by the lake, on the opposite end from camp.
Being a good Scout involves courage and ability, so off I went. I had walked for maybe 15 minutes when I heard groaning off to my left. Going to investigate, I stumbled in a gopher hole, turning my ankle, and practically fell on top of this red-haired, freckle-faced, tall and scrawny boy curled on the ground in the fetal position. He was doubled up on himself and clutching his stomach and moaned even louder when I fell beside him. But, being a good Scout (I've still got the badges to prove it) I helped him to his feet and propped him up on my shoulder. I told him "My name is Dan. I was told to come find you. Can you make it back to camp? What's wrong with you?"
He stepped away from me for a minute and looked me over. "You're the one who killed the squirrel in archery yesterday. That was a wicked shot."
"Thanks," I said. I had been reliving that moment over and over since the fat kid had picked it up and held it over his head like a trophy. What can I say. It was a wicked shot.
"My name is Connor," he said. "I licked a frog at lunch. I never should have licked that frog. I think I'm dying."
I thought he was just making jokes about his stomach ache, maybe a cramp from swimming too soon after lunch, and I was actually wondering if I had heard him right. He always did (and does to this day) have kind of a nasal voice, even more pronounced since he also with mild lisp. It made his words thick, and turned squirrel into thquirrel. He noticed that I was staring, prompting me to reply.
"You licked a frog? Why would you do something like that? That's fucking sick."
With the drop of the F-Bomb, Connor's face reddened. "We're not supposed to say that word. It's ugly and it makes whoever says it even uglier. Anyway, if you must know," he said with dramatic emphasis, "I just wondered what it would taste like. They eat their legs in France you know."
"That's gross. You're weird. Let's just get back to camp."
Together, I limped and he hobbled, and we made our way back to our cabin. Once there, Connor was interrogated by the camp counselor, who happened to be four years our senior and was built like a tank. While Connor was escorted to the Big House to see the nurse, word of his frog-licking antics spread like wildfire. And if it was like a fire, then I suppose that makes me the owner of the matches.
When Connor returned the next day, meeting us at lunch, he immediately gravitated toward me. I made a grand show of reluctance, grand enough for everyone to see, before I slid over a notch and let him sit down.
"Hey frog licker, what are you having for lunch?" said Benny B, reaching over and taking Connors milk and cheese and cracker pack. Benny was a diminutive little smart-ass who made up for his petite stature (or at least attempted to) by covering it up) with bad taste jokes and well-timed insulting zingers.
Connor kept his head down for a minute, unsure of himself. Then he looked Benny straight in the eye and without cracking a smile said, "You can have my milk Benny. I was going to try to give it away anyway." Benny's smug look shook just a little.
Connor continued, "Humans are the only creatures silly enough to drink another creature's milk. That just doesn't happen in nature. After we're weaned off of breast milk when we're babies, we don't even need milk at all any more. We just like it. But do you know how much bacteria there is growing inside of that carton, even as you hold it?" Connor paused for effect, watching to see our reactions (something which I would come to learn that he was very good at) and then he kept speaking.
"Although the vast majority of these bacteria are rendered harmless by pasteurization and the immune system, some of them always get in. And where does milk come from? Cows – that's right. And cows carry Mad Cow disease, and anthrax, and all sorts of other diseases. I heard that one of them can make your dink turn black and fall off. So I don't drink milk. You can enjoy it. I'd rather have a 5-Alive anyway."
Benny was at a loss for words, as were the rest of us at the table. Almost in unison, milk cartons slid into the centre. The fat kid looked like he was going to hurl, and he excused himself.
Later that night around the campfire, I asked Carson where he had learned all that stuff, about milk and Anthrax and bacteria.
In the firelight, the grin that slowly appeared on his face looked unnatural, as if the top teeth were shining and the bottom ones were missing or rotten. "I watch nature shows on TV a lot," he said, "and I read weird books that my brothers bring home, "but mostly, I was just making it up. It's a good way for a nerd like me to get a bunch of free milk once everyone leaves the table at lunch. Tricks of the trade or something like that. I like milk. Always have. Always will."
From that point on, Connor and I were solid. Or, as solid as gelatin can be anyway. Because while I could always count on Connor for free milk, I could never really know for sure when he was bullshitting, when he was serious, or when he was just plain fucking nuts. Even now, as he sits here, seemingly scared to leave the house or even let fresh air in. I just couldn't tell. But as I opened the bathroom window, I noticed that the lightbulbs had been removed from their sockets above the sink, and that the shower door was duct taped shut. Whatever Connor was afflicted with, I suspected it was getting worse.


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Comments Coming in on Fed I.T. Plan
Since releasing the "Federal Health IT Strategic Plan for 2011-2015" on March 25, the Office of the National Coordinator has posted 24 industry comments. Here are three samples:
1. "One concern is that ONC may not have done an extensive enough review of available standards for vocabularies used in data exchange. For example, SNOMED, while comprehensive, is often convoluted and difficult to map to, particularly for use at the point of care. To date, it has also been difficult to determine how to consult or give input to ONC on available standards for vocabularies for data exchange, specifically those that are in widely adopted by EMR systems (both in the public and commercial arenas) already, but not 'accepted' for exchange by ONC."
2. "I feel a bit like I am entering the Lion's Den here as I am much less excited than Dr. Blumenthal about all this. I feel rather like I am about to be told to eat my spinach whether I like it or not. The push for EMR is laudable and there are many advantages that it offers, but the bottom line is that for the majority of small offices the software just isn't there. I have looked at several EMR programs including the highest rated for my office size and they are consistently expensive, feature a huge learning curve, have questionable support and in the end will slow me down. I am being asked to assume both a financial and productivity cost for very questionable gains. Is it the position of the ONC that productivity and affordability be sacrificed for the greater good? The push for technology is being mandated before the technology exists, and the practicing physicians and providers on the front lines are woefully under-represented in its implementation."
3. "EMR must be able to download into a personal health record in order to build accountable consumers. Patients should not have to download each record, simply give access. This is a part of the accountable care continuum that will drive health value rapidly and put the power of health improvement into the hands of consumers. There will be fractured care and fractured responsibility until we build the culture of health within and around the individual."
To access the strategic plan, click here. For more comments, click here.
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A Match Made in Sea Heaven
Design icon Diane Von Furstenberg collaborates with well-loved surf apparel brand Roxy to come up with a feisty collection for free-spirited sophisticates'.
All decked out in their white, light, and breezy outfits – media bigwigs, it-bloggers, and the most prolific fashion players gathered for one of the season's talk-of-the-town event. The buzz is all about Roxy's much-awaited launch of its collaboration with iconic designer Diane Von Furstenberg.
It was on the cool midsummer evening of March 12, when the fashion launch was befittingly orchestrated by the seawall side garden of Sofitel Philippine Plaza. Attended only by the metro's crème dela crème, all the chic denizens were in for a pleasant night – an occasion which treated their senses with refreshing rounds of cocktails, delightful amuse bouche, and an exclusive sneak peek of a highly-covetable fashion collection.
As attendees began to relax amid the exotic ambiance, the program began rolling as the night's hosts Nicola Sebastian and Lui Tortuya, took the stage to welcome guests. To heighten the excitement of everyone present, an audio-visual presentation was screened to show a bit of what they can expect.
What followed was a menagerie of visual pleasures as Nicola Sebastian and Lui Tortuya signaled the beginning of the anticipated fashion show. Models strutted down the runway, finally revealing lust-worthy pieces that featured sophisticated prints of florals, vintage patterns, and refined silhouettes – aesthetics that are signature Diane Von Furstenberg.
Not one to be muted by mediocrity and dullness, Roxy's style DNA married harmoniously with Furstenberg's trailblazing design spirit. Furstenberg professes her love for the beach culture, and expressed her excitement about working with Roxy, saying, "we wanted to empower women to go for it and ride the wave!" The result? A collection that celebrates the fun, fearless, and definitive beauty of femininity – no less than all the characteristics which make for an ideal Roxy and DVF woman.
Deviating away from the traditional take on surf style fashion, the collection features fun hints of nostalgia reminiscent of groovy retro patterns, made tasteful and sophisticated with elegant cuts. A one-time-only collection, the line includes boardshorts, rashguards, and swimwear.
After all the oohs and aahs, Chinky De Guzman, Roxy's Brand Associate talked briefly about the collection. As a symbol of gratitude for those who came, a spirit concoction called the DVF Loves Roxy Signature Cocktail was served among the attendees – sealing the night's captivating presentation with an equally bewitching treat.
Roxy is a compelling apparel brand that has built its unique heritage on the surf culture and the philosophy of empowering women. By collaborating with an equally formidable female force in the fashion industry, Roxy strengthens its stand – encouraging women to follow their hearts and dare to conquer.
Check out this DvF Product Brief for you to enjoy more this summer:
DVF Tiki Tri Bikini Top
DVF's bold prints meet Roxy's signature swim silhouettes in a collection that is both playful and empowering. This bikini top is cut in Roxy's classic tiki tri silhouette, which offers moderate coverage, slide triangle styling and removable soft pads.
