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I think we can all agree that Lex (and to a lesser extend Lena) is carrying this season. Leviathan is the most boring main villain since Non.
Lex continues to be an awesome villain. It was great to see all his schemes and machinations come to fruition throughout the days Post-Crisis. Poor Eve, being manipulated like that. Gemma reminds me of Media from American Gods.
Yeah, he's way too good a character to kill off at this point, especially if Cryer wants to keep playing him.
True, although if anything, it's the other way around and Trump has taken a couple pages from Lex Luthor's playbook.
That's a pretty serious blow (and the messed up thing is how, I dunno, impersonal it is because he killed Jeremiah as a means of further manipulating everyone), but there have been versions of him that have killed Superman and Lois.
I think Lex kind of had to do that because he backed himself into a corner. Eve was starting to fall for him, and he had to play along with that initially so she'd keep working for him. When she came right out and said she wanted to be with him romantically, he had to turn her down. Since that has the potential to backfire on him in a woman scorned kind of way, he had to reveal that he is basically holding Eve's mother hostage so she won't try anything. That's probably going to come back to bite him, but I can see why he did it.
Well, the show is called Supergirl. If he survives, he can move over to Superman and Lois and be a Big Bad for them.
While I agree, remember this IS Warner Brothers. If they even have the germ of an idea of using Lex in the movies, they'll kill him off in a heartbeat.
Hell, this Lex spent an episode killing alternate Supermen.That's a pretty serious blow (and the messed up thing is how, I dunno, impersonal it is because he killed Jeremiah as a means of further manipulating everyone), but there have been versions of him that have killed Superman and Lois.
Don't insult Non like that.
Last Read: Aquaman & The Flash: Voidsong
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I'm not even necessarily complaining it's just weird to me that this one character is so central to another's motivation but they seem to go out of their way not to have them actually interact with each other on-screen in favor of a character who, while the lead of the show and his sister's best friend, has no real history with him.
Chris Vance got the role of the main villain sort of by default because Laura Benanti left the show because she had a child and wanted to got back to New York for Broadway. I think the intention was to have Astra
as the main villain the entire first season. Non had been just sort of Astra's flunky up until that point.
I think this is in part because Lex has shown a special interest in Lena and Supergirl has been heavily involved with Lena since season 2. Thus Lex has become fixated on Supergirl because at this point in time Supergirl
is more of a threat to Lena than Superman is. Lex probably feels he can always go back to dealing with Superman once he has dealt with Supergirl. Eliminated that threat.
Wow, that was genuinely pretty terrific. Cryer is just too damn good as Lex. Aside for being a brilliant Luthor showcase, this episode also gave this otherwise crazy messy season some much-needed focus.
They definitely need to do some housekeeping before the next season (get rid of some of the supporting cast; keep the overall plotline more streamlined and allow for more good single-episode stories (this season has actually had a number of those, fortunately); once again, more Kara in her own show; and do whatever the hell they can to keep John Cryer around in some capacity) but it's episodes like this that proves that this show still has some aces up its sleeves.
Unlike The Flash, unfortunately. Well, aside for Ralph and Sue.
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I actually wonder how much Kara will actually be in the next season, due to her pregnancy. They might need to keep an expanded supporting cast just to cover her absence.
Wait, is THAT why they killed her off?!
The thing that always impressed me about Joss Wheedon was that, with one notable exception, he was always able to either keep actors around, or call them back for the most minuscule cameos. Berlanti, on the other hand, seems to be the exact opposite- he keeps hiring cast members that can't wait to leave. I wish they'd hire actors that wanted to stick around.
Last Read: Aquaman & The Flash: Voidsong
Monthly Pull List: Birds of Prey, Daredevil, Geiger, Green Arrow, Justice Ducks, Justice Society of America, Negaduck, Nightwing, Phantom Road, Shazam!, Space Ghost, Suicide Squad: Dream Team, Thundercats, Titans