Supergirl Just Tackled Dementia in Superhero Fashion

Supergirl has had it’s moments over it’s first 3 seasons, but this week we saw them take a step nobody could’ve predicted. To tell this tale, we gotta rewind back to last episode. J’onn J’onzz AKA Martian Manhunter just began building a meaningful relationship with his father who had been imprisoned by those evil ass White Martians for 300 years. Tragically beautiful, right? Yea, unless you highlight the fact that J’onn gets his father back and immediately, he has to come to terms with the fact that his telepathic pops is suffering from za-alet AKA ‘the decay of memory’ or Martian Dementia. He’s slowly losing the man who has been attending hilarious karaoke nights and scheduling dinners to get to know his son and friends. We not here for the feels, we here to talk about that real. Last episode, we saw Myr’nn forget about his huge argument with Alex (Supergirl’s Earth sister) and a few more bits of info, which turned out to be child’s play compared to the bomb dropped this week.

Early in the episode it’s explained that Myr’nn is playing Martian mind control games to try and keep his mind sharp, as well as practicing in the Martian ritual of Ta’ar-Kar’riq that moves information from the decaying parts of his mind to the healthy parts. J’onn has to explain that his father’s anger and psychic bleeds aggressively affected a Kalanorian that started destroying the alien-friendly bar in town. This was just the tip of the iceberg. Recognizing how immensely powerful his dad is, J’onn …