Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Supergirl catchup, this time with season three episode twelve. This episode saw the return of Lena’s mother Lilian which caught me somewhat by surprise as I genuinely couldn’t remember whether she was even still alive or not. Turns out that she is the world’s most wanted terrorist but that didn’t stop her from coming back to National City to try and once again win her daughter over.

What was most confusing however was her sudden acquisition of what was essentially an Iron Man suit to fight in before being beaten, all in a couple of minutes. The whole thing was very strange and really just came out of nowhere. Why didn’t she just fly in in the suit straight away? Did she wear that last season and I’ve just forgotten?

Lilian wasn’t the only person to unexpectedly suit up as James finally got round to dusting off his Guardian gear. Being Guardian makes me hate him a little bit less but the guy is still so generic. The guy just lacks any sort of charisma for me. Other people may like the guy but I simply do not. Yet I still find myself enjoying Morgan Edge even though there is nothing really likeable about him. This episode worked hard for you to believe that Lena and Edge were trying to kill each other, but I don’t actually think it was Edge who poisoned the coffee. It just seemed too obvious and his “confession” could have easily just have been to save his own skin in the short term. Maybe I’m thinking too much into it but it all just seemed a little too straightforward.

My main issue with the episode though was the absence of Braniac 5! Don’t make me like him and then have him dissapear like so many others with this show! Reign wasn’t really present either, instead it was her “alter-ego” Sam who went through some tests to find a reason for her blackouts. I do wonder if she will be cured by the end of the season or will end up taking her own life to stop Reign. My bigger question at the moment however is if she keeps missing important meetings, surely Lena will eventually have to do something about it.

DD Rating: 6/10