Well, I finally managed to find some time to watch episode 2 and ... alas, I yawned a lot, not because I was tired after a tirring and stressful day but because of the episode and particularly some minor storylines: - J'onn J'onzz's conflict with his brother (sorry but I'm already tired of his conflict with his brother -> in s3, it was his father and his difficulties to communicate with him and now, that!) ; - light issues between couples Nia/Brainiac and Alex/Kelly mainly due to a lack of communication. By the way, I begin to like Kelly, who is more than just Alex new love: she has a job, she has a personality and we see her implementing them both daily and I must admit quite effectively, while her brother, James, rather gave me the impression of brewing air in Catco, preferring to play the twirling Guardian. In short, she really brings a little more to the show than just being Alex's girlfirend and it is not nothing On the other hand, what did they do to Alex character?! She almost became insignificant, while she is supposed to be the DEO's Director. And of course, to end the list, the sudden passion for our James of the the political arena and nothing less than the senator's seat (hey, sorry to say that but what a lucky duck: he got the Catco's CEO's seat thanks to Cat Grant without showing any predisposition for the job and besides, we never saw him doing the job seriously, prefering acting like a superhero he wasn't and this was subsequently seen with the decline in sales) and now, a possible senator's seat while he never did something exceptional except being in the shadow of being in the shadow of Supergirl/Kara or Superman/Clark as James Olsen then as Guardian. I know that the ridicule never kills anyone but there, I think that we won the cake!
I add that the message sent by producers/writers could be misinterpreted, like " when you do not know what to do with your life, enter politics!"
About Lena's use of nanotechnology on a human subject, it was clearly inapropriate as seeing as she performed nothing less than a kind of lobotomy applied on an isolated part of the brain without the tacit consent of the said subject (contrary to Adam in, s4, who was proposed on several times to quit but stayed and was proud to participate to the experience, knowing perfectly that he could die), but let me remind you that Lena before being a Luthor, is a brilliant scientist who still and always rely on technology to improve the daily life of her fellow human beings?! And sometimes, even with the best intentions in mind, scientists cross the red line or at least brush it... . Plus, I'd add that the fact that Eve, a person without faith or law as long as it can draw her recognition and power, was the said human subject is almost
pleasurable. Do not we say that "Revenge is a dish best served cold"? Here, Lena would do Eve
almost service because we all seek to be better than we are in life.
But I seriously think as many of you that, sooner or later, all Eve 2.0's process will come back like a boomerang endangering her and her friends and maybe even innoncent people. That being said, Hope's storyline is terrifying but so exciting and interesting : Human creates to improve the life of his fellowmen/women but ends to lose the control of his/her inventions because, wanting to do too well, he/she adds to the process the ability to self-management and system improvement. At the end, the "monster" man-made machine takes precedence over man and cause more trouble to its creator than benefits. A concept lifted directly from science fiction, used may times.
Anyway, Eve 2.0 's actions should be the awakening of Lena in the hope that the damage can be reparable. Let's stay positive!
