The CW has released the official synopsis for “Alex in Wonderland,” the March 22 episode of Supergirl. From the sound of things, the episode will continue the Arrowverse series’ season-long exploration of the intersection of technology and how people live their lives and interact with one another, this time by having Alex (Chyler Leigh) go on an adventure in a whole new world: a virtual version of National City. The episode will also see the investigation into Lex Luthor (Jon Cryer) continue, as the villain has left a long shadow over the back half of Supergirl‘s fifth season following “Crisis on Infinite Earths”.
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Technology has played a huge role on Supergirl this season thus far. We’ve seen both the rise of Obsidian’s virtual reality contact lenses as well as Lena Luthor’s (Katie McGrath) plan to prevent mankind from “harming” each other with her Non Nocere project. The exploration of technology and its ramifications is something that prompted showrunners Jessica Queller and Robert Rovner to refer to Season 5 as the show’s “Black Mirror” season.
“This season will be about how technology impacts us, and how people use it to escape from what happens in their lives,” Rovner said at San Diego Comic-Con last summer. “We’re seeing how our villains use technology against us, and our heroes try to bring us back.”
“What we’re looking at is how technology is impacting the way people engage and giving them an escape not to engage,” Rovner added. “It seems like nowadays, everyone is kind of on their phones or not really present, and so we wanted to speak to that and kind of how it might be hard to live in the ugliness of what’s going on, and how a character like Kara can try and help us overcome that. It speaks to a lot of the stuff the characters will be going through.”
You can check out the synopsis for “Alex in Wonderland” below.
ALEX TAKES ON A NEW ROLE – Alex (Chyler Leigh) uses a pair of Obsidian contact lenses to visit a virtual National City where she takes on a whole new persona. Meanwhile, Kelly (Azie Tesfai) helps William (Staz Nair) investigate Lex. Kara (Melissa Benoist) deals with difficult news. Tawnia McKiernan directed the episode with story by Rob Wright and teleplay by Jess Kardos & Mariko Tamaki.
Supergirl airs Sundays at 9/8c after Batwoman on The CW. “Alex in Wonderland” debuts March 22.
