'Supergirl' Recap: 'Star-Crossed'

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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The old saying, the truth shall set you free, exists for one reason and one reason alone...it's unequivocally correct. When one is honest with every single person in their life, there is little to worry about because everyone is on the level and communication is at its best. But alas, life doesn't always work that way. We hide things from time to time or pick and choose what truths we tell the people in our lives and the end result of that...is always a mixed bag. Sometimes people forgive us and understand why we kept facts from them and other times...it results in downright disaster, and last night on Supergirl, truth, took the center stage.

Because two key characters last night, Kara and Winn, found themselves dealing with lies in their lives and well...it was fascinating to see how they dealt with them because both of them came to discover their significant others are completely different people than they claimed to be, and exploring this angle of our humanity led to a surprisingly interesting episode in 'Star-Crossed', and this was a story that will clearly have major repercussions for Kara and Mon-El's relationship going forward since well...we learned a lot about the mysterious Daxamite last night, but before we get too deep into that, let's take a look at Winn's storyline because not only was it nice to finally see Winn get more screen time, but his journey last night made for one endearing tale as well. 

Winn as it turns out, found himself in hot water after a little after hours fooling around in the National City Art Museum where it turns out his lovely lady friend from another world, set him up in order to swipe the world famous piece of art, 'Starry Night'. But despite the fact he was betrayed and used, Winn had a funny feeling more was going on here and after some digging he came to discover that his hunch was right, she was committing crimes in order to satisfy the kingpin of an art theft ring, so that they would let her captive brother go. It leads Winn to find a way to save her brother and free her of her obligations, but what matters most when it comes to this storyline is that Winn truly believed deep down that Lyra loved him and cared for him in the same way he loved and cared for her and chasing his gut paid off in spades. But the most beautiful part of this, is that Winn looked past the lie, and was able to forgive her because of the opportunity in front of them when it came to a relationship, and because of the feelings he knew they shared.

The same beauty and understanding however, did not apply to Kara and Mon-El. Because we quickly met the mystery beings that showed up at the end of last week's episode and as it turns out...they were the King and Queen of Daxam, and they had ventured to earth to find their son...Prince Mon-El. Yes, Kara's new boyfriend was the prince she simply could not stand and this revelation led to instant tension between the two of them because this lie, was a tough one to get around and despite culling advice from Winn, speaking to Mon-El's mother and even giving him one last chance to redeem himself for telling the lie...Mon-El continued to put his foot in his mouth and informed Kara of the fact that he hadn't a clue as to whether or not he would have ever told Kara the truth, which led to the end of their relationship and what was so poignant about this, is the fact that Mon-El was prepared to continue to live the lie. Sure, he's getting a second chance on earth to right all the wrongs he created as a prince on Daxam, but the fact he was unapologetic in being prepared to keep the deception going was more than Kara could bear.

In the end however, this was a nice, intimate episode to change things up considering how large in scope the last episode turned out to be and well, I loved it. I thought it was great to explore something such as this, where good people in good relationships had to deal with a lie and all the heartache that comes with it and it was a wonderful stroke of genius to give us two polarizing examples of how people handle this kind of problem and well, while not every story ended happy last night, it was good to see the show get back to the exploration of interpersonal relationships and give a superhero some grounding in real life by having to deal with everyday things. As to what comes next for Mon-El and Kara, that's hard to say. It's sweet of him to claim earth as his home and stay here for Kara, but let's be honest...he screwed up bad and has a long road ahead to earn Kara's forgiveness, and she may not be willing to forgive him at all. Until next time.

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