Supergirl - 'Hostile Takeover'

I picked this shot for Benoist's portrayal of Kara's shock at seeing how far she
could go, but all I can think now is that it has so much lens flare JJ Abrams is
like, dude.

Astra calls on Supergirl and tries to recruit her to 'the cause'. She fails, which isn't entirely surprising given her complete failure to actually explain what it is. Like, at all.

Cat's emails get hacked, leading to a series of embarrassing revelations in the Daily Planet, which is apparently the sort of hack rag that buys scurrilous dirt on competitors in this version of the DC Universe. Kara, James and Winn - described to Kara by Cat as 'that handsome hobbit who own more cardigans than you do.' - are tasked with finding the hacker and making sure there is nothing else embarrassing in the stolen data. In the process, Kara learns that Cat has another, older son whom she supports but does not know, and having overheard the CEO of CatCo plotting to remove Cat, guides her team to unveil him as the hacker.

Astra has a heart to heart with her husband, Non, who is not the near-mute idiot of the old movies, but does believe that Astra needs to recruit Kara or kill her. Astra calls Kara out for a fight, and is ultimately beaten down and locked up by the DEO. There, she tries to convince Kara that she was just trying to save Krypton when Allura betrayed her, using Kara as bait to trap her and prevent her letting people know that Krypton was doomed. Kara is enraged that her mother might have used her.

Reviewing the footage of the fight, Alex realises that Astra threw the fight. Hank/Jonn can't get anything out of her, as Kryptonians are immune to his telepathic abilities, which Superman apparently finds hilarious. Alex is just disturbed to learn that he can read minds.

Cat works out who Kara really is.

Astra's capture turns out to be a distraction, while her forces attack Max Lord's tower. A battle royale ensues, with several DEO agents downed and some aliens, before Kara arrives to go head to head with Non and...

Oh, that's the mid-season closer. DRAMAH!