If it's anyone other than Supergirl who stops Lex Luthor, then the writers need to ask themselves who or what this season is about because it sure wasn't about Supergirl.

Another reason I'm glad Jay Faerber is added and there is no way the current Supergirl writing team would do justice for Supergirl when we get to Crisis On Infinite Earths.

Quoting Fedguy:

Betting all my nonexistent money Dreamer stops Lex

No, I think if it is anyone besides Kara, it will be James.

"Then must be loving this season....some like me would like to see some of Supergirl fighting battles on her own and winning....havent seen a lot of that this season, it has definitely been a "Superfriends" season....Im ready for some Supergirl. I dont mind the teamwork aspect, but when it comes to the heavy lifting that should be Supergirl."

Well, then we do indeed have common ground
I've always I loved the "teamwork" aspect of the show, but I also feel that the "final decisive move" (the "checkmate moment" that I spoke of earlier in this thread) that finally defeats the villain - and seals their fate - should always be Kara's. In my own fan fiction stories, that's the way I've written it, at least in the great majority of my stories.
Incidentally, I've also written a number of stories in which Kara has the "Sherlock Holmes moment" - the pivotal plot point in which one of the major characters has a sudden flash of insight that "cracks the case". To be more specific, Kara was the one who finally put all of the pieces of the puzzle together and solved the major ongoing problem that the Team was working on. In fact. I even had Alex joke that Kara was playing the "Sherlock Homes role". To which Kara replied that in that case, maybe she ought to get hold of a pipe and a deerstalker cap!

Quoting SuprgrlFn:

Quoting evrafter:

Quoting Kelly:

If they pull the old.....is it Kara or RD dead as the cliffhanger my eyes are gonna roll outta my head.....please, pretty please no.

Bah ha ha ha, Kelly! Lol I literally was just about to say, "Hmmmm... A 'which one died' cliffhanger." Kara or Red Daughter? I mentioned it a few months back as a Crisis scenario. And think as a Crisis scene, it could be great drama. But, please just no as a summer cliffhanger.

Realistically speaking I feel like Red Supergirl has to die. She killed multiple innocent people in the White House. Even if she could be forgiven due to Lex’s manipulation, we have seen that inside, she is essentially Kara, and would never forgive HERSELF. They could try the “reabsorbtion” route, but then what? Kara would have all those memories and additional guilt? While that could be compelling to watch, she’s honestly got enough of her own trauma to unpack and frankly I don’t see this show getting that deep.

The Rooski is so adorable but unfortunately you may be right. But if she does die, I hope it will be an honorably death where many people are saved. Anytime you get a double shot of Melissa playing two different characters it's frosting on the cake. I hope they keep her around.

Quoting evrafter:

Quoting Kelly:

If they pull the old.....is it Kara or RD dead as the cliffhanger my eyes are gonna roll outta my head.....please, pretty please no.

Bah ha ha ha, Kelly! Lol I literally was just about to say, "Hmmmm... A 'which one died' cliffhanger." Kara or Red Daughter? I mentioned it a few months back as a Crisis scenario. And think as a Crisis scene, it could be great drama. But, please just no as a summer cliffhanger.

Realistically speaking I feel like Red Supergirl has to die. She killed multiple innocent people in the White House. Even if she could be forgiven due to Lex’s manipulation, we have seen that inside, she is essentially Kara, and would never forgive HERSELF. They could try the “reabsorbtion” route, but then what? Kara would have all those memories and additional guilt? While that could be compelling to watch, she’s honestly got enough of her own trauma to unpack and frankly I don’t see this show getting that deep.