- Lockwood had valid criticisms on the impact of destruction caused by aliens protecting from alien attacks. Overall, from Supergirl casually destroying property even in safe situations that going through a proper entrance would suffice, to DEO casually swatting people's homes and destroying everything that gets in the way, the show tends to handwave the realistic consequences in favor of redirecting attention to the action. The worst part is Lockwood's legitimate complaints were bundled together with xenophobic rhetoric so all his beliefs, valid and invalid, were shoehorned into the "bad guys all wrong" category. Extra ironic because in S6, Kelly's Guardian origin episode also brings up the fact that Supergirl and co. ignore all the collateral damage they cause and leave the public masses to deal with the fallout. It's the exact same point Lockwood brings up, but villains aren't allowed to have any good points so he's dismissed with ignorant reasons from the James and the Superfriends. Only because Kelly has connections to the Superfriends does she get taken seriously. I am extremely critical of Kelly's episode because of a host of other problems, but I'll talk more about that in the S6 post.
- What happened to Winn's girlfriend, she just disappeared off the face off Earth without any mention. I thought the girl in Lockwood's classroom was her lol. Snapper must've joined her on a permanent sabbatical too.
- Supergirl seems to learn through her lesson-of-the-week that something is wrong or not a good idea without understanding why, and future episodes make her relearn the same lesson but in different context. Bad writing. On Snapper's firing her: "Rules are there for a reason." Alex on Supergirl's disobeying her while in anti-Kryptonite suit: "Rules are there for a reason." I'm dying. At least make all the damn lessons different.
- Add dragnet facial recognition to the dystopian wet dream the writers portray the clandestine government organization is capable of. It's been used a ton already but I've only thought to add it now.
- Kara always believes in Lena, and will trust her over James. "She's right most of the time" kek.
- The spider in the shower is probably the most subtle writing the show has been given. Why can't we get more of that regularly?
- Lena's breakup with James was poorly handled. It's as if the writers were trying to force a conflict where there wasn't. They refused to make James say "I don't trust the government," essentially what his reasons boil down to, because there would be no argument with Lena, who's even less trusting of the government. Instead he just doubles down on "you can't" which makes him sound inarticulate and self-righteous, shit Lena doesn't take from anyone.
- The show needs more compelling anti-hero characters like Manchester Black. Instead of properly exploring how people like him could fit on the show, it turns into an emo vs. emo showdown between him and J'onn. This show just refuses to have characters with any kind of complex depth to them.
- Lillian + truth seeker, like the spider in the shower, we need more interactions that are show, not tell. (Which is ironic here because the showing in this case is the telling HA.)
- Is Lena really not going to point out that she needed Lex's help to complete the Harun-El to save James during her confession? That was why she even went to him in the first place, and omitting that is a cheap way to make Lena look villainous.
- tAkE ThE gRaSS
- Red Daughter gets built up for an entire season... only to be trashed by Lex after one fight scene. The show does not understand how to properly leverage their suspenseful buildup into an equally powerful climax and payoff.