Supergirl (TV Series)

A Few Good Women (2021)

Brenda Strong: Lillian Luthor

Quotes 

• Lillian Luthor : The case against you is ironclad. The Tessmacher girl's testimony will be damning. And every day you spend fruitlessly shaking your fist at the sky is another day the Luthor name gets dragged through the mud.

  Lex Luthor : Mother, it almost feels as if you care more about the family name than freeing your son from bondage.

  Lillian Luthor : I do. Our family has always achieved selfish aims by appearing selfless. If you take the stand and make a mockery of yourself in the face of insurmountable evidence, the world will see us for what we really are.

  Lex Luthor : [angrily]  Do you really have so little faith in me that you think I should agree to *rot* in prison? I will remind you, I have been in prison before. I have been shot and killed and risen from the dead before, and will not be subjugated again. You should know, I always have a plan.

  Otis Graves : Yeah, boss. Kablooey!

  Lex Luthor : A legal plan, you imbecile.

• Lex Luthor : Whereas I am now seeing the value of unvarnished truth.

  Lillian Luthor : Two words I thought I would never hear applied to a Luthor.

• Lena Luthor : Let me guess. Now that the trial has turned in Lex's favor, you want me to relinquish my shares and step down from the company so mama's number-one boy can retain his rightful throne.

  Lillian Luthor : On the contrary. I'd like to sell you my shares.

  Lena Luthor : [suspiciously]  Why?

  Lillian Luthor : Because LuthorCorp in your brother's hands is nothing more than a weapon. We both know it. My shares, coupled with yours, would form a majority Lex couldn't outvote no matter how hard he schemed. Think of what you could do with all that power.

  Lena Luthor : You're trying to bribe me.

  Lillian Luthor : Why in the world would I need to bribe my own daughter?

  Lena Luthor : Because you know I'm gonna testify against Lex.

• Lex Luthor : I thought visitors were forbidden in this wing.

  Lillian Luthor : Well, the Luthor name still commands respect... and the occasional favor.

  Lex Luthor : Ah, favors. Is that how you secured me that plea deal? Admit to conspiracy and manslaughter, and go away for...

  [waving Otis away as he moves to sit down with them] 

  Lex Luthor : Ah, ah. Go away for 25 years.

  Lillian Luthor : I'm sure your lawyer advised you to accept it.

  Lex Luthor : He did. Which is why I fired him.

• Lena Luthor : Eve's testimony was the backbone of this case. Now that Lex has completely damaged her credibility, all her evidence is tainted. It's fruit of the poisonous tree. If I don't speak to the brainwashing charges, then he might go free.

  Lillian Luthor : So let him! Your brother nearly threw everything away and revealed his true colors to the world, but through cleverness and sheer force of will, he has convinced the jury that he's a good man framed by an evil woman. That perception is good for the entire family.

  Lena Luthor : The truth is good for the family.

  Lillian Luthor : The truth is you did nothing to stop Lex until it was nearly too late. If you take that stand, you'll have to accept your guilt for every single thing you did by his side. And then the world will not only think Lex is evil, but they'll think you are, too, and the Luthor name will be as good as worthless.

  Lena Luthor : It's time for a Luthor to do some actual good instead of just pretending to. If I have to risk my name to make sure my brother stays behind bars forever, then I will.

  Lillian Luthor : It's not a risk. It's a certainty. Lex won't hesitate to take you down with him. And he knows better than anyone how to get under your skin.

  Lena Luthor : Oh, I'm counting on it.

• Lex Luthor : How does my narrative suit our beloved family name now?

  Lillian Luthor : Far better than your sister's.

  Lex Luthor : Hmm. From mass murderer to vindicated martyr in one fell swoop, and all I needed was me.

  [chuckling] 

  Lex Luthor : I wasted so much time trying to buy, threaten, or brainwash people into doing what I wanted. But apparently, people love a guy who tells it like it is.

  Lillian Luthor : Hmm.

  Lex Luthor : The key is, if you can get them to buy it long enough, they stop being able to discern whether you're telling it like it really is or how you want them to believe it is.

• Lillian Luthor : I admit I didn't expect your little performance to be so effective.

  Lex Luthor : You underestimated me even more than I did, Mother.

  Lillian Luthor : No one should have been able to Houdini themselves out of a situation like that.