This week, the stakes of Supergirl Season 3 became all the more clear as the zealous Graves siblings revealed they have not been acting alone and tipped their hand regarding their plans for the future. It`s pretty simple, really: Together with the mysterious masked Agent Liberty, Otis and Mercy Graves plan on exposing and destabilizing the entire alien population of America, all in the name of--well, making it great again.The political allegories in this one are anything but subtle.What`s more, Agent Liberty himself spent a bit more time in the spotlight, thanks to he and Mercy`s partnership. That gave us our first real look at his civilization followers, the `Children of Liberty,` as they`ll soon be known according to series producer Robert Rovner. `We learn more about Agent Liberty`s backstory in episode 4,` Rovner teased when speaking with GameSpot and a group of reporters at The CW earlier this week. `It`s an origin story, which I think adds a lot of depth to our villain. You get to see where he came from and how he got to be the way he is.`But perhaps more interesting that Agent Liberty alone is his partnership with Mercy Graves, which was explored in this episode, along with Mercy`s former partnership with Lex Luthor, who was announced this week as an upcoming addition to the season. Mercy was, according to Lena, Lex`s right hand for quite some time before their partnership came to a rather disastrous end. Apparently Mercy wanted to push Lex and his ideals even further than he was comfortable with--which seems a bit difficult to believe, considering Lex`s reputation as one of the worst of the worst over in the comics.Speaking of the comics--Mercy`s connection to the Luthor name won`t come as a surprise to DC fans. In the comics, Mercy was brought in (a transplant from the Animated universe, like Harley Quinn) as Lex`s personal secretary and bodyguard. She`s a cybernetically enhanced Amazon who has all the ruthless cunning of her boss, with added superhuman ...
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