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* TakeThat: Mon-El and Brainy take a shot at Millennials, or rather the kind of Millennials who share their whole life on social media with random strangers, describing it as a mercifully short-lived fad.
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* TakeThat: Mon-El and Brainy take a shot at Millennials, or rather the kind of Millennials who share their whole life on social media with random strangers, describing it as a mercifully short-lived fad. It doubles as {{self deprecation}} as both actors are Millennials themselves (who, as celebrities, are on social media).
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* TokenTrio: The three World Killers are played by actresses of Latina (Reign), African-American (Purity), and Asian (Pestilence) descent.
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* TokenTrio: The three World Killers are played by actresses of Latina (Reign), African-American (Purity), (Purity) and East Asian (Pestilence) descent.
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* MarqueeAlterEgo: Brainy’s image inducer gives him this
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* CompleteMonster: Unlike Reign and Purity, Pestilence isn't Grace's SuperpoweredEvilSide; she's fully aware of her identity as Pestilence and [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide revels in it.]]
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* CompleteMonster: Unlike Reign and Purity, Pestilence isn't Grace's SuperpoweredEvilSide; she's fully aware of her identity as Pestilence and [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide revels in it.]]
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* CelebrityParadox: PlayedWith. Winn made ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' reference and Creator/KatieCassidy (Dinah Laurel Lance) played the DecoyProtagonist in [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2010 the 2010 remake]], and co-starred with Creator/ClancyBrown. However, there is yet an Earth-38 Laurel nor a Earth-38 Eieling to appear and the film franchise is yet to be mentioned on the Earth-1 shows.
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* CelebrityParadox: PlayedWith. Winn made ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' reference and Creator/KatieCassidy (Dinah Laurel Lance) played the DecoyProtagonist in [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2010 the 2010 remake]], and co-starred with Creator/ClancyBrown. However, there is yet an Earth-38 Laurel nor a Earth-38 Eieling Eiling to appear and the film franchise is yet to be mentioned on the Earth-1 shows.
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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Brainy has no idea what social media is. According to Mon-El, that's because it's a relatively short-lived fad that dies out before the Legion's time.
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* CelebrityParadox: PlayedWith. Winn made ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' reference, and Creator/KatieCassidy (Dinah Laurel Lance) played the DecoyProtagonist in [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2010 the 2010 remake]]. However, there is yet an Earth-38 Laurel to appear and the film franchise is yet to be mentioned on the Earth-1 shows.
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* CelebrityParadox: PlayedWith. Winn made ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' reference, reference and Creator/KatieCassidy (Dinah Laurel Lance) played the DecoyProtagonist in [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2010 the 2010 remake]]. remake]], and co-starred with Creator/ClancyBrown. However, there is yet an Earth-38 Laurel nor a Earth-38 Eieling to appear and the film franchise is yet to be mentioned on the Earth-1 shows.
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* CelebrityParadox: PlayedWith. Winn made ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' reference, and Creator/KatieCassidy (Dinah Laurel Lance) played the DecoyProtagonist in [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2010 the 2010 remake]]. However, there is yet an Earth-38 Laurel to appear and the film franchise is yet to be mentioned on the Earth-1 shows.
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* TokenTrio: The three World Killers are played by actresses of Latina (Reign), African-American (Purity), and Asian (Pestilence) descent.
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* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Used to symbolize Sam, Grace and Julia being taken over by their evil counterparts. Subverted, however, in the case of Grace whose eyes are just for show; when they revert to normal, she's still Pestilence.
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* NotBrainwashed: In contrast to Sam/Reign and Julia/Purity, Grace actually likes being Pestilence and can't be talked down. As evidenced by the fact she continues to be Pestilence even when she no longer has GlowingEyesOfDoom.
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* NotBrainwashed: In contrast to Sam/Reign and Julia/Purity, Grace actually likes being is aware of what she does as Pestilence and can't be talked down. As evidenced by likes it, as it gives her the fact power to take the lives of those she continues to be Pestilence even when she no longer has GlowingEyesOfDoom.thinks deserve it.
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* RedHerring: At first we're lead to believe that the girl who handed out goodies is Pestilence, but she's not.
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* RedHerring: At first we're lead to believe that the girl who handed out goodies cookies is Pestilence, but then she's not.found dead in her apartment, a victim of Pestilence.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Kara sees killing Grace/Pestilence without attempting to save her as crossing this line.
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* TheExtremistWasRight: Unfortunately, Imra's approach is somewhat proven as the right one in the end, especially since Pestilence is not an innocent women forced into evil by her SplitPersonality, unlike Purity and Reign.
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* TheExtremistWasRight: Unfortunately, Imra's approach is somewhat proven as the right one in the end, especially since Pestilence is not an innocent women woman forced into evil by her SplitPersonality, unlike Purity and Reign.
