Ellie wrote in to share some thoughts about the Supergirl Season 6 episode titled “Mxy in the Middle”!
Greetings, dearest Supergirl Radio!
I am writing you this email on this fine evening to tell you my very humble opinion about the new episode.
Now, the episode wasn’t great, but it wasn’t bad either. Just like Mxy, it was in the middle. (Oh jeez, this joke is bad…I’m sorry.)
Jokes aside, I expected more from the episode. It wasn’t bad per se, but it could’ve been better.
The Lena story was somewhat good. It’s always nice to see Katie McGrath in a wig, playing a different character. Though, Lena saying she didn’t believe in magic was a bit weird because in Season Three, there were Kryptonian Witches. Also, what happened to the frames per second during the flashbacks? I sure hope Lena had it in more than 15 frames per second.
The Mxy story was all right, too, I guess. He did try his best to help the team and it’s the effort that counts, right? I hope they manage to save him. He was a bit of a jerk for washing his hands with Nyxly and not supporting her when he was in on the plan, but it was also a long long time ago and the guy changed for the better. He deserves better than what happened to him.
Speaking of Nyxly, she was probably the best part of the episode. She is snarky, she is funny, she is confident, and very powerful. Exactly what a good villain needs to be. And, she seems to be immune to Supergirl’s hope speeches. I guess looking someone in the eyes and telling them “okay, but hope? have you tried that?” doesn’t always work. Nonetheless, I love when Kara tries to change someone and help them so it was good to see that, at least, she tried.
My problem with this episode was how less of a focus Kara had. Apart from wrongfully blaming herself for what happened, she didn’t do all that much. But then again, to be fair, not sure if anyone did all that much. It’s the last season and seeing how less focus Kara, Alex and J’onn are getting is making me sad. I wish they continued her storyline of healing from what happened to her in the first half of Season 6, because clearly, she is still struggling. I did like how quickly Kara forgave Nia. She is just so wholesome and kind and genuinely, a good friend. I do wish Kara would show herself some compassion and understanding the way she does with others. She spent the entire episode blaming herself even though it was not her fault. Even if Nia wasn’t the one to let Nyxly out and she just came with the ship, it was still not going to be Kara’s fault.
Something I liked about the episode was that scene in which Mxy pointed the Phantom Zone projector (obviously without the intention to use it, though, it is not a fun jump scare) at Kara and Alex quickly jumped in front of Kara to protect her. And then, J’onn was quick to take the projector back even though Mxy was not going to actually use it. Alex and J’onn being protective of Kara because they know she is still struggling with what happened was really cute.Having to collect seven totems to gain almost unlimited power sounds like not too bad of a storyline. It gives off fairytale vibes. I’m assuming after 6×12, which won’t have too much of Nyxly since it’s Kelly’s Guardian episode (which, not gonna lie, I am excited about, i really like the Kelly stuff this season), each episode will have one of the totems as the main theme and then the finale will have the final battle. We know that episodes 15, 16 and 17 are called “Hope for Tomorrow”, “Nightmare In National City” and “I Believe in a thing Called Love” and there are totems of hope, dreams, and love among the others. This is why I’m assuming every totem gets an episode (or at least most of them), but I could be wrong here.I know it might sound a bit strange, but what if Esme the Sassy Foster Kid turns out to be one of the totems? We know she has powers and we know the actress will be back, but for now, that’s just a weird theory of mine. I am curious to see how Esme will be included in the story of the remaining episodes and I feel like making her one of the totems might be interesting and a good plot twist.– Ellie
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