I realized I haven't posted here in a while, because I forgot. I have still been watching this show though. On episode 11 now. I wanted to come back to this episode though because...WTF? Seriously?
I have so many problems with this "Edge" (it never even was Morgan Edge!) backstory. So Tal-Rho hid himself for 40 years and did nothing? He never once reached out to Kal-El, his brother? What in the actual--God--I can't.
So Rho's father trained him to be a dick, yet---no, wait...did Tal-Rho's father also train him to be a businessman and newspaper editor in disguise and use the identity name Morgan Edge? (So that was just the writers attempt to use a name comic book fans will know for the sake of it, but it wasn't really Morgan Edge...WTF)
And Supergirl still exists in this universe, right? I mean, post-crisis, yes? Um...well that's a lame excuse for her not being able to show up. Why wouldn't Lois call her instead of John Henry Irons? How could he really help? Moreover, why wouldn't Tal-Rho try and recruit Kara for his mission? She is after all, family, and Kryptonian. All things considered, this should concern her too. But then again, when Kryptonians were invading Earth in Supergirl season 2, Superman wasn't actually around. Shouldn't be too surprising.
So Tal-Rho was tortured for a few years but eventually escaped...didn't he? What was the point of pretending to be a businessman if he (and his father) hated humanity so much? Why wait after a LIFETIME to reach out to Kal-El only now? This is utterly ridiculous. What was stopping him? It's not like he had to wait for anything. Moreover, Tal-Rho could've taken over Earth probably decades ago and turned all humans into Kryptonian souls.
Correct me if I'm wrong.