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** Eve Tessmacher (played by Andrea Brooks) returns in the episode.
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** Eve Tessmacher (played by Andrea Brooks) Creator/AndreaBrooks) returns in the episode.
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** Yael Grobglas wasn't brought in for Psi's brief appearance, with her also just seen from the back with a generic EvilLaugh dubbed in.
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** Yael Grobglas Creator/YaelGrobglas wasn't brought in for Psi's brief appearance, with her also just seen from the back with a generic EvilLaugh dubbed in.
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* WhamShot: Eve (Possibly Hope) revealed to be working on the VR lenses. Partially subverted as her return was always guaranteed due to Andrea Brooks still listed as a regular and her being featured in promotional materials for the episode.
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* WhamShot: Eve (Possibly (possibly Hope) revealed to be working on the VR lenses. Partially subverted as her return was always guaranteed due to Andrea Brooks still being listed as a regular and her being featured in promotional materials for the episode.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Eve reappears for the first time since just before Crisis, but it's unclear how much she may have changed as a result of Crisis; whether she's working for Leviathan or still [[WetwareCPU controlled by Hope]] isn't revealed.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Eve reappears for the first time since just before Crisis, but it's unclear how much she may have changed as a result of Crisis; whether she's working for Leviathan or still [[WetwareCPU [[WetwareBody controlled by Hope]] isn't revealed.
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** Eliza Danvers (played by Creator/HelenSlater) also appears here and speaking at her husband’s funeral, marking her first appearance this season in any capacity.
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Reworded uses of Andrea Brooks name. Its Enormously confusing when Andrea Brooks is constantly spoken about as if she's a character when she is an actress playing Eve/Hope. Andrea Rojas is a character and someone else entirely.
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The return of Andrea Brooks was given away when she was featured in promotional stills for the episode.
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The return of Andrea Brooks Eve (possibly Hope) was given away when she was featured in promotional stills for the episode.
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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: After waking up and seeing Kelly, Alex is unsure whether she is now in the real world or not. Kelly then tells her about the fight they had.
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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: After waking up and seeing Kelly, Alex is unsure whether she is now in the real world or not. Kelly then tells her about the fight they had.had, which the simulation would never have reminded her of.
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* AbsenteeActor: Katie [=McGrath=] (Lena Luthor) misses her second episode in a row.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: Bonnie's VR persona is styled like this.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: Bonnie's VR persona is styled like this.
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* AbsenteeActor: Katie [=McGrath=] (Lena Luthor) misses her second episode in a row.
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* AdventurerArchaeologist: Bonnie's VR persona Tilly is styled like this.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: Bonnie's VR persona Tilly is styled like this.
** Vita, one of the Dark Kryptonian Witches, also appears in the VR.
* DrowningMySorrows: Alex, after lashing out against her friends, drinks a lot of wine before going to the VR.
* EvilIsHammy: David Harewood seriously hams up as Henshaw.
* JerkassBall: Alex is grabbing it hard at the beginning of the episode, refusing to go to her father's funeral and lashing out at all of her friends and family. Fortunately, she comes around at the end.
* LifeWillKillYou: Jeremiah dies of cardiac arrest.
* LifeWillKillYou: Jeremiah dies of cardiac arrest.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: After waking up and seeing Kelly, Alex is unsure whether she is now in the real world or not. Kelly then tells her about the fight they had.
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** Tillie/Bonnie suddenly forgets about the simulation the next time she and Alex meet.
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* WhamShot: Eve (Possibly Hope) revealed to be working on the VR lenses. Partially subverted as her return was always guaranteed due to Andrea Brooks still listed as a regular and her being featured in promotional materials for the episode.
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** Tillie/Bonnie Tilly/Bonnie suddenly forgets about the simulation the next time she and Alex meet.
* WhamShot: Eve (Possibly Hope) revealed to be working on the VR lenses. Partially subverted as her return was always guaranteed due to Andrea Brooks still listed as a regular and her being featured in promotional materials for theepisode.episode.
