The episode opens with morning routines.
Alex and Maggie share morning kisses and jewelry commercial-ready shots of their engagement rings.
Samantha nudges her sleeping daughter awake.
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Kara eyes the empty side of her bed.
You know, shed probably feel a little better if she embraced the starfish sprawl to reclaim her space.
Rubys more interested in how her mom lifted that tower off of her at the waterfront.
Samantha passes it off as mama-bear adrenaline.
Its also Lenas first day at CatCo.
Jonn has spoken, yall.
Youve got it backward.
Afterward, Jonn scans Karas mind and finds residual psionic interference only used by metahumans.
Kara says no, but its personal and she doesnt want to talk about personal things on the job.
Lena can play that game.
I didnt spend $750 million on a company as a favor to a friend, she tells Kara.
Kara grimly marches off to contact a potential source Lena found for the Edge story.
When Winn checks her over, though, he diagnoses this as a regular human panic attack.
He babbles out the truth, and Alex heads to Karas.
She finds her sister reciting a Kryptonian mantra as a mind-strengthening meditation and chides Kara for not telling her.
Kara tells her that reliving the scariest moment of her life was torture.
And worse, its affecting her job as Supergirl.
If I dont have Supergirl, what do I have?
Youve got me, Alex says, pulling her in for a sister hug, which is perfect.
Ruby says the girl called her a liar for claiming her mom has superpowers.
I just want you to let it go, Samantha says tiredly.
We see her sulking at a restaurant and ignoring her moms worried texts.
This time, Supergirls armed with a psionic inhibiter ray, which looks like a disconnected old-school telephone receiver.
It doesnt work, though, and Kara gets blasted both physically and mentally.
This time, she sees Mon-El, alone in his pod and dying in an asteroid field.
I killed him, she cries over and over.
This gives her the strength to have another go, and now shes able to withstand the physic blast.
Psi gets increasingly frustrated when the fear doesnt cripple Supergirl.
Mind over matter, Kara says, head butting Psi.
Yesss, I love it when Supergirl mixes her brain with her brawn!
She assures Ruby of her smarts and her toughness, and Maggie compliments Alex on her way with kids.
Ummm yes, you should.
In fact, if youre Bruce Wayne, your light bills are probably the size of some small municipalities.
Not that Bruce Wayne is hurting for money, but you see my point.
Then Lenas temporary L-Corp replacement arrives, and its Samantha!
This definitely explains the posh house.
The episode winds down with nighttime routines.
Samantha checks on a sleeping Ruby and then heads to the garage for a replacement lightbulb.
On a whim, she picks up a crowbar and experimentally tries to bend it.
She cant make it budge and sheepishly puts it back down.
James and Lena share a stiff, formal goodnight.
Gee, can these two uneasy professionals become allies and maybe even friends?
YES, LETS GO TO MARS!
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