Gaslighting abusive parent brainiac is the Worst Brainiac and I mean that as a compliment to the writers

I hate Brainiac

They did some a good job of making him so loathsome

I’m also very afraid of what’s going to happen next

(Which is the desired effect)

The_Raging_Nerd: you watched today’s episode yet?

not yet, but I'm about to

Alright ... Goddamn, that episode was great

The_Raging_Nerd: right?

The_Raging_Nerd: would you agree that this Brainiac is the best at being the worst or can you think of an even more loathsome Brainiac?

Ohhhh, that's tough. I'd lean yes, just because I think this version of Brainiac is more ... human. There's emotional manipulation and contempt there, and while that isn't unique to this version of the character, but you've got a lot of the evil that Brainiac normally does on top of a mundane abusiveness that just makes it hit different.