The Gauntlet

"The Gauntlet"

Information

Season 6 » Episode 13

Episode number

119 of 126

Airdate

September 28, 2021

Chronology

Preceded by	Followed by
Blind Spots	Magical Thinking

"The Gauntlet"^[1] is the thirteenth episode of the sixth season of Supergirl, and the one-hundred-nineteenth episode overall. It aired on September 28, 2021.

“	She who broke the totem must run the gauntlet...alone.	”
— Vita to Supergirl^[src]

Synopsis[edit | hide | hide all]

Supergirl and team race Nyxly for control of a magical totem that controls courage. Supergirl and Nyxly battle and each get a piece of the totem but learn the first person to pass the test of courage will gain control of the entire thing. Meanwhile, Lena is still struggling to make sense of her newfound gift.^[1]

Appearances[edit | hide]

Characters[edit | hide]

Protagonists[edit | hide]

Antagonists[edit | hide]

Other Characters[edit | hide]

Mxyzptlk (mentioned)
Elizabeth Walsh (mentioned)
David (mentioned)
Goliath (mentioned)
Dr. Frank Gale
Orlando Davis (mentioned)
Joey Davis (mentioned)
Eve Tessmacher (flashback)
Brpxz (dream)
Bryxly (dream)
Rick (dream)

Teams and Organizations[edit | hide]

Super Friends
NCMST (National City Museum of Science & Technology)
- Project Bolt
CatCo Worldwide Media
Minetten Crime Syndicate (mentioned)
7 News (television)
News 25 (television)
KGMQ News 3 (flashback)
DEO (flashback)
NCPD (mentioned)
Children of Juru (mentioned)

Species[edit | hide]

Objects and Concepts[edit | hide]

Supergirl Suit
AllStone Totems
- Courage Totem
Breaches
Transmatter Portal (mentioned)
Magic
Holograms
Image Inducers
Cosmic Menagerie
Power-Dampening Cuffs
- Anti-Magic Cuff
Energy Guns
Jyrryd's Crystal
Hand of the Soldier
- Sentinel Suit
- Negative Ionizer
Guardian Suit
Brainiac-5 Suit
Martian Manhunter Suit
Dreamer Suit
Glasses (dream)
Flight 237 (dream)
Plasma Ionizer

Locations[edit | hide]

Earth-Prime
- Earth
  - North America
    - United States of America
      - California
        National City
        Tower
        
        National City Museum of Science & Technology
        
        Alex Danvers' Apartment
        
        The Heights (mentioned)
        Ormfell Building (mentioned)
        
        CatCo Plaza
        
        Hammersmith Tower
        Kara Danvers' Loft
    - Newfoundland (mentioned)
  - Arctic
    - Fortress of Solitude
  - Colombia (mentioned)
  - Kaznia (mentioned)
  - Egypt (name seen)
  - Geneva (mentioned)
  - United Kingdom (flag)
- Krypton (mentioned)
Fifth Dimension (dream)
Krypton (UE-39) (mentioned)
Hell (mentioned)
Dreaming (mentioned)

Gallery[edit | hide]

The gauntlet begins

Promotional Images[edit | hide]

References[edit | hide]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Supergirl Spoilers: "The Gauntlet" Description

Supergirl
Season 1	Pilot (Supergirl) • Stronger Together • Fight or Flight • Livewire • How Does She Do It? • Red Faced • Human for a Day • Hostile Takeover • Blood Bonds • Childish Things • Strange Visitor from Another Planet • Bizarro (Supergirl) • For the Girl Who Has Everything • Truth, Justice and the American Way • Solitude (Supergirl) • Falling (Supergirl) • Manhunter • Worlds Finest • Myriad • Better Angels
Season 2	The Adventures of Supergirl • The Last Children of Krypton • Welcome to Earth • Survivors • Crossfire (Supergirl) • Changing • The Darkest Place • Medusa • Supergirl Lives • We Can Be Heroes • The Martian Chronicles • Luthors • Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk • Homecoming (Supergirl) • Exodus (Supergirl) • Star-Crossed • Distant Sun • Ace Reporter • Alex • City of Lost Children • Resist • Nevertheless, She Persisted
Season 3	Girl of Steel • Triggers • Far from the Tree • The Faithful • Damage • Midvale • Wake Up • Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1 • Reign • Legion of Super-Heroes • Fort Rozz • For Good • Both Sides Now • Schott Through the Heart • In Search of Lost Time • Of Two Minds • Trinity • Shelter from the Storm • The Fanatical • Dark Side of the Moon • Not Kansas • Make It Reign • Battles Lost and Won
Season 4	American Alien • Fallout (Supergirl) • Man of Steel (Supergirl) • Ahimsa • Parasite Lost • Call to Action • Rather the Fallen Angel • Bunker Hill • Elseworlds, Part 3 • Suspicious Minds • Blood Memory • Menagerie • What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way? • Stand and Deliver • O Brother, Where Art Thou? • The House of L • All About Eve (Supergirl) • Crime and Punishment • American Dreamer • Will the Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up? • Red Dawn • The Quest for Peace
Season 5	Event Horizon • Stranger Beside Me • Blurred Lines • In Plain Sight • Dangerous Liaisons (Supergirl) • Confidence Women • Tremors (Supergirl) • The Wrath of Rama Khan • Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One • The Bottle Episode • Back from the Future: Part One • Back from the Future: Part Two • It's a Super Life • The Bodyguard • Reality Bytes • Alex in Wonderland • Deus Lex Machina • The Missing Link • Immortal Kombat
Season 6	Rebirth (Supergirl) • A Few Good Women • Phantom Menaces • Lost Souls (Supergirl) • Prom Night! • Prom Again! • Fear Knot • Welcome Back, Kara! • Dream Weaver • Still I Rise • Mxy in the Middle • Blind Spots • The Gauntlet • Magical Thinking • Hope for Tomorrow • Nightmare in National City • I Believe in a Thing Called Love • Truth or Consequences • The Last Gauntlet • Kara (Supergirl)

[Synopsis-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Supergirl Spoilers: "The Gauntlet" Description

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