Blurred Lines
- Episode aired Oct 20, 2019
- TV-PG
- 42m
Kara tries to mend her relationship with Lena; J'onn J'onzz takes a deep dive into his memories; Kelly tries to help an old friend.Kara tries to mend her relationship with Lena; J'onn J'onzz takes a deep dive into his memories; Kelly tries to help an old friend.Kara tries to mend her relationship with Lena; J'onn J'onzz takes a deep dive into his memories; Kelly tries to help an old friend.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCaroline was taken over by a Aurafacian, an alien organism that attaches to a host body. The Aurafacian was one of the aliens that Lex had transferred out of the DEO's desert facility and had never been relocated, presumably while Lex was President.
- GoofsMalefic takes on the guise of Peter Andrews after finding his picture. But a picture alone would obviously not have provided any information about his voice, and yet Malefic seemingly nails that flawlessly.
- Quotes
Kara Danvers: Any sign of Malific?
Alex Danvers: No. He doesn't seem to have any psychic signature, either. But we'll find him, we have to.
[notices that Kara is gorging herself with junk food]
Alex Danvers: Oh... are you all right?
Kara Danvers: [shrugs] Maybe I'm a little nervous about having lunch with Lena. The first time we're hanging out since I told her I was Supergirl.
[sighs]
Kara Danvers: I was just lying to her for *so* long.
Kara Danvers: Lena forgave you... okay? But you're gonna have to let go of the past.
Kara Danvers: I just want things to be great between us. I... I want this lunch to be...
Alex Danvers: Perfect.
Kara Danvers: The best.
Alex Danvers: And it will.
[nods]
Alex Danvers: Look, Lena wants your relationship back on track too. Look, I have to get back to the DEO. You go be perfect somewhere else.
Kara Danvers: I'll try.
Alex Danvers: Okay.
How convenient.
But "convenient" marks the theme of the series for season 5.
Isn't it just so convenient that Lena has this incomprehensible rage towards Kara, motivating her every questionable action, because Kara dared to keep a secret from her. A secret that was Kara's right to keep, and the keeping of had no impact on the quality of Lena's life, nor on her well-being nor to her happiness.
It is one thing keeping a secret from someone who has every right to know, especially if the keeping of said secret makes their life worse, but keeping a secret that has no ill effect, nor is really any of their business unless you choose make it so?
Juxtapose Kara not telling Lena her secret, which Lena didn't really need to know, with: 1. Nia telling J'onn a secret she found out, that he needed to know; and with 2. J'onn not telling said secret, to the rest of the team, which arguable they should know to get a better grip on their new enemy; and with 3. Nia finally telling Brainy how she felt about his smothering ways. The Supergirl/Lena scenario is pretty trite in comparison.
Then convenience number 2: Isn't it convenient that Andrea Rojas is able to rule Catco like a despot by holding non-compete contracts above employee's heads? Non-compete contracts that in reality are impossible to enforce, especially if it means a person is prevented from working at their livelihood in order to make a living? (Yet no one questions this!)
Kara accuses William Day of being unethically, but as far as I can see, SHE is being extremely unethical if she chooses to stay and work under Andrea's conditions, and not quit and walk out. Perhaps she could then work on her own blog, as she did a few seasons back when the then editor didn't want her. In her secret identity, Kara is Supergirl, this should mean something to her as a person; she shouldn't allow herself to remain in a work environment that is so morally reprehensible, dishonourable and unprincipled.
Kara, you are Supergirl, you stand for something in the community, now stand for something to yourself, and as a consequence, to all your co-workers at Catco. Supergirl/Kara represents a higher standard than William Day. Be true to yourself.
(Jimmy had no problem doing so, but Supergirl, for all her wholesome and goodness, and morality and ethics, can't? Huh!? Kara should have been out the door before Jimmy, and setting up a competitive - yes "competitive"- news-blog"!)
(Or even her own newspaper! - If Iris can do it in THE FLASH, so can Kara- Imagine if in her own newsblog/newspaper, she had a personal interview with the inspirational Supergirl once a month or so?)
But this would be inconvenient for the writers.
Writers all these seasons past, you set Supergirl (and Kara alternatively) as a moral community voice, a symbol of peace love and hope, an affirming voice in the midst of darkness, chaos and despair, proffering inspiration to do good, to be better, to change the world in a better, more positive way. Then you have Kara kowtowing to Roja's standards, and willingly remain in this toxic and immoral work environment: For the viewer, seeing this, it is hard to keep the bile from coming up to the back of our throats.
This is especially so when Kara -the voice that spoke against discrimination, against everything Agent Liberty stood for, the voice that used the power of the press to set things right after Lex Luther's machinations, last season- whines and moans to Lena, to Jimmy, to her sister about it, but then does nothing to change it.
These writers are using the aforementioned "convenience" to create artificial, forced tension and conflict, purely contrived storylines that wouldn't exist if our heroes actually behaved true to themselves.
The answer: get better writers who can give us real, organic, natural tensions and conflicts, within the contexts of the characters being real to themselves.
- bearcatjb
- Oct 25, 2019