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* HatePlague: After one prisoner is affected by Non Nocere failing and attacking another, the aggression spreads rapidly.
* HeelFaceTurn: After her HeelRealization, Lena chooses not to become like Lex and swallows her pride and goes to Kara to offer her help in stopping Lex and Leviathan.

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* HatePlague: After one prisoner is affected by Non Nocere failing and attacking attacks another, the aggression spreads rapidly.
* HeelFaceTurn: After her HeelRealization, Lena chooses not to become like Lex and swallows and, swallowing her pride and pride, goes to Kara to offer her help in stopping Lex and Leviathan.



* HeelRealization: Lena finally acknowledges her actions were wrong and knows she has become the villain she spent her life trying to avoid.

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* HeelRealization: Lena finally acknowledges her actions were wrong and knows she has become the villain she spent her life trying to avoid.
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* BlatantLies: Kara once again makes up a very poor excuse to get away from William, this time that her sisters cat ran away. And when William tries to help her, as he is good with cats, she tries to sell it to him that this cat hates tall people with accents

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* BlatantLies: Kara once again makes up a very poor excuse to get away from William, this time that her sisters sister's cat ran away. And when William tries to help her, as he is good with cats, she tries to sell it to him that this cat hates tall people with accents



* EasilyForgiven: Lena, after her HeelRealization, feels that she doesn't deserve Kara's forgiveness, but wants to help take down Lex for good. Kara, who's been listening while still upset, just pulls up a chair and wishes to learn what Lena knows. However, this might be subverted. Kara didn't forgive Lena but obviously needs to hear her out in order to stop Lex. It remains to be seen whether Kara will forgive Lena let alone the pair become friends again.

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* EasilyForgiven: May be subverted. Lena, after her HeelRealization, feels that she doesn't deserve Kara's forgiveness, but wants to help take down Lex for good. Kara, who's been listening while still upset, just pulls up a chair and wishes to learn what Lena she knows. However, this might be subverted. It's clear Kara didn't doesn't forgive Lena but obviously needs to hear her out in order to stop Lex. It remains to be seen whether Kara will forgive Lena let alone the pair become friends again.
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* RealityEnsues: Since Eve has no criminal record post-Crisis and they have no actual evidence to back up their claims, Andrea is quick to dismiss William and Kelly's assertion that she's dangerous.
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* ItHasOnlyJustBegun: Said by Rama Khan during his fight against Supergirl and Dreamer.
-->'''Supergirl''': It's over, Rama Khan.\\
'''Rama Khan''': Oh, no. It's just begun.
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* BagOfKidnapping: Eve puts a bag over William's head before capturing him at the end of the episode.


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* HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier: During Rama Khan's interrogation, Brainy reveals that he is also working with Lex by speaking to him in his native language so that Supergirl and Nia won't understand them.
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* BlatantLies: Kara once again makes up a very poor excuse to get away from William, this time that her sisters cat ran away. And when William tries to help her, as he is good with cats, she tries to sell it to him that this cat hates people who look like him.

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* BlatantLies: Kara once again makes up a very poor excuse to get away from William, this time that her sisters cat ran away. And when William tries to help her, as he is good with cats, she tries to sell it to him that this cat hates tall people who look like him.with accents

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* EasilyForgiven: Lena, after her HeelRealization, feels that she doesn't deserve Kara's forgiveness, but wants to help take down Lex for good. Kara, who's been listening while still upset, just pulls up a chair and wishes to learn what Lena knows.
** This might be subverted. Kara didnt forgive Lena but obviously needs to hear her out in order to stop Lex. It remains to be seen whether Kara will forgive Lena let alone the pair become friends again.
* EntertaininglyWrong: Kara is extremely angry at Lena's behaviour from last episode and suspects her to be working with Leviathan as well.

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* EasilyForgiven: Lena, after her HeelRealization, feels that she doesn't deserve Kara's forgiveness, but wants to help take down Lex for good. Kara, who's been listening while still upset, just pulls up a chair and wishes to learn what Lena knows.
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knows. However, this might be subverted. Kara didnt didn't forgive Lena but obviously needs to hear her out in order to stop Lex. It remains to be seen whether Kara will forgive Lena let alone the pair become friends again.
* EntertaininglyWrong: Kara is extremely angry at Lena's behaviour behavior from last episode and suspects her to be working with Leviathan as well.



