'Supergirl' Recap: 'For Good'

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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​When it comes to storytelling, sometimes bigger plot points can completely overshadow smaller ones thanks to their sheer scope and overall power and for proof, look no further than Supergirl. After all, season three started off focusing heavily on Malcolm Edge and his attempts to conquer the city before Reign took the center stage and let’s be honest, Mister Edge all but disappeared from the show once the Worldkiller showed her true colors.
 
Granted, such a move hasn’t necessarily been a bad thing because I’m fairly certain that all of us have thoroughly enjoyed the storylines surrounding Kara’s new nemesis. But, such a decision has left us wondering as to whether or not the show will forget about where the story began and thankfully, last night’s episode of the show, ‘For Good’, took us right back to the beginning by bringing Malcolm Edge back into the fold, and another surprise character we haven’t seen for some time as well, in a story that that more or less managed to wrap up the Edge matter for the foreseeable future.
 
It accomplished all of that, by bringing forth an interesting mystery, in that, it would seem that someone was trying to murder Edge and in doing so…they fired up a rivalry between Malcolm and Lena since Mr. Edge firmly believed that Ms. Luthor was the one responsible for this attempt on his life and wouldn’t you know it, that wild event led to a terrifying moment of retribution, wherein Lena was poisoned and had it not been for Supergirl, she might not have lived to see another tomorrow. 
 
Unfortunately, though, the person responsible for this unexpected rivalry remained a mystery, that is until Lena unleashed her inner detective and followed the trail of clues only to discover that her mother had returned to National City. She was the one who tried to kill Malcolm as payback for his attempt on Lena’s life when she uncovered his plot to poison the city and Lillian begged her daughter to let her finish the job, allowing for Lena to pull off the double cross of the century, where she was able to not only get a full confession from Malcolm that he has indeed tried to kill Lena twice now, but get her mother back behind bars in the process.
 
If anything, it was downright wonderful to finally see a Luthor in the Super-verse use their powers for good through and through, and equally as awesome to see Lex’s power suit pop up as well, but when all is said and done, it was incredibly satisfying to see the show take the time to revisit these characters and these plot lines and bring them to their logical conclusion. It just goes to show that the Writer’s Room cares about telling a complete story and in all honesty, this was a nice little break from the Reign storyline, and it was also nice to see Sam’s human side deal with the evil that resides within as best she can, because it does generate a touch of hope that maybe, just maybe, Kara and her friends will reach Reign before it’s too late. Until next time. 

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