It was a break that wasn't nearly as long as our earlier winter break but nonetheless, its good to be back with a new episode of Supergirl! This episode has been anticipated ever since it was learned that Teri Hatcher and Kevin Sorbo would guest star on the show! Just about everyone had a feeling that Supergirl's Daxamite boyfriend, Mon-El was a prince and his parents would be played by Teri Hatcher and Kevin Sorbo, but the moment of truth had to be this episode. Were you right? Were you surprised? Here's what stood out to us:
- Supergirl's Attack on Alien Ship: This gave us flashbacks to Star Trek. On one hand, we always wanted to captain a star ship and on the other, we wanted to have super powers but never thought about having both. This was the closest we got to seeing the two interact. The ship had some interesting weapons. Like what kind of star ship has a weapon that is meant to incapacitate one person? Pretty interesting. By the way, the graphics of Supergirl landing here were AMAZING!
- Mon-El's Parents: They didn't beat around the bush with this one did they? Supergirl gave us the answer we were looking for before the first commercial break! With that, we know for sure now that Mon-El is royalty, his parents are king and queen, and Daxam has a war ship! What we don't know is, where are they going from here?
- Winn Gets Set Up: We were really liking Lyra but this was a twist we didn't see coming. She totally set him up. At least, that's how it looks. Thank goodness Winn is friends with Alex and Maggie, otherwise this could be an open and shut case!
- Dinner With the Family: Dinner with Mon-El's family couldn't have gone ... worse? The story of Mon-El's escape from Daxam was a big reminder to Kara where Mon-El came from. As she said, "It'd be one thing if you just came from a cruel world, its another thing when you led it". It was also a big reminder how Mon-El used to be. Furthermore, DAXAM SURVIVED! As in the atmosphere is returning now? That could be a home for refugee Kryptonians.
- Lyra Captured: Just another reminder of how amazing this show is. Alex, Winn and Guardian are fighting against three other aliens in a trailer park. An alien weapon goes off and the production team literally split an RV in two! It was a short moment in an awesome fight but can you imagine how hard it is to split an RV in two? Well somehow the practical effects team did it!
- Winn Plants the Trap: Winn is a good hearted and wonderful addition to the show, plus he is mega intelligent. So with that, it was no surprise that when Winn has feelings for someone, he finds a way to save the day. It was a nice change of pace seeing Winn play the hero and have Guardian back him up!
- Kara breaks up with Mon-El: Mon-El lays it all on the line and Kara does what she needs to do to protect herself. Mon-El kind of takes it, but rushes to his parents to make it clear that he is going to stay on Earth as a hero with or without Kara. Kara is rubbing off on him.
In the end it was a pretty good episode and set us up for the musical crossover which looks amazing! Any time we get two episodes of Kara Danvers is a win in our book. Winn's line at the end about him and Cisco being best friends if they were in the same universe, well, we think we can all agree that would be true! See you guys tomorrow for our Flash musical coverage!
What did you think of the episode? Was it everything you wanted it to be? Did you expect something different? Let us know in the comments below and in the forum! Help us keep sending those ads to Earth 48 (where they love advertisements) and keep them off our site by visiting the support page!
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“When you are an alien, and you’ve lost your world, and dropped into a new one, you don’t have a choice. When you are an alien you are willing to sacrifice anything, everything, betray your fundamental instincts, just to fit in, to belong somewhere, to find your place in this world.”
We all have come out with ill-considered reactions to surprises and have had sober second thoughts later. In Kara's case, the musical crossover may have accelerated the process.
Does Mon-el's status as Prince of Daxam change everything? Yes, it does, because his parents, unlike Kara's remain alive and Daxam, unlike Krypton, can be resettled and rebuilt. That reality changes his responsibilities and his options.
I've also been the person who was lied to and it hurts. Winn gave some good advice. It helps to separate the feeling of being lied to from the what was lied about. It comes down to is the actual untruth a deal breaker or not. In this case does Mon-El being the prince really change everything?
Lastly a word of caution to all of us playing arm chair quarterback. The internet is a wonderful thing and I enjoy critiquing the show with all of you. What I don't want to happen is comments on twitter and FB causing the EPs to change the story mid stream because of a few very vocal posters. Looking at the official FB site I see hundreds of comments by the same handful of people. This isn't the like the Voice where the viewers get to directly participate let's let the professionals do their jobs.
And wasn't that an awesome scene where Supergirl goes to meet the ship. Full of action, flying and Supergirl having to escape from the bubble. Loved it :-).
I went back and looked at Blood Bonds when I saw your quote - wow, that was really what SuperGirl was about. I too love the old bonds and group and focus of the show in
season 1. You saw the character Kara and SuperGirl and her family and friends were in it and so were the villians and yet the show remained centered on SuperGirl which is what it needs to go back to.
Yes, exactly! I want to see more Super-Friends (and less romantic relationship scenes, Guardian, and Mon-El). If new characters are added, they should be part of the Super-Friends Team (or Team Super). Let Kara be the star she should be on a show that bears her name as the title (and always was in the comics) - the others should be supporting characters. (That's what I've done in my fan fiction stories, just added new members to Team Super.) If there's another superhero on Team Super, they should be a secondary, supporting character, as J'onn was in Season 1.
Also, Teri Hatcher scared the heck out of me. Her subtle villainy really was a high point. Put her and Brenda Strong together and we would have a witches' brew of trouble.
I still like the Mon-El/ Kara relationship, but it would have been great if they just stayed friends this season. Perhaps later on, they could develop into something else (like alter in Season 3). Again we need our girl to bounce out there into the stratosphere as opposes to being caught in mundane matters.
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Meeeee toooooo!!! I was like, YES! The Super Friends are back. But then, they weren't. Sad. My poor little ticker.