It's a big night for the Arrowverse! First Stargirl deals with the aftermath of Eclipso, head over to Stargirl.tv for more on that, and tonight, Arrowverse royalty! First we have our very own Azie Tesfai who has become the first actor on an Arrowverse show to co-write and episode that she is in. Congratulations to Azie, we'll have a HUGE post episode interview with her coming soon where she'll break down everything, and we mean everything, in tonight's episode. Also joining tonight is David Ramsay aka John Diggle from Arrow! Not only did he guest star tonight, he also directed! The birth of the new Guardian, the conclusion to John's Green Lantern story, all up ahead! Here's what stood out to us:
- 24 Hours Earlier: If Kelly felt a bit absent last episode, it turns out this was on purpose. Blind spots takes place 24 hours earlier and shows Kelly's story during the Mxy and Nyxly battle. Kelly heads to the collapsed building where Orlando and other future residents are breathing in particles. Kelly rushes Orlando and his brother to the hospital. The city counsel woman is also there and she demands to be taken to a different hospital. There, she demands a new drug rp90. The drug reacts with 5th dimensional energy in the counsel woman's body and she is given powers. Kelly can't get anyone to pay attention at the hospital and she calls James for advice.
- Newfoundland: Lena works with the coven to develop her magical powers. She gets a news alert about Supergirl fighting the cat and she heads home immediately to help. Supergirl and team are working to track Nyxly. Kelly calls Andrea to complain about the news coverage of the building. They are running it through the traffic lens not the human cost lens. John Diggle arrives to help Kelly at the behest of James. Kelly notes that team Supergirl is facing off against Supervillains, they are missing the people. Kelly and John head to the collapsed building to find the source of what is making people sick. The counsel woman checks in on the building and it turns out she kills people when she uses her powers. They fuel her abilities. Team Supergirl runs into Diggle and Kelly who are also looking for the 5th dimensional energy. Meanwhile back at the city center, the counsel woman bribes another for her vote and the pay out causes more distress on the low income housing residents.
- Supergirl and Kelly: Kelly tries to explain the situation to Supergirl but she isn't really getting it. She is focused on getting Mxy back and stopping Nyxly. At the hospital, Diggle and Kelly discover 5th dimensional energy is in the residents. Diggle notes they may need to suit up to face this. Orlando faces off against the counsel woman and when her body guards attack, Kelly is there in the original Guardian costume to stop them. Diggle takes on the body guards and Kelly goes after the cousel woman. Kelly gets a grip on her but she flashes away. Back at the tower, Kelly calls out team Supergirl for not listening to her. Team Supergirl is after the cause but are missing the people that are hurting. Team Supergirl give her space and Diggle goes to speak with her. In his comfort for her we discover Diggle turned down the green lantern ring so he could be with his family. Kelly then defines the hero she wants to be. Diggle leaves to give Supergirl and Kelly some space. Supergirl finally hears Kelly for what she was trying to say.
- A Guardian for National City's Forgotten: Brainy has a plan to help the people and they are preparing to take back the 5th dimensional energy. They won't be able to use it to track Nyxly but the people are the priority. Brainy then makes the changes to James' suit and makes Kelly's Guardian! team Supergirl and Guardian arrive to stop the counsel woman and reclaim the 5th dimensional energy. The siphon they need to use has to be in line of sight with all those affected by the energy and the counsel woman. Guardian asks Orlando for trust and he is able to gather all those hurt out onto the street. Supergirl holds the counsel woman in place and Guardian is able to restore their energy to them healing the neighborhood. The missing energy goes to Nyxly however.
- Guardian to Stay: Guardian inspires Orlando to run for city counsel. The children start to play and pretend they are Guardian. Diggle returns to the tower and quotes Black Lightning. "Be a hero for the people"! Supergirl and Guardian speak and Supergirl gives her word she wants to continue the conversation. While the big stuff is always there for Supergirl to deal with, Guardian will remain the hero for the people. Nyxly has the location of the first totem and Lena returns home to find the magical book she left already there.
In the final wrap up moments, Kelly decompresses at home. Alex arrives and Kelly breaks down. She explains just how tired she is with this all and while she isn't able or ready to explain it all, she's happy to just be vulnerable with Alex. Check back with us shorty for our in-depth coversation with Azie Tesfai about tonight's historical episode!
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Exactly, we didn't see her really learn anything, so nothing really changed. She got the book in the mail which I assume will be her powers users manual of sorts.
they could at least spare m'gann to help kelly out but she has just disappeared
1) The purpose of Lena’s 2 scenes-to show that she has been studying with Florence and showing progress and to get her back to National City. —How many would complain when she begins to use magic to help the team as to how her skills are if they left out the scene in the cave?
2) I think the reason Supergirl was acting out of character regarding who to help when is in part because the idea of going up against Nxyly has her rattled. That being said the first conversation between Supergirl & Kelly is indicative of them being on different wavelengths at that moment. Supergirl is reassuring Kelly that Nxyly will “pay for what she’s done.” Great! But that does nothing now to help the people that have been harmed especially if those people die before Nxyly is apprehended.
3) The SuperFriends have no idea where Nxyly is right now. Why do most of them need to stand around at the Tower while Brainy tries to find her? There’s 5 of them. Surely, the team could spare someone to help Kelly. That’s not a criticism about the plot because the point is they have gotten used to dealing with the larger than life stuff. I think that must be an easy pitfall when you have superpowers.
As many have pointed out-having a blind spot doesn’t make you a bad person, it just means you have room for improvement.
Quoting superbill:I suspect your right. Here’s the forum thread that contains Melissa’s IG posts and live videos from last summer.
https://supergirl.tv/forum/melissa-s-response-to-recent-events
Nicely said! I'm so sad we still need to have this conversation.
I liked the one-on-one scenes between SG and Kelly. Azie clearly based her writing on her life experiences. In one of the interviews posted in the Forum, she recounted how Melissa really leaned into the uncomfortable, emotional scenes. I wonder if Melissa advocated for that, as the progression of awareness for SG parallels Melissa's own journey which she described in an IG conversation last year. Just a thought.
Glad to see councilwoman Rankin get what she deserved. Getting Orlando involved as her potential replacement was a nice touch and sends a great message.
this is pretty accurate. i love lena but you could have left her scenes out of the episode and nothing would have changed.
Kelly had every right to be frustrated, but her anger towards the team felt incredibly misdirected. It's not like they were standing around twiddling their thumbs.
I'm sorry, it's touchy with me. Yes, Kelly's battle, and the real world struggles it is an allegory for, matter. Very much. But attacking the people who are aiming to be your allies doesn't always end as well as it did for Kelly. Thats a very easy way to alienate your sympathizers and lose support. Yes, do everything you can to help them see the issue. But treating them like the enemy doesn't make them want to help you...at least in the experiences I've had, and in ther situations I've witnessed.
One thing I do appreciate is that Kara admitted she may not ver be able to understand Kelly's position and experience. But that doesn't mean she (and people IRL) can't still work to do better, and be allies. witnesses.
I also agree that Diggle's appearances have felt very forced. Especially with Superman & Lois, and Supergirl. I stopped watching Batwoman, but I can't imagine that went any better. Dig has almost nonexistent relationships with everyone on those 3 shows, so he was an odd character choice.
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