It comes in four DVF prints: Roxy maze, a playful take on each brand's logos; beach garden; leaf neon peach; and hex dot, a graphic take on shadows which recalls some of DVF's first designs. 82% nylon, 18% Spandex. Hand wash cold, imported.
DVF 70s Halter Bikini Top
DVF and Roxy teamed up to create pieces that reflect DVF's love of beach culture and nature as well as Roxy's active and trailblazing spirit.
The full coverage 70s halter bikini top was made for swimming, surfing, and all things beach and now comes in four iconic DVF prints – camo, a finely drawn, chic and effortless pattern; clover, a playful combination of hearts and clovers; hex dot, which recalls some of DVF's first designs; and beach garden, a classic DVF, nature-inspired print. Includes removable pads. 82% nylon, 18% Spandex. Hand wash cold, imported.
DVF Free Fall Boardshorts
A playful take on the Roxy and DVF logo punctuate this statement black and white print on the Freefall boardshorts. 87% polyester, 13% spandex boardshorts have Roxy's 4-way stretch for the ultimate in performance and style. Features a wide elastic smocked waistband and draw cord with 2 inch inseam. Hand wash, imported.
Check out Roxy's latest collection in stores now at Roxy Robinsons Place Manila, Roxy SM Davao, Quiksilver SM North Edsa Annex, Quiksilver Shangri-La Mall, Quiksilver Alabang Town Center, Quiksilver Nuvali, Quiksilver Harbor Point Subic, Quiksilver SM Pampanga, Quiksilver SM Cebu, Quiksilver Abreeza Davao, and Quiksilver Centrio CDO.
Follow Roxy Philippines on twitter, http://www.twitter.com/roxyphl, Instagram at roxyph, and like us on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/roxyphilippines.
The Primer Group of Companies, Asia's next retail giant, is the exclusive distributor of Roxy in the Philippines.
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Root Cellar Progress
Progress Report (as of February 21, 2020)
New root cellar taking shape...
Thanks to the West Carleton voice for coming to visit us at the root cellar in August. Progress is being made on the root cellar as fall approaches.
We're very excited to bring you up to date on the Deep Roots root cellar. Here's where we're at.
In early 2018 we found a great site on NCC land beside BeetBox Co-op Farm on Davidson Side Road near Shirley's Bay. We negotiated a three-way agreement between BeetBox and the NCC, undertook environmental studies, and secured our funding based on a new workplan and sourcing a larger above ground 888 sq.-ft. design kit.
We received our building permit in October 2018, and one month later our "Pioneer Steel Building" kit was delivered by trailer from Mississauga. That's the stats. Since then it's been like an old-fashioned barn raising. With volunteer help (408 hours between August 2018 and January 2019) and some hired professional labour, we've made great strides, even in the brutally cold January weather. The site has been excavated, filled and graded, the foundation poured (including insulation), the building arches assembled, and the industrial base plates attached and ready for the steel arches.
Next, as soon as the weather permits, we'll raise the arches, attach them to the foundation base plates, construct the three internal walls and doors, and apply the insulation.
In the summer and fall will come the fit-ups. Led by Rob Tovell, co-chair of the DRFH board, we'll install the system he's designed for remotely monitoring and controlling internal temperature and humidity inside the cellar. Also this summer, we're going to grow sample root crops to test the design concepts through the fall and winter of 2019-2020. The test produce will be supplied by a related project called * "ExerFarm".
Take a look at our photos, and to find out more join us for our AGM on March 6th, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the West Carleton Amateur Sports Club, 3832 Carp Rd., Carp, ON Refreshments and snacks will be provided. We have a lot of news to share with you.
Deep Roots Food Hub is an exciting grassroots project and we're looking for people to join us moving forward. Whether you have elbow grease to volunteer, expertise as a farmer, maybe you're a big picture thinker, and / or want to make an investment in our local community, or if you have a little time or a lot of time, there's a place for you in this project. So come out and hear more at our AGM or send us an email asking for more information.
* "ExerFarm" was created by local physician and DRFH board member Dr. Barry Bruce. Based on companion farming, winter squash, maize, and climbing beans were successfully planted and harvested last year. This method of farming was used by various Native North American groups and is often referred to as Three Sisters agriculture.
The produce is shared: 1/3 goes to volunteers, 1/3 to program costs and 1/3 to charities like the Food Bank, in relation to the hours you put in. The idea is to use as little fossil fuel as possible getting back and forth—car pool, cycling, etc.—and, aside from the initial soil prep. employ manual techniques only So, it's healthy exercise, environmentally community focused--and a lot of fun! Read more about it at West Carleton Online https://westcarletononline.com/three-sisters-garden-pilot-project/
March 6th, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
West Carleton Amateur Sports' Club - 3832 Carp Rd, Carp
Refreshments and snacks will be provided
Join Deep Roots Food Hub for our 2019 Annual General Meeting.
We invite residents, farmers, food entrepreneurs and anyone with ideas and energy to come and join us to help realize our vision of a vibrant local food economy that is fair for all.
Learn what new initiatives we are hoping to bring to West Carleton for residents! And we'll provide an update with pictures of our root cellar build! Come find out where and when our first root cellar will be built and how you can use it to boost your farm, CSA or market garden income.
Attendees can register as voting members at the reception.
We hope you can join us to celebrate and learn more about our upcoming projects.
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Thursday February 22, 7 – 9pm
Join Deep Roots Food Hub for our 2018 Annual General Meeting. It will take place
on February 22 at St. James Anglican Church, 3774 Carp Road in Carp.
We invite residents, farmers, food entrepreneurs and anyone with ideas and
energy to come and join us to help realize our vision of a vibrant local food
economy that is fair for all.
Learn what new initiatives we are hoping to bring to West Carleton for residents!
And we are building a root cellar! Come find out where and when our first root
cellar will be built and how you can use it to boost your farm, CSA or market
garden income.
Light refreshments will be served.
DRFH Membership
Deep Roots Food Hub 2018 general memberships will be for sale for $15.
A membership provides voting rights at the AGM and at all other 2018 meetings.
Farmers who purchase a membership will receive a $15 rebate on storage fees for the
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Cash and credit will be accepted.
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Aloha to the beautiful island state of Hawaii. This has become the vacation destination of many people who want to get away from the stress of life. However, it's not just a good spot for a vacation. You could choose to live in Hawaii and find DHH jobs. Of course, one of the biggest draws of this state would be the beaches. The pristine blue waters and white sand mean days and days of relaxing in the sun, swimming, surfing, snorkeling, sailing, and much more. If you are interested in nature and the unique phenomena of the state, then you could visit the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. If history is more your thing, then take a trip to Pearl Harbor, where you can learn about the infamous and tragic bombing that led to the United States entering World War II. While there, visit the USS Arizona Memorial. This ship was sunk during the bombing.
The Polynesian Cultural Center will help you learn about the natives of Hawaii, where you will see traditional dances, fire dances, and much more.
When you begin looking at deaf and hard of hearing jobs, then consider Hawaii. While it was the last state added to the United States, it certainly has much to offer.


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How Does a Teenager Rebel Against Parents?
Perhaps sneaking cigarettes, wearing leather jackets and driving fast were ways to push the envelope for teenagers in the past, but modern kids are bombarded with greater pressures and opportunities to rebel against their parents 1. While not all teens are criminals in the making, many struggle between social pressures, personal convictions and maintaining their parents' expectations.
Arguing with Parents
One of the most well-known ways that teenagers rebel against their parents is by arguing 1. Saturday night curfew, rules about tight clothes, or even expectations such as keeping a bedroom floor clean can launch a teen into a rampage. Physically, the part of the brain responsible for thinking and judgment is growing during the teen years, according to Tufts University professor of child development David Elkind, PhD, and children begin to form their own ideas and opinions. Parents can take heart that while it seems like their teen is arguing in circles, he is actually practicing a new skill to prepare for adulthood.
Piercings and Tattoos
Mohawks and weird clothes were once the main outward evidence of teenage rebellion, but modern teens can be much more extreme. Permanent tattoos and body piercings are a sign of being hip, independent or indifferent to conventional society 4. Unfortunately, permanently scarring the body can also be a red flag for underlying deviant behavior or mental health issues, according to TeenHelp.com. Parents should try to talk with children who are planning on getting piercings or tattoos about the potential risks of infection and of limiting possible future employment because of their appearance 4.
Sexual Exploration
Your child may go against rules you have set about dating to assert her independence, not realizing that the repercussions could be lifelong. Kids as young as 13 or 14 years old are often pressured to experiment with sex, according to Dr. Elkind, risking unwanted pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases.
Substance Abuse
Another act of rebellion among teenagers is substance abuse 3. While many kids may experiment with alcohol or drugs out of curiosity or defiance, not all rebellious teens will develop an addiction. WebMD assures parents that just because their teen tries drugs one time does not mean that he will continue to use them on a regular basis.
