Supergirl S3 E5 "Damaged": Discussion and Review

I just realized something. You know how in real life you have a friend that wears glasses and at a certain point you want to see them without glasses. Well what if Lena is just like, "I haven`t seen Kara without glasses, ever, and she is my best friend and I have known her for over a year." How is Kara gonna get out of that one?

Kiwi- I appreciate Kara's optimism, too. I love that she is one who almost always focuses on the good in people and I believe that because that is a core trait of hers, she will always find her way back to it. Like you, I don't want the show to hang out in drearyland for an extended amount of time. But, seeing her occasionally struggle through events or emotions makes her feel more real to me and I think that is important also.

Brierrose - Good point on distinguishing between Kara suffering through depression rather than just grief. They are two different emotions and Kara has had so much grief that it's not at all surprising that she should find herself thrown into the hole of depression.

While what Alex said in S3E1 wasn't kind it was what Kara need to hear, similar to how it wasn't nice when Alex suckerpunched Kara in season one to make Kara understand that she needed to learn fighting techniques. Both were ultimately for Kara's own good even if she didn't think so at the time and hurt Alex too.

This is what sisters do, right? It's their job to give us pep talks when we're down, gain 5 lbs helping us eat comfort ice cream and kicking our butts when we need it.

I just realized something. You know how in real life you have a friend that wears glasses and at a certain point you want to see them without glasses. Well what if Lena is just like, "I haven`t seen Kara without glasses, ever, and she is my best friend and I have known her for over a year." How is Kara gonna get out of that one?

Yeah, it is little things like that that I think the writers need to come to terms with.....I know that Katie doesn't want Lena to find out, but Katie is clueless when it comes to the fans that have been following these comic based shows and know the ins and outs of everything. Lena needs to find out this season or fans are going to start calling BS, which many already have.

I am pretty sure Lena will find out at the end of this season and the next season will be about the fall out (among other things). At least, I hope for that. (And yes, I can see on rewatch how Lena-James thing is about starting at the opposite ends and getting to know each other and then, liking each other thing that people tend to do with couples. I don't know how I feel about that yet. But, you know, if they were going to give Lena/James a love interest, better another secondary character than a tertiary character whom we would never see and would take away from the season arc.)

I like the season tone so far because it delves deeper into who Kara is as a person. Not just this noble being who always sees the best in everyone, and wants to do her best for everyone, but also the person who has suffered a lot of loss, loss unimaginable to most people; a loss she has never completely dealt with. We know that Kara's cheerful nature always informs her decisions and actions, but may be it is also her sense of loss that makes her ensure that others don't go through the same thing (and also why Mon El's loss affects her so deeply and her greatest fear is that she killed him).

I personally like seeing Kara exploring and understanding herself more and in the process, us getting to know her better.

It also gives so much for the others to do; especially, J'onn and Alex (and Eliza).

And I really like Kara and Alex supporting each other and knowing and understanding each other better thus deepening their relationship.