Post — Aaron Ngo

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

I had put this off for way too long. Apologies for those who were waiting on it. But, I’m getting back to the blogging grind and I’m ready to talk about the interesting conclusion to Supergirl’s fourth season. Frankly, best season yet but the show has a lot of work ahead of them for season five. Let’s take it one episode at a time: Red Dawn!

The cliffhanger of the previous episode had President Baker kidnap Kara Danvers for having evidence on Lex Luthor and taken somewhere where she finally meets Red Daughter. The long awaited meet-up came so late in the season, and the pay-off wasn’t completely earned. Kara, trapped by kryptonite cuffs, was being too optimistic about the whole interaction trying to get her doppelganger to see the error of her ways. I didn’t enjoy this scene too much because I put a lot of investment into Red Daughter and hated how the route they went in the long run. Kara manages to escape by the end of this, claiming some BS about having adjusted to the kryptonite weakness.

Ben Lockwood is dying from the serum injection that gave him super powers and learns the truth from Lena Luthor: Lex Luthor has been manipulating him the entire time, and Ben is not pleased about being treated like a pawn in his own game.

Brainy, Dreamer, and J’onn try to save aliens from being deported into space but a lot of things go wrong. Dreamer gets captured, Brainy gets rebooted into evil and gets J’onn captured too in order to better their chances of success. This peeked my interest slightly because Brainiac 1 could be making his grand return next season. Or rather first appearance in the Arrowverse with Crisis around the corner.

At the end of the episode, Supergirl and Red Daughter finally fight it out in the skies of Midvale, where Alex finally remembers who Kara really is. Red Daughter flies off thinking Supergirl perished, but Alex begs Kara to use the sunlight in nature, and it works. Kara revives herself and wonders where Red Daughter went. The cliffhanger reveals the answer: Lex Luthor “killed” Red Daughter (as Supergirl) to gain public favor.

The Quest For Peace Season Finale Answers Everything and Sets Up our upcoming Crisis:

From Red Daughter and Lex’s point of view opening into the season finale, we see why Red Daughter left Supergirl to die in the crater instead of finishing her off. Lex Luthor began the final phase of his plan and “kills” Red Daughter. This is where I was mostly disappointed because Red Daughter found her way to redemption and died. This is similar to Emiko Queen from Arrow’s season seven finale, and I’m not liking it. They deserve better than this.

The fight scenes were not bad in this episode. James, Alex, and Supergirl fighting Ben and the Children of Liberty felt right to readdress before the final showdown with Lex. James vs Ben Lockwood was impressive, but it doesn’t change my stance on Supergirl’s lack of direction with James Olsen’s character.

The suited-up Supergirl armor returned and I wish Kara would keep this look for next season, but I think the skirt is “too comic history” to discard. It is Kara’s signature outfit, but she’s the only one who hadn’t made adjustments to the suit. Oliver, Barry, and Sara have already… Batwoman will too based on the official trailer. It’s a small personal issue that I hope gets addressed.

Brainy’s sudden change was not given the room to grow. It came out of nowhere, last episode, and seems pretty resolved already. Nia Nal should not have let him off that easily after what he did. Yes, an energy blast seemed appropriate, but…

Lex Luthor is finally defeated. Lena found his hiding spot and shot him like three times in the chest. She was not joking around. However, Lex had one last trick up his sleeve: Kara’s secret identity. He shows his sister the truth about her friends, and finally the truth is out for Lena to see: KARA DANVERS IS SUPERGIRL. I’m so mad it took her this long, but Lex’s cruel yet beautiful sendoff made the waiting kind of worth it.

Season Five should be a good time. We have two cliffhangers, one being a Crisis-related: the first cliffhanger relates to Tessmacher’s alliance with a group known as the Leviathan and the other is The Monitor dropping a new Green Martian on Earth-38 to seek revenge. He is J’onn’s brother.

Best season of Supergirl yet, but it needs work to make season five better.

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