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|Season 3, Episode 1 (37)
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|Nevertheless, She Persisted
|No Longer The Last
THE ORIGINAL BRAINIAC- When National City and Metropolis come under simultaneous attacks by the villainous Brainiac, Kara and Superman work together to repel the menace as best as they can. Meanwhile, J'onn, Alex, and Maggie stumble upon a government secret and Lena discovers an unwelcome visitor at L-Corp.
Main Cast
- Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers/Supergirl
- Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers
- Jeremy Jordan as Winn Schott & Brainiac (Winn Schott drone)
- Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor
- Laura Benanti as Alura Zor-El
- Zachary Quinto as General Dru-Zod (credit only)
- Tyler Hoechlin as Clark Kent/Superman, Cyborg Superman, & Jor-El
- Odette Annable as Samantha Arias/Reign (credit only)
- Jenna Dewan as Lucy Lane
- Brenda Strong as Lillian Luthor (credit only)
- with Claire Holt as Karen Starr
- and David Harewood as J'onn J'onzz
Special Guest Stars
- Helen Slater as Eliza Danvers
- Floriana Lima as Maggie Danvers
- Mehcad Brooks as Brainiac (James Olsen drone)
- with Peter Facinelli as Max Lord
- and Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant
Recurring Cast
- Amy Acker as Brainiac
- Chris Vance as Non
- Tracy Spiridakos as Lesla-Lar
- Glenn Morshower as General Sam Lane
CAT GRANT sits at her desk, furiously typing on her computer surrounded by coffee cups and the like. She is finishing a document.
We look closer. It's a NEWS REPORT!
The story is titled: "Nevertheless, She Persisted".
CAT: "In so doing, Supergirl has shown once more that she is the protector of National City first and foremost even in the face of great personal loss."
She smiles and whispers to herself:
CAT: Well done, Kara.
Almost the same instant Cat says this, KARA herself enters.
KARA: Miss Grant, we have an issue.
CAT: Kiera, we all know that Mondays are the incarnation of the ninth circle of hell, but is there something you need to tell me? I've been revisiting and revising my old article from when Supergirl repelled the Daxamite invasion three years ago and- you seem perturbed.
Cat is right; Kara's typical meek-and-mild-human-reporter persona has been shed. She's a bit more authoritative than usual but not by much.
More like Supergirl? Definitely.
KARA: My cousin called from Metropolis. He says there's a big alien spaceship thingy in the sky and now it's apparently moving toward us.
CAT: Right, it's been on the news. National City has already had a real-life version of that laughably terrible Independence Day sequel and one of those is quite enough. How can I help?
CLARK looks up at the ship Kara mentioned: it is shaped like a large human skull and is entirely covered in chrome. He narrows his eyes and calls someone.
CLARK: Lois! Sorry. I just got off the phone with Kara. Family stuff, you know how it is. Hey, babe, are you still in Bakerline with your sister? Okay. Oh, you're already planning on staying there? Okay, good. Okay. I will join you as soon as I can. Love you. Bye.
He dashes down the nearest alleyway. SUPERMAN emerges and flies toward the spacecraft.
SUPERGIRL flies toward a black-clad figure in the sky.
SUPERGIRL: You're not welcome here, Brainiac. I suggest you leave.
The figure turns around. It's not Brainiac at all.
His eyesight has been restored.
NON: Good evening, Kara. You and I have unfinished business.
To say that our heroine is perplexed is an understatement.
NON: Did you think I died? Nothing so base. After our previous altercation, I found myself home once more.
SUPERGIRL: What does that mean?
NON: Kandor.
SUPERGIRL: Kandor?
NON: Do you not recall? Brainiac stole Kandor just as Krypton was being destroyed. The whole city and everyone in it. I aim to reclaim it.
SUPERGIRL: You're lying. For all I know, you could be working with Brainiac.
NON: Do you truly think so little of me?
SUPERGIRL: Would a firm 'yes' be so unsurprising?
NON: Will you help me or not?
Just as Supergirl is about to answer, Superman flies in and quite literally PUNCHES NON ACROSS THE SKY.
SUPERGIRL: Well, he certainly deserved that.
SUPERMAN: Any luck over here?
SUPERGIRL: No. I've never known Brainiac to have two ships.
SUPERMAN: Guess he upgraded.
SUPERGIRL: I can't find a way inside. He's lined the ship with lead.
Non flies back to the pair.
NON: I suppose I deserved that. If you had allowed me to finish, I would have informed the two of you that the ships are not our only concern. I have also located a weak point on the underbelly of the main vessel.
SUPERGIRL: "Main vessel"?
NON: The spacecraft in Metropolis is not the one in which Brainiac resides. The one before us is. The other one is filled with his soldiers. His drones. They are all ready to lay waste to both cities on his order. You destroy the main ship, his signal operating the drones dies along with him.
SUPERMAN: So how do we get inside?
Out of nowhere, Non STABS both cousins with Kryptonite knives.
SUPERMAN/SUPERGIRL: Ugh!/Ow!
Non drags them both toward the ship.
MAGGIE is crouched behind the sign in front of the building, speaking on her phone.
MAGGIE: Oh, come on, you've never seen Battlestar Galactica?! Alex Danvers, I gotta initiate you into scifi geekdom.
ALEX (voice): Maybe when there isn't a hostile alien waiting to destroy the city?
MAGGIE: Fair enough.
A shadow falls over her. She looks up. MAX LORD.
MAGGIE: Hey, babe, I gotta go. I'll call you back.
Hangs up. Looks directly into Max's eyes.
MAX: I need to speak to you. In private. Now.
MAGGIE: What do you want with me, Maxxie?
MAX: I have something to show you. Or would you rather sit here alone waiting for Alex to call back?
MAGGIE: I'm not that whipped.
MAX: Yeah, you are.
They laugh and Max helps Maggie stand. They hug.
MAGGIE: Been a while, man. Heard you and Supergirl got off on the wrong foot for a bit a few years back.
MAX: Water under the bridge. Come on.
He leads her away.
Max ushers Maggie inside a research laboratory. A BLONDE WOMAN lays asleep on a bed with a sheet covering her and an IV in her arm. An eerie reminder of the brain-dead woman who became Bizarro.
MAGGIE: Geez, Max. I heard about that whole Bizarro thing. Was that you? Is this another one of your…?
MAX: No. The Bizarro incident was my doing; the magnum opus of my mindless-Supergirl-hating. Of course that distrust was at the time rooted in legitimate concern. But this is not me. We found her like this and have yet to be able to resuscitate her.
MAGGIE: But she's alive?
MAX: Yes. Barely. She showed up in our lobby after the Queens and their allies took down Darkseid. She spoke a single word before she slipped into this comatose state: star.
MAGGIE: "Star"? What did she mean?
MAX: We don't know.
MAGGIE: Does anyone else know about her?
MAX: No.
MAGGIE: Did she have identification, did you catch an accent, anything that could help us identify her?
MAX: We did deduce one thing in our studies of our unexpected guest: she's Kryptonian.
Maggie is floored by this information.
MAGGIE: Supergirl?
MAX: Kara doesn't know either.
MAGGIE: But of course you know.
MAX: Of course you know. Good catch, by the way. I guess my college-days faith in you was well-placed. I always wanted you to be happy.
MAGGIE: What're you doing, Max?
MAX: Complimenting you and your girlfriend via your poorly-placed wire.
He nods to her left pant leg. Maggie scoffs and rolls her eyes.
MAX: Did Alex know about this? Did her little green man?
MAGGIE: Maxxie-
MAX: Don't 'Maxxie' me right now, Mags. This is important. If the DEO knows, Brainiac could know.
MAGGIE: What are you talking about?!
MAX: General Lane, before he passed, informed me that there is at least one of Brainiac's drones masquerading as a DEO agent, and has since the Convergence. That's almost four years, Mags. That glorified toaster could know everything about us by now.
MAGGIE: Well, who is it? Who's the drone?
MAX: Winn Schott.
MAGGIE: Are you serious?
She turns to go, almost making it to the door, before stopping in her tracks.
MAGGIE: You never answered my earlier question. Any identifiers on her, aside from the Kryptonian genetic structure? Why can't we tell Kara again? If this woman is from her home world-
MAX: Mags. This woman is Kara. She's genetically identical to Supergirl, but her heart is on the opposite side. It's uncommon in twins and, as we learned recently, common when it comes to-
MAGGIE: Doppelgangers. You think she could be evil?
MAX: I think she could be the monster I once feared Kara to be.
MAGGIE: You running tests on her?
MAX: No need. Why?
MAGGIE: Keep her down until we deal with the megalomaniacal space toaster. One sci-fi problem at a time.
She leaves. Max looks down at the comatose woman.
J'ONN, ALEX, and WINN are standing together, arguing over something.
ALEX: It's Kara, J'onn! We-
J'ONN: We attack the ship, the drones release and it's Armageddon out there.
