What I’m Watching: Supergirl

Supergirl: Season 5, Episode 7 “Tremors” (B-)

I was thinking about just how gullible Kara is to let Lena use the technology in the Fortress of Solitude because she claimed to be excited about interfacing with it, and at least we finally got some brutal honesty. After they subdued a common threat together, Lena let Kara have it, chewing her out for lying to her over and over. Her final line that she wasn’t a villain and shouldn’t have been treated by one would have been more effective if she hadn’t revealed herself to be just that. I don’t know what this all means for Ma’alefa’ak, who appeared to be convinced quite easily by looking into Hank’s vulnerable mind that they could in fact reunite again, not that Hank bothered to ask any questions about why he was where he was. It’s convenient to have Jedi-like abilities to summon up the dead and have conversations with them about proud fathers and all that, and Brainy also received a helpful dose of information that led them right to where they needed to be. Kelly has already explained the trauma of worrying about her partner dying, and I don’t know how many more times we’re going to only see her when she comes to express her concern for Alex. I was pleased to see this episode’s major guest star: Mitch Pileggi of “The X-Files” fame as Rama Khan. It was a good turn, but now he’s definitely one, and the most powerful person at Leviathan seems to be Gamemnae, played by Cara Buono from “Mad Men.”

What I’m Watching: Elementary

Elementary: Season 2, Episode 10 “Tremors” (B)

I didn’t love this episode because this show usually does such a spectacular job of storytelling, and this excessively structured hour felt too forced in a fully unnecessary way. The fact that all it led up to was Bell getting shot taking a bullet for Sherlock wasn’t all that compelling for me. Sherlock coming to apologize to Bell and offering to find him the best care the world has to offer for his injured limb was uncharacteristic and took a lot of courage, and for Bell to tell him that he didn’t want to see him didn’t quite track. It was interesting to see just how content with himself Sherlock felt that they had avoided putting an innocent man in jail and how little he cared about upending the life of one parolee who was now being sent back to prison because Sherlock had blown his cover. Perhaps that’s what got Bell so upset, since Sherlock never gives much thought to what consequences his actions have. Watson, on the other hand, didn’t seem too broken up by the trial, though it was a considerably less exciting affair than it could have been. Sherlock telling the prosecuting attorney that she and the city could thank him for his services provided free of charge was both a high and a low point. It was good to see Elizabeth Marvel of “Lights Out” as the attorney who later invited Sherlock to join her at a meeting, and Frankie Faison, a familiar face from Hannibal Lecter projects and “Banshee,” as the judge.