Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Supergirl catchup with 3×7, Wake Up. After being presumed dead following last season’s finale, we got the return of Mon El which was handled in slightly peculiar fashion. There seems to be much more than midst the eye (hence the wife) and I’m not sure how I feel about them bringing a wife character in. You have to presume that he will end up with Kara so you just feel sorry for the new lady. There’s going to be many an awkward scene which I don’t really feel the need to sit through. You just always end up feeling bad for those “third wheel” characters.

J’onn’s dad continued to appear which was a pleasent surprise as I fully expected him to fade away into the background and his scenes were actually quite sweet and innocent. He looks to be starting to bring out a softer side of J’onn as they both adjust more to “regular” life on earth. Does he have the same powers as his son? It would be quite cool to see a father and son Martian team up.

We finally saw Sam transform into Reign but I hope this does not mean we lose the Sam personality altogether. Maybe she will soon start to fight back and regain control, but that will obviously come after Reign has caused some havoc and emotionally devastated her daughter. Otherwise we got a whole lot of character development that was just seemingly thrown out of the window. As she’s from Krypton does this mean she will have the same powers as Kara? Or will she have some extra abilities due to her being a “world killer”?

See seperate full crossover review for that.

Episode 9 bought the true “Reign” onto screen for the first time, and they made sure to show us that she was a legitimate force. We saw Supergirl bleed (which is not a common occurance) and she got her ass well and truly handed to her. The shift from weird comedy Christmas music fight to Kara being in real serious danger came off really well and although you know she isn’t going to die, you still felt that sense of danger.

I do not approve of the relationship between James and Lena. Not at all I have never liked James and don’t actually see how he has many redeeming qualities. This just feels like the latest attempt at giving him something to do after he failed (and continues to do so) at being a decent Cat-Co replacement for Cat Grant who I still miss very much. Has he even been Guardian this season? What happened to all that?

Morgan Edge is the opposite problem for me: there is nothing you are supposed to like about him. He tries to kill people for slimy, selfish, business reasons and is just generally unpleasent, but seeing that actor play Glen Talbolt in Agents of Shield just makes it impossible for me to hate him. If it was anyone else then I’d have no problem hating the character like you are supposed to but I just can’t do it! It makes storylines involving him difficult to get behind because I struggle to disassociate!

I look forward to seeing what happens next now that the big villain has been fully revealed. The Legion of Super Heroes name-drop by Wynn also has me excited at the prospect of a version of the group being developed for the show. Will it happen though? I’ll just have to keep watching to find out.

DD Rating: (7) 6.75/10 (9) 7.75/10