Supergirl Season 4: 3 Ups & 2 Downs From ‘Fallout’

1. Agent Jensen's Betrayal

"Maybe if I stare at Brainy real intense, people will understand my motivations..."

Perhaps Agent Jensen was thinking something like that when he betrayed the D.E.O and freed the associates of the anti-alien brigade. Or perhaps the writers were thinking that, by making Jensen overhear Alex's conversation with Brainy, his motivations would seem more relatable. Whatever the reasoning, Jensen's heel turn was a major misfire.

It's not that his betrayal lacked motivation - the episode had already informed us how fear can make good people react differently - it's that we just didn't know him enough to care. Agent Jensen was simply created to give this episode another purpose and allow the writers to free Mercy and Otis Graves. Before now, he didn't even exist.

It's commendable that the writers have used Jensen's betrayal to start conversations about differing views, but it would have been far more effective if it the betrayal came from a more significant character, or perhaps if they had even spent more time introducing the character subtly. The minute he began receiving prominence in the episode, it was pretty clear that he was going to have something to do - and it made the whole thing rather predictable.

Agent Jensen is nothing more than a plot device. His betrayal wasn't heart-breaking, earth-shattering or even remotely shocking because we, quite frankly, didn't care about him.

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