Written by Katie Rich
Directed by Diana Huh
Brainiac (to Coco): "I will never again have a home. I shall forever drift in the cosmos raging against imperfection."
Following the ending of last week's and the title for this one, the focus on Brainiac was by far the best thing the show could've done. This episode gave quite the origin story for the guy.
On Colu, Brainiac was certainly living up to his name, which for the most impressed his wife but it saw some conflict with his son. With his own world being 1% off perfect, Brainiac dismissed the need for concern. That would be something Brainiac would live to regret.
With his pet monkey, Koko for company, Brainiac found his world destroyed and his family killed. This gave him the mission to wipe out imperfection as he went along. If it meant taking cities like Kandor off the map, then Brainiac had no problem doing such a thing. Then Metropolis got his attention.
Yes, as the episode got into its final five minutes, Brainiac had to deal with both Harley and Ivy being openly hostile towards him. In fact had Lena Luthor not stepped in and revealed she was working with Brainiac (not a shocker), Harley might have been dead on the spot.
Instead Harley and Ivy had their memories wiped, got sent back to their apartment where they ate takeout and Lena wanted them to be more sociable in Metropolis. While Ivy seemed blissfully unaware of everything, there was a part of Harley that was trying to remember her encounter with Brainiac.
- Apparently Harley can lose herself for hours when scrolling through this show's version of Instagram.
- Lena seemed very adamant about Brainiac sparing Harley/Ivy in exchange for having Metropolis.
- Humans came in at 0.2%. It's no wonder Brainiac doesn't think so highly of us. Koko was also a pile of bones.
- Chronology: Colu, Space Sector 1287 for the start of the episode, setting up Brainiac's origin.
Breaking Brainiac was definitely a great origin episode for the character. The sympathetic villain backstory, maybe it's a bit cliched but it's well executed here and I'm intrigued but not surprised by Lena's team up with Brainiac.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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