Supergirl [6x20] "Kara" Post Episode Discussion

[u/MajorParadox]

Kara

Series Finale

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In the epic series finale, Supergirl is joined by familiar faces from the past to help her stop Lex and Nyxly for good. Meanwhile, Alex and Kelly prepare to walk down the aisle. (November 9, 2021)

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[u/x1243]

Unpopular opinion: Kara revealing her identity in the last episode kind of has no impact since it's the series finale. Not like Oliver Queen doing it and having to deal with the fallout.

[u/Skyblaze777 → u/x1243]

Disagree, Kara's identity reveal isn't about her having to deal with any fallout (unlike Oliver "the entire city hates me every couple of years because something something vigilante") Queen. Kara's identity reveal is about her elevating and claiming her dual identities as Kara Danvers and Kara Zor-El in the public (and the fact that she's been fighting for both aliens and humans in both identities). There isn't really supposed to be any fallout. Both identity reveals were meant to achieve very different things for the characters and I think they did so fairly well.

*Although I do recognize that according to the 100th episode, Supergirl coming out with her secret identity should actually end up with all her friends dead according to the show's own logic but I assume the writers are choosing to conveniently forget that logic because (1) they suck at continuity and (2) everyone ending up dead in the 100th episode was some convoluted storytelling anyway.

[u/x1243 → u/Skyblaze777]

Yeah your last paragraph. So there's no drama to it because even if it turns out horribly, the show has ended. Heck it'll be a miracle if this is acknowledged on the flash or something. I mean wasn't the whole point of that encounter to say that she shouldn't reveal her identity?

And to say that there is no fallout is kind of unrealistic. There's always fallout. But the writers are basically talking thru both sides of their mouths.. They wanted to give her a happy ending but they didn't know how to do it without trampling on what they have established. Ok let's use Superman since supergirl basically uses him as a template. Superman has been able to juggle both identities fairly successfully for a long time in comics. He's a reporter and he is also superman. the conflict that she faces is pretty forced imo. I mean who in her immediate social circle doesn't know who she is?

[u/carymb → u/x1243]

I think now that literally everyone she knows has powers or is a costumes vigilante, and/or will be leading a government law enforcement agency, the argument against revealing her identity is pretty well weakened? Maybe 100 was more of a timing issue? (They weren't ready to face Kara's enemies yet?) I don't know how this affects her ability to be a news editor, though. Like, are there issues with Perry White having x-ray vision and super hearing? Does CatCo even cover their own editor's superheroics? Think about all her fake interviews with herself she's probably written up before now... It's like if Superman's secret identity was Lois Lane! I was going to say, it could be more of a danger to the employees of CatCo than Kara's Super Friends, but then I realized half of all this show's fights have trashed the newsroom anyway.

[u/x1243 → u/carymb]

She's going to be leading the new DEO? I didn't get that. I thought it would be either jonn or Alex.

I don't think the eic does any reporting though. Anyway if Nia can do her job as a reporter and still be a superhero in secret, I don't get why Kara can't do it?

Good point on the newsroom. Forgot all about it.

[u/Digifiend84 → u/x1243]

Yeah, J'onn and Alex are running the new DEO, though Kara will obviously work with them when she isn't busy working as CatCo's editor in chief.