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Myriad - 1.19 - episode discussion
air date - April 11, 2016

BlondieLeigh

Thanks for starting the thread Excited

Elektra

* Shouldn’t the DEO inmates have prison scrubs or something?

* Cat: Call Harrison Ford and tell him I’m flattered, but I don’t date older men… I see what you did there, show! I’m sure Calista and her hubby had a good laugh when she showed him that line .

* So Kal-El is affected because he has a “human brain”? Umm… well… okay, I guess…

* Mama Danvers took the news about J’onn rather well…

On a side note, this episode has Supergirl x3! (Mama and Indigo being the other two Supergirls)

* Oh look, random person the audience didn’t know is dead.

* Dear Maxwell Lord - why am I not surprised that you’d rather bomb the city than share your technology? Jerk.

* Non forgot to mention Metropolis and Gotham on his list of cities to take over…

* I’m a little disappointed that we didn’t get to see J’onn actually pick up Alex when they flew off.

* YES, J’onn kicked Indigo’s butt! I cheered

* J’onn’s totally okay … Right? RIGHT? I mean, they did make a point of saying he could regenerate back when the real Hank Henshaw was attacking him.

J'onn's fine, and I refuse to believe otherwise.

eternalfate

BlondieLeigh

Why did they think it would be okay to end an episode like that?! I can't wait a week!

Is Lucy okay?
Is J'onn okay?
Where have Alex and J'onn been if they haven't already gone to project cadmus?
Cat and Max will do whatever it is they're doing just in time to stop Alex from killing Kara, right? They'll save the humans and then Kara and J'onn will go after the kryptonians?
Non doesn't seem able to kill Kara either. Because he knows Astra wouldn't want him to? Doesn't mean he should get Alex to kill her!!

I never thought I would say this, but I wish Alex had stayed away. If only she had predicted what would happen.

jediwands

So much to say but for now:

- Alex should have stayed with mom.
- 3 Supergirls... Cool.
- Why did Cat REACT while hugging Supergirl? Does she know Supergirl = Kara? That was the most interesting part of the episode.

Oh and MM please don't be dead!

jediwands

Dp

a fine mess

Oh no, doesn't sound like it was an overly great episode? I haven't seen it yet. Can't help reading spoilers, as always, though. I am still at work...

jediwands

^ I feel like this episode clearly was setting up the finale. That said, I would not call it a filler episode either because tons of stuff happened. I liked that it was divided into two parts.

More complete thoughts:

- Cat and the Harrison Ford comment was hilarious since of course Calista and Harrison are married.

- I didn't necessarily love finding out that Kal-El is affected because his brain has turned more human. That didn't really work for me. I wish we would have found out he was far away and couldn't be reached instead.

- I loved seeing Alex's mom watching J'onn shape shift.

- 3 Supergirls!

- The show is doing a very good job of the grayness that is Maxwell Lord. When he was telling Kara more stuff about his parents I actually slightly felt sorry for him. But he's still volatile. I have hope he might turn more to light after he received a nice dose of Kara and Cat but I highly doubt he's ever going to be fully with the good side. He will continue to float back and forth.

- J'onn better not die... He's not dead... he's not dead... I so hope he's not dead... Regeneration was mentioned so I hope that is the reality.

- Every Cat/Supergirl scene was utter perfection. Seriously, they are amazing together. Cat talked Supergirl into having HOPE and it was so beautiful. She allowed Supergirl to come up with a new plan because Cat's gorgeous. I love when Cat said she opened herself up to Kara. Does she know Kara is Supergirl again? Not sure while she told the story she knew BUT the hug, the LOOK! I think Cat knows now based on something that happened when they hugged. Perfume the same for Kara and Supergirl? What could it be? Cat's expression is key!

- I love Alex but she should have listened to MM and stayed at her mom's. I knew the second the telepathy plan came into play it was going to decrease the powers in MM and they would be screwed. If Alex would have stayed at her mom's, MM would have joined Supergirl, Cat, Max and they could have figured something out. Indigo for sure would have been killed if MM had full powers. Sucks.

