Supergirl Season 1: 10 Questions After 'Childish Things'

By Andrew Pollard /

3. How Long Is 5 Seconds?

With a literal handful of seconds to go before Toyman€™s 10 bombs go off at ToyCon and cause countless casualties, it€™s down to Supergirl to save the day. Only 5 seconds may not actually be 5 seconds in real time. We see Toyman€™s clock at 5 seconds, then Kara speaks to Winn, looks around the arena, tries to spy the location of these bombs, then looks to evacuate the innocent civilians present€ then the clock drops down to 4 seconds remaining before the bombs explode. I€™ve heard of time standing still, but this really pushes the boundaries of time, space and physics. Of course, the Maid of Might would save the day just as the 5 seconds expire, but viewers were left scratching their head at the clearly different time settings in place in National City.