SUPERGIRL S1E15 - "SOLITUDE" REVIEW
The 15th episode of
Supergirl is called, “Solitude”. The episode opens with a flashback to the
Phantom Zone 13 years ago. Nothing happens, as it quickly cuts to the present. Alex
visits Kara to give her some donuts. This would be a good time for her to tell
Kara the truth about what really happened to Astra, but instead, she lets Kara
continue to believe that Hank was the one who really killed her aunt. Kara is
still upset about all of it and has little desire to come back to the DEO to
work.
Regardless of how others feel,
I’m glad to see Lucy popping up every now and again, to remind us that she is
Cat’s lawyer. During a staff meeting, someone sends Cat a thumb drive with important
information on it and Cat wants it burned but Lucy wants the truth to come out.
I think this might have something to do with her conversation with James last
episode. Anyway, we cut to the DEO where Alex and Hank are working out some
anger issues via fighting. Alex is still guilty for letting Hank take the fall
for her killing Astra.
James still wants Kara to let
him tell Lucy about her being Supergirl, but Kara isn’t willing to do that as
she doesn’t have much trust in anyone at the moment. However, all that is put
to the side when the person who gave Cat the hard drive appears on all the
computer screens at Catco and chastises Cat for not using the information. She then
tells everyone that there will be chaos in the streets and no sooner does she
say that that the traffic lights all turn green.
Cat is determined to get to
the bottom of this and so she makes it a point to have all hands on deck. James,
Winn, and Kara all go to work immediately. Winn has been working on a counterattack
but the hacker reveals herself on the screen and then literally comes flying
out of the screen to attack all three of them. Kara says she recognizes the
symbols on the woman’s (who sort of resembles Mystique) face. I think that earlier
flashback will come back into play here. Hank and Alex come to the rescue but
Kara is none too pleased with Hank and still refuses to come back to the DEO.
The hacker is having a meeting
with none other than Non because of course. Apparently, they go back a ways. She
says she’s calling herself Indigo these days and I think there might have been
a reference to Brainiac in there. Indigo has a plan in motion and I’m getting
the feeling that Non doesn’t want anything to do with her. It involves some
sort of apocalypse in which both she and the Kryptonians survive while everyone
else perishes.
Winn is drafted to the DEO and
James and Kara head to the Fortress of Solitude. Once there, Kara finds out the
information she’s looking for. So everything seems to be going well, save for
the fact that James stood Lucy up (he was doing important work, but you know).
Kara, trying to help, tells Lucy a story about how committed James is, only
James never told Lucy that story. I don’t think it’s going to end well. Both the
DEO (with Winn) and Kara (with Lucy and James) discover the same thing at the
same time: Indigo needed a high ranking official to launch nuclear codes. I have
to say, I liked the way that scene played out. Indigo strikes, starting up the
sequence to launch.
Kara gets there in time to
fight Indigo. The nuclear weapon is almost ready to be fired. Kara rushes to
catch up to the missile. Knowing she can’t shut it down alone, she calls Hank
and together they work out a way to stop it. Meanwhile, Winn has a way of
stopping Indigo. Kara comes back to stop Indigo. Winn manages to upload a virus
to stop her, but she tells Kara that she’s the reason she made it to Earth. She
then disappears into thin air.
I don’t know how I feel about
Siobhan to be honest. Most of the episode, she spent being humbled. She told
Winn some story about how her father was a serial cheater (I’m still not
convinced that was the truth), and it prompted Winn to open up about his own
family. They share an impromptu kiss.
Kara gives James permission to
tell Lucy that she’s Supergirl, but it comes too late because Lucy is done. She
thinks that James is in love with Kara, and she might be right. Still, I love
Lucy and I want her hanging around. So, needless to say, Lucy is still in the
dark about Supergirl, sadly.
Back at the DEO Kara is there
wanting to come back because she knows that they work better together. However,
the guilt is too much for Alex and she FINALLY comes clean. In earlier
episodes, Kara might have lashed out at Alex but instead, she silently hugs
her. Hank, wanting to give the Danvers sisters some space heads on out to
leave, but Kara stops him and they also have an imitate moment. I like this family
unit so much. Their friendship is the heart of the show to me. I only wish Kara
and Cat’s relationship can be repaired.
In the final minutes of the
show we catch up crazy Non, who appears to be in the final throws of Myriad. However,
he has another trick up his sleeve, as it is revealed that Indigo is still
alive, which I totally love because she was a formidable villain for Supergirl.
LAS VEGAS, February 23, 
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