History Recap / Supergirl2015S4E16TheHouseOfL

** Red Daughter uses the Alias "Linda Lee", the name given to Supergirl during the Silver Age of Comics and in [[Film/Supergirl1984 the 1984 movie.]]

* ClippedWingAngel: Lex's PoweredArmor that he equips in the opening battle is destroyed by Supergirl only a moment after first putting it on. However, in a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] of this trope, Lex turns out to not ''need'' the suit to battle Supergirl, as he now has powers from the Harun-El.

* InstantArmor: Lex's Lexo-suit, seemingly from nowhere, appears on his body Film/IronMan style with a push of his watch. [[CrazyPrepared Just in case]].

** Lex calls Red Daughter "one of the last daughters of Krypton." ''Supergirl: Last Daughter of Krypton'' was the title of the first New 52 Supergirl comic, which also featured Supergirl waking up in an Eastern European country and not being able to control her newfound powers.
** Red Daughter uses the Alias "Linda Lee", the name given to Supergirl during the Silver Age of Comics and in [[Film/{{Supergirl}} the 1984 movie.]]

** Mikhail says his father was a "bad man" and left. Lex says his father was a worse man because he ''stayed''.

** Red Daughter? Lex is Kaznia's consult to train her to be their LivingWeapon.

* DirtyCommies: Kaznia plans on attacking the United States, as they want to bring back the glory of the Soviet Union. Lex lampshades that this plan makes even less sense than if Russia was going to do it. Kaznia is simply too small and weak, even with Red Daughter, to actually stand a chance.

** Even a brutal thug like Otis Graves can't bear to kill to an innocent little boy and keeps him alive.

** Lex has Eve infiltrate an American warship and has her fire a missile at the home of Red Daughter's friend, thus making him look like the victim of a cowardly American attack.

* GeniusBruiser: In addition to her vast physical power, Red Daughter is incredibly smart, reading through the books Lex sends her very quickly and later recalling passages to near-perfection. She also shows an emotional intelligence and insight that nearly derails Lex's manipulations, recognising Kara's compassion and Lex's motives of envy and ambition.

* KickTheDog: There was no reason for Lex to poison the entire courtroom of his hearing whatsoever other than being a scumbag.

* LongerThanLifeSentence: Lex gets 31 consecutive life sentences. He then snarks to make it 32, as he's poisoned judge, jury, and prosecution.

** Lex tricking Red Daughter, showing himself as a benevolent mentor, is a reference to Lex doing similarly to Supergirl in the ComicBook/PostCrisis comics, both with the [[ArtificialHuman Matrix version of Supergirl]], and the ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'' one.

** Lex covers for his escapes from prison by using a life-like hologram, as in ''Film/SupermanII''.

* ObliviouslyEvil: Red Daughter is genuinely good, sweet, and compassionate, but she's manipulated by Lex into serving his agenda.

* PlayingBothSides: Lex support the Kaznians in attacking the United States, but secretly plans to foil the attack in order to present himself as the hero.

** Lex has been the "consultant" to the Kaznia military on how to train Red Daughter for their use. In fact, Lex has been in league with Kaznia for decades. Lex ''wants'' them to attack America so he can be the hero who stops them.

* SensoryOverload: Happens to Red Daughter when she's exposed to yellow sunlight, resulting in PowerIncontinence.

* ShoutOut: When Eve catches Red Daughter visiting Lena at [=CatCo=], she scolds her, saying, "You are not gonna go all apple pie-eating, flag-waving [[Series/TheAmericans Phillips Jennings]] on me."

* UndyingLoyalty: After some crisis of faith, Red Daughter firmly pledges her loyalty to Lex.

** Red Daughter. When she starts becoming independent and begins to believe that America isn't as bad as Lex and Kaznia says, Lex "kills" the Kaznia boy she's attached to and frames America for it to get her back under control.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Red Daughter is just as innocent and well-meaning as Kara, but thanks to Lex's manipulations, she's driven to become a fierce nationalist, determined to destroy Supergirl for the greater good.

* FalseFlagOperation: Lex has Eve infiltrate an American warship and has her fire a missile at the home of Red Daughter's friend, thus making him look like the victim of a cowardly American attack.

* CapitalismIsBad: What Lex convinces Red Daughter of. She is especially shocked about finding a whole fridge full of food in Kara's apartment, perplexedly asking Lex if all of that is really just for one person.

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Red Daughter has this initially, but since she can't control her powers the results are ... messy.

* DirtyCommies: Kaznia plans on attacking the United States, as they want to bring back the glory of the Soviet Union.

* MotiveRant: Lex has one during his trial.

'''Lex:''' ... Sure. Alex.

* ShoutOut: When Eve catches Red Daughter visiting Lena at CatCo, she scolds her, saying, "You are not gonna go all apple pie-eating, flag-waving [[Series/TheAmericans Phillips Jennings]] on me."

