The DEO close in on Jensen even as Kara’s latest interview leads to danger for all of them.

The measured approach to the political plot this year is really paying off. This week, we get an episode full of housekeeping but with real narrative muscle behind it for several characters. Not the least of those is Kara herself, who finds both her personalities very much engaged by this problem.

The Amadei plot, initially, plays pretty weakly. He’s a fiercely generic ‘I bring you love!’ Practitioner of healing and the whole thing plays like a fairly weak piece of Utopianism. But then you find out this amazing healer was a painfully terrible father and suddenly everything snaps into focus. The aliens are individuals, just like the humans. Amadei’s failures aren’t seen by the Sons of Liberty because they’re too stupid and bigoted to see aliens as anything other than a seething morass of conquest and murder.

It’s a subtle approach that works really well, especially as it leads to the dark flip side of James wanting to understand the Sons of Liberty more. He sees them as a generic mass, wants to understand them and risks everything to do so. Intransigent far right versus open and accepting to a fault left. In a superhero show. That’s solid, ambitious writing and it all works.

The rest of the episode impresses as well but honestly, laying out the core issue of the season like this is what stays with you.

Verdict: Supergirl has always been impressive and has always done excellent, quiet work exploring a society where aliens are part of our culture. This year it’s seized the opportunity to use that to talk about the world around us. It’s done so with the same bravery, honesty and compassion that defines Kara herself and so far, it’s doing just as impressive a job. 7/10

Alasdair Stuart