SUPERGIRL Spoilers: Here's How The Series Finale Wrapped Up Kara Danvers And Lex Luthor's Story Arcs

She dead.

Should've ended with Kara, Mon el, brainy and Nia on the future with the legion of super-heroes like JLU. Not a show that i watch tho, so it doesnt bother me

So she’s created issues for Clark now

The entire galaxy blew up and killed everyone associated with the show.

that part when jimmy melted? jesus....

I thought that the 19th episode was pretty good. And then the first 10 or so minutes of the finale, up until basically the Legion arrives. I did enjoy seeing some of those villains return again, conjured up by Lex, but the Legion largely did nothing and then left (and Mon-el as a character not returning again for the wedding just seemed strange). And the way Lex and Nyxly got defeated was honestly pretty unsatisfying, a very anti-climatic ending for them. There were a lot of questions left unanswered, or minor plot lines left unfinished. But more importantly, they ended the fight against Lex and Nyxly WAY too early. It should have taken up half of the episode. Because the rest of the episode really dragged and was quite boring much of the time. Too much talking, too much dialogue, too much emotion, etc., and really just not a lot going on. Yes, the wedding was nice and resulted in a good wrap up for some of the characters, but so much time was wasted leading up to it.


In terms of finales for the Arrowverse, this was the weakest so far, with Black Lightning being better and then of course Arrow being great. But, I think that Supergirl was aiming for the type of landing that SHIELD had with their finale, and they really missed the mark. How SHIELD ended their storyline and left their main characters, THAT is how you properly end a show in this manner. It was like all of the momentum in this final Supergirl season going into the finale, all of the energy, it just dissipated and we were left on a "meh" note.

Overall, this season wavered a bit. It was better than last season, but of course not as good as the really strong season 4. The middle part of this season was quite weak. When the quest for the gauntlet really began, that's when the show started to pick up, and then of course when Lex appears again, the show jumped quite a bit in quality and enjoyment. His return, up through the first 10 or so minutes of the finale was pretty good.


Anyways, kudos to Supergirl and team for wrapping the show up on their terms. While the show has had many ups and downs, for the last several years it has largely been the bar for "average" in the Arrowverse, and been better than The Flash and even some seasons of Legends. Even though the show had its fair share of issues and quality and writing, I'll certainly miss seeing this team on screen again (I honestly enjoyed the Superfriends more than Team Flash or the Legends these days, there are more characters in the Superfriends that are interesting and written well enough than on those other shows), and some characters in particular.

I hope that we see some of these characters again in the future on Superman & Lois or in an Arrowverse crossover. Namely, Martian Manhunter (for DEO stuff, would make sense), Brainy (probably the best written and acted hero on the show tbh), Jimmy, Kara (the kids have to see their aunt, yes?), and of course Lex again. While the way Lex went out was disappointing, there is no denying that Cryer as Lex is a real scene stealer, he is just so great in the role. I'd love to see him really go toe to toe against Tyler Hoechlin's Superman, especially with that quality of writing. Cryer delivered not only the best take on Lex, but also one of the top villains in the Arrowverse- it has been a real pleasure watching his Lex. Here's hoping for more.

Personally, I would have had this on the wedding reception playlist:

That was the longest finale ever. When they first said that the finale was going to last 2 hours I thought that the first one would be to remember the show and the the 2nd one the actual final episode, similar to what they did in Arrow last year.

So about the finale, the penultimate episode was pretty good in how they were building up to the exchange of the totems. I caught the reference that Lex made to S1 about the location where Fort Rozz fell and the incident with the Omegahedron, which was one of the things involved in the 1st Season.

I liked the confrontation between Kara and Alex after she took the Destiny Totem which I think they also mentioned that it could've been the Loom of Fate from Legends S5.

The scene with Brainy and Nia with the Dream Totem was aesthetically cool.

The dynamic between Lex and Nyxly regarding how they wanted to obtain the Love Totem from Esme was good because it led eventually to their first fight as well to flesh out how Nyxly does have a soft spot for children whereas Lex doesn't. Adding Lillian into the mix was the right powder since she also wanted the totems for herself.

Lex released Mxy as well in his way of "helping" Nyxly get the Love Totem, crossing fingers he appears later again somewhere else.

The best scene from the the 19th episode was when Kara was really going forward with the sun satelite strategy to power herself up until she realized it was way too much of a villain move. Moments like that one lived up to the theme of the Season about how the conflict beyond the gauntlets of the totems was how far they were willing to go to stop Nyxly and Lex. I sure would've liked more if they faced more consequences due to what they almost did.

RIP Lillian.

Funny how Lex and Nyxly's first fight in the present had dire drawbacks on everyone in the world and the speech Kara made was a nod to the S1 finale.

The cameo of Red Tornado among the group of villains Lex brought back with his shard of the AllStome was my favourite.

Loved this line up.







Lex and Nyxly's hubris being used against themselves by the Phantoms was a nice twist. Jon Cryer already expressed being open to return either in Superman & Lois or in other show because there's no prison that can hold him. He'll be more dangerous if he gets out from this one. Although I wonder what would happen to his and Nyxly's shards of the AllStone since they were taken with them to the Phantom Zone.

I really wished Mon-El could have returned for the wedding whereas Brainy went full "sprock logic". Then again he wasn't sure he'd be able to comeback because in the end Brainy never merged with the Big Brain so the door remains as open for him as well to show up in another show or crossover, every time he and Kara bid farewell they end up meeting again in different circumstances.

The wedding of Alex and Kelly sure was long and took 2/3 of the finale, think it was some type of experiment in narrative to see if they can end up other shows like this with the cast relaxing after the final battle and wrap up whatever was left.

The duet between Kara and Winn at the wedding was sweet and damn he should actually call himself Spoilder Lad because he was throwing spoilers all over: from the DEO returning to J'onn having a son with Miss Martian in the 31st century.

Looks like Esme will grow up to be a photographer if the camera Jimmy gave to her is any indication.

At least Brainy and Nia got their happy ending. If they marry it can't be in a crossover because the last one (WestAllen) got invaded by doppelganger nazis.

Weird choice to make Lena of all people the godmother of Esme, but whatever.

Cat's return was unexpected.

And as for Kara revealing herself as Supergirl in that interview with Cat at the end (it really reminded me to the one she did to Nia as Dreamer in S4) I wouldn't have got it if she didn't bring up the failed gauntlet with the Courage Totem, so from that angle I see from where they were coming from. And at least in this case she does it for herself instead that for keeping a friendship that had gone toxic with Lena in S5 in the 100th ep's alt. realities.

This makes her alongside Oliver the other JL member to have their identity reveal but in her case it isn't post-mortem.

They all lived in the end. Now her and the others' stories should continue through other crossovers or spin-offs.

I give this finale overall a 6/10.