History Recap / Supergirl2015S2E5Crossfire

* RealityEnsues:
** If you go up against several crooks who have highly advanced alien weaponry with just a ski mask and a baseball bat while being on your own, you're gonna get your ass kicked.
** On the other hand, if as a group of random criminals you decide to go up against a wealthy family with a reputation for not tolerating threats (alien or otherwise), you can expect your heist to be prematurely interrupted.

ties or not, though her brief comments suggest her mother is frequently absent.

* {{Adorkable}}: Alex [[TheStoic really isn't this normally]], but around Maggie, she acts like a clueless and lovestruck teenager, greatly confusing Maggie (who thinks Alex is hitting on her) and further greatly confusing Alex (who assures Maggie she is ''[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not]]'' hitting on her).
%%* AmbiguouslyEvil: It doesn't become clear at the end of the episode whether Lena is aware of her mother's activities or not, though her brief comments suggest her mother is frequently absent.

* {{Adorkable}}: Alex [[TheStoic really isn't this normally]], but around Maggie, she acts like a clueless and lovestruck teenager, greatly confusing Maggie (who thinks Alex is hitting on her) and further greatly confusing Alex (who assures Maggie she is ''[[MistakenForGay not]]'' [[MistakenForGay hitting on her]]).

* {{Adorkable}}: Alex [[TheStoic really isn't this normally]], but around Maggie, she acts like a clueless and lovestruck teenager, greatly confusing Maggie (who thinks Alex is hitting on her) and further greatly confusing Alex (who assures Maggie she is ''[[MistakenForGay not]]'' [[MistakenForGay hitting on her]]

* {{Adorkable}}: Alex [[TheStoic really isn't this normally]], but around Maggie, she acts like a clueless and lovestruck teenager.

** Winn immediately sees through James's nonsensical excuse after he is beaten up while playing vigilante. It helps that he has video of James at the scene.

* BrutalHonesty: When Alex awkwardly tries to ask Maggie out (just for a fun girls' night, she claims), the latter immediately confronts Alex with the fact that she is obviously gay.

* ClosetKey: Maggie has Alex questioning her sexuality.
* CoitusInterruptus: Kara walks in on Mon-El and Miss Tessmacher boning.

* MundaneUtility: Kara uses her HeatVision to give Mon-El a haircut.

** On the other hand, if as a group of random criminals you decide to go up against a wealthy family with a reputation for not tolerating threats, you can expect your heist to be prematurely interrupted.

* ShootingSuperman: Subverted. When one of the bank robbers points an ordinary gun at Supergirl, she's quick to point out how useless it is. Cue the other guy shooting her with an alien plasma cannon.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: A lot of attention is given to how sexist Mon-El is purely because that is how he was raised on Daxam.

* InnocentBigot: Mon-El shows a pretty sexist side. [[DeliberateValuesDissonance But that's just what he learned on his home planet.]]

* OhMyGods: Kara mutters a brief "Thank Rao" after explaining to Mon-El that Earth isn't like Daxam, especially with regards to his [[InnocentBigot casual sexism]].

Cadmus is back, and this time, their fear-mongering propaganda involves arming crooks with alien tech guns terrorizing National City. Meanwhile, Lena invited both Kara and Supergirl to her fundraising party.

* {{Adorkable}}: Alex [[TheStoic really isn't this normally,]] but around Maggie, she acts like a clueless and lovestruck teenager.

* BeamOWar: Kara does this a few times against the alien guns. She isn't able to overpower them, and is overpowered herself a couple times when she either stops trying or the others join in.

* BrutalHonesty: When Alex awkwardly tries to ask Maggie out, the latter immediately confronts Alex with the fact that she is obviously gay.

* CelebrityParadox: Mon-El references ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' when justifying why he thought it was okay to have sex in the workplace. Chyler Leigh, who plays Alex, was a series regular on ''Grey's'' for several seasons. However, since Mon-El never actually name-drops the show, instead referring to it as a "TV show about doctors", he could have been talking about an InUniverse equivalent.

* InnocentBigot: Mon-El shows a pretty sexist side. [[DeliberateValuesDissonance But that's just what he learned on his home planet]].

* MythologyGag: Eve Teschmacher was Lex Luthor's curvaceous assistant in Film/SupermanTheMovie.

* OffScreenBreakUp: Maggie's girlfriend dumped her in-between episodes.

** Kara argues with Alex that Music/NSync is not weird music when discussing about personal hobbies and interests.

* Foreshadowing: The head of Cadmus tells Miner that she's doing what she's doing for the safety of "my son and my daughter," at the same time that she's warning him not to mess with the Luthor family. Since we know that the Luthor family includes a brother and sister, this drops a hint as to who she really is.

* EatingTheEyeCandy: Eve Tessmacher can't stop ogling over Mike/Mon-El. She's also this close to literally eating him up when the two of them are about to get kinky in the supply closet.

* ForgotICouldFly: No one brings up J'onn helping out when Kara and Supergirl have to both appear at Lena's party (in fact, he barely has any screen time in this episode).

* EnergyWeapon: One of the weapons Cadmus gives Miner's crew is a photon cannon. Winn notes that if it had been fully charged there's no telling what would have happened to Kara if it had been fully charged.
* FishOutOfWater: Mon-El's attempt to pass as human is comically inept, such as believing his Social Security number is his primary ID and having no idea how to operate a telephone. Fortunately for him, being attractive lets him rope Tessmacher into doing his work for him.

--->'''Kara:''' This is ''the definition'' of something looking like what it looks like.

* RealityEnsues: If you go up against several crooks who have highly advanced alien weaponry with just a ski mask and a baseball bat while being on your own, you're gonna get your ass kicked.

* CoitusInterruptus: Kara walks in on Mon-El boning Miss Tessmacher.

** Winn immediately sees through James' nonsensical excuse after he is beaten up while playing vigilante. It helps that he has video of James at the scene.

Cadmus is back, and this time, their fear mongering propaganda involves arming crooks with alien tech guns terrorizing National City. Meanwhile, Lena invited both Kara and Supergirl to her fundraising party.

** Winn immediately sees through James' nonsensical excuse after he is beaten up while playing vigilante.

* ContinuityNod: Lena thanks Alex for saving her back when Corben was trying to kill her.

* ShoutOut: Mon-El took the idea of sex being totally normal in the workplace from ''Series/GreysAnatomy''.

* WhamLine: Lena to the head of Cadmus: "So, what do you want[[DramaticPause ...]] ''Mom?''

* OhMyGods: Kara mutters a brief "Thank Rao" after explaining to Mon-El that Earth isn't like Daxam, especially with regards to his [[InnocentBigot casual sexism]].