# Supergirl Season 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2016, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236 "2016-10-11T12:39:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/342 "2017-05-23T16:08:43Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Does she know? She had figured it out last season, but then John showed up in disguise and Cat went back to believing they were two different people. I had been assuming that the subtext was she knew and found the charade fun but now I think maybe that is not the case and she really doesn’t know. A pretty good finale. Liked the Superman slug fest. The Mon el stuff at teh end reminded me of the end of Buffy Season 2 but didn’t effect me as much. Maybe because I’m 20 years older or because I don’t care about these characters as much. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/343 "2017-05-23T16:53:08Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > If she could recognize James just from his eyes, something tells me she could do the same with Kara, even through the glasses. Maybe she’s even noticed the Krypton-pox scar. 😃 Well, she says “Supergirl” after Kara leaves. Nothing is going to change her mind again now. Not even shape-shifters or robots. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/344 "2017-05-23T18:42:06Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I had been assuming that the subtext was she knew and found the charade fun but now I think maybe that is not the case and she really doesn’t know. She knows. After her talk with Kara where Kara says, “I gotta go. There’s something I have to do right now,” Cat says “Go get 'em, Supergirl,” and there’s no doubt in her voice. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/345 "2017-05-23T20:10:36Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > She knows. After her talk with Kara where Kara says, “I gotta go. There’s something I have to do right now,” Cat says “Go get 'em, Supergirl,” and there’s no doubt in her voice. Ah I missed that so I was right in the first place… ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/346 "2017-05-24T02:09:36Z")
Yep. And Cat Grant is smart enough to know that someone like Kara needs a mentor to help provide direction and encouragement. Kara needs that a lot more than Cat needs a story. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/347 "2017-05-24T02:59:20Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Yep. And Cat Grant is smart enough to know that someone like Kara needs a mentor to help provide direction and encouragement. Kara needs that a lot more than Cat needs a story. Heh. Slight hijack, but: for the _opposite_ of that, Grant Morrison has said that he wrote Jimmy Olsen as figuring that Clark Kent is Superman – but also as figuring that the big guy must have a good reason for the act, and for not letting Jimmy in on it; so Jimmy figures, _hey, if it’s a good enough reason for him, then it’s good enough for me._ And so when Jimmy is doing his schtick, he’s being disingenuous and worldly – but only to the _exact extent_ that he’s an innocent and trusting sort. Oh, sure, he knows more than he lets on – but, no, he doesn’t know _why_ he’s not letting on. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/348 "2017-05-24T10:55:57Z")
I hope Flockart comes back next year, the show is much better with her. I was a little disappointed that they invented silver kryptonite for the episode, I prefer the standard kryptonite palette. ---
**Author:** ![jackstarr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e47c2d/32.png) [@jackstarr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackstarr)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/349 "2017-05-24T11:10:16Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I hope Flockart comes back next year, the show is much better with her. Agreed. I’d like to see her back more regularly than to top and tail the season, but I’d be happy with semi-regular appearances. No need to shoehorn every character into every episode. > [@](#): > > I was a little disappointed that they invented silver kryptonite for the episode, I prefer the standard kryptonite palette. They didn’t invent Silver Kryptonite for the episode. Kryptonite comes in a range of colors and hues, at least in the comics: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite#Forms.2C\_colors\_and\_their\_effects](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite#Forms.2C_colors_and_their_effects) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/350 "2017-05-24T11:21:47Z")
> [@jackstarr](#): > > They didn’t invent Silver Kryptonite for the episode. Kryptonite comes in a range of colors and hues, at least in the comics: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite#Forms.2C\_colors\_and\_their\_effects](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite#Forms.2C_colors_and_their_effects) I’m old school. There are green, red, blue, white, and gold varieties. That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/351 "2017-05-24T11:44:36Z")
> [@jackstarr](#): > > They didn’t invent Silver Kryptonite for the episode. Kryptonite comes in a range of colors and hues, at least in the comics: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite#Forms.2C\_colors\_and\_their\_effects](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite#Forms.2C_colors_and_their_effects) And they’ve already incorporated this episode into the Wikipedia description: > [@](#): > > On the Supergirl TV series, it causes Superman to hallucinate his “greatest fear” of an attacking General Zod. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/352 "2017-05-24T12:55:24Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > They need a better explanation for why all the aliens in the galaxy have either human impersonating powers or minor differences that can be hidden by a hat. That one’s actually pretty easy. If you can’t pass for human, why would you seek asylum on Earth? Xlykor, the giant, intelligent, oxygen breathing slug is going to go elsewhere. If you are invasion-minded all bets are off, of course. _Signs_ notwithstanding, if you can’t handle water and/or oxygen, Earth isn’t for you either. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/353 "2017-05-24T14:04:22Z")
In hindsight, it might have been better to hose them down with Flint water. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/354 "2017-05-24T15:04:35Z")
Since the king and queen are dead, and there isn’t an obvious successor, the Daxamites are likely to be fighting over who their leader will be for quite a while. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/355 "2017-05-24T15:23:51Z")
There’s a crown prince, sitting right there. Do the Daxamites not function under ‘The King is dead. Long live the King.’? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/356 "2017-05-24T15:55:57Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > There’s a crown prince, sitting right there. Do the Daxamites not function under ‘The King is dead. Long live the King.’? Mon-El went through a wormhole, not to the rest of the Daxamite fleet (I think), so he’s not right there… ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/357 "2017-05-24T17:18:15Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Mon-El went through a wormhole, not to the rest of the Daxamite fleet (I think), so he’s not right there… I agree. Also, the Daxamites might even consider him a traitor, considering that he fought against them. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/358 "2017-05-24T17:18:18Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Mon-El went through a wormhole, not to the rest of the Daxamite fleet (I think), so he’s not right there… I noticed that, too. He didn’t go through the portal that Lena created. Interesting thought - Cat Grant shouted out “fake news.” The President of the U.S. on Earth-38 is a woman (not to mention an alien, but that’s not important right now). Does Earth-38 have their own Donald Trump, who ran against her and _lost_ the election? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/359 "2017-05-24T17:42:50Z")
So - Rhea has this Silver Kryptonite - why didn’t she just turn SuperGirl to begin with? ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/360 "2017-05-24T18:24:55Z")
> [@simster](#): > > So - Rhea has this Silver Kryptonite - why didn’t she just turn SuperGirl to begin with? Because Rhea hated her. But I strongly suspect somebody will use it on Kara at some point. Also, I think Lex will break out of jail next season. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236/361 "2017-05-24T18:27:01Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I noticed that, too. He didn’t go through the portal that Lena created. > > Interesting thought - Cat Grant shouted out “fake news.” The President of the U.S. on Earth-38 is a woman (not to mention an alien, but that’s not important right now). Does Earth-38 have their own Donald Trump, who ran against her and _lost_ the election? Don’t forget her line about ‘Making this city great again.’ My 17-year-old daughter laughed out loud at that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236.md?page=19)