'Supergirl' Recap: 'Luthors'

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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Redemption is a beautiful thing, especially when it comes to our favorite television shows, because let's be honest. We don't want to see these stories stumble and fall. We want them to be successful, to leave us in awe and dying for more and thankfully last night...Supergirl completely and utterly redeemed itself as a show. 

Gone were the hints of teen drama and the distrust and disdain amongst the characters, instead all of that was replaced with everything that makes this show great. Once more, Supergirl was virtuous and inspiring as we spent an hour reuniting with the enigmatic Luthor family as they dealt with the fallout of Lillian's actions in the midseason finale and well...this was an outright stroke of genius because by bringing evil back into the fold, Kara finally has something big to focus on once again, and at the same time, the show was able to deliver a fascinating character study in the process.

Because 'Luthors' decided to explore the notion of change, specifically as to whether or not true good can be corrupted and if evil can possibly change its ways and that was all accomplished by giving Lena and Lillian a ton of screen time wherein Lillian did her best to turn her daughter toward the darkside so to speak, by trying to frame her and make her believe that the only fate for a Luthor was to live a life of evil and it was fascinating to see evil try and tempt good in this fashion because it was obvious Lena was heavily conflicted to a certain degree, especially when it came to mom's promise to give her daughter everything she ever wanted...a chance to be accepted and loved. But when all is said and done, in this case, we came to learn that good will not let evil seep in and villains will always be villains.

I say that, due to the fact that Lena didn't take the bait, and saw through her mother's lies at the proper moment and unfortunately for her...mom's plan to turn the public against her worked for the most part and that's where Supergirl's uplifting nature came into play. Because despite the fact that everyone firmly believed that Lena was guilty in helping her mother escape, Kara was the only one who believed in her and her innocence and it was refreshing to see everyone recant their statements and apologize and be reminded of the uplifting lesson that one cannot judge a book by its cover...

We also need to take a moment and highlight the nerdier moments in this episode, because Lex's war suit was an awesome shout out and I have to admit I am thoroughly intruiged by the fact that Mister Mxyzptlk has found his way onto the show as well because I'm fairly certain he's never made a live action appearance in any iteration of the SuperVerse. Either way, this is the Supergirl we know and love, and it was so nice to get back to uplifting moments with a message and to see quality villains once again and I'm ecstatic that the show is correcting their mistakes and I can't wait to see what wild things come out of ol' Mxy's crush on Supergirl come next week. Until then. 

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