A few weeks ago, I griped that the "Kara" episode reminded me too much of Season 1 and was worried the overarching plot this year would amount to nothing more than Kara getting acclimated to her powers and life on Earth. At times like this, I don't mind being wrong.While Kara's fevered search for her crystal was a bit derivative of Clark's obsession with finding the crystals in Season 4, it did a great job of tying together a number of storylines, a feat the show hasn't pulled off so well since, uh... Season 4. In one fell swoop, Kara's search stabilized her rocky relationship with Clark, fleshed out the government's involvement by introducing Operation Starhawk, brought Lionel back into the fold as a father figure to Clark, and utilized one of the most bizarrely satisfying methods to justify a flashback I've ever seen.We've had glimpses of Starhawk and its perpetrators, dubiously dubbed the Department of Domestic Security, in past episodes, but it's nice to learn a bit more about i...
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