Supergirl Season 4: 3 Ups & 2 Downs From 'Blood Memory'

1. Maeve's Actions

Nia's struggles over the fact she possessed the very gift her sister had spent her whole life waiting for set the stage for some very juicy conflict between herself and Maeve. Unfortunately, the way that things progressed upon Maeve's discovery of the truth was just a little problematic.

Before we carry on, this doesn't have anything to do with the jibe about Nia "not being a real woman", because as hurtful as that was, it was intentionally designed that way to highlight an important message. The problem with Maeve lay in her ridiculously sudden character change as, somewhere along the line, she turned from loving sister into something else entirely.

This woman who wanted to be a hero more than anything wasn't able to put her feelings aside to help those in need. The fact that she stormed off in a strop, completely unperturbed by the fact that her town was under attack and her sister had just saved her life verged on ridiculousness. It ended up portraying the character as a self-centred overgrown child, and this didn't appear to be the writers' initial intentions.

She had every right to be heartbroken by the realisation that Nia lied to her about her Dreamer abilities, but the personality change was just too jarring. Despite her flaws, she was a good person and yet we were suddenly expected to buy that she didn't care what happened to any of those in danger? Needless to say, this didn't exactly portray her in the most positive light, and that was before she made those unforgivable comments.

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