SUPERGIRL - Season 4.14

SUPERGIRL – SEASON 4, EP. 14:  “Stand and Deliver”

The Girl of Steel and Dreamer patrol on high tonight, as they try to ensure the protest between Lockwood’s Sons of Liberty and the Alien Community goes peacefully, while Brainy and J’Onn join in the festivities.  Meanwhile, Alex must go against her beliefs to fulfill a mission given to her by Col. Haley.

We open up our week’s edition of the show with the Elite coming down the street with song “Stuck In the Middle” playing.  They’re plotting their next plan to disrupt things.  They go their separate ways to set things up.  Menagerie goes off to grab “a bite” before following up her end of the plan.  However, the woman she follows leads her right to Dreamer and Supergirl, who disarm her quickly.  They try to extract info about the rest of the Elite out of her, but she won’t relent.  However, J’Onn isn’t so nice.

Lockwood is at a press conference, accepting his position has Head of Alien Affairs, and Manchester Black and his cronies begin to attack the Lockwood.  Supergirl and J’Onn arrive before things escalate, but the Elite escape.

At CatCo, Miss Tessmacher arrives to see James, and he inquires about the “Black Finanaces” of L-Corp, and Tessmacher tells him that it’s used to show business partners, and for their Science Division.  She tells him that while he and Lena are in a bad spot, things will change.  She says anything else he needs to know, she’ll have to ask Lena.

J’Onn and Kara chat about what to do with Menagerie, and figuring out how to stop the Elite before they strike again.  She says she should’ve handled it sooner, but she didn’t.  J’Onn tells her not to blame herself.

At the DEO, Miss Tessmacher tries to talk to Lena, but Lena isn’t having it right now..especially since she just had a showdown with Col. Haley about rushing her experiments into production for her soldiers.  Lena told her she needed more time, and Haley isn’t really going to be lenient.

Haley tells Alex she’s on a security detail….Ben Lockwood.  She isn’t pleased about it, but she has to do her job.  Lockwood and her have a chat, and he feels that history will prove him right.  At his press conference, he plans on repealing the Alien Immigration Act.  Watching this on TV is Kara, Nia, and J’Onn.  They have to find the Elite before they strike at the rally at the Alien Immigration Building that Lockwood has set up.  At the DEO, Haley asks Brainy to track down the Elite and anyone that might be radicals on the alien side, otherwise, there will be a powderkeg, and things will get worse.  Dreamer says that they have to head to the balcony, and find one of the Morai’s claws, and hope to be able to track the Elite with it.

Manchester Black and his buddy have arrived at the North Pole, and have discovered the Fortress of Solitude.  They also find the key, and manage to lift it up to gain entry into it. 

Alex shows up at Kara’s apartment, looking to her for advice about Lockwood.  She can’t stand him, and not sure what to do.  Kara tells her that she is a hero, and she will make the tough call, even though it won’t be popular.  Alex wants her to stay, but Kara says she’s got a deadline.  But decides to hang out with her sister anyway. 

At the Fortress, Black and Hat are looking for Menagerie, and break her out.  Black wants to take down Supergirl and Lockwood, but Hat has other ideas.  Looks like the seeds of separation are set, because Black isn’t deviating from his plan, and Hat won’t budge.  Black is off to find Menagerie, as Hat leaves.  Meanwhile, Dreamer and J’Onn use the claw and her astral projection powers to find out where they were at.  Dreamer urges J’Onn to get Supergirl quickly, and they’re off to the Fortress of Solitude.  There, they face off against the Elite, but mange to put the Morai down.  Black looks to escape J’Onn, but ends up escaping through a door, but swallowed up by tentacles.

Back at CatCo, James talks to one of the reporters who is covering the rally.  He let’s them know that what they do is important, and reporting the truth, and ALL sides, is important.  Then, he asks if he needs a reporter.

Back at J’Onn’s office, Kara tells him that the creature was a Sun Eater, and it’s very dangerous.  Brainy shows up, and apologizes for the loss of Manchester Black.  J’Onn can’t sense him anymore, but feels some sense of relief.  Brainy comes back to ask about the Legion ring, but they didn’t get it back.  Brainy then explains that he’s supposed to be at the rally, and that HE is the web blogger that Haley wanted him to find.  He tells Kara that when he had the ring, it gave him strength.  But then he met Kara, and she has been his source of strength.  He asks if they’ll go with him to the rally, since he’s there to keep the peace.  Kara says her and Nia can’t…they need to patrol in case there is trouble.  J’Onn agrees to go.

At the rally, Lockwood is spilling his rhetoric about the abolision of the Alien Immigration Act.  As the alien protesters arrive on the rally, J’Onn and Brainy are in solidarity, while Supergirl looks overhead.  She spots one of the people shouting at the protesters, and schools the man on why they’re peacefully protesting, and saying that she is no different than them…and walks with the protesters.  They arrive at the rally, and Lockwood insights the crowd.  Supergirl tells them to stand their ground, and do NOT engage.  Eventually, as things start to get escalate, Alex kills the rally by getting Lockwood off stage.