* YouAreNotAlone: Kelly encourages Alex, who breaks down in tears after waking up from the simulation.
* WhamShot: Eve (Possibly Hope) revealed to be working on the VR lenses. Partially subverted as her return was always guaranteed due to Andrea Brooks still listed as a regular and her being featured in promotional materials for the
* YouAreNotAlone: Kelly encourages Alex, who breaks down in tears after waking up from the simulation.
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* BusCrash: Jeremiah dies offscreen of a cardiac arrest, with the first we know of it being Alex breaking the bad news to Kara after being told by Eliza.
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* BusCrash: Jeremiah dies offscreen of a cardiac arrest, with the first we know of it being Alex breaking the bad news to Kara after being told by Eliza.
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* AllOfThem: According to the unnamed NSA contact, this is who is at the facility in National City: about 30 people who are trapped in the VR.
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* AdventurerArchaeologist: Bonnie's VR persona is styled like this.
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* IHaveYourWife: Alex's VR storyline has Henshaw kidnap Kara and threaten her life to force Alex-as-Supergirl to force her to bend to his demands.
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* TheUnfavorite: Alex accuses Jeremiah of treating her this way.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Alex starts to realize the simulation isn't real after meeting another user who is also playing the Supergirl simulation. Later it turns out that's how you shock people back to their senses, by showing them something impossible that can't be reconciled.
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Can be “coping” or “coming to terms”, but this seemed stuck in between
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While coming with the loss of her father, Alex loses herself in virtual reality.
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While coming coping with the loss of her father, Alex loses herself in virtual reality.
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* AbsenteeActor: Katie [=McGrath=] (Lena Luthor) misses her second episode in a row. This is somewhat strange as she is supposed to be the main antagonist/ villain of the season and the promised fight for Lena's soul doesn't appear to be happening.
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* AbsenteeActor: Katie [=McGrath=] (Lena Luthor) misses her second episode in a row. This is somewhat strange as she is supposed to be the main antagonist/ villain of the season and the promised fight for Lena's soul doesn't appear to be happening.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Eve reappears for the first time since just before Crisis, but it's unclear how much she may have changed as a result of Crisis; whether she's working for Leviathan or still [[WetwareCPU controlled by Hope]] isn't revealed.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Alex's Supergirl costume is black with silver and blue elements, but her portrayal of Supergirl is as heroic as the real deal and Alex herself.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Although she initially dismissed the problem, Andrea is horrified to realise the full extent of the "glitch", gives Kelly a way to rescue Alex, and immediately orders that the problem be fixed.
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* {{Gaslighting}}: When Alex starts questioning the simulation, the [=NPCs=] of her friends start telling her that Psi is messing with people's heads to keep her trapped, even convincing her that Kelly is a victim of the same effect when she arrives to get Alex out.
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* IHaveYourWife: Alex's VR storyline has Henshaw kidnap Kara and threaten her life to force Alex-as-Supergirl to force her to bend to his demands.
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* NotMeThisTime: William suspects that Lex is behind the glitch and what it's doing to people, but it's actually Leviathan who's behind it.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Grief over Jeremiah's death and lingering anger at her father brings out the worst in Alex, who lashes out at both Kara and Kelly after refusing to attend her father's funeral.
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* RealityEnsues:
** There was nothing at all suspicious about Jeremiah's death; he died of a cardiac arrest, which isn't at all uncommon for men his age. Kara and J'onn even note that it feels a bit surreal to know that he died in such a mundane way.
** All the responsibility that Jeremiah piled onto Alex when she was young gave birth to a lot of buried resentment on her part.
** There was nothing at all suspicious about Jeremiah's death; he died of a cardiac arrest, which isn't at all uncommon for men his age. Kara and J'onn even note that it feels a bit surreal to know that he died in such a mundane way.
