This episode felt mostly like an aside to the main storyline this season, which involves Kara's relationship with Mon-el and Rhea's ruthless desire to get her son back at any cost and by any means, no matter how violent or underhanded.
But it's still a pretty good episode, I thought. I was surprised that Lena's former love interest ended up being an innocent pawn and found it poignant that Lena had no choice but to kill him to stop the nanoswarm.
The main purpose of this episode was obviously to return Kara to her job as a reporter by proving herself to Snapper, which she did, very well. Good writing on that, which didn't feel contrived or artificial to me, but rather natural.
To me, this season was much better than the first, which I did like. Just not as much. Mon-el was a very welcome addition to the cast. As a comics reader, I know the character well from Legion of Super-Heroes. Here, his back story is radically altered from the comics, giving him a redemption arc from his former thoughtless and spoiled self to a responsible and decent individual, eventually a real hero like Kara.
I was inspired to write this review after re-watching this episode; had stalled in watching this series years ago around season 3 as I turned my interest to other series. Not so much because I didn't like the series; just got distracted. I liked Winn's alien girlfriend Lyra but see that that this was her last episode; it's kind of a shame as I liked that character and actress.
But it's still a pretty good episode, I thought. I was surprised that Lena's former love interest ended up being an innocent pawn and found it poignant that Lena had no choice but to kill him to stop the nanoswarm.
The main purpose of this episode was obviously to return Kara to her job as a reporter by proving herself to Snapper, which she did, very well. Good writing on that, which didn't feel contrived or artificial to me, but rather natural.
To me, this season was much better than the first, which I did like. Just not as much. Mon-el was a very welcome addition to the cast. As a comics reader, I know the character well from Legion of Super-Heroes. Here, his back story is radically altered from the comics, giving him a redemption arc from his former thoughtless and spoiled self to a responsible and decent individual, eventually a real hero like Kara.
I was inspired to write this review after re-watching this episode; had stalled in watching this series years ago around season 3 as I turned my interest to other series. Not so much because I didn't like the series; just got distracted. I liked Winn's alien girlfriend Lyra but see that that this was her last episode; it's kind of a shame as I liked that character and actress.