Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Supergirl catchup, this time looking at season 4 episode 2, Fallout. After a strong premier the second episode had to keep up the momentum and I would say that on the whole it really did manage it. They have a clear premise that all of our characters can become involved in. First off though, poor Brainy! His innocence and inexperience of discrimination was heart breaking. As a being of logic he couldn’t logically comprehend why a man who he considered his friend would suddenly be angry for him just being there because his face was now a different colour. Whatever your personal views are on how the world overplays or underplays when or when not the acknowledgement of skin colour is necessary, you have to agree with Brainy about the lack of logic in that situation. I guess in the real world that would link more to homophobic discrimination as that is where you someone my be befriended only for that friendship to be revoked after their sexuality coming to light as image altering tech like this does not currently exist. Good to see him bonding more with Alex at least. That is the tag team I want to see!

So far they are doing well to have the characters show different views while also not being blindly ignorant to the views of each other (last episode came close but was believable). I’m talking about James Olsen who I can’t believe I am actually quite liking so far this season. Long time readers know that I used to really dislike this guy. His decision not to jump straight into an editorial made sense without him coming across as cold: he still cared but didn’t want to rush into things. The opposing view coming from new character Nia was also handled eloquently without her becoming to whiny or preachy towards James. She kept composed and I am enjoying her presence in the show so far. James changing his mind in the end felt logical too as he witnessed discrimination with his own eyes that was being passed off as jokey banter. It was the normalisation and down-playing of it I think that made him change his mind. Like I said last time, this is the way for this show to touch on social issues. Very very good stuff.

Then we come on to the Agent of Liberty. He is already so engaging. The voice in particular is great with it being powerful yet also understated. If anyone has ever seen the show Legend of Korra I am getting some big Amon vibes from him with the mask and the rallying up of the “normal” people. If he himself turns out to be an alien though then I’ll just accuse them of copying! Great follow up though to the first episode. This season is looking good so far…and that Lena line about Mercy being weaker than her because she chose a side, something she is never stupid enough to do was a line that may struggle to be topped.

DD Rating: 8.75/10