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* NotBrainwashed: In contrast to Sam/Reign and Julia/Purity, Grace actually likes being Pestilence and can't be talked down. As evidenced by the fact she continues to be Pestilence even she no longer has GlowingEyesOfDoom.
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* NotBrainwashed: In contrast to Sam/Reign and Julia/Purity, Grace actually likes being Pestilence and can't be talked down. As evidenced by the fact she continues to be Pestilence even when she no longer has GlowingEyesOfDoom.
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* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Used to symbolize Sam, Grace and Julia being taken over by their evil counterparts. Subverted, however, in the case of Grace whose eyes are just for show; when they revert to normal, she's still Pestilence.
* MoralEventHorizon: Kara sees killing Grace/Pestilence without attempting to save her as crossing this line.
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* NotBrainwashed: In contrast to Sam/Reign and Julia/Purity, Grace actually likes being Pestilence and can't be talked down.
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* NotBrainwashed: In contrast to Sam/Reign and Julia/Purity, Grace actually likes being Pestilence and can't be talked down. As evidenced by the fact she continues to be Pestilence even she no longer has GlowingEyesOfDoom.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Worldkillers seem quite attached, calling each other ''sister''.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Worldkillers World Killers seem quite attached, calling each other ''sister''.
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* HopeSpot: For a moment, Supergirl seems to get through to Grace by mentioning her oath to do no harm. Then Grace pivots to how being a surgeon has made her more cynical about the world, making it clear she doesn't want to be saved.
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* HopeSpot: HopeSpot:
** For a moment, Supergirl seems to get through to Grace by mentioning her oath to do no harm. Then Grace pivots to how being a surgeon has made her more cynical about the world, making it clear she doesn't want to besaved.saved.
** Lena's experiments bear fruit and she has isolated the mechanism by which Sam changes into Reign. Unfortunately, Purity and Pestilence are on their way, so Lena doesn't have the opportunity to act on it before Sam is taken.
** For a moment, Supergirl seems to get through to Grace by mentioning her oath to do no harm. Then Grace pivots to how being a surgeon has made her more cynical about the world, making it clear she doesn't want to be
** Lena's experiments bear fruit and she has isolated the mechanism by which Sam changes into Reign. Unfortunately, Purity and Pestilence are on their way, so Lena doesn't have the opportunity to act on it before Sam is taken.
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** Despite seeing how painful and tramatic her procedure is on Sam, Lena nevertheless insists on continuing, as she fully believes it is the only way to save her friend.
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** Despite seeing how painful and tramatic traumatic her procedure is on Sam, Lena nevertheless insists on continuing, as she fully believes it is the only way to save her friend.
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* TakeThat: Mon-El and Brainy take a shot at Millennials, or rather the kind of Millennials who share their whole life on social media with random strangers.
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* TakeThat: Mon-El and Brainy take a shot at Millennials, or rather the kind of Millennials who share their whole life on social media with random strangers.strangers, describing it as a mercifully short-lived fad.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Worldkillers seem quite attached, calling each other ''sister''.
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* TheExtremistWasRight: Unfortunately, Imra's approach is somewhat proven as the right one in the end, especially since Pestilence is not an innocent women forced into evil by her SplitPersonality, unlike Purity and Reign.
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* HeadbuttingHeroes: Imra and Supergirl clash a few times throughout the episode, due to their different approaches on how to handle Pestilence.
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* ManlyTears: James gets quite teary while Winn is sick, musing about his life and being afraid of death.
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** Imra is willing to kill Pestilence to save her future from the Blight.
** Despite seeing how painful and tramatic her procedure is on Sam, Lena nevertheless insists on continuing, as she fully believes it is the only way to save her friend.
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** Despite seeing how painful and tramatic her procedure is on Sam, Lena nevertheless insists on continuing, as she fully believes it is the only way to save her friend.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: A downplayed and rather sympathetic one from Imra towards Kara, who desperately tries to describe the horrific effect the Blight had on her future, making countless innocent people suffer and how Kara's approach will do nothing to change that.
* RedemptionRejection: Grace plainly turns Supergirl's help down, because she loves being Pestilence.
* RedemptionRejection: Grace plainly turns Supergirl's help down, because she loves being Pestilence.
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* RevengeByProxy: After Sam resists Reign's temptations one too many times, the latter threatens to brutally kill Ruby once she is free.
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** When Brainy asks Winn who scratched him, the latter trolls him by describing [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]].
** Supergirl compares J'onn to [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]] when he gives her an advice.
* TakeThat: Mon-El and Brainy take a shot at Millennials, or rather the kind of Millennials who share their whole life on social media with random strangers.
** When Brainy asks Winn who scratched him, the latter trolls him by describing [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]].