Meanwhile, it turns out Hat and Manchester are very much alive, and with the Kryptonian crystal, they feel their plan worked that Supergirl and J’Onn had thought he died.  They put their plan into action, and Black comes out as multiple figures, telling the aliens to take control and fight back.  Hat starts handing out weapons, as everything breaks into chaos.  J’Onn goes after Black, as Brainy takes on Hat, and Supergirl and Dreamer are on crowd control, trying to get everyone to safety.  Brainy manages to take down Hat, and he’s cuffed.  Meanwhile, J’Onn chases down Black and they fight.  But, it turns out that Black disguised one of the Children of Liberty as himself.  Black takes off, and J’Onn is upset that he’s escaped yet again.

We see a montage of humans helping out aliens amidst all the chaos.  Supergirl rescues a little girl, and is reunited with her mother.  James, all the while, are taking pictures.  The man that Supergirl confronted before, had finally seen the light, and thanked her for showing him differently.

We are back at CatCo, where, thanks to James’ pictures, Lockwood has to now back off, and go through a committee in regards to the Registration Act.  Kara, Nia, and James feel there’s a huge victory to be had there, as it gets Lockwood to cool his jets.  James says the power of the people can work wonders, and would also like to thank Supergirl for her efforts, as well as her new sidekick, Dreamer.  James would like a story on her.  Nia says she’ll get right on it.

We cut to J’Onn…with Blacks brass knuckles, trying to get a bead on him.  He’s reminded of what Black said about changing him.  J’Onn won’t let him do it, but reverts to his Martian form, and goes off to search for him.

We then cut Alex talking to Haley, and Haley commends her on the job she did today.  Haley then goes to see Lena, and tells her that thanks to James, she’s got time to concoct her serum.  After Haley leaves, Miss Tessmacher tells her that she should take advantage of the rest, but Lena says there may not be time before something else happens.

Alex and Kara then talk about how Alex handled the situation, and Kara was happy for her.  Alex says that while she and Supergirl haven’t gotten along lately, she’s starting to come around.  She admires her. 

James is leaving his office for the night, and has he’s walking out, the phone rings.  He stops to turn around, pondering to answer it, when there’s a gunshot---James is hit.  We end the episode with him lying in his office bleeding.

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This was a good episode, and sets up some interesting plotlines going forward.  

It was interesting that ONE man who thought less of the aliens actually separated Supergirl from them because she was a superhero...but seeing, at the end of the episode, that it didn't matter WHO was in danger, she was the hero nonetheless....but still and alien.  It was interesting how that dynamic for some of the citizens are.  Supergirl IS an alien, but to many, she gets special dispensation because she's an established superhero.  

We see Dreamer is still learning on the job, and, well, at times came off a little intense.  But for all her inexperience, her enthusiam is there.  She is a nice fit into Team Supergirl, and will be an asset down the road.  

We saw some growth from Brainy today, as we see the more "human" side of him.  He is acclimating to Earth well, and he's also the lighthearted one of the team.  Today, though, finding out he was "American Alien"...a poster on a website, espousing pro-alien sentiment, shows us that he is doing his part to show that not all aliens are bad.  

J'Onn has become obsessed with Manchester Black.  For all the teachings of his father, J'Onn cannot escape is destiny as a superhero.  It's just who he is.  And as much as he proclaims that he's not let Manchester get to him...he clearly has.  Now that he's going full on Manhunter, it will be interesting to see if he can hold his temper back.  Of ANYONE in this season...it is J'Onn that is going through some serious changes.

Alex was good at holding her own this episode, having to do her job while fighting against her very fiber and wanting to pop Lockwood right in the kisser.  Plus, her relationship with Supergirl is improving, which is good for Kara, seeing as it's an aspect of her relationship that she misses dearly.

Lena is relentless in her serum to fulfill Col. Haley's request, and feels that after this rally and protest gone bad, she needs to kick it into high gear.

James...hooo boy!  Who the hell shot him?!!  This is like the "Who Shot JR?" deal from Dallas....but it's not a season ender, and won't hold people for a whole summer.  But still...who could be out to get James?  Most likely a Child of Liberty...but there could be someone else.  Maybe someone from the Elite?  Manchester Black?  Hopefully we'll get an answer next week.

Lockwood took it on the chin tonight...as Haley said, he's a bureaucrat who has no idea what power he wields,  He wanted to stir up the pot, and get a riot going, hoping to take out the protesters, but it turned out, unfortunately for HIM, that he now has to work through official channels to get what he wants---which means his issue will be tied up in political red tape for the forseeable future.  It was his humbling first experience on a political scale, but be sure to see him find a way to grease some wheels on the political ladder to get what he wants.  

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