User blog:Konstant888/Supergirl 3x20 "Dark Side of the Moon" - Review

The only thing this episode managed to show is that the show has potential, a lot of potential. It has great source-material to pull from, it has great actors and great characters. But its only limit is…the budget. Spoilers ahead!

Kara finding a part of Krypton that survived and meeting her mother is such an amazing story. Supergirl (and also J’onn) is the best character on the show and Melissa Benoist is great actress, so this could’ve easily been a Kara-centric episode. Krypton is also the most interesting part of Supergirl lore that hasn’t been explored yet so it could’ve easily been the main premise of an entire episode. But either the show’s budget didn’t allow them to do more Krypton or the writers are huge assholes and decided not to give us more of what we want. I bet it’s the former. What was there looked great. You could really get a sense of what Krypton was like. And it was awesome seeing Kara meet her mother again. Erica Durance is also a really good actress and their scenes were very emotional and interesting. The Council of Argo City was also very cool to see. Even Mon-El was great. He wasn’t overused and felt like a really nice guy. But ultimately, they just kinda hung out a bit in Argo City and left, because we had more important stuff to get to.

You guys remember that guy who was a sheriff in Midvale in one very unmemorable episode this season. Probably not, but he is back, Alex blames him for trying to murder her, it ends up not being him so they find out who it actually was and in ends up being a nobody, at least I can’t remember who he is, and they arrest him. That is the most random story I’ve ever seen. It came out of nowhere, it was boring as hell and it went nowhere. The fact that I have no idea who the person that tried to kill Alex was is a very bad sign. In the end, this storyline culminated in…A PEP TALK! OF COURSE IT DID! It was all just leading up to a cringy, not really emotional (because we have one every episode) and pointless scene between Alex and J’onn that kinda set up her leaving the D.E.O., but she didn’t do that! And all of that took up so much time, IT’S INSANE! This is what this show does and it is hot garbage! Villains get beaten by pep talks, characters always need a pep talk, every problem is resolved with a boring pep talk! The writers think that it is emotional and that it develops the characters, but all it does is waste time, precious time!

You know what else was in store for us this episode, more of Ruby, this time she interacted with Winn, pointless and boring and stupid as usual. There was also a scene with James and Lena, always unhappy to see that. And who can forget the annoying (at this point) mother-daughter relationship between Alex and Ruby.

But just so you don’t call me a hater, I truly loved the Krypton scenes, they were the only thing that kept me going and the only reason I skimmed through everything else. Also, Reign had a small part (she can’t always be the main star), but her scenes with Lena, although short, were good. They are setting up Lena as a bad guy, or at least a storyline for her where she really questions if she is the bad guy, they just couldn’t do more of that this episode so they put very little of it. Although I would’ve preferred to get more of that than the Alex side-plot a million times over. And I am legitimately excited for the next episode since Kara seems to be getting a great arc with this Argo City and her mother and also things are starting to wrap up so I think Reign will make a big move that will set up the last two episodes. And SPOILERS, this is information from a leaked photo and it is pretty big, so maybe stop here if you don’t want to know, but Alura is supposed to come to Earth for the finale. I am expecting a huge team-up, it will be epic!