Loved this episode. Still don't like the whole prejudice story line, but this was a standout! Thank you Mr. Smith! I loved all the interactions that were going on as everyone played so well off of each other, and seeing Nia starting to come into her own was cool.
Best scene in the whole thing was Lockwood telling Supergirl not to struggle against the nth metal, and Supergirl responding that she wasn't struggling, she was
flying!
Loved it! (although, that building must weigh a lot less than a C-130...
)
It was good seeing Lockwood being afraid with Manchester threatening his wife, but of course getting him arrested and unmasking him would only give him a broader platform from which to spew his hate. The good guys 'Bunker Hill' moment, where they achieve a victory but at a damaging cost. I have to say I was disappointed when Lockwood's wife started the liberty chant. She was just shown that her husband is a cold blooded killer, whose actions have brought even more violence into their home, but she decides to just gulp down the kool-aid anyway... Maybe their son will be smarter.
And what does Lockwood think, having this super woman whom he's tried to kill before, actual trying to
save him?! Supergirl really needs to become more vocal as a counter point to Lockwood's blind hatreds. As it's been said before, she can't punch her way out of this one, you have to
talk your way out. Actions are good for getting attention, but you have to speak in order for them to listen and if all everyone is hearing is Lockwood, then any victory is going to be short and hollow.
And yes, this President is a
dick! Which is surprising considering that Mardsen is the one who chose him as her VP! I can only assume that trying the fill the power vacuum she left, and one that is so polarizing, is making him self 'correct' in ways that are more damaging than helpful. And certainly worrying more about his poll numbers is the wrong foot to be standing on .You were the VP to a President who had lied about her citizenship and also has an alien prejudice attached to her. Your polls are
always going to suck!
Unless, you simply ride the prejudice wave, which reveals that he is merely a political animal.
A break from the DEO and that toxic leadership is probably the best thing at this point. All they would be would be a hindrance now in Supergirl's fight to try and stop what Lockwood is doing. I could see Baker introducing legislation to rip up the Alien Amnesty Act just to save his job, despite the even further damage it would do. Plus, what was he implying, that Supergirl and her family could get Secret Service protection? Their anonymity is their best protection, especially in the charged climate that the show is creating.
And, Supergirl's secret identity
is Kara Danvers!
Not the other way around!
In any event, I'm really curious to find out how they are going to resolve this. In real life, it would take time for these beliefs to settle out and go away, but being a TV show I would imagine they would need to tie it into a momentous event in order to get the Big Ending. I wonder if Red Kara is going to be threaded into that, and if at the end of the season, if Supergirl is going be asked/told to leave Earth...? It's possible the resolution to the season could end in
Lockwood's favor, which could mean Kara leaving Earth along with nearly all the aliens on the planet, which could set up an interesting next season.
Say, at the end of this season Supergirl and Superman and all the other aliens are 'voted off' the planet. Kandor is probably still close enough for them to reach so they can go there, but in their absence from Earth what if another alien threat shows up and Earth loses. Earth's champions are gone, subjugation follows and then they have to come back to liberate Earth. And I mean
all the aliens coming back to liberate what had become their chosen home... It will interesting to see how it goes.
As to the little flubs, I can only assume that Nia being an alien means that her race's gender isn't so rigid, cause obviously the writers forgot that she started out as a man!
And how can you forget that!? If having these clairvoyant powers is something everyone on her world can be prone to getting, then why not leave it that way?! Ugh!!
...
Also, I get they named that world Earth-90 because of 1990 Flash, but dammit, they already explicitly established that there are "only" 53 Earths. At this point they're just rubbing their hatred of continuity in my face.
And I see it as limiting to say that there are
only 53. I don't know why they chose that number, but the many worlds theory is about an
infinite number of worlds, where any and all eventualities can occur. So, I would prefer that they had not set a maximum number on it, for whatever reasoning can be applied to it. Though saying that the number 53 was chosen from a certain perspective point leaves wiggle room to add more (and any you need.)
Despite how squishy I am with the prejudice angle I was actually disappointed that they're not continuing it next week. Then I remembered the crossover starts and I'm all jazzed again!!
Perhaps the same personal circumstances that led to Nia’s transition also bestowed her with dream powers. This is sci-fi stuff, after all. In any case, we don’t yet know all the details of Nia’s alien backstory.
Fast forward to last night’s confrontation between Supergirl and President Baker: Were the DEO onlookers simply curious as to whether Supergirl would capitulate and reveal her identity? Or was this to be a Moment of Suspense! in terms of which DEO agent might step forward and expose her secret - because everyone there already knew the secret? 
; and the remainder simply kept their prior designation. (Kinda like when a house burns down and the other houses keep their same street addresses.
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