History Recap / Supergirl2015S6E17IBelieveInAThingCalledLove

* EvenEvilHasStandards: At first, Nyxly wants nothing to do with Lex, saying that she is sick of men who lock women into the Phantom Zone.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Lex towards Nyxly, at first. She dislikes arrogant, narcissistic men who send women to the Phantom Zone, because they remind her of her father.

* TheyDo: Kelly officially accepts Alex's marriage proposal.

* GetOut: Nyxly towards Lex....until he points out that they are in ''his'' home.
* GondorCallsForAid: After getting over his hesitancy, Brainy makes the decision to contact the Legion of Superheroes in the 31st Century for help in stopping Lex.

** Otis reveals he on the Board of Directors for L-Corp. He was assigned there by Lillian.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: All the time that Lex was nowhere to be seen on the show, he had gone to the 31st century, the Legion's timeframe, where he met future Nyxly and they fell in love. In this future, she had gained the [=AllStone=] and taken her revenge long ago. However, something about how she mastered the totems was wrong and eventually led to her death, which Lex has come back to prevent by doing it the right way this time.
* ShoutOut: Alex and Kelly fell in love with each other when they both named [[Film/DieHard Hans Gruber]] as the best movie villain.
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Otis doesn't understand much of what Lex tells him, but asks him why he doesn't just do the same thing again that Nyxly fell in love with him over for.
* TheyDo: Kelly officially accepts Alex's marriage proposal.

* UnholyMatrimony: Lex and Nyxly had this relationship in the future and Lex wants to get it started again in the past. Possibly literally, since Lex says that he and Nyxly got each other matching trackers for "our anniversary", which could mean marriage anniversary or just dating anniversary.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Lex towards Nyxly, at first.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: All the time that Lex was nowhere to be seen on the show, he had gone to the 31st century, the Legion's timeframe, where he met future Nyxly and they fell in love. In this future, she had gained the Allstone and taken her revenge long ago. However, something about how she acquired the totems was wrong and eventually led to her death, which Lex has come back to prevent by doing it the right way this time.

* PutRightWhatOnceWentWrong: All the time that Lex was nowhere to be seen on the show, he had gone to the 31st century, the Legion's timeframe, where he met future Nyxly and they fell in love. In this future, she had gained the Allstone and taken her revenge long ago. However, something about how she acquired the totems was wrong and eventually led to her death, which Lex has come back to prevent by doing it the right way this time.

** Lex reveals that the Hope Totem cannot be destroyed, only the shell containing the energy, then hands it over to Nyxly, rendering Kara throwing the Hope Totem into the sun into this.
** Both groups end up this way after the Love Totem is seemingly destroyed, unaware it transferred into Esme.

* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Otis doesn't understand much of what Lex tells him, but asks him why he doesn't just do the same thing again Nyxly fell in love with him over for.

* BigNo: Brainy reacts this way to Lex's appearance at the Lovers Lane battle.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Lex's reason for helping Nyxly? ''He's in love with her''. He openly admits this came as a shock when he first realized, as he had long believed that he was incapable of love, and had accepted that he would spend his life alone.

* WithThisRing: Alex is about to propose to Kelly, but her ring turns into the Love Totem right beforehand.

* CallBack: Both Alex and Kelly state that they fell in love with each other when they [[Recap/Supergirl2015S5E01EventHorizon both said the same name]] for who is the best movie villain.
* ChekhovsGun: Alex tries to rent out the bar in order to throw Kelly a huge dinner and propose, only to find out the bar has been booked already. Later in the episode, Kelly reveals she's the one who booked it for the same reason Alex did.

* HeroicBSDO: Brainy falls into one when he realizes Lex is using 31st Century technology, feeling responsible for allowing him access to it in the first place.

* OhCrap: Alex's reaction (verbatim) when she reaches into her pocket for the engagement ring she got for Kelly, only to pull out the Love Totem. Cue Nyxly and Lex bursting out of a portal.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Lex's reason for helping Nyxly? ''He's in love with her''. He openly admits this came as a shock when he first realized, as he had long believed he would spend his life alone.

* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Lex Luthor sports an impeccably tailored suit while carrying out his schemes. Nyxly lampshades it.

* TheBusCameBack: Otis returns in this episode.