History Recap / Supergirl2015S2E17DistantSun

* CriticalResearchFailure: Used in-universe: Mon-El keeps referencing what a beautiful love story ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' is. Kara [[LampshadeHanging points out that he hasn't reached the end yet]]. (He also must not know about the prologue or the complete title. The sixth line of the prologue of ''The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'' is "A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life.")

* KnifeNut: Rhea loves using stabby things on her enemies.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: When J'onn mentions that nobody could stop Kara if she wants to engage the bounty hunters, he forgets that he very well ''could'', and in fact ''[[Recap/Supergirl2015S1E16Falling has]]''. Of course, he doesn't ''want'' to fight Kara, and it's not like it'd be an easy task, regardless.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: While James tries to intervene in the clash between Kara and the manipulated Mon-El, despite how much of a BadassNormal he may be as Guardian, beneath the suit he is still just a human being going against two [[SuperStrength Super-Strong]] extraterrestrials, whom Mon-El instantly knocks out of the fight.

* RealityEnsues: While James tries to intervene in the clash between Kara and the manipulated Mon-El, despite how much of a BadassNormal he may be as Guardian, beneath the suit he is still just a human being going against two [[SuperStrength Super-Strong]] extraterrestrials, whom Mon-El instantly knocks out of the fight.

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: While they both want what, they consider, is best for their family and kingdom, Lar Gand is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure; Rhea, on the other hand, doesn't take 'No' for an answer, not even from [[AbusiveParents her son]] or [[TilMurderDoUsPart husband]].

* KryptoniteFactor: Rhea is armed with kryptonite sais; she states that Daxam has plenty of Krypton's remains. It's never stated how she knew that Kryptonians could be harmed with pieces of their own planet.

* MoralityPet: Mon-El turns out to be this for his father. First, Mon-El tries to get him change how Daxam is run, then makes him realize that he shouldn't force him to stay with his parents.

* NoSell: Rhea tries her kryptonite sais on Supergirl when Supergirl teleports to her ship, only for them to do nothing. Supergirl then transforms into J'onn, who points out their radiation won't do anything to him.

* AbusiveParents: Rhea may love Mon-El, but she is perfectly willing to hurt him and lock him up in a prison.
* ApologeticAttacker: Both Mon-El and Kara, when he's [[PeoplePuppets People-Puppeted]] and forced to attack her, and she tries to subdue him while holding back.
* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Queen Rhea is rich enough to put a bounty on Supergirl's head of 300 quartz crowns, which according to Mon-El is enough money to buy ''a planet''. In fairness, she is a Queen, albeit of a ravaged planet.

* BeamOWar: Kara puts her heat vision against the EyeBeams of the alien bounty hunter, who ends up winning the struggle. The beams can't actually hurt her, though.

* CarnivalOfKillers: Rhea puts a massive bounty on Kara that summons bounty hunters from across the universe, though we only see two--a reptilian being with a laser-shooting eyepatch, and a {{Human Alien|s}} with psychic powers.

* DarkSecret: Apparently, Maggie cheated on her girlfriend, Emily.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: When J'onn mentions that nobody could stop Kara if she wants to engage the bounty hunters, he forgets that he very well could, and in fact [[Recap/Supergirl2015S1E16Falling has]]. Of course, he doesn't want to fight Kara, and it's not like it'd be an easy task, regardless.

* HeroicSacrifice: A non-fatal version, but Mon-El agrees to give up his life on Earth to become prince of Daxam if it'll get his mother to retract the bounty on Kara. Thankfully, this is later averted.

* LiarRevealed: It is revealed to Alex that Maggie cheated on her ex-girlfriend. She doesn't make too big of a deal out of it though. (To be fair, Maggie technically didn't lie to Alex; she was truthful in saying the relationship didn't end well.)

* MoralityPet: Mon-El turns out to be this for his father. First, he tries to get him change how Daxam is run, then he makes him realize that he shouldn't force him to stay with his parents.

* NoSell: Rhea tries her kryptonite sais on Supergirl when Supergirl teleports to her ship, only for them to do nothing. Supergirl then transforms into J'onn, who points out the mineral won't do anything to him.

** Mon-El references ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', comparing it with his and Kara's own StarCrossedLovers' situation, even suggesting trying to run away together, as Romeo and Juliet planned to do in the play; Kara shoots down the plan by mentioning the play's DownerEnding. It turns out Mon-El didn't read that far.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Lar Gand is dismissive of Mon-El's suggestion that they reform Daxam to be more democratic, believing that it is their iron-fisted rule which ensures Daxam's survival.

* ContinuityLockout: Hope you watched the ''Flash'' crossover, or it'll seem like Kara breaking up with Mon-El last episode was completely forgotten.

->The ''Series/TheFlash2014'' crossover episode "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S3E17Duet Duet]]" takes place between this episode and the previous one.

Mon-El continues to have issues with his parents while Kara discovers someone has put out a bounty on her and hunters are coming from across the galaxy to collect it. Meanwhile, Alex is thrown when Maggie's ex comes back to town.

