History Recap / Supergirl2015S2E12Luthors

* {{Hypocrite}}s: Everyone (except Mon-El) accuses Kara of letting her friendship with Lillian cloud her judgment with confirmation bias of her innocence. They never even consider that their prejudice that she's a Luthor is heavily biasing their opinion as well, even before seemingly damning evidence comes up.

* NiceJobBreakingtItHero: Kara pushes Lena to try and visit her mother in prison to reconcile with her, which gives credence to CADMUS framing Lena for handing the Kryptonite over to Metallo.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Kara is faced with a SadisticChoice of capturing Lilian Luthor, or saving innocent people from a falling crane. She conveniently forgets about her SuperSpeed, with which she could've saved the innocents, gently placed the crane down, captured Lilian, and brought her back to prison in ''seconds.''

* {{Hypocrite}}s: Everyone accuses Kara of letting her relationship with Lillian cloud her judgement with confirmation bias of her innocence. They never even consider that their prejudice that she's a Luthor is heavily biasing their opinion as well, even before seemingly damning evidence comes up.

** Lionel Luthor's name and extramarital affairs come from the ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' version of the character, while his physical appearence is a dead ringer for Lex from the comics.

* RomanticFalseLead: After their brief date, Eve ends things with Mon-El when she picks up on his feelings for Kara.

* UnreliableNarrator: Lillian claims her treatment of Lena as a child was enforced by Lionel, who didn't want her around Lena because Lena was the daughter of his mistress. This doesn't jive with the flashback, in which he introduces Lena to Lillian and thanks her for going along with something she's obviously uncomfortable with.

* NotHyperbole: About [[HeartDrive Metallo]]:

-->'''Lena''': I've never had friends like you before... I've never had ''family'' like you before.

* BadBoss: Lillian had no problem leaving Metallo behind to die for her, despite his [[UndyingLoyalty belief in her mission.]]

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Kara is faced with a Sadistic Choice of capturing Lilian Luthor, or saving innocent people from a falling crane. She conveniently forgets about her Super Speed, with which she could've saved the innocents, gently placed the crane down, captured Lilian, and brought her back to prison in ''seconds.''

** James mentions that [[Series/{{Smallville}} Clark and Lex had been best friends for years,]] before becoming ArchEnemies.

* DramaticIrony: Everyone accuses Kara of letting her relationship with Lillian cloud her judgement with confirmation bias of her innocence. They never even consider that their prejudice that she's a Luthor is heavily biasing their opinion as well, even before seemingly damning evidence comes up.
* GoingCritical: The synthetic kryptonite in Metallo's chest grows more unstable as it's used, eventually going up in a [[EverythingMakesAMushroom giant, green, mushroom cloud]].

* WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture: The video is Lena helping Metallo escape is considered damning evidence and gets her arrested. Winn checks out the footage and can find no evidence of forgery, until he gets direct access to the security system and finds that Hank Henshaw manipulated the feed.

* MythologyGag: James mentions that [[Series/{{Smallville}} Clark and Lex had been best friends for years,]] before becoming ArchEnemies.

* TheReveal: While Lena was adopted, she is in fact Lex's ''half''-sister, with Lionel being her father and thus Lillian being her stepmom.

* NeverMyFault: After Kara gloats of Lillian's vindication, she's dismissed with it being the news game and not any impulsiveness on anyone else's part.

* UnreliableNarrator: Lillian claims her treatment of Lena as a child was enforced by Lionel, who didn't want her around Lena because Lena was the daughter of his mistress. This doesn't jive with the flashback, in which he introduces Lena to Lillian and is thanks her for going along with something she's obviously uncomfortable with.

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* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling the Old Woman Out]]: Lena to Lillian, multiple times, particularly when it turns out Lillian needed Lena's DNA to open Lex's arsenal; Lena declares that her so-called mother cares for nobody but herself and that she'd rather take her chances in jail.

* WeCanRuleTogether: Lillian offers Lena the chance to join Cadmus and reshape the world the way they see fit. Lena rejects her, and Lillian ends up leaving her to die when Metallo is going critical.

When Lillian Luthor and Metallo escape from their trial, suspicion falls to Lena, and the question of her loyalty to her family maybe corrupting her sense of justice, leading to Kara as her only ally. The question then falls to Lena's friendship with both Kara and Supergirl is genuine or not.

** Longtime DC Imp Mister Mxyzptlk makes his appearance in the end, declaring his love to a befuddled Kara.

* CallingTheOldManOut

* WeCanRuleTogether: Lillian offers Lena the chance to join Cadmus and reshape the world the way they see fit. Lena rejects her.

* WeCanRuleTogether: Lillian offers Lena the chance to join Cadmus and reshape the world the way they see it.

* InterruptedDeclarationOfLove: Kara and Mon-El are disrupted by the sudden appearance of Mister Mxyzptlk, declaring his love for Kara.

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Despite Eve's belief, both Kara and Mon-El assure her that the two of them never dated.

When Lillian Luthor and Metalio escape from their trial, suspicion falls to Lena, and the question of her loyalty to her family maybe corrupting her sense of justice, leading to Kara as her only ally. The question then falls to Lena's friendship with both Kara and Supergirl is genuine or not.

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