* IgnoredExpert: Andrea completely blows off Kelly's concern about launching a huge VR event after Obsidian Platinum just hade a major glitch.

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* IgnoredExpert: Andrea completely blows off Kelly's concern about launching a huge VR event after Obsidian Platinum just hade had a major glitch.



** Brainy calls out Lex for his manipulative tendiences again, with the latter naturally not caring in the slightest.

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** Brainy calls out Lex for his manipulative tendiences tendencies again, with the latter naturally not caring in the slightest.
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** Non Nocere itself. It fails here and Lex tells Lena that he knew it would never work. However, on Earth-38, the process worked and Lena would have been successful if Kara and Malefic hadn't stopped it.

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** Non Nocere itself. It fails here and Lex tells Lena that he knew it would never work. However, on Earth-38, the process worked and Lena would have been successful if Kara and Malefic hadn't stopped it. However, this could be handwaved as a result of [[Recap/Supergirl2015S5E11BackFromTheFuturePart1 Q-Waves being altered by Crisis]].

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* TheAtoner: Lena wishes to become this at the end.
* TheBigDamnKiss: M'gann and J'onn share one at the end of the episode.
* BlatantLies: Kara once again makes up a very poor excuse to get away from William, this time that her sisters cat ran away. And when William tries to help her, as he is good with cats, she tries to sell it to him that this cat hates people who look like him.



* TheAtoner: Lena wishes to become this at the end.
* BigDamnKiss: M'gann and J'onn share one at the end of the episode.
* BlatantLies: Kara once again makes up a very poor excuse to get away from William, this time that her sisters cat ran away. And when William tries to help her, as he is good with cats, she tries to sell it to him that this cat hates people who look like him.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Lena eventually realizes that Non Nocere simply ''can't'' work successfully at all, and it's an impossible problem that even her and Lex's SuperScience brains will never be able to solve, a fact that Lex has secretly already known for months now.

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* ContinuitySnarl: Earlier episodes established that, in the post-Crisis reality, Leviathan hasn't made any overt moves, with Nia specifically mentioning early in this episode that Rama Khan hasn't been seen in centuries. Yet he and Gamemnae both reference his earlier fights with the supers, meaning they either still happened in the current reality or the pair somehow remember the previous reality.
** Non Nocere itself. It fails here and Alex tells Lena that he knew it would never work. However, on Earth-38, the process worked and Lena would have been successful if Kara and Malefic hadn't stopped it.

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* ContinuitySnarl: ContinuitySnarl:
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Earlier episodes established that, in the post-Crisis reality, Leviathan hasn't made any overt moves, with Nia specifically mentioning early in this episode that Rama Khan hasn't been seen in centuries. Yet he and Gamemnae both reference his earlier fights with the supers, meaning they either still happened in the current reality or the pair somehow remember the previous reality.
** Non Nocere itself. It fails here and Alex Lex tells Lena that he knew it would never work. However, on Earth-38, the process worked and Lena would have been successful if Kara and Malefic hadn't stopped it.
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** Non Nocere itself. It fails here and Alex tells Lena that he knew it would never work. However, on Earth38, the process worked and Lena would have been successful if Kara and Malefic hadnt stopped it.

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** Non Nocere itself. It fails here and Alex tells Lena that he knew it would never work. However, on Earth38, Earth-38, the process worked and Lena would have been successful if Kara and Malefic hadnt hadn't stopped it.
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** Non Nonchere itself. It fails here and Alex tells Lena that he knew it would never work. However, on Earth38, the process worked and Lena would have been successful if Kara and Malefic hadnt stopped it.

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** Non Nonchere Nocere itself. It fails here and Alex tells Lena that he knew it would never work. However, on Earth38, the process worked and Lena would have been successful if Kara and Malefic hadnt stopped it.
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** Non Nonchere itself. It fails here and Alex tells Lena that he knew it would never work. However, on Earth38, the process worked and Lena would have been successful if Kara and Malefic hadnt stopped it.


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** This might be subverted. Kara didnt forgive Lena but obviously needs to hear her out in order to stop Lex. It remains to be seen whether Kara will forgive Lena let alone the pair become friends again.
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* EasilyForgiven: Lena, after her HeelRealization, fells that she doesn't deserve Kara's forgiveness, but wants to help take down Lex for good. Kara, who's been listening while still upset, just pulls up a chair and wishes to learn what Lena knows.