WINN: We disobeyed a presidential order to keep our allies from dying before, J'onn.
J'ONN: Brainiac is not someone to be trifled with!
ALEX: So we wait? Is that the plan? That's a stupid plan.
WINN: Incredibly stupid!
J'ONN: It's a pragmatic one. She's Supergirl. She'll pull through. She always does. Always will.
WINN: We can't just sit back. Clark is up there, too.
ALEX: How do you know that?
WINN: Well, I-
He slams a passing agent against a pillar and steals his gun. Alex draws and FIRES TWO ROUNDS INTO HIS CHEST before he can use it.
J'ONN: Alex!
"Winn" collapses to the floor. No blood pools from his wounds. His eyes flash with the triangular dot symbol indicative of Brainiac.
J'ONN: What the hell?
MAGGIE (voice): Well I guess the Cylons did evolve after all.
Smirking, she descends the staircase and hugs Alex.
MAGGIE: We have a potentially disastrous problem at Lord Tech.
J'ONN: Does Lord know how to contain whatever it is he has on ice should it escape?
MAGGIE: No, but we do. And now, so does Brainiac.
The Winn drone's eyes flicker and finally die.
ALEX: When was the last time you saw the real Winn, Mags?
MAGGIE: Our last game night.
J'ONN: Looks like we're headed to Lord Technologies. Roll out in ten.
ALEX: Oh, goodie.
MAGGIE: I'll get in contact with Lucy, see if we can't manage to find ourselves a Schott or two.
Alex rolls her eyes. J'onn groans.
MAGGIE: What? I thought it was funny.
Kara awakes to find Non standing over her. She lunges at him but finds herself restrained to what appears to be an operating table.
KARA: Bastard!
NON: Now, now, Kara. You know as well as I that he would never allow me to come inside when both of you were active threats. I needed access to ensure that Kandor still existed and I got it. He gave it to me for safe keeping in exchange for bringing the pair of you here.
KARA: He's lying to you.
BRAINIAC (O.S.): On the contrary.
BRAINIAC enters, soon shifting from its standard human guise (RAVEN TURING) to the visage of JAMES OLSEN.
NON: Kaoshuh, Kara Zor-El.
He nods and departs. BRAINIAC leans over Kara, looking into her eyes.
BRAINIAC: Kandor is very much intact. As a gesture of goodwill, I will help you get it back.
KARA: Kandor is gone! I saw-
BRAINIAC: Your memories are faulty, Kryptonian. It's only a sad inevitability that your memories would alter as a defense mechanism to stave off further emotional and psychological torment.
KARA: Why James? And since when can you-
BRAINIAC: Because his is a face that elicits trust from you, Kara. Far more than the Raven Turing persona ever did.
He strokes her face. Kara recoils.
BRAINIAC: I have evolved, Kara. I can now mimic a synthetic malleable skin around my drones if I so desire. I believe the human term is "shape-shifting".
He pulls up a chair. Takes a seat beside her, not unlike a kindly physician.
BRAINIAC: I can show you that I speak the truth?
Kara continues staring him down wordlessly.
BRAINIAC: I take that as a yes for sake of convenience.
He presses a finger to her temple. Kara's eyes widen and she SCREAMS:
A young Kara rushes toward a hovercraft as the same skull ship hovers above the city.
Kara manages to jump into the craft and fly away just as a BEAM shoots down from its center and soon engulfs the city in light.
Brainiac releases Kara from the vision. Kara pants and is sweating.
KARA: How do I know you are telling me the truth?
BRAINIAC: Come with me.
He unfastens Kara from the table and offers her a hand. Kara promptly spits on it as Superman HOWLS IN AGONY off-screen.
KARA: What the hell are you doing to him?!
BRAINIAC: A Kryptonian exists outside my control. I find him an oddity worth examining. I am curious as to how the two of you have evolved and grown without my hand to guide you as the Kandorians have. Studying him will yield the answers I seek. To that end I have inserted a spiked probe into his digestive tract through his navel.
Kara is simultaneously nauseated and infuriated.
BRAINIAC: The examination will cease if you will accompany me, Kara Zor-El.
He again extends a hand.
A tense moment as Kara hesitates.
Superman BELLOWS IN PAIN.
Kara nods, takes Brainiac's hand. He leads her out the door.
BRAINIAC: I have much to show you.
Brainiac (still in James' form) leads Supergirl into a large room.
The room is filled with small-scale models of cities.
At least, they appear to be models.
On closer inspection, we see miniature aliens interacting in these miniature cities.
Supergirl walks toward and peers into one of these cities.
SUPERGIRL: It can't be!
BRAINIAC: Oh, but it is. The capital city of Krypton.
Supergirl whips around to Brainiac, eyes burning bright with rage. And heat vision.
BRAINIAC: You believe such an emotional display will intimidate me, Kara Zor-El?
SUPERGIRL: Put. It. Back.
BRAINIAC: I cannot. My technology was not designed to work in reverse.
SUPERGIRL: I'll find a way to reverse-engineer it.
BRAINIAC: An exercise in futility.
She punches him clear across the room. He rises, dusts himself off. Returns to her as if nothing happened.
BRAINIAC: Force will not persuade me. If anything, your brutishness will only coerce me into signaling my drones to descend. I will slaughter everyone you love and I will take your cities.
Supergirl's eyes- once burning bright with heat vision- now cool down.
She has relented.
SUPERGIRL: What was the point of this?
BRAINIAC: I can give you peace. I can shrink you down to the size of your compatriots in Kandor. You can live a happy life. I will give you everything you desire: an existence free of suffering. No more anger, no more abandonment, and no more guilt.
SUPERGIRL: What's the catch?
BRAINIAC: You will have to say goodbye to Terra. You will remain here, in this display room, in Kandor for the remainder of your days.
SUPERGIRL: What incentive do I have to even consider your offer?
BRAINIAC: Your mother and father still live. They reside in Kandor along with its one-hundred-thousand inhabitants.
Supergirl is shocked by this information. She reacts as if she's been punched in the chest.
For a moment, she's not Supergirl anymore.
She's not Kara Danvers either.
She's Kara Zor-El again.
That scared 13-year-old girl in that pod.
Her next words are barely audible, an awed whisper, in Kryptonian:
SUPERGIRL: Ieiu? Ukr? (subtitled) Mother? Father?
Lena walks into her office to find her chair facing the window.
LENA: Excuse me, you can't be-
The chair swivels around. Brainiac in its Turing disguise.
BRAINIAC: Hello, Lutessa. You and I have much to discuss.
Lena tenses, backing away.
BRAINIAC: Have you missed me? I have missed you.
Alex, J'onn, and Maggie intercept Max as he exits the building.
MAX: Alex, Director Henshaw! Good to see you again. What may I assist you with?
J'ONN: The woman. Where is she?
MAX: I'm not sure I know what you mean, Director.
ALEX: Don't play coy, Max.
MAX: And where's the fun in that? I find coyness the easiest way to stay alive around aliens like your friend here. Of course I know, I'm me.
J'ONN: The you know I can make you tell us.
MAX: In what universe do I not have the necessary precautions?
He taps his earpiece.
MAX: Mimics Kryptonian brainwaves just enough so you can't see inside. Nifty, right?
MAGGIE: Maxwell.
MAX: What do you want with her anyway? What value is she to you? You can't exactly detain a Kryptonian.
MAGGIE: You said she's comatose.
MAX: And she is. For now. But what happens when she wakes up and we potentially have another Myriad on our hands?
ALEX: That technology was neutralized years ago.
MAX: You know what I mean! These Kryptonians put me to shame. They could figure something out (snaps) like that.
He continues even as the trio brush past him and toward the entrance.
MAX: Don't say I didn't warn you!
The agents gaze upon the comatose woman.
ALEX: J'onn?
J'ONN: I can't read her mind.
MAGGIE: So she is Kryptonian?
J'ONN: But not from here. Alex, what did our friends from a parallel Earth say about other Kryptonians?
ALEX: Nothing. The only alternate-universe Kryptonian we've ever seen was the one that Darkseid possessed three years ago and she's dead now.
Maggie notices a file by the woman, resting at the foot of the bed. She opens it, peruses.
MAGGIE: 'Karen'.
J'ONN: Karen?
MAGGIE: I guess it's the name Max gave her. She said the only thing she ever said was 'star'.
MAX (voice, O.S.): Well I couldn't exactly name her 'Kara 2.0', now could I?
J'ONN: You know we can't let you keep her here.
MAX: What are you gonna do? Let her fly around the city doing God-knows-what?
ALEX: You don't know if she's a hostile.
MAX: They're all hostile, Alex! Even your sister and her cousin! Red Kryptonite is enough proof of that.
ALEX: Isolated incidents!
MAX: Alcohol doesn't change who you are, it just reveals it. Lying to yourself doesn't look good on you, Danvers. But I know when to back down. You wanna take her? I won't stop you.
MAGGIE: You're not calling security?
MAX: Oh, I did. I told them all to watch the giant skull ship.
