As the Super Friends brave the Phantom Zone to bring Supergirl home, each member of the team is confronted by visions of their worst fear.As the Super Friends brave the Phantom Zone to bring Supergirl home, each member of the team is confronted by visions of their worst fear.As the Super Friends brave the Phantom Zone to bring Supergirl home, each member of the team is confronted by visions of their worst fear.
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- TriviaWhen Lena meets the kelpie, the final scene has the exact set up from Alien 3, where Sigourney Weaver is face to face with the alien.
- GoofsWhen there is a second power surge, the meter goes down to approximately 50%. When the shot changes to show Alex in the foreground, you can see in the background that the meter is at 100%
- Quotes
Brainiac-5: We were only able to obtain a small sample of Supergirl's DNA. This will require all of it.
Alex Danvers: So we'd better make it count.
Kelly Olsen: Okay, the Q-wave interface is live.
Lena Luthor: [seeing their captive react] Our Phantom's got Supergirl's scent. Once we get to the Phantom Zone, his Q-waves will lead us directly to Supergirl's position.
Brainiac-5: Impressive. You guys did all this science stuff without me.
Dreamer: But what if we run into less... tame Phantoms out there?
Alex Danvers: The Tower's shields should cloak us, but it's still going to be dangerous.
J'onn J'onnz: That's because we can't count on the same methods we used to fight the Phantoms here. Based on what I've learned from Silas and Malefic, the Phantoms' powers work differently in their native dimension. There, they attack with fear visions, your deepest dread brought to life.
Brainiac-5: Like a Dementor.
Dreamer: Or a Boggart.
Brainiac-5: Or Harry's Dementor Boggart. You understand?
Alex Danvers: Yes. Uh, yeah.
Dreamer: So, uh, Kelly, you gonna teach us how to cast a Patronus to fight 'em?
Kelly Olsen: Well, all my fear management strategies may not be magic, they are the next best thing. In therapy, we use grounding techniques to help people regain control in traumatic situations. You start by naming things that you can see, touch, hear, smell, that you know are real.
Brainiac-5: Computer, electrons, filtered oxygen. Pizza residue.
Kelly Olsen: [Alex swats his hand away, annoyed] Okay, that's a good example. And if one of your fears should suddenly show up and they're not one of those things...
Lena Luthor: Then you'll be able to separate the visions from reality. Take back control from the Phantoms.
- ConnectionsReferences Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
JQ was caught lying once again.
"While speaking to EW, Queller stated that Supergirl "is going to really sacrifice her life and put her life on the line to save her friends and humanity." She continued, "That challenge, she's going to face her mortality in a way we've never done on the show," she continued. "That's really the focus of the first run of seven episodes. It's life or death stakes for Kara, and it's very introspective. So, all of the soul searching and taking stock of the past six years will happen in the beginning, and then she'll put it all into play in the second half." - quote from the article published in march on cbr.
All that was described and promised above never happened. There was no soul searching. There was no taking stock of Anything. There wasn't even a solid Kara-centric storyline to be honest. What little we got of Kara was rather used to introduce us to Zor-El and Nyxly aka new characters that literally no one asked for. Imagine hating your own characters and what's little left of the fanbase so much. Shame on you, Jessica. It's no wonder Melissa isn't promoting the final season at all (except for the obligatory contractual intervews). This was a terrible first part of the final season, the reunion scene was so anticlimactic that even David Harewood expressed his displeasure on social media.
I don't know anyone who is truly excited to tune back in in August to watch the rest of the season. It feels more like a chore rather than entertainment. Kelly's Guardian is the only thing that keeps me going but I'm sure they'll manage to ruin her one way or another, too. It's the only thing they are good at.
That being said, the actors (Katie and Azie especially) did a phenomenal job this episode which only furthers my frustration because it highlights how amazing this show could've been if the cast had better showrunners, better writers and was in hands of the company that'd care about Supergirl as much as they do about Superman.
- shipperofships
- May 30, 2021