Supergirl Review – Truth or Consequence (6×18)

The penultimate episode of Supergirl was the most gripping installment of the season. 

It’s all ramping up for the final battle between the Super Squad and power couple Lex and Nyxly,  known by their ship name “Lexly.” I don’t hate it, it’s cute. 

What I do hate is that they ruined Alex and Kelly’s bachelorette, manipulated a sweet and innocent girl, and killed William Dey. 

Who saw that coming?

This is the reason why mere mortals don’t cross Lex or ignite his wrath. He’s unpredictable and ruthless. William Dey’s life didn’t matter to him because the only thing that has ever mattered to Lex, up until now, has been himself. 

And William is such a good guy that he protected his sources at all costs. He never wanted his reputation put on the line with those private journal entries, but he didn’t out Andrea Rojas for being behind them either. 

It’s a grim fate for a character so full of promise. 

He was one of the good guys fighting the good fight because he knew it was the right thing to do. Engraining himself with the Super Friends started as a job at first, but he volunteered to watch Esme out of the kindness of his heart. 

Unfortunately, despite the Super Friends’ best attempt to stay one step ahead of Lex, it’s kind of hard to outsmart the Man of Tomorrow. He quite literally knows what’s going to happen next. 

Lex arranged William’s meeting with Otis, which the Super Friends definitely considered, but it never dawned on them that Lex used Lena’s tracking of the Lexosuit’s to put a virus on the Tower’s computer thus blocking the blood work results for Esme and allowing him to disable the security system that led to William’s death and Esme’s kidnapping. 

All I can say is ugh. Lex truly is a good villain.

William stood no chance against Lex, but the Super squad knew that. Why didn’t they consider an alternative in the instance that the Tower’s protections failed? 

Why didn’t William have one of those buttons that summoned Supergirl like the Kent brothers do on Superman & Lois.

Superheroes deserve a day off (cue Lena’s analysis: “what’s the point of saving the world if you don’t get to enjoy it?”), but maybe they should’ve held off until they put a stop to Lexly!

I would think that with Supergirl’s supersonic hearing, she would be alerted to what was happening at the Tower even if she was having some fun. 

Unfortunately, being a superhero means that you can never put your guard down. 

I’m really bummed that Esme blindly trusted Nyxly instead of channeling her powers and making a scene. 

I don’t blame her since she’s just a kid, but I wish they emphasized stranger danger! I feel like she would be able to sense people with bad intentions since she was so astute while in the group home. 

I’m scared of what Nyxly and Lex will do to her in order to get what they want. 

Would Nyxly really hurt a child?

I didn’t think she was the biggest threat the Super Squad ever faced, but with an assist from Lex, she definitely is. 

The one thing they have with Esme in their possession is leverage. 

And you know the Super Squad would immediately give up all the Totem’s they had in order to bring that little girl to safety. 

Truthfully, why didn’t anyone recognize the Love Totem when it appeared on Esme’s neck. Since they know the Totem’s energy reconstitutes, you would think they would’ve put two-and-two together. 

I also wonder if it’ll force Alex and Kelly to rethink their jobs. Their involvement in Tower business put Esme at risk when their one job is to protect her! I could see Alex walking away from this life and leaving the superhero-ing to Kara. 

With such a cliffhanger, Kara’s fight with Alex about how to raise Esme almost seems insignificant.

Alex’s reaction was harsh as Kara meant well seeing as she had a little experience growing up with powers, but it was important that Alex emphasized that she doesn’t want Esme to grow up feeling like “an other” and to hide part of her identity. 

I love that the storyline is encouraging everyone to boldly live their truth and own it. 

Supergirl’s existence was dangerous back in the day, but now, despite some bumps in the road, the world has become more accepting of aliens with powers. 

Esme doesn’t have to hide to thrive! Plus, the sooner she learns how to get a handle on her powers, the better it’ll be for her. She shouldn’t have to surpress them if she can control them. 

There was also a powerful moment between Lena and Andrea when the latter called for advice about leaking Lex’s journals. The takedown of Lex and getting the story is important, but at what cost. It was the same question William posed when he confronted Andrea. 

She eventually saw that the cost for getting those eyeballs onto CatCo was quite high. 

And in his dying moments, William still managed to get her the exclusive, or, as he called it, the real story. 

Andrea is never going to forgive herself for contributing to the death of her best reporter, however, I hope she learns from her mistake and gives CatCo the revamp it truly deserves. 

Let’s restore the magazine to its glory days under Cat Grant! 

Let’s have it stand for something rather than fall for nothing. 

And finally, Brainy is being summoned back to the 31st century. 

It never occurred to me that at some point, he’d have to return back home, but I guess it makes sense since he belongs to a different time. The consequences of not returning are too dire. Not only would it mess up the time-space continuum but it would cause the extinction of Coluans. Brainy can’t be responsible for that.

It’s a heartbreaking realization considering he’s created a pretty wonderful life for himself here, including his relationship with Nia.

It’s so easy to forget that these two are together as the series doesn’t put that much emphasis on their romance, but they also come as a pair — Nia and Brainy. 

It’ll be weird to see them both go their separate ways; they’ve learned so much from each other. 

However, I loved the poignant speech about being happy to feel the loss because that means that it all mattered. 

They always say that nothing worth having comes easy, and that couldn’t be more true in Brainy’s instance. 

What did you think of the penultimate episode of Supergirl?

How do you think everything will end?

And are you ready to say goodbye with a two-hour series finale? Let us know in the comments!