MAGGIE: I didn't figure Maxwell Lord for a man prone to changes of heart.
MAX: Consider this a favor for an old college friend. Besides, if she's a threat we have someone to take her down. Go before I change my mind.
Lena wobbles slightly, but stands her ground. Brainiac smirks and rises, crossing over to her.
BRAINIAC: Been a minute since I was inside that genius mind of yours, Lutessa.
LENA: Get. Out.
BRAINIAC: And why would I do such a thing? I am so close to bringing you home, to bringing humanity to its rightful place.
LENA: To be part of your twisted collection?
BRAINIAC: That is one way of putting it, yes. Kara Zor-El.
LENA: What about her?
BRAINIAC: You care for her. Greatly. You think-
LENA: Enough. What does she have to do with this?
BRAINIAC: She is with me on my ship. With Kal-El. But you were already aware of such a development. When the witch exiled me from your body, something was left behind, wasn't it?
LENA: Why are you here?
BRAINIAC: You are special to me, Lutessa.
The alien gets in Lena's face. Very closely.
BRAINIAC: Very special indeed. I wanted to extend to you the opportunity to join me in exploration of the stars, collecting the knowledge of whole civilizations and studying alien life forms.
LENA: Destroying planets and imprisoning the survivors, you mean.
BRAINIAC: Semantics.
LENA: I'll pass.
BRAINIAC: Then you are of no use to me. The time has come for you to be terminated.
Brainiac grabs Lena and THROWS her across the room, through the window. Lena falls.
Lena falls. A FIGURE catches her and sets her safely on the ground.
Lena looks up at her savior. It is Non. Wordlessly, he nods to her and flies away.
Kara stares at the bottled city of Kandor.
KARA: My parents and I were in Argo City before Krypton exploded. How did they survive?
BRAINIAC: They transported themselves to Kandor before Argo City was encased in a protective dome. They thought it best that they die with their home, for doing nothing to stop its end. This was right after you were jettisoned into space, but they did not realize that Kandor was in the process of being transported to my ship here. My technology was much slower in those days. And so they exist in the miniature city, futilely awaiting release that will never come. They crave nothing more than to see you again, Kara. They…
The being stops its monologue.
KARA: What?
BRAINIAC: Kal-El has ceased screaming.
KARA: Let me go to him, please.
BRAINIAC: I calculate that you will not attempt escape given the new information I have shared. Am I correct?
KARA: Yes.
BRAINIAC: Then go. You will be monitored by another drone.
Kara takes her leave of him.
Clark has passed out, his suit torn and bloody. The probe Brainiac mentioned is nowhere to be found, but another drone in James' form stands at attention.
BRAINIAC: Kara Zor-El. A pleasure to have the Son of Jor-El and the Daughter of Zor-El in the same room. It is also a pleasure to have you as captives.
KARA: Not returned.
BRAINIAC: I sense a deeper defiance about you. You still believe you hold the moral high ground and will defeat me.
KARA: You're evil, Brainiac. I fight evil, it's what I do.
BRAINIAC: The lines are blurred, Daughter of Krypton. The lines between good and evil must be redrawn in this brave new world.
KARA: Will you give my cousin and I a moment?
BRAINIAC: I… (considers) Yes. I will be right outside. You have sixty seconds to relay whatever it is you wish to relay to Kal-El.
He turns his back. Kara smirks as she turns and PUNCHES A HOLE through the drone's back out its chest.
Alarms go off.
KARA: Oh.
The drone turns back, as if to attack, and promptly collapses at her feet, the 'James Olsen' guise dissolving to reveal a metallic endoskeleton design.
Kara unfastens Clark's restraints and exits into a:
Kara carries her unconscious cousin down a lit hallway. No one has arrived to stop them.
She makes her way down it.
Alex and Maggie carry the unconscious woman (KAREN) over to the sunlamp bed. Turn the settings to 'red sun'.
Nothing happens for a few beats. And then:
Karen opens her eyes and gasps.
LUCY LANE looks out the window at the night sky, seeing Brainiac's ship illuminated by the moonlight. She's on the phone with someone.
LUCY: No, Lois, I have no idea whatsoever. I haven't seen Clark since last week, and I haven't seen Kara since the Myriad incident. Yeah, I do too. I wish Dad was here too. He'd probably be ranting about blasting the ship out of the sky right about now. Tell Chris hi for me, will you? I've missed that kid. No, I'm not jealous. You're a great mom to that boy, blood or not. I mean, he is Kryptonian after all.
Her phone buzzes.
LUCY: Hey, I gotta go, Lo. I'll call you back in the morning. Love you, bye.
She presses the 'accept call' button.
LUCY: Yes?
UNIDENTIFIED MAN (voice): Does Lois know about your mission?
LUCY: No, and I intend to keep it that way for a while. What is my mission?
UNIDENTIFIED MAN (voice): I need you to kill Maxwell Lord.
LUCY: Sir?
UNIDENTIFIED MAN (voice): Do it.
The line goes dead.
Lucy is conflicted.
Kara and Clark make it all the way down another hallway. They turn a corner to:
Kara groans. Clark begins to regain consciousness as Brainiac (in its Raven Turing guise) approaches the pair.
BRAINIAC: I see that you are going in circles, Kara Zor-El.
Kara's eyes go red with her heat vision.
BRAINIAC: What do you hope to gain by- UGH!!
A large piece of metal explodes out of the android's chest, and as Brainiac falls we see Non standing behind the fiend.
NON: Go. Take him. I shall retrieve Kandor.
KARA: Why the sudden change of heart?
NON: Consider it pragmatism. I recognize that in order to restore Kandor to its rightful glory, then we three must work together. Even if siding with a blood traitor goes against everything I believe, I must do what I can for the greater good of saving what is left of our world. Do not mistake my love for Krypton for a truce, for this is not one.
KARA: Perhaps it can be a start. You said after we fought in the desert, you found yourself home again. What did you mean?
Non does not respond, verbally or physically, but instead flies off through the rest of the display room. Searching.
Karen sits up, looking most pale. She's groggy.
J'ONN: Hello?
Karen does not reply.
ALEX: Do you know where you are? What planet you are on?
MAGGIE: Why did you come here?
Karen does not respond immediately, and her voice is hoarse from disuse. When she speaks, she tests out the slurred words:
KAREN: K… Kandor.
ALEX: Kandor is on Brainiac's ship. We have friends who are going to bring it back.
MAGGIE: Wait, wait- what? Kara and Clark's hometown still exists?
J'ONN: Something I gleaned from the drone impersonating agent Schott.
ALEX: Have you heard anything from Kara?
J'ONN: Not yet.
KAREN: F-f-f-ff-find Kchhhahhndohrr.
She tries to stand, only to almost fall. Maggie catches her.
J'ONN: Well we know she speaks English at least.
MAGGIE: Easy, easy. You've been in a coma for almost half a decade. Maybe stomp on the brakes on the locomotion thing for a minute. Huh? What do you think? You're very weak, just stay here for a little bit, okay? We will help you find Kandor.
Karen zeroes in on the door and pushes Maggie aside, making a beeline for it. She falls again. Maggie helps her up once more and leads her back to the bed.
KAREN: No! Kandor!
MAGGIE: We are going to help, but you won't be of much help yourself to much of anyone like this. You need to rest.
KAREN: Brainiac! Has! Ka-
J'onn pulls down her hospital gown just enough to stick a syringe into her neck. She goes limp in Maggie's arms almost immediately.
J'ONN: Sedative. Made specifically for Kryptonians.
ALEX: Was there Kryptonite in it?
J'ONN: Just enough of the synthetic blue that Olsen helped Miss Luthor make before he departed to keep her down for a few hours.
ALEX: Are we anywhere on the Winn search?
Speak of the devil, WINN SCHOTT staggers in. The real Winn. He's bruised, beaten. Whatever happened did a number on him.
ALEX: Oh my god! Winn!
She runs to him, helps him stand.
MAGGIE: What happened to you?
WINN: Some scary Terminator-looking thing jumped me. I woke up in the lobby like ten seconds ago.
Winn looks like he could pass out at any given moment.
J'ONN: Do you remember anything?
WINN (panting): Cold. Display cases, little… cities…
And he passes out.
J'ONN: He was on the ship.
Brainiac stares up at Kara, "bleeding" some sort of metallic silver substance from both the chest wound and mouth.
BRAINIAC: You believe you have won? You cannot kill me. I will always come back, for I am-
Kara RIPS the piece of metal from the drone and then STABS it in the neck with the object.
KARA: Come back from that.
Non flies back to them. He holds the display case containing Kandor in his hands.
KARA: Where will you take it?
NON: Somewhere safe. I reiterate that this is not a truce.
KARA: Maybe someday.
NON: Unlikely.
He flies off. Another drone, also in the Turing visage, steps from the shadows.
BRAINIAC: He will find no safe haven for them.
KARA: You're letting him leave with your prize possession?
