Titled: “CITY OF LOST CHILDREN”
James finds a new way to be heroic.
I’m honestly surprised by how much I enjoyed “City of Lost Children.” A James-centric episode was the last thing I wanted after this scattered season, but this ended up being one of the season’s most coherent hours. The episode’s disparate story lines ended up coming together in ways that made sense emotionally and fit the plot. If I have two complaints about the hour, they’re that Kara was mostly sidelined for this male-heavy story and that it’s another outing that’s mainly concerned with parent problems. Let’s dive in…
Written by Gabriel Llanas and Anna Musky-Goldwyn, the hour finds James undergoing a crisis of confidence because he isn’t the beacon of hope he hoped he would be. The episode opens with a woman he saves being more scared of him than she was of her assailant, which makes James worried that he’s more like Clark’s friend with the ears than he is like Superman and Supergirl. Thankfully, this week’s crisis — a Phorian alien using her telepathic and telekinetic powers on a flower festival — provides him with a purpose.
The incident ignites fears that the government will start rounding up aliens again, and the DEO puts all its efforts into finding the Phorian. James offers to help, but J’onn shuts him down. However, James ends up finding the most useful lead after he stops a drug deal and the buyer tells him where to find the Phorian. James heads to her home, but instead of finding her, he finds her son, Marcus. Marcus is initially scared of James, but he forms a connection with him after James takes off his mask.
J’onn and Alex quickly realize that James will have much better luck breaking through to Marcus than they will, so they allow him to spend the day with the boy, which leads to a couple of poignant moments when James shows Marcus how to use a camera….
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