Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Supergirl catchup with season 3 episode 13, Both Sides Now. Before I get starter…no Braniac-5 again! You can’t just bring him in and then take him away. I shall keep complaining about his absence until he returns.

With that out of the way, the episode was an enjoyable one as the team finally faced off against a second world killer. Similar to Reign, Purity appears to share a body with a human who knows nothing of the powers they possess. Did the World Killer’s create these identities? If they did then they should have thought more about how they can keep control of the bodies from them. It reminded me of an episode of Torchwood (great show, check it out) where there are aliens known as Sleepers who are regular people until the alien wakes up (such as when under severe duress) with the person having absolutely no knowledge of it.

The idea that the World Killers are too strong to defeat so they need to instead work on saving the person instead is an interesting idea. Unless there is a way to seperate the two though then you still have to get rid of the World Killers in some form or another. What I want to know is why can’t Reign and Purity retain control over the bodies? Is there something they need to do for that to happen?

Alex and Kara had different opinions on how to initially deal with Purity and having all the information that the characters don’t did make you side slightly with Kara. I do think however that Alex’s views were presented and written rather heavy-handedly. It was like they skipped past soemthing in the story that made Alex this fixed in her view and it was slightly odd, especially as it only took to later in the same episode for her to come around to Kara’s way of thinking.

We also got the inevitable admittance from Mon-El that his new marriage was not solely built on love but also on political reasons. This just signs the duo’s fate as it is now basically confirmed that he will be getting back together with Kara or dying. I of course hope it is the former as I still really enjoy him on the show.

DD Rating: 6/10