BRAINIAC: I have my reasons. Go before I elect to disregard those reasons in favor of eliminating you both.
KARA: This is not over.
BRAINIAC: I doubt it will ever be, until one of us is dead. The drones will not descend, not yet. Tell Maxwell Lord hello for me.
KARA: Lord?
BRAINIAC: I said go. Now.
Kara glares at her adversary, 'what's your connection to him?' but gets nothing. She leaves with Clark in tow. Brainiac smirks.
What is the alien planning?
Lena sits alone, staring into her laptop. Clearly shaken. Max waltzes in.
MAX: Stare at that for too long is gonna seriously screw up your eyesight.
He chuckles, sitting on her desk and offering her that disarming grin of his.
LENA: Bite me.
MAX: You okay? You took a bit of a tumble there.
LENA: As well as can be expected. Why are you here, Mr. Lord? How can I be of service?
MAX: Max is fine. And I'm here to offer you something I think you'll have a hard time turning down.
LENA: And what is that?
MAX: A merger with Lord Technologies. More and more aliens and monsters are coming out of the woodwork. Werewolves, witches, vampires, things from our darkest nightmares, and it's all because some cosmic lounge singer decided she wanted to make a "better reality" by mashing the multiverse together. Lord Tech and L-Corp could help defend humanity from those things that go bump in the night.
LENA: Omniverse may be a more appropriate word, Max, and I don't need a history lesson in something literally all of reality has been living for the last four years. We all have front-row seats to the madness. I've met this "cosmic lounge singer". Her name is Amara, she's the personification of the nothingness that existed before creation and she's not the warmest person ever. I wouldn't go snooping about for her if that's your endgame. She'll come to you when and if she's ready. You'll wish you were never born once she's done with you.
MAX: And you know all of that from experience?
LENA: Conjecture based on how my friends have described her.
MAX: Laurel Lance and her band of colorful, gleeful lawbreakers?
LENA: The Birds help people, Max.
MAX: Via vigilantism. It's a brave new world, Lena.
Lucy enters and levels her gun at Max's head.
LUCY: Too bad you won't be around to see it.
MAX: Were you waiting for an entrance line? I feel like you were waiting for an entrance line.
LENA: Excuse me? Who are you?
LUCY: Major Lucy Lane, United States Military.
LENA: Lois Lane's sister. I heard about your father, I'm sorry.
LUCY: Don't be. On your knees.
LENA: Major Lane, you do not want to do this.
LUCY: I do.
LENA: No, you don't. You really don't.
LUCY: Yes.
LENA: No.
MAX: Put the gun down, Major Lane, we can talk this over.
LUCY: I have my orders.
LENA: Oh, so the government wants you dead now, Max?
MAX: Hardly the time! Put it down.
Lucy wavers, but not long enough for Max to do anything.
MAX: Put the gun down. Put. It. Down. Right now.
Lucy hesitates.
MAX: Put it down.
Lucy puts the gun down. On the floor.
MAX: I didn't mean literally.
Lucy stands there, freaked out but unable to pick it back up again. It's almost like she's frozen.
LENA: You must be a pro at this, I'm guessing? Talking people out of shooting you?
MAX (curiously): No, despite popular opinion. Lucy, pick it back up. Put the safety on and empty the chamber.
Lucy does as he says; the bullets clatter to the ground.
LUCY: What are you doing to me?
MAX: No idea. Give me the gun.
Lucy hands Max the gun.
LUCY: I hear your voice in my head when you speak.
MAX: You were never here, Major Lane. Turn around, go home. You were never here.
LUCY: You can't just order me around!
MAX: Seems I can. Go home, forget the last thirty minutes or however long it took you to get here and go back home. You've been at home all night watching some stupid primetime dribble.
LUCY: I've been home all night watching some stupid primetime dribble.
Max is noticeably freaked, but retains his cool.
MAX: Yeah. Go.
Lucy turns and leaves. Max turns back to Lena.
LENA: What the hell just happened?
MAX: No idea.
Winn is now on the bed opposite Karen. Maggie and Alex linger by the entrance as J'onn leaves.
ALEX: So today has been weird.
MAGGIE: Yeah.
ALEX Kandor is still out there. My sister isn't totally alone except for her cousin and those psychos in the Phantom Zone anymore.
MAGGIE: We got Winn back. James is still alive, I was kinda worried there for a minute. Multiple silver linings.
ALEX: Brainiac's ship left National City's skyline, no drone attack. We're getting married today.
MAGGIE: Yep! We dodged a huge bullet there and- wait, we are? Today is-
ALEX: June first, yes.
Maggie smacks her forehead.
MAGGIE: It slipped my mind, I'm an idiot. I am so sorry. It's almost midnight, is the courthouse still open?
ALEX: It will be. J'onn is officiating.
MAGGIE: Your boss is officiating our wedding?
ALEX: My mind-controlling, shape-shifting Martian boss is officiating our wedding. It's one of the perks. Sometimes I still wonder how he breathes here, how he manages to adapt to a new physical form without getting seriously damaged in the-
Maggie laughs out loud.
ALEX: What?
MAGGIE: I love you, you big nerd.
She kisses Alex.
ALEX: You better.
They giggle and kiss again, smiling into it.
Kara helps Clark down onto the couch. He sighs in relief.
CLARK: Oh! Uh, thank god. Something soft.
KARA: Relatively more soft anyway. How you feeling?
CLARK: Like I got probed. Is this how those alien invasion conspiracy theorists feel in all those documentaries?
KARA: I guess so. I meant to ask before, have you heard from James recently?
CLARK: Last I heard was a few weeks ago. He's good. He's in Gotham, keeping a low profile. I hear he's staying with a guy named Tim Drake. Seemed pretty swell. I told him to stay out of trouble if he could help it. Lois is great too, by the way, she keeps asking about you.
KARA: Tell her I'm doing well. Clark, I need to tell you something.
CLARK: Anything.
KARA: The drone that looked like James. I tore a hole right through it to get you out safely. I… I didn't feel anything one way or the other about doing it.
CLARK: Kara, it wasn't James.
KARA: I know, I know, it's just… when Zod... did what he did, he made sure that I had a neural link to my doppelganger from Earth-17. The one that Darkseid possessed. I remember everything that he did while in control of her body. Everything he destroyed, everyone he killed or hurt while he was searching for the Anti-Life Equation. He was evil and cold and cruel. He had no remorse for anything he did. I mean, he was looking for a cosmic math problem and he was just this monstrous thing.
CLARK: And you're worried that the neural link may be affecting your moral compass? Kara, that was over three years ago.
KARA: I know that, I do, but…
She sighs, rests her head on Clark's shoulder. Sniffles.
KARA (voice breaking): Clark, I'm scared. I don't want to turn into something I'm not. I'm so afraid of that.
Clark strokes Kara's hair and kisses her forehead twice. She starts crying.
CLARK: That won't happen. I know it won't.
KARA: H-How do you know?
CLARK: Because you're you. You're strong, resilient. Far stronger than me. Than anyone else I know, really.
KARA: Thanks. You might wanna widen your social circle, though.
Clark laughs.
CLARK: I mean it.
He turns to her, holds their heads together.
KARA: But what if-
CLARK: Shh… shh-shh-shhh. El Mayarah, remember? El Mayarah, Kara.
KARA: El Mayarah, Clark.
Clark kisses her forehead again and holds her. Kara sighs deeply.
CLARK: And if something does happen, then we'll fight it. Together.
A FEMALE FIGURE appears in the shadows.
KARA: Who are you?
ALURA steps into view. Alive and well, not aged a day since Krypton exploded.
KARA: Mother?
ALURA: El Mayarah indeed. Hello, Kara.
Alex, in a white wedding dress, stands with a suited J'onn. ELIZA and a YOUNGER BLONDE (LESLA) are in attendance as witnesses. Alex is near tears.
J'ONN (warmly): Maggie hasn't even shown up yet, Alex.
Alex barely resists the urge to guffaw. J'onn squeezes her shoulder.
ALEX: Thank you for agreeing to do this.
J'ONN: Anything for you.
ALEX: Thanks, Space Dad.
J'ONN: "Space Dad"?
ALEX: It's something Winn jokingly calls you sometimes.
J'ONN: I like it. Oh, there she is.
Maggie turns a corner and begins to walk down the aisle. She is an absolute stunning vision. Alex begins crying. J'onn too.
Eliza and Lesla smile.
Maggie makes it to Alex. Alex takes her hands.
J'ONN: Well I must admit I'm not the most well-versed in human marriage customs…
The brides-to-be and witnesses laugh.
