Cadmus hasn’t wasted any time using the National Alien Registry to round up aliens.
Luckily, a last-minute assist from Guardian allows Alex and Maggie to capture one of the Cadmus foot soldiers.
Anyway, J’onn pulls Alex off before she does anything she regrets.

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So, J’onn suspends her, and Kara agrees with him.
So, TV’s best couple ambushes a group of Cadmus agents trying to kidnap another innocent alien.
They subdue them and steal their van’s GPS info to get the location of Cadmus' base.
Alex’s desperation to find Jeremiah fuels the episode and makes everything feel even more heightened.
Like last week, parts of tonight’s story only work because the show dumbs down the DEO.
So Kara self-publishes her story.
(Blake Neely’s score also adds to the tension and makes the moment even more moving.)
So, both Danvers sisters disobeyed their superiors to save people; however, their actions have different outcomes.
J’onn admits he was wrong for benching Alex and ends her suspension.
“When I write, I don’t need a yellow sun.
It’s just me.
Supergirl is what I can do, Kara is who I am,” says Kara.
That statement reveals howSupergirldiverges from Superman/Kal-El.
It is true that this is typically what we expect from Superman and Supergirl.