User blog:Xandermcc/Supergirl S3 E2: Claustrophobia is Mon-El?

So we are doing an episode on emotional trauma. Kind of. I really don't know what this is about honestly. The episode is hardly clear. Anyway, lets get into that.

The episode starts with everyone being happy unlike Kara. (You ever think the showrunners secretly hate Kara? I am starting to think so. -1) Anyway, the montage includes our happy kidless couple of Maggie and Alex, and Samantha with her daughter Ruby. The Ruby and Samantha parts are very sweet and i would have to be heartless if i didn't award how believable they did this. +1

They later have Eve Teschmacher meet Lena Luthor, and my inner Superman fan screamed when this first happened because of Eve's role as Lex Luthor's assistant in the original Superman movie. +1

So we find out the villain of the episode is classic Supergirl villain Psi. (You are going to find that there is more Supergirl villains than Superman villains this time around) She breaks into a bank and takes down Supergirl while stealing the money with her psychic powers. Her overall demeanor and facial expressions are really crazy looking and suit a character like Psi with these abilities. +2

We see later that Kara is having her fears of losing her planet used against her. Which leads to some amazing nightmare sequences of the destruction of Krypton that look like a VR video game i would play ten times. Probably one of the best CGI sequences in the season. +3

6/10

So Ruby is getting in trouble in school because she thinks her mom is a superhero after what we saw in the first episode. Sam tells her no, and there is some conflict there that they are dealing with. An interesting one for sure, and Odette certainly portrays it well. +1

So Lena's first article for Kara while now controlling Catco is to do a piece against Morgan Edge. Do you have any idea how bad that looks Lena? In the public eye, you making an article against someone you yourself have publicly hated looks biased as hell. -1

Kara then gets the info on Psi's next location, but when in the elevator at Catco, she gets a panic attack after realizing she has claustrophobia. So she does what any sensible person with claustrophobia would do. Create a hole in the ceilling and revealing to everyone that Kara Danvers is Supergirl. It is at this point where i think the only reason National City doesn't know is because J'onn just went and Men and Black'd every person in the city. -1

5/10

Now Kara uses an ancient kryptonian mantra to help her keep herself together after the panic attack, (+1) but she still needs to figure out how to stop Psi. However things get even more complicated when Ruby is in the crossfire. I don't think this was a very realistic action to have her do. Even for a child. -1

So now the episode goes a 180 with Kara's trauma and now she is not affected by the whole claustrophobia thing anymore. Now it is about Mon-El and Alex has to assure her that he is okay for her to go back to being a superhero. I am grateful that this is the last of the season 2 problems i have to deal with here, but it is still ridiculous. -1

That said, how Supergirl takes down Psi after all that was brilliantly done. +1

They have a very chillax ending to the episode. Going for a slow look at how everyone's arcs have continued. Actually paying attention to the whole cast. Don't know how they realized what was missing from Season 2, but i am liking it. (+1) J'onn is the one who ends this episode off with him being called to Mars by M'gann. +1

So that was the second episode with a 6/10, however Psi revealed my inner fears of doing another bonus round. Got to let those out.

Lena was pretty good in this one. Really showing herself as a main by fitting in as the cold hearted, but friendly character. +1

The D.E.O mind defense device. One of their weakest pieces of machinery yet. How is it that this orginization can stop fifth dimensional imps that can warp reality, but can't stop one psychic with a device made by a guy who has a boss who is psychic? -1

Final score is still 6/10. Anyway, the next episode is filled with some Mars parental bonding with J'onn from animation.