J'ONN (CONT'D): But these two, this couple right here, have become very dear to me and I am truly honored to be officiating their wedding. I did this a few times on Mars and the ceremonies were different each time, in accordance with our own customs. Each couple would choose a location and order of ceremony that best suited their wants and needs. If the vows were to be said first or not at all, if they were to be private things shared afterward, if the rings were passed around to each guest as an aid in marital blessings, or if there was no formal ceremony at all. Just two people declaring their love in a small, mutually meaningful locale in front of the Gods. Today is a very special day. Two people are joining their hearts, bodies, minds, and souls together in love and life. There is nothing more sacred than that. There is nothing more profoundly exciting or full of joy than the beginning of what will no doubt be a happy marriage. Today we celebrate the union of Alexandra Danvers and Margaret Ann Sawyer. If anyone has any objections to this marriage-
Eliza cups her hands around her mouth like a megaphone:
ELIZA: Hell no!
Alex and Maggie snicker at Eliza's curse.
ALEX: You know, I don't know if I have ever heard you swear before, Mom.
ELIZA: Don't get used to it.
J'ONN (CONT'D): Then I suppose we'll get on with it.
He digs out a box from his jacket pocket.
J'ONN: Martian custom is that the one officiating keeps the rings.
He opens the box. The twin bands are marvelous to behold. The brides-to-be start crying all over again.
J'ONN: Special-made for my girls.
MAGGIE: Thank you, J'onn.
ALEX: They're astounding. What are they made of?
J'ONN: I'll tell you after.
ALEX (smiling): Okay.
J'ONN: Do you have any vows prepared?
MAGGIE: We do, but we're saving them mostly for the larger ceremony. We can just repeat what you say this time.
J'ONN: Do you, Alexandra Danvers, take this woman, Margaret Ann Sawyer, to be your-
ALEX: Yes!
J'ONN: Oh. All right. And do yo-
Maggie surges forward and kisses the crap out of Alex.
J'ONN: Uh, I now pronounce you wife and wife!
He laughs. Eliza and Lesla laugh and then applaud. Alex kisses Maggie back with equal fervor. The witnesses give a standing ovation.
Lena, alone, is practically asleep at her desk. The door opens and Kara enters with a bag of donuts.
LENA: Kara! Hi! It's almost one in the morning, what are you doing here?
KARA: I could ask you the same thing. I brought Krispy Kreme.
LENA: Did you now?
Lena moves to the couch. Kara joins her and opens the bag. She gives Lena one, on which the CEO promptly begins munching.
LENA: What's up?
KARA: I saw my mom today.
LENA: Your mom that died?
KARA: Yeah. Is that weird?
LENA: Is today a significant day for her or for the two of you?
KARA: You could say that.
LENA: Are you okay? You seem a little shaken.
KARA: It's just so hard. I thought that it would get easier. It feels like it was forever ago and yesterday and sometimes every day.
LENA: Well that's grief for you. Mean bitch.
KARA: You can say that again.
She sniffles, adjusts her glasses. Lena scootches closer.
LENA: Kara? Hey, I'm right here.
Kara hugs Lena, burying her face in the crook of Lena's neck. Lena hugs back.
LENA: Shhh-shhhh-shhhhh. Hush, it's okay. It's okay.
KARA: It's been a really tough day.
LENA: I understand. Shhh…
She kisses Kara's temple.
LENA: I'm right here. I am right here. I'm not going anywhere.
KARA: Promise?
LENA: I promise. I will always protect you, no matter what, and I will always support you. You remember when you told me that after Jack died?
KARA: Thank you.
LENA: Always.
Kara inhales a shaky breath, and then removes her glasses.
This is the first time Lena has seen Kara sans glasses.
She blinks a few times.
KARA: Lena, I-
LENA: I know.
KARA: Huh?
LENA: Kara, I know you're Supergirl.
KARA: You… you do?
LENA: I've known for a while and I wanted to let us progress to a point where you were comfortable enough and trusted me enough to tell me on your own.
KARA: You're not upset or angry or anything?
LENA: I was. Initially. Then I thought it over for a few days and I figured you must have a good reason. Didn't seem fair to be too mad about that. I mean. Yeah, you lied. Big time. Again. I mulled it over and decided that it wouldn't be fair to stay angry at someone who does such good for this city. For the world. Thank you, Kara, for everything.
Kara, already emotional from the day, bursts into tears and hugs Lena again. Lena smiles. She knows these are happy tears.
Eliza is taking pictures of Alex and Maggie. Very blissful, very cute.
LESLA: So cute you might spontaneously combust if you look at it for long enough.
ELIZA Forgive me, but who are you again?
LESLA: I'm Lesla. I'm a scientist. One of Maggie's friends from the alien bar downtown. We go back.
ELIZA: Would it be wrong of me to assume you're an alien?
LESLA: I certainly am, Doctor Danvers.
ELIZA: Oh, do I have some questions for you.
She goes back to taking pictures of the couple.
Brainiac (as Turing) sits across from a man whose face we do not see; it's obscured by shadow.
MAN: Non is alive?
BRAINIAC: Indeed.
MAN: What's your source?
BRAINIAC: General, my source is Kara Danvers. Non is in the Arctic Circle, in possession of the city of Kandor. I believe he plans to reverse-engineer technology from Brainiac's skull skip to restore Kandor and its inhabitants to normal size.
MAN: Why should this be a concern?
BRAINIAC: You will have 100,000 new Kryptonans, all with the same godlike powers as Superman and Supergirl, to deal with. Speaking of, how would you like to know who Supergirl is?
The man leans forward and we finally see his face. GENERAL SAM LANE!
GENERAL LANE: I'm listening, Doctor Turing.
A man enters the room. He looks like Clark, but he's not. There's something different about him.
His eyes glow RED as he smiles at Brainiac.
GENERAL LANE: Doctor Turing, this is Hank Henshaw. He'll be assisting you in locating Non and this Kandor.
HENSHAW: Cyborg Superman will do, general.
BRAINIAC: I look forward to working with him.
A devilish grin crosses Brainiac's features.
Another Brainiac drone, also in the Turing visage, steps up to the main console.
KELEX 2.0 appears but Brainiac spills some blood on the console before the robot can react. Kelex 2.0 becomes docile, even friendly.
A fatherly voice sounds as Jor-El's face appears in the crystal console. Clark is his spitting image.
JOR-EL AI: Hello, Kal-El. How may I help you today?
BRAINIAC (with Clark's voice): I want to know more about Kryptonian history and culture.
JOR-EL AI: What would you like to know?
BRAINIAC (with Clark's voice): Everything, but begin with the Worldkillers.
- Antagonists: Brainiac, Sam Lane
- Title Meaning: Brainiac informing a captive Kara about how "The lines of good and evil must be redrawn in this brave new world", a reference to The Convergence.
- This episode takes place on June 1, 2020, three years after the events of Nevertheless, She Persisted and six-months-to-the-day after Kara, Alex, and Lena returned to National City in Save My City.
- Zod, Lillian, Samantha, and Reign do not appear in this episode. While Benanti does appear briefly as Alura, Astra does not appear either.
- This is the third season premiere to feature Kara, Alex, Winn, James, J'onn, Lena, Clark, and Cat.
- It is the second season premiere to feature Eliza.
- It is the first season premiere to feature Maggie, Lord, Lucy, Non, General Lane, Lesla-Lar, Karen, and Brainiac.
- This is the second season premiere to not feature Mon-El due to the character's death.
- Max Lord, Non, and General Lane were last seen in Better Angels.
- Lucy and Brainiac were last seen in the Save My City.
- This is the first Supergirl episode to feature the original Brainiac. Indigo previously appeared as a recurring antagonist during the first season.
- This is the first episode to not feature Brooks as a series regular, as James was forced to go into hiding in the end of the previous season's finale.
- This is the first episode to feature Henshaw, now known exclusively by the moniker Cyborg Superman, in which he is not portrayed by David Harewood.
- This is the first appearance of Lucy as a series regular, after recurring in the previous seasons, as well as the first appearances overall of Karen Starr.
- The Fortress appears in the final scene, where one of Brainiac's "Turing drones" responds to the Fortress' information question with "everything". The scene was meant to appear in the midseason finale Brave Enough but was moved up. Here, the Fortress is voiced by Hoechlin as the AI of Jor-El.
- Each "Brainiac" that has been faced up to this point has been a drone, while the real one has been comatose in her ship for centuries. This is a pull from the comics.
- James has continued his crime-fighting in Gotham City. This is seen in full for the first time in Three Years.


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EUNIC London Annual Conference: Europe – Why Bother? Artists and Intellectuals Respond to Europe
We are delighted to host the 4th edition of one of EUNIC London's flagship programmes, the annual conference of international cultural cooperation and cultural diplomacy. The event will bring together some great European names in the arts, academia and public affairs that will offer their contribution to the essential debate about the future of Europe, giving voice to the expectations, concerns and resolutions of Europe's creative sectors.
This year, the speakers are urged to answer to the conference's title question: Europe - Why Bother?
Romania is represented by Gabriela Adamesteanu, one of Romania's most prominent novelists and a significant voice in today's Romania. A best-selling author and a prominent cultural and political commentator, Mrs Adamesteanu has been translated all over the world.