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* EasilyForgiven: Lena, after her HeelRealization, fells feels that she doesn't deserve Kara's forgiveness, but wants to help take down Lex for good. Kara, who's been listening while still upset, just pulls up a chair and wishes to learn what Lena knows.

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* TheAtoner: Lena wishes to become this at the end.



* EasilyForgiven: Lena, after her HeelRealization, fells that she doesn't deserve Kara's forgiveness, but wants to help take down Lex for good. Kara, who's been listening while still upset, just pulls up a chair and wishes to learn what Lena knows.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Lena is absolutely crushed by how she was used for the sake of Lex's plans.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
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Lena is absolutely crushed by how she was used for the sake of Lex's plans.plans.
** Brainy, for playing right into Lex's hand.

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* CannotSpitItOut: Nia throws down the gauntlet about Brainy keeping her in the dark about his true plans, but he simply can't bring himself to tell her because he still believes it's the only scenario that will end in Leviathan's defeat.



* EntertaininglyWrong: Kara is extremely angry at Lena's behaviour from last episode and suspects her working together with Leviathan as well.

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* EntertaininglyWrong: Kara is extremely angry at Lena's behaviour from last episode and suspects her to be working together with Leviathan as well.


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* WeaponizedTeleportation: Lex uses his transmat watch to lead the rage-filled prisoners away from the lab and into a sealed room.

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* TheBusCameBack: Rama Khan returns.

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* TheBusCameBack: Several.
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Rama Khan returns.returns.
** Nia, after a few episodes of absence.
** Steve Lomeli comes back, being affected by the failing of Non Nocere, just like the other prisoners.
** Kelly's Army friend Pete Andrews helps Alex investigate Leviathan, though this is actually the first time he himself appears, as he was previously impersonated by Malefic.
* BigDamnKiss: M'gann and J'onn share one at the end of the episode.
* BlatantLies: Kara once again makes up a very poor excuse to get away from William, this time that her sisters cat ran away. And when William tries to help her, as he is good with cats, she tries to sell it to him that this cat hates people who look like him.



* EntertaininglyWrong: Kara is extremely angry at Lena's behaviour from last episode and suspects her working together with Leviathan as well.



* HatePlague: After one prisoner is affected by Non Nocere failing and attacking another, the aggression spreads rapidly.



* HeroOfAnotherStory: Malefic apparently brought the Martian Civil War to a near-stop.



* IgnoredExpert: Andrea completely blows off Kelly's concern about launching a huge VR event after Obsidian Platinum just hade a major glitch.
* InternalReveal: Kelly learns about Eve working for Andrea.



* ItsAllMyFault:
** Alex blames herself for putting Pete and his family in danger.
** Lena realizes that she helped her brother get closer to world domination.
* MinoredInAssKicking: Lex takes down two prisoners who attack Steve Lomeli.
* MomentKiller: An AlmostKiss between M'gann and J'onn is interrupted by Nia snoring.



* PlayAlongPrisoner: Rama Khan allowed himself to be captured in order to be brought to the DEO so that he could raid it for Kryptonite and level the place.

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* PlayAlongPrisoner: Rama Khan allowed himself to be captured in order to be brought to the DEO so that he could raid it for Kryptonite and level the place. Turns out it was organized by Lex.


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* ShoutOut: Lex makes a reference to ''Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington''.
* SpottingTheThread: Eve spots William following her and ambushes him.
* SuddenlyShouting: Lex, when Lena accuses him of sabotaging her. He makes it clear that he did no such thing, he just knew that her plan would fail and wanted her to see that in order to join his side.


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* WhatTheHellHero:
** Brainy calls out Lex for his manipulative tendiences again, with the latter naturally not caring in the slightest.
** Brainy later gets called out himself by Nia for his duplicity.
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* PrisonRiot: One breaks out on Stryker's Island when the Non Nocere project goes wrong and all the prisoners go berserk.

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* AllAccordingToPlan: Lex was betting on Brainy impulsively trying to capture Rama Khan, as it would allow Rama Khan access to the DEO without having to fight his way in.



* ContinuitySnarl: Earlier episodes had established that in the post-Crisis reality, Leviathan hasn't made any overt moves, with Nia specifically mentioning early in this episode that Rama Khan hasn't been seen in centuries. Yet he and Gamemnae both reference his earlier fights with the supers, meaning they still happened in the current reality.

