Pasts are revealed and future villains are exposed on this week’s Supergirl.
“This too shall pass.” National City is dealing with the fallout of Supergirl’s red Kryptonite debacle, and they aren’t up to forgiving her any time soon. While they briefly acknowledged the lasting effects, they didn’t do as much with this story as I would have hoped. We get the opening shot of Kara, lying on the couch, staring sadly at the TV while eating donuts. She has attempted to return to her hero duties, but everyone is afraid of her, so they don’t want her help. Cat is still rooting for her return, upset that it is taking so long for faith to be restored. However, that’s pretty much the end of any red K discussion in regards to National City. Kara spends the rest of her time at the DEO. All of the focus this week went to J’onn’s identity outing, and all of the character backstories and origins.
“Humans can be ignorant. Especially when they’re scared.” Now that J’onn J’onzz is a known alien, Colonel Jim Harper and Lucy Lane are in town to figure out how the Martian managed to take control of the DEO. They’re on a witch-hunt to find and prosecute anyone who knew anything about J’onn’s real identity. Colonel Harper reminds me of another anti-alien character that we have seen on this show. I can’t tell if I dislike him more or less than General Lane. Both men are exceptionally arrogant, acting out of fear rather than logic, and both leave me with a bad taste in my mouth despite brief appearances. I guess the one thing that might make Harper worse than Lane is the fact that he is willing to put humans in danger in order to serve his bottom line. He is aware of Jeremiah’s presence at Cadmus Labs, and is a little bit too satisfied about the idea of bringing Alex there as well. We also get some more insight into the real Hank Henshaw, who shared similar views to Harper and Lane. It doesn’t surprise me that Harper and Henshaw were best friends. They’re two of a kind. Given Harper’s vested interest and personal vendetta where Henshaw’s death is concerned, realistically it seems like he would be the last person who should be in charge of this witch-hunt investigation. That seems like a conflict of interest to me, but then again, maybe that’s why he was selected to be in charge in the first place.
“This too shall pass.” National City is dealing with the fallout of Supergirl’s red Kryptonite debacle, and they aren’t up to forgiving her any time soon. While they briefly acknowledged the lasting effects, they didn’t do as much with this story as I would have hoped. We get the opening shot of Kara, lying on the couch, staring sadly at the TV while eating donuts. She has attempted to return to her hero duties, but everyone is afraid of her, so they don’t want her help. Cat is still rooting for her return, upset that it is taking so long for faith to be restored. However, that’s pretty much the end of any red K discussion in regards to National City. Kara spends the rest of her time at the DEO. All of the focus this week went to J’onn’s identity outing, and all of the character backstories and origins.
“Humans can be ignorant. Especially when they’re scared.” Now that J’onn J’onzz is a known alien, Colonel Jim Harper and Lucy Lane are in town to figure out how the Martian managed to take control of the DEO. They’re on a witch-hunt to find and prosecute anyone who knew anything about J’onn’s real identity. Colonel Harper reminds me of another anti-alien character that we have seen on this show. I can’t tell if I dislike him more or less than General Lane. Both men are exceptionally arrogant, acting out of fear rather than logic, and both leave me with a bad taste in my mouth despite brief appearances. I guess the one thing that might make Harper worse than Lane is the fact that he is willing to put humans in danger in order to serve his bottom line. He is aware of Jeremiah’s presence at Cadmus Labs, and is a little bit too satisfied about the idea of bringing Alex there as well. We also get some more insight into the real Hank Henshaw, who shared similar views to Harper and Lane. It doesn’t surprise me that Harper and Henshaw were best friends. They’re two of a kind. Given Harper’s vested interest and personal vendetta where Henshaw’s death is concerned, realistically it seems like he would be the last person who should be in charge of this witch-hunt investigation. That seems like a conflict of interest to me, but then again, maybe that’s why he was selected to be in charge in the first place.