Supergirl Season 1: 10 Questions After 'Childish Things'
3. How Long Is 5 Seconds?
With a literal handful of seconds to go before Toymans 10 bombs go off at ToyCon and cause countless casualties, its down to Supergirl to save the day. Only 5 seconds may not actually be 5 seconds in real time. We see Toymans 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. Ive 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.