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* ContinuitySnarl: Earlier episodes had established that that, in the post-Crisis reality, Leviathan hasn't made any overt moves, with Nia specifically mentioning early in this episode that Rama Khan hasn't been seen in centuries. Yet he and Gamemnae both reference his earlier fights with the supers, meaning they either still happened in the current reality or the pair somehow remember the previous reality.


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* TantrumThrowing: Though we don't see it on-screen, Lex trashed Lena's lab at the prison after she rejected his offer. He then has the building blown up for good measure.
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Lex believed that Lena finding out that Non Nocere ''can't'' work would convince that world domination was the only reasonable course of action. When she rightfully calls him on it, he blows up at her.

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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Lex believed that Lena finding out that Non Nocere ''can't'' work would convince her that world domination was the only reasonable course of action. When she rightfully calls him on it, he blows up at her.
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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Rama Khan utterly destroys the DEO headquarters.


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* ContinuitySnarl: Earlier episodes had established that in the post-Crisis reality, Leviathan hasn't made any overt moves, with Nia specifically mentioning early in this episode that Rama Khan hasn't been seen in centuries. Yet he and Gamemnae both reference his earlier fights with the supers, meaning they still happened in the current reality.


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* HobbesWasRight: Lex is convinced that humanity needs to ruled with a firm fist to overcome their base instincts.


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* VillainousBreakdown: Lex completely loses his shit when Lena rejects his offer to work together to TakeOverTheWorld, screaming in her face in rage.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Lex offers Lena a place at his side if she works with him to rule the world.
* YouMonster: Lena calls Lex a monster when he shows his real colors.
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* TheBusCameBack: Rama Khan returns.


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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Lex believed that Lena finding out that Non Nocere ''can't'' work would convince that world domination was the only reasonable course of action. When she rightfully calls him on it, he blows up at her.
* EvilIsPetty: Lex responds to Lena refusing to help his schemes of world domination by blowing up the prison, killing the prisoners Lena was trying to help.
* HeelFaceTurn: After her HeelRealization, Lena chooses not to become like Lex and swallows her pride and goes to Kara to offer her help in stopping Lex and Leviathan.
-->'''Lena''': ''[to Lex]'' You're a monster. But that doesn't mean I have to be one too.


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* ItsAllAboutMe: Unsurprisingly, Lex was only helping Lena because he expected her to fall into his way of thinking when her efforts inevitably failed. He's furious to find out that he'll be getting nothing but her scorn for all the support he offered her.


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* PlayAlongPrisoner: Rama Khan allowed himself to be captured in order to be brought to the DEO so that he could raid it for Kryptonite and level the place.
* RealityEnsues: Since Eve has no criminal record post-Crisis and they have no actual evidence to back up their claims, Andrea is quick to dismiss William and Kelly's assertion that she's dangerous.
* TooDumbToLive: After being told that Eve is extremely dangerous, William follows her down a dark alleyway alone. He gets a black bag over the head for his trouble.
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* TrashTheSet: DEO Headquarters is completely destroyed, building and all, by Rama Khan.
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* DarkestHour: The DEO building has been destroyed, Nia's relationship with Brainy is damaged further, William is captured, and Leviathan is closer to its goals.

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* DarkestHour: The DEO building has been destroyed, Nia's relationship with Brainy is damaged further, William is captured, and Leviathan Lex is closer to its his goals.
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* DarkestHour: The DEO building has been destroyed, Nia's relationship with Brainy is damaged further, William is captured, and Leviathan is closer to its goals.



-->'''Lena''': (''mirthless laughter'') Honest...you never change. This was always...''all about you''!

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-->'''Lena''': (''mirthless laughter'') Honest...you never change. This was always...''all about you''!you''!
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* AllForNothing: All of Lena's attempts to use Q-waves to make people better end in miserable failure, as the human brain will always adapt to survive. Lex knew this and afforded Lena whatever resources she needed simply so she'd see this for herself.
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* HeelRealization: Lena finally acknowledges her actions were wrong and knows she has become the villain she spent her life trying to avoid.
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Lena has a crisis of faith as Lex and Leviathan move toward their endgame.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Lena is absolutely crushed by how she was used for the sake of Lex's plans.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Lena tells Lex to his face that he only believes that humanity has to be controlled because he'd be the controller.
-->'''Lena''': (''mirthless laughter'') Honest...you never change. This was always...''all about you''!

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