Confirmed speakers also include Sir Vernon Ellis, the chair of the British Council, Charles Etienne Lagasse, president of EUNIC Global, Jacqueline Minor, head of Representation of the European Commission in the United Kingdom, Viera Polakovičová, head of the cultural diplomacy directorate in Slovakia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Graham Sheffield, the overseer of arts programmes at the British Council, and Fernando Vallespín, director of Ortega y Gasset Institute in Madrid. The conference is moderated by John Kampfner, former editor of The New Statesman.
The Annual Conference is one of the annual events of EUNIC London. The project is set up by a group of members of the cluster under the coordination of the Romanian Cultural Institute in London with the generous support of the European Commission Representation in the United Kingdom.
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LEVEL was an artist-run initiative and feminist art collective founded by Rachael Haynes, Courtney Coombs and Alice Lang and joined by Caitlin Franzmann, Courtney Pedersen and Anita Holtsclaw in 2013. LEVEL focused on generating dialogue around gender, feminism and contemporary art through a projects in different locations and contexts, manifesting as exhibitions, discussions, workshops and participatory artworks. LEVEL's aim was to provide a new platform for discussion; LEVELing the playing field.
From 2010-2011 LEVEL operated as an all-women gallery space with artist studios. In 2012 LEVEL was commissioned for a major project 'Food for Thought' as part of the Melbourne Next Wave Festival. This was the first in a series of participatory artworks, which were subsequently staged in exhibitions and events at national and international venues including the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Melbourne (2017-18), George Paton Gallery, Melbourne (2015), Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), Brisbane (2014); Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Sydney (2013); Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane (2013); Performance Space, Sydney (2012) and Rojitohito, Tokyo (2012). In 2018 LEVEL took part in the Doing Feminism/Sharing the World Residency Program, curated by Anne Marsh, at Norma Redpath House, Melbourne.


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"There is no one way to work with people living with dementia-related illnesses. However, there are innovative, meaningful and compassionate ways and that is what we pride ourselves in doing at The Commons of Providence. Our staff and programs make a difference in our residents' daily lives," explained Staci Lehmkuhl, Executive Director of The Commons of Providence.
Jean agrees. For Jean being busy and friendships make her feel that home is here. "The activities keep me busy and I can spend time with my new friends," said Jean.
The Commons of Providence Memory Care, the premier center in the Sandusky area, just celebrated a year in the new wing. Originally the memory care assisted living was constructed with 36 suites, but was designed to grow as future community needs warranted. The area's growing needs led to the construction of an additional wing last summer. The new wing features a kitchen, dining area, private dining room, living room, nurses' station, covered patio along with 14 large private suites. Memory Care can be home for up to 50 residents.
"As soon as it was built, we immediately began filling our new suites. There is such a demand in the Sandusky community for quality care for loved ones with dementia-related illnesses. We have suites available for families who are interested. We also offer respite care for families as well," explained Ms. Lehmkuhl.
One of the unique features of The Commons of Providence Memory Care is the center of building offers an innovative Town Square concept featuring a beauty/barber salon, movie theatre, ice cream shop offering Toft ice cream, and more. Another is its activity programs that encourage residents to be active and do things including off campus outings. Music, painting, exercise, spiritual opportunities, pet therapy, and cooking are just a few of the many activities.
Care goes beyond helping just the residents but to their families as well. Just ask Karen Salzgeber, whose mother was in memory care before passing. "The whole Commons of Providence Memory Care team was very professional, dedicated, efficient, friendly, patient, sincere, and caring. My appreciation for the sincere and dedication give me (daughter and caregiver) as I experienced the last two years of Mom's long life."
"Our role is more than providing the very best in senior care. We educate the community on senior health needs. Monthly we hold educational seminars open to the public on a variety of senior care topics. We often bring in top area Alzheimer's speakers such as Lynn Ritter, Education Coordinator, for the Alzheimer's Association – Northwest Ohio Chapter for senior caregivers and the community," explained Ms. Lehmkuhl.
A leader in Catholic senior living services for more than 80 years, The Commons of Providence and Providence Care Center offer exceptional services and amenities, a dedicated staff as well as beautifully appointed residential and care facilities. Providence Care Center offers skilled nursing and rehabilitation and The Commons of Providence offers independent living villas and apartments, assisted living apartments and memory care suites.


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January is always the month when I get to catch up on recommendations from fellow music lovers that I wasn't aware of in time to evaluate them for myself in the previous year. Thus, if you're someone who knows me personally, or if you run a blog/YouTube channel that I follow, and you posted some sort of a "Best of 2018" list toward the end of the year, there should be at least one thing you recommended that I decided to check out for myself this month.
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The Cascais and Oeiras Chamber Orchestra will perform auditions on July 15.
Limit for applications: July 1.
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● One movement of a Concerto from the classical period
● One contrasting piece or movement of a Concerto
● Three excerpts of orchestral repertoire
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Love will find it's truth. #ModernLove, coming to Amazon Prime Video on Oct 18.
DEADLINE – Disney picked up screenwriter Cat Vasko's untitled fairy tale project, which is being developed by the parent company's live-action film team for the Disney+ streaming platform set to launch later this year. To All the Boys I've Loved Before helmer Susan Johnson has closed her deal to direct the pic with Olivia Cooke and LaKeith Stanfield in talks to star.
Mad Chance executives Andrew Lazar and Ben Simpson are producing the project. Plot details remain unknown.
Cooke, perhaps best known for her role in A&E's Bates Motel series, was one of the stars of the Steven Spielberg-directed sci-fi Ready Player One and toplined the dark comedy, Thoroughbreds. She next co-stars opposite John Boyega in the Scott Free-produced heist film, In Naked Singularity, Sound of Metal with Riz Ahmed, and Little Fish, a romance film which she is also serving as an executive producer.
Since his breakout performance in the indie pic, Short Term 12, Stanfield has kept the wheels turning with roles in titles such as Get Out, Straight Outta Compton, and the FX acclaimed series Atlanta. His forthcoming slate includes Universal's rom-com, The Photograph, in which he stars opposite Issa Rae, Lionsgate's Knives Out with Daniel Craig and Chris Evans, as well as A24's Safdie brothers movie Uncut Gems.
Cooke is repped by CAA, Grandview, Shepherd Management, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman. Stanfield is repped by CAA.
DEADLINE – Olivia Cooke has signed on to star opposite John Boyega In Naked Singularity, the heist fil helmed by first-time feature director Chase Palmer, who also penned the screenplay with David Matthews. Scott Free Productions is producing the pic, which is an adaptation of the same-titled novel by Sergio De La Pava.
The story centers on an idealistic young New York City public defender burned out by the system and in the middle of a mental breakdown. Seeing signs of the universe collapsing around him, he gets suspended and decides to rob a $75M drug deal off one of his clients
Producers are Scott Free's Kevin Walsh and Ryan Stowell along with Tony Ganz of Wolf Films and Jen Dana from 3311 Productions, which is co-financing the project with Anton. Ridley Scott, Dick Wolf, Deborah Roth and Anton are executive producers.
Cooke's recent credits include Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One, the Dan Fogelman-helmed drama, Life Itself, and the Vanity Fair miniseries from ITV and Amazon Studios.
She is repped by CAA, Grandview, Shepherd Management, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman.
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER Olivia Cooke and Jack O'Connell are set to star in Little Fish, a high-concept, sci-fi love story that will be directed by Chad Hartigan, the filmmaker behind the award-winning Sundance movies Morris From America and This Is Martin Bonner.
Tango Entertainment and Black Bear are financing the feature project, which comes with a bevy of producers: Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Rian Cahill of Automatik; Tim Headington and Lia Buman of Tango; Chris Ferguson of Oddfellows Entertainment; and Mattson Tomlin.
Little Fish focuses on a young married couple who fight to keep their love alive in the face of a mysterious pandemic that erases people's memories. Tomlin wrote the script, adapting an original short story by Aja Gabel.
Raul Castillo and Soko are also joining the cast of the production, which is set to begin shooting later this month.
Teddy Schwarzman, Ben Stillman and Michael Heimler of Black Bear Pictures will executive produce, along with Fred Berger of Automatik and Tango's Max Silva. Cooke is also exec producing.
CAA brokered the deal on behalf of Black Bear and will represent domestic distribution rights.
Hartigan's coming-of-age dramedy Morris From America won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, while This Is Martin Bonner won the Best of Next! Audience Award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and also received the John Cassavetes Award at the 2014 Indie Spirit Awards.
O'Connell starred in Angelina Jolie's Unbroken and on Netflix's Western series Godless. Next up for the actor is Against All Enemies, a biopic of controversial French actress Jean Seberg featuring Kristen Stewart, Zazie Beetz and Vince Vaughn.
Cooke starred in Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One and in Thoroughbreds with Anton Yelchin. She will next be seen in The Sound of Metal with Riz Ahmed.
Cooke is repped by CAA, Grandview, Shepherd Management and Hansen Jacobson, while O'Connell is with CAA and Sloane Offer. Hartigan is repped by CAA, Mosaic and Bloom Hergott.