Solitude (Supergirl)
| "Solitude" | |
|---|---|
| Supergirl episode | |
| Episode no. |
Season 1 Episode 15 |
| Directed by | Dermott Downs |
| Teleplay by | Anna Musky-Goldwyn & James DeWille |
| Story by | Rachel Shukert |
| Production code | 4X7615 |
| Original air date | February 29, 2016 |
| Guest actors | |
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"Solitude" is the fifteenth episode in the first season of the CBS television series Supergirl, which aired on February 29, 2016. The episode's teleplay was written by Anna Musky-Goldwyn and James DeWille, from a story by Rachek Shukert, and directed by Dermott Downs. The episode is named for the Superman's Fortress of Solitude in comic books and related television and film series.
Plot
In a flashback to her past towards the Phantom Zone, the young Kara Zor-El, before her pod starts towing the prison ship, notices a computer console in her dash that lights up with the telltale three dots of Brainiac. In the present day, Alex entices Kara to come back to the DEO, but Kara says no because of Hank "killing" Astra, then heads off to CatCo, where she and Winn are still getting the cold shoulder from Siobhan, which is interrupted by Cat asking everyone in for a conference call. Siobhan shows a package that Cat should see personally, but Cat wants it open for all to see, so James takes the package and opens it to find a letter and thumb drive. A unimpressed Cat tells Siobhan to have the drive microwaved. At the DEO, Alex and Hank spar and debate over whether Kara should know the truth when Alex's actions causes Hank to become J'onn, who feels that the DEO is better off without Kara. Back at CatCo, the monitors and other electronic devices start to go haywire and as Cat and the staff look at the monitors, they see a hacker who tells Cat that she ignored what was on the drive, and warns her that she will bring chaos to National City. Immediately the hacker does just that by disrupting the traffic signals. Kara, as Supergirl arrives to help save the people in harm's way. Cat tells James to get every personnel on this latest cyber attack, but as James prepares to cover the story, Lucy is not pleased because Supergirl is involved.
At Kara's apartment, Kara and James watch Winn try to crack the code to no avail when the hacker appears on the screen and teleports through the computer into the room as a blue woman with the symbols of Brainiac appears and attacks, with Kara ready to fight back. She is suddenly joined by Hank and Alex, who convinces Kara to come back to the DEO because they have the information on the computer but Kara is not ready to return. Moments later, and after scaring a couple off, the cyberwoman, revealed to be Indigo, teleports through another computer and meets with Non, but he wasn't in the mood to flirt with her as he still grieving over Astra's death. Indigo tells Non that Astra’s notion of living alongside the humans can’t work, and vows to change that so she and the Kryptonians can be only ones left on Earth.
Back at CatCo, Winn offers to help Siobhan make copies, but she is upset over finding that her father was listed as a member of a cheating website thanks to Indigo and leaves Winn to make the copies. Alex then stops by to ask Winn to help with disabling the malware, which upsets Kara. The frustration prompts James to take Kara to a place called the Fortress of Solitude, where the answer lies in a computer known Kelex. The computer tells Kara that Indigo was a prisoner at Fort Rozz and is considered its deadliest. James thinks Hank should know but Kara wants to go it alone. When James returns, Lucy is upset over missing a dinner date and storms off to tell her father about Indigo hacking the military cybersystems. Kara then intervenes and calm down Lucy about James. This causes Kara to miss the partnership she had with Alex and Winn.
At the military site, Indigo has already disabled the codes as a general tries to enter the place and she takes out everyone, then activates the missiles. As Kara arrives to fight Indigo, Indigo gets the upper hand and escapes but Kara recovers and goes after the missiles, knowing that anything she will try will destroy National City, prompting her to consult Hank, who guides and helps Kara disarm the missiles. Indigo wasn't finished with Kara yet and sends more missiles, while she notices that Winn has begun sending a virus and teleports her arm through a phone screen and begins choking him. The virus succeeds in finishing off Indigo, and as she lays helpless in front of Kara, she revealed that she was the one who connected both the pod and the ship that bought them to Earth, then disintegrates.
At CatCo, Winn tells Siobhan about his family and how he has felt just like her. Siobhan then kisses him but warns Winn not to say anything. Meanwhile, Kara gives James her blessing to tell Lucy the truth, only to have Lucy tell James that she is breaking up with him, believing that Kara loves James, too, even if she can’t admit it yet. Kara also returns to the DEO and ready to work with Hank again. Alex suddenly comes clean to Kara and admitted to killing Astra because she wanted to protect J'onn, but let him take the blame because she didn't want to lose Kara. While Kara reluctantly hugged Alex, Kara reached out to hold Hank's hand. Finally, Non, using a spinning ball, places it on a computer and a new version of Indigo begins to materialize, but in pieces, with Non saying that he wants her to do things his way.
Reception
Cliff Wheatley of IGN gave the episode an 7.2/10: “Solitude” was a great episode for Supergirl herself with a whole lot of fun teases and easter eggs for comic book fans. The ending with Supergirl forgiving Alex was one of the most genuine and pleasing moments of the show, but it was also an episode laced with silly techno-babble and a love triangle dynamic that was hard to get behind."[1]
Stacy Glanzman of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 3.8 out of 5 stars.[2]
References
- ↑ "SUPERGIRL: "Solitude" REVIEW" from IGN (February 29, 2016)
- ↑ "Supergirl Season 1 Episode 14 Review: Solitude" from TV Fanatic (February 29, 2016)