BlondieLeigh

Kara's basically saying she talked to herself

runawaaay

Whaaat? So she's not really a martian?

BlondieLeigh

Noooo

danvers

I knew it. I just knew they were giving maggie a girlfriend. poor alex

baelfire24

That ending with Miss Martian.

She better be alive somewhere.

Elektra

- How long before J'onn realizes that M’Gann is lying about how she escaped Mars? “I’m whatever I have to be to get by.” *cough*white martian pretending to be a green martian*cough* She's the white martian that broke rank and refused to kill, I'm guessing.

- Snapper’s right, Kara. You need more info before you write a story.

- Winn is teaching Mon-El Earth slang. That… may not be the best idea. Are they going to become BFFs now? Because that would be great!

- I’m really liking the Alex/Maggie dynamic. Should we call them Malex? It seems like Alex was trying to ask her out.

- Oh look, it’s a Lena Luthor sighting. She’s very accommodating, isn’t she?

- Next week’s preview shows James doing vigilante stuff… which basically means the writers have no idea what to do with him. Poor James.

Awesome Nerds

Couldn't watch live, mother came home late...

Commentary though!

Hey look, pyramids!
Awww well how valiant of him..
Soccer with dragons, ha!
Maaaaaggie hey! YES THIS WILL BE GOLD
Kara your WTF face is gold...
Snapper, I will snap you...
Look, he smiles!
She.... could it be... the President??
Awkward little alien, learning that language
She's got her own team, thanks
And that's a development!
Very good at pouting
You guys just met, ha!
Laura Laura Laura!!!!
Bye Mom! HA!
Get the man a new teacher!
YOU BOTH CLEAN UP VERY NICE
Alexandra is this shyness?
Hand holding, I am alive!
DICHEN!!! MY LOVE!!
Oh snap... Miss Martian!
Incoming!
That will complicate things...
Not all the same powers then
Oh he knows right how to grease those wheels
Dude where is James?
He's so weak.... ha!
This won't end badly at all...
So is he impervious to alcohol too?
Sure, come right in
Oh don't you mess with her
Agent Schott, hee!
He is 5'9"!
Oh J'onn don't misplace the blame
Alex and Winn, love it as always
Ouch, poor wee Kara
Good, getting along just a bit more
Oh sweetie no...
Lena heeey! Bless with the privilege!
Of course they went to school together
Isn't that gonna raise some questions for her?
Punched the Martian right out of him
Survivor's guilt, of course
Two on one then.... Supergirl, anytime?
Maggie!
Tell 'em, Supergirl!
Who are your friends, Roulette?
Smiling Alex!
Your girl just showed up there, really?
Close personal friend, very close, very
One for the board!
And now you can!
Knocking, progress
OH WHAT THE DAMN HELL??

Elektra

She's a martian, but she's a white martian. She was younger in the comics, though (equivalent to a teenager) and J'onn became her mentor (even after he found out the truth). She was a member of the Teen Titans for a while.

danvers

sanvers.

I have zero interest in that. I was getting used to minimal james (to no james this episode). oh, well.

baelfire24

I didn't know this information until I watched a reaction video on Youtube. Then, I read her biography and now I understand the ending now. This is why I need to read the comics , so I won't overreact next time.

runawaaay

Oh okei. Thanks. Didnt know that either lol

DigificWriter

Yet another excellent episode from this show on the whole, although I did have a few quibbles:
1) Why didn't Maggie turn Roulette over to the DEO? They could've likely made something stick instead of us getting the clichéd "somebody higher up pulls rank and gets the perp off" plot device.

2) Even though I know these writers have a penchant for following the comics, making M'gann a White Marian feels like a misstep because I think there's a more interesting story that could've been told by making her the actual "Last Daughter of Mars". Going the route that they did also introduces an inconsistency in the way that they've handled Martian shape-shifting, as every time they've done it up until the very last scene of the episode, the person doing the shifting has reverted to their 'natural form' briefly in between shape changes. If you're going to go the route of making her Green Martian form a disguise, at least be consistent with your shifting effect and don't hold off the reveal that she's actually a White Martian until the last scene of the show.

3) Roulette was a bit bland and one-note for me, which was a waste of Dichen Lachman's talents since I know she's capable of much more than they gave her here (see Dollhouse).

Anyway, enough complaining. On to the positive things about Survivors":
The writers actually changed my opinion about Snapper Carr, at least for one episode, by not making him behave like a superficial a-hole. His interactions with Kara, while gruff, were actually on-point and productive, and we even got to see a tiny hint of affection briefly shine through, which is good.

I can no longer deny that there may be more than just friendship brewing between Alex and Maggie, but, at the same time, they're continuing to send up sparks with Kara and Lena Luthor, so we'll see where things ultimately go.

I really liked the bonding we got between Kara and M'onel (this is how I'm spelling his name until the show provides an actual spelling for it in writing). It's nice seeing Kara connect with somebody other than Alex and Clark on a purely platonic and personal level, and officially setting her up as a mentor for him should provide some nice character development for both of them.

Even though it was soured a little by the reveal at the end, I really liked the way that J'onn and M'gann played off one another, and David Harewood and Sharon Leal have really good chemistry.

Even with the issues I talked about at the top, Survivors was still a great episode, and continues Supergirl's streak as the best of the Arrowverse shows stretching back to last season.

jediwands

Thanks for this.

You're like this comic encyclopedia and it's awesome, lol. I watch The Flash too so I pay special attention to your posts because you know your stuff.

a fine mess

There's more to Lena than we have seen. That look on her face after Kara left.

ParkDundee

More Sharon Leal please, even though those white martians are drop-dead hideous.