Whats the baldest Luthorreallybeen up to since the Crisis on Infinite Earths?
This weeksMelissa Benoist-directed episode fills us in on his plans within plans within plans.
Give a lady a chance to brace herself, ya know?
If so, youve upgraded.
Lex is offended that Lillian’s questioning his strength of will.
Then we flash through several events post-Crisis, but with a Lex-centric spin.
Lex immediately vows to exterminate the Leviathan.
Next is the Toyman threat, which allows Lex access to the Legion ship.
There, he learns all about Gemma, Margot, and Eve and tracks the latter down mid-assassination.
To prove himself, Lex kills her mark for her, and with that, Eves on board.
He puts ex-Mossad agents outside her mothers home and gets her assigned to the Obsidian Platinum project.
Lex does this by posing as a bartender in anamazinglong-haired wig, embroidered shirt, and leather bracelets.
It is a LEWK and I love it.
He also shows Eve that he can use Q-waves to make a mouse vibrate out of existence.
He gave her a dossier on Jeremiah Danvers.
Then Lexs plan goes awry.
That cannot happen, he bellows.
They start to put together the plight of the missing VR users.
Eve surveils this meeting across the street from Karas apartment, giving Lex the footage to share with Gemma.
Something like, say, Myriad.
So much for that fragile truce, huh?
It grows large by absorbing Karas powers and sets out to fulfill itsraison d’etre.
This, naturally, is alarming to our heroes, who are saved by… drumroll, MGann!
Malefic sensed the Q-waves from Mars and sent her to help.
Lets go save the sun, Jonn says grimly.
baby sun eater back to its cell.
One by one, they activate their lenses.
Ummm is this a little too close to our lives right now?
Escape the event and find comfort inTiger King/Animal Crossing/Never Have I Ever.
I’m feeling called out.
(But seriously, you should be watchingNever Have I Ever.)
On this Earth, Ive always been the hero, he smugly tells Supergirl and Jonn.
But he explains that he protected Obsidian and Leviathan from suspicion.
I will not fail, Gemma declares.
And now the time has come for Lex to show his true colors.
A crushed Eve accuses him of being worse than Leviathan, but he replies, Not worse, better.
In the end, Lex revels in the knowledge that he handled the situationhisway.