Now... controlled Alex versus Kara!

- Non truly doesn't seem capable of flat out killing Kara on his own. It's fascinating. Non doesn't actually want to kill Kara or the humans. The main point of his plan is to ultimately keep the human race from destroying themselves. He only kills when he deems it necessary for the "greater good," such as offing that Kelly chick to try and convince Kara to back down. It's also why he's not interested in expanding his reach beyond Earth (which Indigo doesn't agree with) and didn't want the White Martian set free.

Man this episode left the fans with major worry. Waiting a whole week isn't fair! I also have a feeling the finale will leave us with a major cliffhanger before season 2 (hopefully season 2).

DigificWriter

I really enjoyed last night's episode and didn't feel like it was in any way "incomplete", although I was surprised when it ended because things went so fast that, before I realized it, we'd hit the bottom of the hour.

I have to say that I now officially love Peter Facinelli's Maxwell Lord and don't want him to go anywhere next season (even though I know there's a distinct chance that he could be gone since Peter took a lead role in the Pilot for another show). He was a little quick on the trigger for a bit, but eventually came around to Kara's way of thinking, showing that he's not a completely callous bastard. I also loved his snarky flirting with Cat.

While we're on the subject of callous bastards, I thought it was great that General Lane and Kara were able to have a civil conversation, and almost wish we'd seen more of him in the episode.

I don't know why, but I'd somehow gotten it into my head that we were going to get to see Melissa, Helen, and Laura on-screen together at the same time in a single scene, and was sad that we didn't, but it's still a milestone that we got all 3 of them in one episode.

Speaking of both Eliza and Indigo, I loved how Eliza went into full-on scientist mode and was asking J'onn questions about his Martian physiology and exactly how his shape-shifting abilities work, and also really liked the fight between him and Indigo, even though it sucked seeing him get stabbed.

I've seen certain reviews describe the Myriad plan itself as kind of underwhelming, but I personally found it really scary, especially since the people it affected weren't just behaving as a "hive-mind" but could have their bodies and minds taken over directly by Non. It reminded me very much of the Borg from Star Trek, and was therefore really creepy.

I can't wait to see how all of the lingering threads from this episode get resolved next week, so the writers did their job correctly.

10 out of 10 for me.

obisgirl

The episode was really good. I think the highlight for me was seeing J'onn back in action to help Kara save National City.

I also loved once J'onn explained to Eliza what happened to Jeremiah, she went into full Doctor mode asking him all these questions about how he can shape shift.

I'm glad Myriad is being broken up into two parts. I think it would be too unrealistic if it were solved in one episode.

Loved Kara's line to James after she found him at Catco, "Come back to me," omg, the feels...

Can't want for next week!

Elektra

I would have preferred if they continued with the "Kal-El is currently off world" excuse that Kalex gave, instead of having him come back only to succumb to mind control. That just seemed a bit silly.

On a side note: how does Maxwell know so much about Kal-El, where he was raised, and how long he's been on Earth?

DigificWriter

I would encourage anyone who has issues with Clark succumbing to Myriad to do some research on the "nature vs nurture" Sociological theory.

wickedrum

I think it's totally plausible for him to be brainwashed.

Logan

I already want to see the finale , Kara vrs mind controlled kryptonite suit alex

Once Kara hugged Cat hugged her hard, she either figured pout that Kara was Supergirl or she came up with the idea to use her old studio

loved seeing alex mom again ,she really came off as part scientist and maybe a crush on Jon
Jimmy and wynn jumping off a bld with another woman at the same time Superman would have caught all three

It had better be huge finale like 2 hrs to pull of the fights and aftermath .

Laura vandercourt showing back up in all her blue glory !1 ( blue is my favorite color )and i am big fan of laura (Bitten smallville etc )

What was icon they where going to show< Supergirl symbol to make the people change back ?
previews show Supergirl and Jon fighting Naun