For the Girl Who Has Everything (Supergirl)

"For the Girl Who Has Everything" is the thirteenth episode in the first season of the CBS television series Supergirl, which aired on February 8, 2016. It was written by Andrew Kreisberg (Story), Ted Sullivan & Derek Simon (Teleplay), and directed by Dermott Downs. The episode is based on the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything", which was written by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons for Superman Annual #11 in 1985.

Plot

Just hours after the mysterious plant attacked Kara, she wakes up and is being maintained under a robot called Kelex. When she comes to, Kara is surprised to see her mother Alura alive and is told that she was experiencing a fever. She then looks around and discovers that she is back on Krypton.

At CatCo, Winn learns that a solar storm is disrupting communications as Cat tried to reach Kara. Winn and James are worried enough to call Alex, who arrives to see Kara's body placed in wrapped-like state by the plant. Alex, James and Winn take Kara to the DEO, but Hank wants James and Winn to stay out as he examines the plant. Alex believes that Maxwell seems to know something, but when she confronts Maxwell in his cell, he tells Alex he had nothing to do with the plant. An attempt to pull the plant off Kara winds up nearly killing her. It is revealed that the plant, known as Black Mercy, was sent to Kara by Non, who informed Astra that she'll be fine. However, Astra isn't happy, as she made a deal to leave Kara alone.

Kara is starting to believe that the Krypton she is back on isn't the one that she saw destroyed, only to have those doubts erased when she sees a statue she once made for her father. She then sees him and starts to lose her memories of Earth. She is then confronted by Astra and starts blaming her and Non when a young boy, who happens to be a image of her cousin Kal-El, shows Kara a globe that projects a entire solar system. Back at CatCo, James and Winn are scrambling to find a way to keep Cat busy as she is still upset over Kara breaking up with Adam. Over at the DEO, a frustrated Hank can't do anything as long as the Solar Storm is in effect. Alex suggests that he pose as Kara. Somehow, Hank pulls it off, even to the point of Cat giving "Kara" the day off. Alex tries to get some answers from the holographic Alura, to no avail.

Alex returns to the apartment to find Astra waiting for her. Astra offers her assistance to save Kara, but Alex isn't interested. When Alex, Hank, James, and Winn meet in the CatCo IT room, Alex comes up with a plan to create a virtual reality room in order to guide Kara out, and end up recruiting Maxwell to help them. Using a helmet made by Maxwell, Alex informs James that he has to make sure Hank doesn't pull her out until she reached Kara. At the same time Non confronts Astra about her disappearance, but Astra tells him that nothing has changed that could jeopardize their invasion of Earth. Back at the DEO, Winn believes that the Solar Storm is being caused by the Kryptonians as part of a plan to disrupt Earth's technology through the use of the satellites, prompting Hank to let Winn use the DEO computers to reboot it.

Alex finally reaches Kara in the fake Krypton world and tries to pull her out, but Kara knocks Alex out, and when Hank sees this James stops him from aborting the mission. Back in the virtual Krypton, Alex is sentenced to the Phantom Zone as she tries to reason with Kara. Suddenly, the virtual world starts to break up as Kara comes to her senses. She finally returns to remembering her life on Earth, and as the virtual world disappears Alex is bought back to reality, followed by Kara. The plant is removed and as Kara watches, she seeks revenge on Non, who is planning to use Lord Technologies satellites to further weaken and overwrite the transmissions. Kara and the DEO show up at the key locations the Kryptonians plan to attack, with Kara facing off against Non while Alex confronts Astra. Alex discovers that Astra and Non plan to eliminate humanity with a cure known as Myriad. When Astra is about to kill Alex, Hank shows up as the Martian Manhunter and engages Astra. As Astra pins J'onn, a Kryptonite sword slices through Astra, and J'onn sees Alex holding the sword. Kara, meanwhile, gets the better of Non, but before he leaves, he slices off a satellite dish which Kara saves. She is then called by Alex to join her and J'onn and she sees a dying Astra, who apologized to her niece but does not tell her about Myriad. Unfortunately, J'onn covered for Alex by taking the responsibility for Astra's death by telling Kara he killed her. When they see the Kryptonians heading towards them Kara, Alex, and J'onn leave immediately. As Astra lies dead, Non is reminded that his wife died a hero. Back at the DEO, Hank tells Alex she made the right call in killing Astra but Alex is upset over Hank having lied to Kara about this.

Later that evening, Kara explains to Alex, Winn, and James about having missed being on Earth with family and friends that care for her, but just as Alex was about to tell Kara the truth about Astra, James changes the subject and wants to celebrate Kara's return.

Reception

Cliff Wheatley of IGN gave the episode an 7.7/10: "“For the Girl Who Has Everything” isn’t quite the emotional gut-punch that its source material inspires, but it’s a solid episode on its own merits. Surprisingly, the bits dealing with the Black Mercy are the least interesting, but it does inspire a host of other choices that are some of the most compelling the show has offered to date. Plus, there’s some great comedic relief thanks to Cat Grant and J’onn trying (and failing) to impersonate Kara at work. "^[1]

Jeff Jensen of Entertainment Weekly noted: "When we left Kara last week, she was at a pretty low point. Pretty much all of her relationships (save the one with her sister) were in varying states of disarray Cat, the mentor she needs, wants to keep things strictly “professional.” Winn is barely talking to her, and things with James are just weird. With this baggage going into tonight, we came into “For the Girl Who Has Everything” ready for a poignant episode to set things right, and Supergirl definitely delivered. "^[2]

Stacy Glanzman of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.8 out of 5 stars.^[3]

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