Supergirl (TV Series)

A Few Good Women (2021)

Wonita Joy: Judge

Quotes 

• Lex Luthor : Ms. Tessmacher's testimony has been thrown out and the murder charges have been dropped, so perhaps we should be getting to closing arguments.

  Judge : If there's no objection.

  Prosecutor : Uh, actually, Your Honor, the People would like to call one more witness.

  Lex Luthor : What could one more witness possibly testify to?

  Lena Luthor : [entering]  Everything else.

• Lex Luthor : I was filing patents when you were in diapers. Why would I waste my time workshopping your faulty science fair project?

  Lena Luthor : Because your little sister had created something that you needed. Something that you could never have come up with on your own.

  Lex Luthor : You've never done anything on your own. You've always needed me.

  Prosecutor : Objection.

  Lena Luthor : You can't stand that I don't need you anymore.

  Judge : [hammering her gavel]  Sustained.

  Lex Luthor : Without me, your precious Non Nocere would have never gotten off the ground.

  Lena Luthor : And so you think you can just take credit for my work?

  Lex Luthor : You're damn right I can! I have always taken the big swings that you never would. But I supported you because you're a Luthor. I kept you by my side when you were too timid and weak to do what was necessary.

  [turning to the jury] 

  Lex Luthor : It takes guts to wield power. And I wield my power to make the world better. So did I help develop Non Nocere? Yes. And yes, Non Nocere failed. Boo-hoo, it happens. But instead of accepting that humbly, my sister blames me for it. It's no surprise that this entire case has fallen apart when every single charge hinges on the unsubstantiated hearsay of bitter women like my sister and Eve. Women who, mind you, could have committed these crimes themselves, as could any number of other suspects that the prosecutor has overlooked in her obsession with targeting me, and why? Because I am powerful! So let that be a lesson to you all. If you try to build a good life for yourself, there is always somebody waiting to tear you down and punish you for your greatness. But I accept who I am. I like power, and I have the guts to do something with it. I did not commit the crimes of which I stand accused. But if I had, who could blame me? If push came to shove, you'd have done it. The defense rests.

• Judge : Something funny, Mr. Luthor?

  Lex Luthor : Mmm. Not funny. Hilarious. My sister can couch her project in flowery language, "make the world a better place", but put plainly, she created a tool to brainwash the masses. Isn't that right, sis?

  Lena Luthor : Yes, I did. But I wasn't the one with the motive to use it that way.

  Lex Luthor : Well, it's your word against mine on that. On... well, pretty much all of it, for that matter. Now, by your own admission, you yourself would have had both the means and the opportunity to commit the brainwashing of which I stand accused, would you not?

  Lena Luthor : No. Because in the trial phase, it became clear that Non Nocere was irreparably flawed. I abandoned it.

  Lex Luthor : But then how could I have possibly used your creation to brainwash anybody if it didn't really work?

  Lena Luthor : I said it was flawed. Not that didn't work.