Post — Aaron Ngo

Major Spoilers are included in this episode review. Please read with caution.

The Elite made their grand entrance in this episode… but it didn’t help much. Manchester Black, his friend Hat, and Menagerie from last week’s episode teamed up to stop the prejudice… with more prejudice. I didn’t know how to feel about this episode, but there were a lot of references going around to racism, social media, and Aliens being immigrants metaphors. There may have been too much, but the anti-hero group have potential to justify their presence on this show.

Ben Lockwood is taking meetings with the President of The United States and is starting to question his leadership in The Children of Liberty. He’s suiting up and looking nice for the camera… but he wonders if he is making a real difference. The political allusions / metaphors / allegories / whatever you want to call them sometimes works on this show, but it has consistently been over-the-top or repetitive to the point where it’s obvious Supergirl has no real story this season.

The fight scenes were impressive in my opinion. I’ve been doing research on writing good fight scenes, and the prison escape with Manchester Black was a good one. The last fight scene was good too when The Elite goes off against the Super Friends. We need to address J’onn’s inability to fight and his ongoing struggle to find peace… the Manchester Black / J’onn dynamic is repetitive and not moving forward.

Brainy / Nia Nal moments are highlights. Their training sessions in the Fortress of Solitude brings up an interesting scenario since the DEO HQ is no longer safe. I love how in-sync their powers are with each other. Nia can dream his movements while Brainy can calculate where she’ll strike next, and his worried expression whenever she pulled a fast one on him.

Alex / Supergirl dynamic is readdressed, and interesting to watch because Alex is not aware of the secret anymore. Their meetings happen at Alex’s apartment, which reminded me that Alex actually does not live with Kara at her rent-controlled loft. This blew my mind because I subconsciously must’ve assumed Alex lived there after she broke up with Maggie. I miss Maggie, but I’m getting off-topic… Alex and Supergirl are friends again!

Let’s hope Alex is the smart one and finds out her sister is a superhero. C’mon Alex! Slap some glasses on Supergirl or rip them off Kara and see the truth. Throw Lena into the learning moment too because it’s kind of insulting that she hasn’t figured it out yet. Especially since Alex and Lena are going to work together to protect the superhuman research.

James Olsen… I’m not going to waste words on you. Figure him out.

Overall, this episode had some fun moments. Menagerie is a great character: her camera angle and “merry-people” inclusion were in-character for her. Alex and Lena have potential outside of the “Kara Danvers is Supergirl” secret now that they’re working on this secret project without the government getting involved.

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