!!Tropes in this episode:

* ApologeticAttacker: Both Mon-El and Kara, when he's mind controlled and forced to attack her, and she tries to subdue him while holding back.

** Winn has rebuilt the portal from "Supergirl Lives". This episode reveals it does not need a companion gate to function, so long as you have precise coordinates for it to target.

* CarnivalOfKillers: Rhea puts a massive bounty on Kara that summons bounty hunters from across the universe. Though we only see two -- a reptilian being with a laser-shooting eyepatch, and a {{Human Alien|s}} with psychic powers.

* ContinuousDecompression: Mon-El breaches the glass in the throne room on the ship to interrupt a duel between Supergirl and Rhea that the latter was likely to win, causing the ship to decompress. The kryptonite sais are sucked out the hole, as is a guard, before Lar Gand manages to trigger some emergency shutters. One wonders why they're [[NoOSHACompliance not designed to close automatically in the event of a breach]].
* CriticalResearchFailure: Used in-universe: Mon-El keeps referencing what a beautiful love story RomeoAndJuliet is. Kara [[LampshadeHanging points out that he hasn't reached the end yet.]]
** He also must not know about the prologue or the complete title. The sixth line of the prologue of ''The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'' is "A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life."

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: While they both want what, they consider, is best for their family and kingdom, Lar Gand is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure; Rhea, on the other hand, doesn't take 'No' for an answer, not even from [[AbusiveParents her son]] or [[TilMurderDoUsPart husband.]]

* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Alex tries to use this ([[Recap/Supergirl2015S2E15Exodus again]]) on the bounty hunter, but J'onn stops her.

* LiarRevealed: It is revealed to Alex that Maggie cheated on her ex-girlfriend. She doesn't make an all too big deal out of it though. (To be fair, Maggie technically didn't lie to Alex; she was truthful in saying the relationship didn't end well.)
* LoopholeAbuse: Attempted but failed. The ExactWords of President Marsdin's order is that ''Supergirl'' shouldn't engage the Daxamites to avoid a potential intergalactic conflict, so J'onn disguises himself as Kara to blindside them. However, Kara still ended up joining the skirmish. The President is not amused.

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Guardian, once again, tries to save the day (this time by engaging a mind-controlled Mon-El) only to be casually thrown aside.

* OutOfFocus: James Olsen, once again. In fact after being casually thrown aside by the mind-controlled Mon-El, he vanishes for the rest of the episode

* PrematureEncapsulation: This is the episode where Mon-El constantly references ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. The previous episode was the one with a title taken from ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''.

* RealityEnsues: While James tries to intervene in the clash between Kara and the manipulated Mon-El, despite how much of a BadassNormal he may be as Guardian, beneath the suit he is still just a human being going against two SuperStrength extraterrestrials, whom Mon-El instantly knocks out of the fight.

** Mon-El references ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', comparing it with his and Kara's own StarCrossedLovers' situation, even suggesting trying to run away together, as Romeo and Juliet planned to do on the play; Kara shoots down the plan by mentioning the play's DownerEnding. It turns out Mon-El didn't read that far.
*** As mentioned above, he also skipped the prologue.

* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Kara and co are faced with this, since they want to rescue Mon-El, but the President has ordered not to engage the Daxamites. They do it anyway though.

* EpunymousTitle: The episode centers on Mon-El and his parents growing apart.

* ApologeticAttacker : Both Mon-El and Kara, when he's mind controlled and forced to attack her, and she tries to subdue him while holding back.

* OutOfFocus: James Olson, once again. In fact after being casually thrown aside by the mind-controlled Mon-El, he vanishes for the rest of the episode

** He also must not know about the prologue or the complete title. The sixth line of the prologue of The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is "A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life."

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Rhea puts the bounty on Kara without Lar Gand's knowledge, and he doesn't approve of it once he discovers the truth. He also allows Mon-El to leave when it's clear Mon-El will never be happy back on Daxam. Sadly, it doesn't end well for him. This is different from his portrayal in the previous episode, where he seems as if he doesn't care if his son comes with them or not, while Rhea seems to want their family to be together.

** Mon-El references ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', comparing it with his and Kara's own StarCrossedLovers' situation, even suggesting trying to run away together, as Romeo and Juliet planned to do on the play; Kara shoots down the plan by mentioning the play's DownerEnding.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Rhea puts the bounty on Kara without Lar Gand's knowledge, and he doesn't approve of it once he discovers the truth. He also allows Mon-El to leave when it's clear Mon-El will never be happy back on Daxam. Sadly, it doesn't end well for him.

* KryptoniteFactor: Rhea is armed with kryptonite sais; she states that Daxam has plenty of Krypton's remains.

* ContinuousDecompression: Mon-El breaches the glass in the throne room on the ship to interrupt a duel between Supergirl and Rhea that the latter was likely to win, causing the ship to decompress. The kryptonite sais are sucked out the hole, as is a guard, before Lar Gand manages to trigger some emergency shutters.