SUPERGIRL 6.10

 

RECAP - SUPERGIRL  6.10:  "Still, I Rise"  

Well, this week, we definitely got to see the Girl of Steel enter an arena of combat that she's had very little success in:  Politics.  Supergirl tackles a city council set on turning over a building that could house low-cost income families...especially those that were part of the prisoner work program like Orlando...to a corporate entity that---while creating new jobs---would price people like Orlando out.  And all Orlando wants to do is get a place for him and his little brother, who's been stuck in the home for super powered alien kids for some time.  And while Kelly will be there to keep tabs on him, it's not enough.  So, Supergirl tries to make good on HER promise to Orlando by trying to have his back like she said she would, and go to bat for him.  Speaking of Kelly, we see her begin her training as Guardian with Alex, and the other big issue is with Nia freeing Nyxly from her dreams, making a deal with the devil, if you will, in order to talk to her mother again.  But knowing Imps like we do....this is bad news.  So...let's recap and see what went down this week...

To focus on our Maid of Might, Supergirl had to FIRST endure a HORRIBLE and cheesy PSA with Brainy about....eating your greens.  However, as bad as it is, it seems to be hitting the mark, as it's getting a ton of views online...despite the fact Brainy posted it WITHOUT Kara's permission.  Kelly, who had been training with Alex, gets a call from Joey, saying that the apartment he and Orlando are supposed to have gotten fell through, and Supergirl takes this time to go live up to HER word about helping Orlando.  He tells her that losing this apartment is just another hardship for him AND Joey, and that everyone that was on the work release program is getting put behind the 8-ball because they're not able to find work, and he's not able to get a job without a place to live.  Supergirl said she will work on it, and she takes off.

Now, while the Last Daughter of Krypton is busy trying to help out Orlando, Nia Nall has gone and done something VERY stupid:  she let Nyxly out of her dreams and into the real world.  Now...Nyxly DOES keep her promise and brings Nia's mother back---but only for 24 hours.  Meanwhile, Nyxly has her own ideas...but doesn't have her magic, since it took all of it to cast her little spell for Nia.  And Nyxly ends up getting captured by Mitch, who worked with Magnus to have their own Menagerie aboard the ship---they were the ones who tried to capture Kara Danvers when she was a teenager back in Midvale.  Mitch wanted to start it again, and knows he captured an Imp, but the problem is, she says she has no powers.  But she plots with him to see if they can capture Supergirl. In order to do that, they have to grab and engineer that can design a bomb capable of freezing a Kryptonian in place.  

Kara continues to work the story about the city council vote about turning over the building to a corporate entity.  She tells her story to William, who says that Supergirl's word may not be enough to sway the council to delay the vote.  Kara thinks that if Supergirl speaks there, she can possibly reach them.  Andrea, however, says that Supergirl would be better served to use social media to reach the masses and get her voice heard.  So, WIlliam helps her do so, but the plan goes awry, as many citizens following the broadcast, come down on Supergirl, even one person calling her a hypocrite.  Before she can respond, however, she hears someone in trouble, and has to take off.  She finds out that it's at a lab, and she goes to save the person in distress, only to see Mitch make off with the engineer that Nyxly ordered him to get. This has now gotten the Superfriends on their radar.

And while all of this is going down, Nia is still locked in her apartment, learning to better interpret and control her powers.  Her mother tries to get her to focus, knowing that Nia needs to understand her dreams in order to stop Nyxly after unleashing her upon the world.  Nia sees a dollhouse, and then a room, where she finds her sister Maeve.  She tries to share this power with Maeve, but it hurts Maeve.  Nia can't handle it, and she starts to cry.  Nia realizes that when Maeve was upset that she wasn't the chosen one in the family to get these powers, and it was Nia, that Nia ran away.  Ran away from Maeve, and ran away from her fears.  The only way she will conquer them...and stop Myxly...is to be honest with herself, accept her responsibility, and face her fears.  And to stop running away with her problems, no matter how painful they get.  The 24 hours is almost up, and her mother leaves...and Nia now has a renewed purpose for stopping Nyxly.  

While the rest of the Superfriends are trying to track Mitch and his ship, Nyxly's got it cloaked while the engineer completes the bomb.  Kara and Kelly talk, and Kelly feels like she can't get the right moves down to improve her training, and Kara is frustrated by not being able to reach the city councilwoman on stopping the vote on the apartment building.  Both Kelly and Kara realize that they have to shift their perspectives on their situation.  This leads Supergirl...with Kelly in tow, to the city council meeting, where she brings Orlando to speak his peace.  This plan actually makes an impact, because they get to hear HIS story.  Before the vote can happen, however, Nyxly decloaks the ship, and activates the bomb.  The building shakes, and the team begins to start evacuating the people before they freeze to death.  Brainy, J'onn, and Alex board the ship, and rescue the engineer, and J'onn gets Myxly out of her cell (which we know she put herself in), and they take off.  J'onn and Supergirl are with the bomb, and she zaps it with her heat vision to stop it, and prevent it from exploding, thus freezing everything. 

With everyone rescued the head City Councilwoman says that they'll delay the vote, but she only feels that Supergirl won the battle, not the war.  She is convinced that everyone like Orlando is just criminal scum, and deserve nothing.  Orlando is grateful to Supergirl for her efforts.  Later on, she laments on what the City Councilwoman said, and Brainy said that while the battles will be tough, and seem endless, he'll stand by her side through all of it.  They then get an alert about an energy signature at the Ormfell building where they once were.  Supergirl goes to investigate, but runs into Nyxly...who had used the bomb to regenerate her magic powers.  She ends up capturing Supergirl in ice, and prevents her from being able to save the building from being destroyed.  Nyxly says that there's nothing Supergirl can do, because she's bound by magic, and only magic can break it.  She plans on making Supergirl suffer for her betrayal.  And before Nyxly can do anything else, Supergirl, out of desperation, calls out Myxy's name, and he appears.  

Things have certainly picked up in National City, and it's now time to see just what kind of damage Nyxly can REALLY do.  And Imps are dangerous.  So, I'm REAL curious to see what happens now that Myxy is here.  Will he have the courage and ability to help Supergirl with taking Nyxly down before she really sinks her teeth into terrorizing the Earth?  And what of Nia?  Now that it looks like she's got her act together, will we finally see her utilize her powers to their fullest?  And I'm glad we got back to her sister and THAT torn relationship.  I'm also looking forward to seeing Kelly finally suit up as Guardian at some point.  

This was a good episode, it got Nyxly out of Nia's dreams, where she can finally be the threat they've built her up to be.  It also gave us Nia dealing with her Mommy issues, and we'll see what she does with this newfound confidence, and will we see the full extent of her powers? It's good to see Supergirl interact more with the public, and seeing the difference she can make in people's lives.  I am not sure what they're building towards as far as a swan song goes for this show, but I'm just trying to enjoy this cast....especially Melissa Benoist, for a long as she's around.  She truly has embraced this character for everything she represents.  Make no mistake, we are going to miss Supergirl when she's gone.  So...continue enjoying the ride as I am...as we see the final flight of Supergirl.  

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Until next time....Up, up, and away!