User blog:Xandermcc/Supergirl: S2 E18 Jack the Nano-Maniac!

This is the Lena Luthor episode. Sadly not one with Dean Cain or Lillian. Still good though.

This one starts off with National City having zero crime. Well i guess the episode is over, nice review everybod- oh wait it isn't. The plot starts really with Lena inviting Kara to an event hosted by Jack Spheer. Lena's old boyfriend. Snapper is also there and lays some sick burns on Kara that are pretty good. (+1) Jack then does the presentation and i get a very Apple presentation/magic show vibe from it. I don't know it is just very creepy in the way he does it which is cool. (+1)

One thing i didn't like though was how he tested it on himself which is a serious risk in a public scene when you are made of these nanobots. -1

James is out as Guardian again and now has his secret identity outed by someone again. I'm pretty sure the show just wants to make the glasses disguise more relevant by making sure everyone on the show that wears a mask gets outed. (-1) Still seeing Lyra with the team is great. +1

So Kara stopped Cadmus and now everyone thinks she is the only reporter in National City. Which i can buy. After all, she is the main character so that will happen. However she isn't a public reporter. She is basically a blogger at this point in time. So i don't know how this whistleblower is expecting Kara to get this out to the entire public. (-1) However seeing the car explode and Kara shrugging off explosions was cool. +1

1/10

Lena's relationship with Jack was acted out very well. You can tell the history behind these characters. +2

Jack being attacked by the nanoswarm, but then getting saved by Supergirl plus being wowed by her abilities was super cool and satisfiying. +1

Catching up with Team Guardian, we got Lyra being a hippocrite by beating on crooks she doesn't know are completely evil. Just like when she was just looking out for her bro when she was a criminal. So missed characterization there. -2

A humorous double date scene between Jack, Lena, Kara, and Mike (AKA Mon-El) was suprisingly funny. I honestly expected it to be like the last scene we saw of Mon-El in his Mike persona but it wasn't. +2

The special effects that were a part of Jack's abilities were pretty cool. Along with how they show how connected he is to the tech around him. Making his powers more unique than generic evil swarm. +1

Lena's reaction to discovering that Jack is the killer is just such a Luthor reaction to it. It is cool how closer she is getting to that now. +1

The big twist shows that Jack's assistant Beth was the real villain all along. However this one loves to shout out she is all feminist by controlling a guy who has done nothing wrong and makes him murder people. #Feminism right? -1

5/10

Lena saying "Did i mention i was a Luthor?" It was just badass. +1

So now Lena's process of grief is wait until she has an emotional response to give before unleashing her grief on someone. Something we will see going forward next Season. +1

Kara getting her job back didn't really feel as earned as i thought it would. Kara literally got the same info about Jack's human trials as Snapper did. I mean, Kara also found out that he injected it into himself, but she gave none of that info to Snapper. So if they had reworded this scene and had Kara take credit for figuring out Jack's identity, then i would have bought her getting her job back. -2

James ends up bringing Lyra back on and Team Guardian is back in action. James even gives a heartfelt speech to Winn about how much this means to him because Lyra means so much to Winn and how they are best friends. +1

Rhea is revealed at the end to be starting to manipulate Lena to her side. Mysterious antagonist stuff will be saved for later though. +1

Episode score is a 7/10. However we got some nano-swarm bonus rounds here today from Spheer.

The show thinks Kara can have enough money while being unemployed to cook enough failed meals to fill her garbage full. -1

Kara and Lena's friendship was great in this episode. The actors really do jell well. +2

Final Episode score is a 8/10. Next we have Alex's own episode just for her... to not appear much in.