I hated it. It was overstuffed with plot and poorly paced, yet it still couldn't be bothered to feature characters like Kelly or Nia. Leviathan is just terrible. It is unbelievable that neither Pulitzer Prize winning Kara Danvers nor the DEO were able to secure a scrap of evidence to prove Lena was a criminal who deserves to be in prison. Utter incompetence.
The show is so afraid of giving Kara actual point of view that Alex had to list the reasons why Kara's inability to open up to Lena was not wholly selfish or manipulative. But, of course, Alex's truths had to be undermined by her advocating a strategy neither Kara nor the show would ever support. Even worse, it wasn't Kara who had the last word with Alex about what to do about Lena. It was J'onn. In fact, it was only J'onn's efforts to reconcile and trust Malefic that made a difference in this episode. And, more frustrating, only J'onn has contact with The Monitor. Supergirl seems very much like an afterthought on her own show. While her ideals are admirable and her faith that Lena can change will likely be rewarded, the show simply isn't serving her character well. She came across useless with Lena and useless with Khan. Her agency and perspective have been handled abysmally.
I still can't get over how poorly this show is handling the issue of killing villains. On the one hand, we have Kara taking responsibility for Lex's death in the previous episode (before Lena admitted she finished the job herself). But, then, we also have Kara advocating that Lena not be taken out because she can still be saved. So, which is it? Can only some villains be saved? Who decides if someone like Lex or Lena is beyond redemption? Why isn't Kara more upset that Lena betrayed Supergirl by tracking Lex and killing him in her name without her knowledge? Lena didn't inform Supergirl or Kara that Lex was still alive when she went to confront him, and this was before Lena knew of Kara's betrayal. Lena even has the gall to say she doesn't kill when she killed her own brother rather than inform the proper authorities of his whereabouts so he could be brought to justice. For Kara to not wrestle with that and, instead, have her justify Lena's actions ("She killed him to protect me, to protect all of us") is appalling. It doesn't make any sense!