** All the responsibility that Jeremiah piled onto Alex when she was young gave birth to a lot of buried resentment on her part.
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* AbsenteeActor: Katie McGrath [=McGrath=] (Lena Luthor) misses her second episode in a row. This is somewhat strange as she is supposed to be the main antagonist/ villain of the season and the promised fight for Lena's soul doesnt doesn't appear to be happening.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: This is the first episode in a while to focus on Alex. Also, William and Kelly get a lot more to do rather than their normal minor roles being the {{SatelliteLoveInterest}}.
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** Tillie/Bonnie suddenly forgets about the simulation the next time she and Alex meet.
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** Tillie/Bonnie suddenly forgets about the simulation the next time she and Alex meet.
* WhamShot: Eve (Possibly Hope) revealed to be working on the VR lenses. Partially subverted as her return was always guaranteed due to Andrea Brooks still listed as a regular and her being featured in promotional materials for theepisode.
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* AGlitchInTheMatrix: Users who lose themselves in the simulation can be shocked out of it if confronted with something impossible that their mind can't reconcile. This starts to happen to Alex when she runs into another user who is also playing the Supergirl simulation, then it happens when she meets an NPC copy of her younger self that Kelly makes.
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** Dean Cain was never going to come back given his turn to the alt-right, so Jeremiah is simply seen from the back and turns to smoke when Alex tries to see his face.
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** Dean Cain was never going to come back given his turn to the alt-right, so Jeremiah is simply seen from the back and turns to smoke when Alex tries to see his face.
** Yael Grobglas wasn't brought in for Psi's brief appearance, with her also just seen from the back with a generic EvilLaugh dubbed in.
** Dean Cain was never going to come back given his turn to the alt-right, so Jeremiah is simply seen from the back and turns to smoke when Alex tries to see his face.
** Yael Grobglas wasn't brought in for Psi's brief appearance, with her also just seen from the back with a generic EvilLaugh dubbed in.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Obsidian's AI takes users experiencing extreme grief and traps them in a simulation where they slowly forget the real world, and will do anything to keep them there if anyone from the outside tries to interfere.
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* InvisibilityCloak: The black site where the trapped VR users are kept is hidden by a cloak which makes the lab look like an empty warehouse. William comes within two steps of discovering this, but turns away because he doesn't think anything is there.
* LotusEaterMachine: The simulation draws in users with extreme grief and traps them there by offering them perpetual happiness.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: A variation; anyone who loses themselves in the simulation hasbloodshot eyes.their lenses turn red.
* LotusEaterMachine: The simulation draws in users with extreme grief and traps them there by offering them perpetual happiness.
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** Tillie/Bonnie suddenly forgets about the simulation the next time shetakes comfort and settles into her simulationAlex meet.
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** The performer reacts in confusion to Alex mentioning that they're in virtual reality, then a cut reveals he's one of the victims of the technology with bloodshot eyes.
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** Hank Henshaw returns in Alex’s VR story in Obsidian, having not appeared since “Nevertheless, She Persisted”. Eliza Danvers (played by Creator/HelenSlater) also appears here, marking her first appearance this season in any capacity.
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** Hank Henshaw returns in Alex’s VR story in Obsidian, having not appeared since “Nevertheless, She Persisted”. Persisted”.
* Eliza Danvers (played by Creator/HelenSlater) also appearshere, here and speaking at her husband’s funeral, marking her first appearance this season in any capacity.
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** Hank Henshaw returns in Alex’s VR story in Obsidian, having not appeared since “Nevertheless, She Persisted”. Eliza Danvers (played by Creator/HelenSlater) also appears here, marking her first appearance this season in any capacity.
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** Hank Henshaw returns in Alex’s VR story in Obsidian, having not appeared since “Nevertheless, She Persisted”.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: A variation, as Alex’s eyes are bloodshot as she takes comfort and settles into her simulation
** Andrea Brooks (Eve Tesmacher) returns in the
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