** Supergirl compares J'onn to [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]] when he gives her an advice.
* TakeThat: Mon-El and Brainy take a shot at Millennials, or rather the kind of Millennials who share their whole life on social media with random strangers.
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* RedHerring: At first we're lead to believe that the girl who handed out goodies is Pestilence, but she's not.
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* {{Glamour}}: Brainiac 5 has a personal image inducer that allows him to appear human, briefly freaking out the DEO he clarifies things. Winn sees right through it.
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* {{Glamour}}: Brainiac 5 has a personal image inducer that allows him to appear human, briefly freaking out the DEO until he clarifies things. Winn sees right through it.
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* {{Glamour}}: Brainiac 5 has a personal image inducer that allows him to appear human, briefly freaking out the DEO he clarifies things. Winn sees right through it.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: This is how Imra justifies killing Pestilence. One life today is millions saved in the future.
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* RousseauWasRight: Kara desperately wants to prove it with Pestilence. Imra doesn't want to give her the chance. [[NotBrainwashed Judging by Grace's comment that being a surgeon made her more cynical, Irma may be in the right here, at least with Grace/Pestilence.]]
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* RousseauWasRight: Kara desperately wants to prove it with Pestilence. Imra doesn't want to give her the chance. [[NotBrainwashed Judging by Grace's comment that being a surgeon made her more cynical, Irma Imra may be in the right here, at least with Grace/Pestilence.]]]]
* ThouShallNotKill: Supergirl firmly states her adherence to this, and Mon-El says the Legion should, too, since their ideals were based on Supergirl. Brainiac 5 and Imra are willing to cross that line if it means stopping the Blight in the future.
* ThouShallNotKill: Supergirl firmly states her adherence to this, and Mon-El says the Legion should, too, since their ideals were based on Supergirl. Brainiac 5 and Imra are willing to cross that line if it means stopping the Blight in the future.
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* RousseauWasRight: Kara desperately wants to prove it with Pestilence. Imra doesn't want to give her the chance.
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* RousseauWasRight: Kara desperately wants to prove it with Pestilence. Imra doesn't want to give her the chance. [[NotBrainwashed Judging by Grace's comment that being a surgeon made her more cynical, Irma may be in the right here, at least with Grace/Pestilence.]]
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Pestilence's plague is unleashed on National City, causing friction between Kara and Irma on how to handle the situation. Meanwhile Lena is still trying to find a way of exiling Reign from Sam permanently.
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* DownerEnding: All three Worldkillers are released and united under Reign.
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* FailureHero: Irma tells Kara that the reason why the Blight plagues the future is because Kara failed to stop her.
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* FailureHero: Irma Imra tells Kara that the reason why the Blight plagues the future is because Kara failed to stop her.Pestilence.
* ItsPersonal: Imra tells Kara at the end of the episode that she had a sister who was killed by the Blight, hence her determination to destroy Pestilence.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Irma's attempt to kill Pestilence end up triggering the resurgence of Purity, who comes to her sister's aid and cures her. ''Then'' they find Sam in Lena's lab.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Irma's Imra's attempt to kill Pestilence end up triggering the resurgence of Purity, who comes to her sister's aid and cures her. ''Then'' they find Sam in Lena's lab.
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* RousseauWasRight: Kara desperately wants to prove it with Pestilence. Irma won't give her the chance.
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* RousseauWasRight: Kara desperately wants to prove it with Pestilence. Irma won't Imra doesn't want to give her the chance.
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* WonderTwinPowers: The Worldkillers enhance each other in close proximity. Purity saving Pestilence allows Pestilence to fight off the injection that would have killed her, and the two joining with Reign paralyzes the heroes on the spot, presumably an amped-up version of Purity's power.
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* WonderTwinPowers: The Worldkillers World Killers enhance each other in close proximity. Purity saving Pestilence allows Pestilence the latter to fight off the injection that would have killed her, and the two joining with Reign paralyzes the heroes on the spot, presumably an amped-up version of Purity's power.
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Pestilence doesn’t understand why Supergirl would want to protect innocent civilians.
* FailureHero: Irma tells Kara, that the reason why the Blight plagues the future is because Kara failed to stop her.
* FailureHero: Irma tells Kara, that the reason why the Blight plagues the future is because Kara failed to stop her.
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Pestilence doesn’t doesn't understand why Supergirl would want to protect innocent civilians.
* FailureHero: Irma tellsKara, Kara that the reason why the Blight plagues the future is because Kara failed to stop her.
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* AGodAmI: Pestilence gives off this mindset.
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* AGodAmI: Pestilence gives off says this mindset.about herself when mentioning that people say surgeons have a god complex.
* HopeSpot: For a moment, Supergirl seems to get through to Grace by mentioning her oath to do no harm. Then Grace pivots to how being a surgeon has made her more cynical about the world, making it clear she doesn't want to be saved.
