During the previous crossover, Thea remarked that “superheroes hiding out on farm” seemed similar to a movie she saw. From which we can infer that she’s least seen Age of Ultron.
I thought it was lame that super strong alien girl who can’t be photographed can only pull off the art heist with the help of Winn disabling security alarms. She could have simply busted in herself gone to her target piece and been out the door before the cops came.
She didn’t need Winns help she needed him to take the rap.
But why? Without him there to take the rap how would they have tracked her down? It would have been much better to leave him out of it, make it a mystery, and leave no loose ends. All she ended up doing was leave a way to trace her down.
Didn’t she really need Winn to get into the museum without setting off the alarm? If I recall, she stole paintings from two other museums and used a couple of other guys to get her into them. She may be invisible to security cams, but setting off the alarm would insure an immediate police response. Better to have the theft discovered hours later to leave an even colder trail.
This episode would have been so damned much more interesting if they hadn’t gone for the obvious bit of mommy Gand being teh evuls. Wouldn’t it have been more interesting if Mumsy and Dadsy really were innocent of putting the bounty on Kara’s head* and it was one of the guards or someone (Wonder President?) framing them?
Also, the aliens=illegal immigrants metaphor is so scary-flawed that you have to wonder if it was done subversively. Outer-Space Supergirl aliens destroy city blocks at least once a week, have actual, people-murdering invasions and frankly ARE a threat far, far beyond any rhetoric on the anti-illegal-immigrant side could imagine. It’s why mutants are a bad metaphor for gay/black/Jewish people. Mutants twiddle their fingers (Scarlet Witch) and commit genocide, or eat a planet of seven(?) billion sentient Celery People (Phoenix) or murder about 1/3d of New York and cause property damage far worse than the firebombing of Germany ever did (Magneto at the end of Grant Morrison’s run), etc. They really are a threat. Sorry, but from what we’ve seen, I’m vaguely starting to lean towards Mama Luthor’s side regarding outer-space aliens
Can Grax be far behind?I didn’t expect to have another episode directed by Kevin Smith this season. He really does bring back some much-needed irreverent snark. This one had a bit more that Kevin Smith vibe than the previous episode, though the Supergirl imprimatur was still strong. I wonder what he could do over on Legends of Tomorrow?
I think Mama sending the bounty hunters unbeknownst to Papa was a good twist. It’s completely in keeping with female-heavy milieu of the show.
My wife walked into the room as the final scene with Teri Hatcher and Kevin Sorbo came on. She had briefly seen them in the previous scene from the other room and had a vague idea of who they were. “She’s going to kill him for betraying her” she said as soon as they started talking, so there wasn’t a lot of suspense going on there.
Yeah it was pretty much telegraphed what was going to happen.
This episode referenced Winn’s father, the Toyman, for the second time recently. I hope that means he’s going to show up again. He’s a great villain.
“I cook now!” Loved that line. Barry’s been shown cooking on The Flash, and Mon El was in his universe recently. Maybe Mon El heard about how much girlfriends like being cooked for while over there.
I’m wondering what species the president is. She doesn’t look like a White Martian as shown in earlier episodes of the show, and if she’s meant to be a Durlan, one would expect at least some elements of their canon appearances (either antennae or mouth tentacles), and Daemonites seem unlikely.
My husband thinks she’s a Dominator.
What I wanna know is, why did she stab him? They’re Daxomites, and they’re nearby a yellow sun, for cryin’ out loud. Both of them should have indestructible skin. That knife blade should have bent like so much aluminum foil.
Unless it was made out of lead. Which is a stupid substance to make a knife out of, given how soft lead is.
They’ve been on their ship for most of their time in the system and their times on Earth haven’t been outdoors during the daytime, for the most part, so I assume they just haven’t had enough exposure for their powers to trigger.
If so, then J’onn should’ve been tossing them around like so much confetti.
Just a reminder that the Girl of Steel finally returns tonight from its spring hiatus. Rahul Kohli (Ravi from iZombie) guest stars as Biomax. Here’s a promo: Supergirl 2x18 Extended Promo "Ace Reporter" (HD) Season 2 Episode 18 Extended Promo - YouTube
Now this was more like it. Kara actually doing reporter-like things. Mon-el advancing Kara’s storyline rather than the other way around. Kara being Kara, which we haven’t seen much of since Cat Grant left. A villain that Supergirl couldn’t just punch into submission. Jimmy Olsen, though, was still pretty useless.
MISS TESSMACHER!
Not only Ravi from iZombie but Jiya from Timeless – I didn’t recognize her at first but knew I saw her from something recently.
Brian
When Claudia Doumit (Jiya) came out during the product launch and just held the container, I knew she was going to be the actual villain. She’s not that famous, but she’s famous enough that she wouldn’t take a nonspeaking role.
I call this Christopher Plummer Syndrome. In one 6-month period some years ago, I saw three different movies in which Christopher Plummer had a short scene early on and turned out to be the villain at the end. But everyone watching knew that because Christopher Plummer wouldn’t take a tiny role that appears in just one pointless scene.
Heh. IIRC, they basically did that gag on Family Guy, where folks easily deduce that Jimmy Smits is the killer because – well, it’s an episode of One-Hour Crime Show Where The Murderer Is The Most Famous Person In The Credits.