Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Arrowverse catchup, this time looking at Supergirl season 4 episode 18, Crime and Punishment. With Supergirl now public enemy number one, this episode gave us an interesting look at how people’s opinions of her changed and if they were fair to do so. Putting myself into that situation, I feel that if Supergirl was outright denying this and was being framed I would partly believe her but still be wary of her. This is because if she did do it it would be because she truly believed in what she was doing. She did it fully suited up and made sure everyone knew it was her. Why would she do that only to deny it. I feel that she would take ownership if it was her.

On to the rest of the episode and Otis Graves took the again absent Lex’s positions and my opinion on him is a strange one. He plays his role of a slightly goofy, slightly stupid bad guy who is in slightly over his head perfectly even though he is cringeworthy. But when I do cringe such as when he parodied the famous Shining moment from the film I had to pause and think this guy is such a prat that of course he would do that; it actually fit his character very well. They could have just left him dead though rather than reviving him again at the end as it would have better put over Lex’s ruthlessness, casually tossing allies aside once their usefulness is no more.

A character that I really enjoyed this episode was Steve. A criminal in the sense that he stole secretive data and made it public, Supergirl actually seemed to show agreement with him when she realised who he was. He however did not like Supergirl, turning out to be another person who made the argument of Supergirl being careless and wreckless, ruining countless lives as she tries to save the day (and his argument is not without merit as I can see his valid point). I loved how in her Kara guise Steve loved her and showed how helpful and caring he could be. I liked how Kara acted with him too as she didn’t let his views on Supergirl change how she spoke to him. I actually really like the whole “going into hiding” idea with Kara getting things done as Kara than as Supergirl. She can do just as much good that way too.

DD Rating: 8/10