* HopeSpot: For a moment, Supergirl seems to get through to Grace by mentioning her oath to do no harm. Then Grace pivots to how being a surgeon has made her more cynical about the world, making it clear she doesn't want to be saved.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: The ''real'' mission of the Legion was to kill Pestlience, not stop her. Mon-El is obviously furious on how his teammates have kept him in the dark.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Irma's attempts to kill Pestilence end up triggering the resurgence of Purity, who comes to her sister's aid and cures her. ''Then'' they find Sam in Lena's lab.
* RousseauWasRight: Kara desperately wants to prove it with Pestilence. Irma won't give her the chance.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Irma's attempts to kill Pestilence end up triggering the resurgence of Purity, who comes to her sister's aid and cures her. ''Then'' they find Sam in Lena's lab.
* RousseauWasRight: Kara desperately wants to prove it with Pestilence. Irma won't give her the chance.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: The ''real'' mission of the Legion was to kill Pestlience, Pestilence, not stop her. Mon-El is obviously furious on how his teammates have kept him in the dark.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Irma'sattempts attempt to kill Pestilence end up triggering the resurgence of Purity, who comes to her sister's aid and cures her. ''Then'' they find Sam in Lena's lab.
* NotBrainwashed: In contrast to Sam/Reign and Julia/Purity, Grace actually likes being Pestilence and can't be talked down.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Pestilence targets the board of a health insurance company for denying care to those who need it.
* RousseauWasRight: Kara desperately wants to prove it with Pestilence. Irma won't give her thechance.chance.
* WeCanRuleTogether: In a sense. Reign gives Sam an offer to join her, framing it as an escape from her meaningless life. Sam doesn't bite, so Reign threatens her daughter, instead.
* WonderTwinPowers: The Worldkillers enhance each other in close proximity. Purity saving Pestilence allows Pestilence to fight off the injection that would have killed her, and the two joining with Reign paralyzes the heroes on the spot, presumably an amped-up version of Purity's power.
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* NotBrainwashed: In contrast to Sam/Reign and Julia/Purity, Grace actually likes being Pestilence and can't be talked down.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Pestilence targets the board of a health insurance company for denying care to those who need it.
* RousseauWasRight: Kara desperately wants to prove it with Pestilence. Irma won't give her the
* WeCanRuleTogether: In a sense. Reign gives Sam an offer to join her, framing it as an escape from her meaningless life. Sam doesn't bite, so Reign threatens her daughter, instead.
* WonderTwinPowers: The Worldkillers enhance each other in close proximity. Purity saving Pestilence allows Pestilence to fight off the injection that would have killed her, and the two joining with Reign paralyzes the heroes on the spot, presumably an amped-up version of Purity's power.
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* EvilCantComprehendGood: Pestilence doesn’t understand why Supergirl would want to protect innocent civilians.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Irma's attempts to kill Pestilence end up triggering the resurgence of Purity, who comes to her sister's aid and cures her.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Irma's attempts to kill Pestilence end up triggering the resurgence of Purity, who comes to her sister's aid and cures her. ''Then'' they find Sam in Lena's lab.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: The ''real'' mission of the Legion was to kill Pestlience, not stop her. Mon-El is obviously furious on how his teammates have kept him in the dark.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: The ''real'' mission of the Legion was to kill Pestlience, not stop her. Mon-El is obviously furious on how his teammates have kept him in the dark.dark.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Irma's attempts to kill Pestilence end up triggering the resurgence of Purity, who comes to her sister's aid and cures her.
* RousseauWasRight: Kara desperately wants to prove it with Pestilence. Irma won't give her the chance.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Irma's attempts to kill Pestilence end up triggering the resurgence of Purity, who comes to her sister's aid and cures her.
* RousseauWasRight: Kara desperately wants to prove it with Pestilence. Irma won't give her the chance.
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* FailureHero: Irma tells Kara, that the reason why the Blight plagues the future is because Kara failed to stop her.
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* FailureHero: Irma tells Kara, that the reason why the Blight plagues the future is because Kara failed to stop her.her.
* FromBadToWorse: M'rynn's dementia has got to point where he and J'onn are having the same conversation every day; occasionally he realizes it.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: The ''real'' mission of the Legion was to kill Pestlience, not stop her. Mon-El is obviously furious on how his teammates have kept him in the dark.
* FromBadToWorse: M'rynn's dementia has got to point where he and J'onn are having the same conversation every day; occasionally he realizes it.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: The ''real'' mission of the Legion was to kill Pestlience, not stop her. Mon-El is obviously furious on how his teammates have kept him in the dark.
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* FailureHero: Irma tells Kara, that the reason why the Blight plagues the future is because Kara failed to stop her.
