- "I know you lost your whole world, your friends, your home. I miss what i had too. I know what you're going through. How responsible you must feel."
- "You don't know anything!"
"But i know everything because i am you. I feel the darkness, too. You've made some bad choices, but they don't have to define you." - —Kara Danvers and Querl Dox on Brainiac 5's choices.
"The Bottle Episode" is the tenth and midseason premiere episode of the fifth season of Supergirl, and the ninety-seventh episode overall. It aired on January 19, 2020.
Synopsis
The subsequent complications from the Crisis leave Supergirl to face a chaotic threat.[1]
Plot
Cast
Starring
- Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers/Supergirl
- Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers
- Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor
- Jesse Rath as Querl Dox/Brainiac 5, Brainiac 5 (Earth-TUD15), Brainiac 5 (Earth-TUD17), and Brainiac 5 (Earth-TUD18)
- Nicole Maines as Nia Nal/Dreamer
- Azie Tesfai as Kelly Olsen
- Andrea Brooks (credit only)
- Julie Gonzalo as Andrea Rojas
- Staz Nair as William Dey
- David Harewood as J'onn J'onzz
Special guest starring
Guest starring
- Brenda Strong as Lillian Luthor
- Anjali Jay as Selena (Earth-TUD17)
- Rosemary Hochschild as Vita's Earth-TUD17 doppelgänger
- Winsome Brown as Ayala's Earth-TUD17 doppelgänger
Co-starring
- Keith Dallas as Al/Al #2
Gallery
Videos
Supergirl 5x10 Promo "The Bottle Episode"
Trivia
- The episode shares the exact same title as the webisode from the DC Super Hero Girls webseries, given that both episodes featured Supergirl. In addition, this is the second episode to feature Supergirl and DC Super Hero Girls episodes sharing the same episode names. The first was "For the Girl Who Has Everything" which in-turn was adapted from the Superman arc For the Man Who Has Everything.
- A "bottle episode" refers to one that typically takes place in a limited number of locations, often simply a single room. These episodes will use minimal budget, while usually restricting the cast to only series regulars.
- For Supergirl, the title references the bottle containing Evil Brainy's Earth.
- The multiverse was confirmed on-screen (to the viewers) to still exist. However, it appears that the seperate Earths are now divided by something other than vibrational frequencies, as Brainy found no other Earths via the old method.
- Evil Brainy's plan to shrink and bottle his home planet is a reference to the original Brainiac who would collect planets from across the universe and store them on his ship.
- This was referenced by female Brainy when she says that bottling planets was a common Coluan tradition among their ancestors.
- Al has a box of things that have been left at the bar, including one of Toyman's mechanical monkeys.
References
| Supergirl season 5 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Event Horizon" • "Stranger Beside Me" • "Blurred Lines" • "In Plain Sight" • "Dangerous Liaisons" • "Confidence Women" • "Tremors" • "The Wrath of Rama Khan" • "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One" • "The Bottle Episode" • "Back From the Future - Part One" • "Back From the Future - Part Two" • "It's a Super Life" • "The Bodyguard" • "Reality Bytes" • "Alex in Wonderland" • "Deus Lex Machina" • "The Missing Link" • "Immortal Kombat" | ||||