It's been a little bit of time since we've last been able to recap a new episode of Supergirl but that is how it goes in the second half the season. It's much better than having a huge nine week break like we had last year. Tonight, we were introduced to a new villain and member of The Elite. Menagerie, played by Jessica Meraz, made her debut and brought a new challenge for Supergirl and Dreamer to face off against. That wasn't all though, Kara teams with J'onn and Brainy and Nia share a Valentines Day moment! Here's what stood out to us:
- J'onn J'onzz Is Touching Lives: J'onn's new office is flooded with valentines from clients that are thankful for all that he's done. Multiple flowers from aliens and humans alike. Alex and Kara show up to J'onn's office to welcome him where Alex confesses she is seeking more and may possibly get back into the dating world. As Kara leaves, a mystery woman appears and let's J'onn know that her husband might have been kidnapped.
- Brainy Asks to Train Nia: Brainy knows that Nia has her powers and is considering embracing them. Because of that, he shows up to her apartment with his "mind mazes" to begin training her. Nia is not ready, however, since the passing of her mother was so recent. Nia does use the opportunity to sneak in a date request which Brainy accepts. He agrees to visit her Valentines Day party!
- Villans in Motion: In a brief visit to the prison, Ben Lockwood tells his son that he needs to be a man ... of action. He enlists his son to carry the Children of Liberty banner after his mother walks away. In the next scene, we see the DEO investigating a meteor strike where a ship and alien took the heart of Menagerie's ex-partner.
- J'onn and Kara Private Detectives: Catco has a wide network of research on many different topics. Specifically, the members of President's Marsden staff that helped craft the Alien Amnesty Act. With J'onn working a case for the wife of one of the members that wrote the act, he teams with Kara to work together and share resources. When Kara and J'onn go to investigate, they discover the two with their hearts missing and Alex and her DEO strike team arriving to investigate as well!
- Lena Luthor, Contract: Lena gets some troubling news that makes her want to take James on a spontaneous trip to Paris. A little bit later, Colonel Haley arrives, already in Lena's office, to offer her a government contract to help make the United States army as strong as the aliens they might face. Lena hesitates on the request.
- Nia's Party: In a series of coincidences, J'onn, Alex, Brainy, and Kara arrive at Nia's party. Brainy is hiding in a closet at the party to escape Nia's roommate. J"onn and Brainy begin to analyze the blood sample. Alex runs into a date she had drinks with a few times and they go to catch up. Once the results of the DNA test are in, the four head off to find Pamela.
- Enter Menagerie: Kara is missing working with Alex so much she is overjoyed to continue to work with Alex and hunt down Menagerie. Upon arriving at Pamela's, Brainy kicks her immediately. This forces Menagerie to reveal herself and after quickly being over-powered, Menagerie escapes. Kara, having to remain Kara, sneezes away the threat.
- Lena and James Break Up: James can't accept that Lena might share her research on making humans "Super" with the government. Because of it, there is a rift in James' and Lena's relationship. Lena decides that this rift is too much for her to get over and just like that James is asked to leave the vehicle.
- Heart Benefit Ball: Menagerie, The Children of Liberty, The DEO and Supergirl all arrive. The DEO and Children of Liberty are pretty much taken out quickly. Supergirl forces Menagerie outside where Dreamer makes her debut and flawlessly attacks as she saw in a dream. Supergirl is able to take Menagerie out but she lands at the feet of new Agent of Liberty, Ben Lockwood's son. He takes the opportunity to follow in his dad's footsteps and cut the head off of Menagerie's symbiote.
In the final wrap up moments of the episode, Alex tells Kara that she needs to be able to trust that people can protect themselves. Alex is ready to start the rest of her life and move forward with adoption! Lena gets a call from the government and lets them know she is in and will help. Finally, because Ben Lockwood only attacked non-humans, he was able to be released because the Patriot Act only goes into effect when it deals with humans.
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I dunno, maybe some sign that she actually intends to do anything to hurt people? Thus far, she is simply not being portrayed as a person with evil on their minds. She’s continually painted as conflicted, emotionally upset, and rather desperately (if secretly/shadily) attempting to “do the right thing”.
She is most certainly “morally grey”, if only because of her actions, but her intent is not driven by a desire for personal gain or misguided vengeance, which, in my opinion, is absolutely necessary for a character to be considered “bad”, much less “evil”. An evil character doesn’t get teary when contemplating doing something they don’t 100% agree with, which seems to be what’s happening in her last scene. There is also ZERO confirmation that she’s agreeing to do something that will hurt Supergirl/control her/help the government. My personal bet is that it has something to do with Red Supergirl and Lena’s possible ability to help her with the harun-el.
Quoting SuprgrlFn:
it makes sense to me that the government, being aware of her family's history and her involvement with DEO operations, would keep closer tabs on Lena than another billionaire scientist like say, Elon Musk. Not to say that is necessarily right or proper, but I understand why they would.
Since when does the government know about all scientific research? LOL! Unless it is being government funded, people can do all the research they like, without government oversight. A twelve-year old just became the youngest person to achieve fusion. Pretty sure no one in the government knew he was doing it...
I don't think that last scene was her agreeing to help Haley, I believe it is something much more disturbing to her, which is why she was unsettled throughout the episode.
They consistently do an excellent job. The clothes seem very natural for each character, so much so, that I often take it for granted. You are spot on. None of it is accident.
As for the snakes, I think it's worth remembering that Kara's first instinct is to try to talk down/reason with/appeal to the better nature of her adversary, even if it causes her suffering, which I think is how she ended up wrapped in snakes. It's also plausible that alien snakes are super strong. In fact, they sort of lampshaded this when Jonn gets tied up earlier in the episode. Not using her heat vision when she was tied up also makes some sense, since Kara tries her best to not kill anyone, and using heat vision on a human would very likely kill or seriously maim them (like when Reign heat vision killed everyone at the end of last season). She also couldn't use her breath since she was being choked. Still, I felt they could have found a better way to intro Super Nia than saving Supergirl with a steel pipe.
On a related note, what exactly is Nia's purpose this season? Is it just so Kara can be a mentor, or does she have some important connection to the plot?
Dear Sully: Beg me to disagree about Lena , one of our favorite questionable characters. I do not believe she will go bad, rather remain in that murky grey area of morality. Personally, I believe Lena is a good person. But first and foremost, she is a businesswoman running a billion dollar empire. This is the core of her character, the business side. This is the consistent personality portrayed since her introduction. It also makes her one of the more underrated characters in the program. I just enjoy the “will she or will she not “ atmosphere that surrounds her. As for James, that was pretty harsh: walk the plank , matey. We’ll see what happens next.