* LongerThanLifeSentence: Lex gets 32 consecutive life sentences. He then snarks to make it 32, as he's poisoned judge, jury, and prosecution.

* EvilIsPetty: Lex poisoned ''the entire courtroom'' at his trial after his verdict was served. Lena and Jimmy were lucky to make it out alive.

* HijackedByGanon: Lex was behind the Children of Liberty this whole time.

* LeaveNoWitnesses: When Red Daughter attacks the American warship in retaliation for the death of her friend, but can't bring herself to kill the defenseless sailors aboard, Lex shows up to dispatch them and make her handiwork look like sabotage.
* LongerThanLifeSentence: Lex gets 31 consecutive life sentences. He then snarks to make it 32, as he poisons the entire courtroom.
* LoonyFan: Eve is reveled to be one for Lex. Lex even compares her to a Charles Manson fangirl, though she scoffs at this because she's well-educated.

* MakeTheBearAngryAgain: Sort of. It's not Russia that seeks to restore the Soviet Union but Kaznia, which appears to be located in Siberia.
* MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll: Lex effectively runs the prison, even able to blackmail the warden to let him leave secretly at frequent intervals without anybody noticing.

** Lex tricking Red Daughter, showing himself as a benevolent mentor, is a reference to Lex doing similarly to Supergirl in the ComicBook/PostCrisis comics, both with the [[ArtificialHuman Matrix version of Supergirl]], and the ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'' one.

** The title is a play on both Superman and Luthor's last name but with the connection to a Russian kryptonian it also alludes to ''" Superman: Red Son"'' where a Communist Russian Superman turns out to be a descendant of Luthor from an advanced future he created. There the House of El and Luthor family are one and the same.

** Why would someone well-educated as Eve work as menial PA for Cat, James, then Lena? She's a fangirl who'll do anything Lex wishes and he wanted to keep tabs on them.

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Red Daughter falls in love with ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' being charmed by Fitzgerald's prose, ignoring the novel's themes on the shallowness of wealth, until Lex spells it out for her.

** Even a brutal thug like Otis Graves can't bare to kill to an innocent little boy and keeps him alive.
** Eve at first flinches when she sees Lex ordering the murder of a Kaznian soldier. Later, she is clearly disturbed when Lex ''gives himself'' cancer just so he can have an excuse to work with Lena to perfect the Harun-El Serum.

* PlayingBothSides: Lex support the Kaznian's in attacking the United States, but secretly plans to then foil the attack in order to present himself as the hero.

** The Graves siblings recruited Lockwood to be the leader of the Childen of Liberty on Lex's orders because he needed a patsy somewhere down the line, making him the ''true'' BigBad all season long.

* RousseauWasRight: Despite having been created from the Harun-El, Red Daughter is not villainous like Reign and has the same drive to protect the innocent as Kara, though she is being led down the wrong path by Lex.

* SkywardScream: Red Daughter, after coming to Mikhail's destroyed home, believing the boy to be dead.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Lex teacher Red Daughter how to play, explaining that he learned both chess and Russian from Anatoly Karpov, a Russian grandmaster.
* SoLastSeason: At the beginning of the episode Lex equips the Lexosuit much like the one his mother used [[Recap/Supergirl2015S3E12ForGood last season]] that gave Supergirl so much trouble. It doesn't last one punch from Supergirl though fortunately for Lex, and unfortunately for her, thanks to the Harun-El Lex didn't need the suit anyway.

-->'''Lex''': My name is Lex.\\
'''Red Daughter''': Alex?\\
'''Lex''': ... Sure. Alex.

** Lockwood, the apparent BigBad, is nothing more than convenient patsy for Lex.
** Red Daughter. When she starts becoming independent and begins to believe that America isn't as bad as Lex and Kaznia says, Lex 'kills' the Kaznia boy she's attached to and frames America for it to get her back under control.

** Lex giving Red Daughter a uniform with Hammer and Sickle insignia.

* Lex trying to gain superpowers, and occasionally succeeding, is a common theme for various incarnations of the character.

** Lex tricking Red Daughter, showing himself as a benevolent mentor, is a reference to Lex doing similarly to Supergirl in the ComicBooks/PostCrisis comics, both with the [[ArtificialHuman Matrix version of Supergirl]], and the ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'' one.

** Lex tricking Red Daughter, showing himself as a benevolent mentor, is a reference to Lex doing similarly to Supergirl in the PostCrisis comics, both with the [[ArtificialHuman Matrix version of Supergirl]], and the ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'' one.

* EvilMentor: Lexy towards Red Daughter. Earlier on, he comments that he actually enjoys tutoring people, like he did with his fellow convicts in chess.

'''Lex''': ...Sure. Alex.