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Are "turn the hero bad" episodes a bit of a cliche? Yes. But in this case, in the overall scale of things, it works.
Just as things seemed to have gotten better for Kara and co. during the last episode, everything naturally goes to heck in this episode. There are so many shocking moments that happened, but in order to avoid spoilers, I won't say what happens. But it's definitely going change the show overall; in character arcs as well as relationship arcs.
It's also a tear jerking. I myself was crying more than once during the episode thanks to Melissa Benoist's absolutely stunning performance in the episode. She managed to convey the effects of "Red Kryptonite" to where it wasn't corny and made Dark!Kara a legitimate threat, projecting cruelty and malicious into a usually bubbly character (though constantly weighed by morality and tragedy). Not to mention the moments after the effects (spoiler alert) wore off where Kara realized the gravity of all she'd done.
On top of Benoist's performance, we had two more knock-out performances in our midst: David Harewood and Chyler Leigh. Their performances in some (spoilery) scenes of the episode was done beautifully and brought even more tears from me. Honestly, Alex and Hank (or J'onn)'s relationship is one of the best relationships on the show, in my opinion.
What will happen next? I have no idea. But it's going to be good, I know that much.
Rating: 9/10
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