Meanwhile, M'Gann is drowning in her own mind and will be brain dead shortly. Instead, Livewire is described as despicable, someone who brings death and destruction. I don't know if she would hold out a hand and say 'let me help you' off the bat. It is clear that Kara isn't interested in necessarily rehabilitating Livewire. And we see Kara's dislike of her 'nemesis'. We get a nice scene in the DEO where Winn reviews Livewire almost like the announcer of the dating game. But before we hear more, a prison guard and another inmate break Livewire loose.Īgain, these are good scenes contrasting M'Gann, someone who we know is innocent being treated the same as Livewire who clear is wallowing in her evil. And she talks about frying Supergirl and even this therapist. She won't respond to any other name but Livewire. It is clear that Leslie has truly become Livewire.
In prison, Livewire is being interviewed by the prison psychiatrist. We then cut to a real criminal, Livewire. That is pretty harsh from J'Onn but you couldn't expect easy forgiveness even from a dissenter. In fact he says that he doesn't worry about war criminals. Alex cannot deduce what is wrong with M'Gann who remains comatose. Then she seems to be possessed, saying 'Blood. Inside, we see her screaming in telepathic pain, haunted by visions of white Martians. Meanwhile, we see M'Gann still in the DEO prison cell she was thrown in earlier this season. These weren't comfortable discussions at times. I would have loved it if both characters were in the shot so that we could see body language and other cues. And yet the shots are often a closeup of one character's face, sometimes as viewed over the shoulder of another character. There are a lot of moments of conflict between characters here. If I have one complaint about the episode it is in the directing. In particular, Mehcad Brooks gets a couple of standout moments which made me say 'wow'. Things aren't always bright in National City. Mixed in all the action were two or three very powerful conversations where characters confront each other in ways that aren't warm and fuzzy. Are villains immutable in their evil ways? Or can they change and redeem themselves? We get the slightest peek into the deepest part of J'Onn's psyche which shows he is pretty human in his own way.Īnd then there is the Livewire subplot which took a left turn I wasn't expecting. There is a very good subplot of J'Onn finally having to deal with his own hatred of White Martians as he weighs the pros and cons of helping a dying M'Gann. It is this hypocrisy which I think is easy grist for the mill moving forward. Supergirl wasn't trained at all but she knew she wanted to help people. After all, it was in the premiere itself that Alex tries to stop Kara from being Supergirl and it is Kara who still pushes forward on her journey. you think that Kara of all people wouldn't feel this way. She tries to shelve Mon-El (not trained) and James (not invulnerable) throughout the episode and even moving on. Perhaps the most perplexing plotline in the episode was Kara not wanting to let other less proven people wade into super-hero business. But usually it is the main character's reaction to it, not wading in it a bit themselves. This concept of prejudice blinding someone has been a popular theme to tackle on this show right from the beginning. But instead, we got a character driven show in which several of the show's primaries had to deal with either personal biases or outright misjudgments. Given the commercials we had seen for this, I thought it would be something of a very action-heavy episode. Supergirl Episode 210, titled 'We Can Be Heroes' aired this week and heralded the return of Supergirl's arch-enemy Livewire. (Please be aware that this is a long review.
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