I think my enjoyment of this episode honestly has a lot to do with the fact that there was no Agent Liberty spouting bullshit tonight. I can handle pretty much every type of villain but villains that spread fear and hatred like this are too close to real life villains and they always make me so uncomfortable! I did like that despite Agent Liberty not being in this episode, the fear and hatred of aliens was still in the background. The main villain wasn't really the invisible aliens but actually the humans themselves. It was horrific listening to Haley and the other military dude talk about how they took alien children and conditioned them through fear to become soldiers who would do anything and everything for them cause they were scared of the humans. This is a very common tactic in the real world too especially in the military but the idea that they did this to children and then didn't even view them as anything more than the dirt on their boots just cause they weren't human was disgusting. Honestly sometimes I think that there's no one worse than humanity cause we have this innate need to feel better about ourselves through placing others into a lower category and it's the absolute worst. I do believe there is a possibility of life out in outer space somewhere cause it's so vast but it's like aliens should stay away cause they'll get no good here on Earth.
I was seriously sad that they ended up killing all of the invisible aliens except for one cause they super didn't deserve what they went through. The president apparently has decided that he hates aliens too and put out a kill order on all alien military projects which minus the moral side seems really short-sighted to me. He knows there are alien threats out there and if we were to place this in real world terms, it would be like ending all nuclear power research even though other countries have nuclear capabilities too. This is especially true cause we started the episode in Russia seeing their version of Supergirl and the military discuss how to control her. I assume that this season is going to end with Russia attacking and Supergirl having to stop her which will cause the alien sentiment in the States to be better or at least for the government to trust her again.
Tbh I'm so petty that if this was happening to me, I would cut anchor and leave. I will never understand why Kara chose to stay here on Earth when her real mom is alive over on Argos. Even Clark preferred to be there and he has no memories of being on Krypton. If the humans hate you so much, leave and then they'll wish you were around to help.
There was also some stuff with Lena and James that I didn't really care about except for the possibility of where we might end up. They made up and Lena surprisingly came out with what her research actually was and even more surprisingly James was on board. I do have a feeling though that he's not actually on board with this and is just playing the long game as he learned to do recently so he's going to pretend to be on her side so she'll tell him everything. It's either that or he wants the powers according to that weird look he had on his face at the end of the episode. For a minute I was thinking about whether or not Lena's research was evil but then I realized that it's basically the same thing as making metahumans over on Flash or giving humans fancy tech like Arrow right? It is an interesting thought though to wonder if normal humans will see metas as human or lump them in with aliens if they come about cause over on Flash, metas are hated as much as aliens over here on Supergirl so it would be ironic as hell if Lena managed to make these metas only to have humans still not see them as the same.
I still love Brainy but I wasn't super into his stuff with Nia tonight either. She thought he was asking her out on a date and he thought he was setting up a meeting and though it was funny, ultimately I wasn't into it. I do think it's hilarious how back in season 2 when Mon El didn't want to become a hero it was like he was the devil cause how dare he not want to use his powers for good but now that Nia doesn't want to, it's like oh that's understandable it's a hard decision. Blech.
The saddest part of the episode though was the end when J'onn had to erase the minds of everyone. Haley was seriously the worst tonight and I was wondering why they couldn't just let her be killed by the invisible aliens cause it would solve a lot of problems. The president literally fired Supergirl from the DEO but Haley was pissed cause how dare Supergirl try to exercise free will and work without orders from the DEO. I know this is Supergirl's show and not Superman's but seriously the fact that they don't even mention him in this is ridiculous cause why wouldn't the government care about he other alien Super?? It was even worse when she broke that one agent and learned who Supergirl was and then proceeded to try to blackmail Kara into becoming a puppet of hers and I was never so satisfied as when Alex punched her lights out. I liked that the show remembered that J'onn could erase memories and used them on Haley but then the show went even further and made J'onn erase Alex's memories too and it was heartbreaking to watch. Despite this, I'm fascinated with this idea and I can't wait to see where we can take this.
How long do we think it'll take before Alex's memories are either restored or Kara reveals herself again? By the season finale right? Now it seems that the only people on Earth who will know are J'onn, Brainy, James and Eliza... I like the idea of decreasing Team Supergirl and I hope now we get to see Kara really become a solo hero like Clark since she has no help from the DEO. Brainy was right though in the fact that she does need a tech person and I wonder why he doesn't leave and join Kara and J'onn in their crusade cause he stayed to help Kara no?
Lol irony of all ironies but it looks like maybe Alex will remember next week? Wow Supergirl you couldn't even wait a few episodes before doing this?? This is like Flashpoint over on Flash all over again. I do like the idea that wiping Alex's mind of Kara being Supergirl has such strong consequences though cause of course it would. She's not like a random DEO agent cause she and Kara are so intertwined in each other's lives so erasing all of that must be so difficult. It would be interesting if she wasn't so close to Kara anymore in this new version of herself cause that'd be a fun way to play with this idea!
Well that's all for now. I'll see you all tomorrow for Arrow!!
xoxo Allie
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