Changing

This episode debuted the Guardian, a character from the 40's created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby in Star Spangled Comics. It was nice to see the nod to the comic on the truck sending intel to the Guardian.

Once again Supergirl ventures mildly into politics adding some global warming into the story line, where of course the anti global warming character is the sinister cretin. Fortunately, it's just a back drop to introduce the Parasite. He was really well handled until they turned him into a CGI monster. The CGI monster thing is overused in these shows. Sometimes it's okay, more often hokey. I prefer it when they stick closer to the comic book incarnations of the characters.

The coming out part of the episode was handled very well, in fact the whole development of the relationship has been well paced and kept my interest this season. I suspected Alex was going to get denied, in fact I could swear this has happened on other shows. But it was still really well done and credible. It's great how obtuse Kara can be, she's super powerful but still a goofy kid so often.

Having grown up on the Christopher Reeves "You'll believe a man can fly very gently" incarnation of the character, the decision to make Supergirl the most action pack busting-up-the-joint of the CW shows was a wise decision. The Super Family is nothing but a bore when played as all powerful.

Changing is a pretty cheesy title for any CW show but it makes sense for this episode. Everyone was going through some sort of shift tonight, and unfortunately some worked better than others.

I honestly don't even want to get into the villain of the week as it was yet another example of this show failing to present anything compelling in that department. The only saving grace was that the fact that it transformed into something pretty seismic, so it gave the so- called 'Super Friends' something to fight. But I don't understand why they haven't made better use of Cadmus as the overarching big-bad this season. Sure, we got a tease at the end with Mon-El being kidnapped, but come on, we're 6 episodes in now. You would think there would have been some more movement in that department.

But let's talk about the real controversy from tonight, the debut of 'The Guardian' in a full-fledged suit. I hated the suit when I saw the images released a few weeks back, and I'm still not totally on board with any aspect of James Olsen as a vigilante. But if I'm being honest, I didn't hate the team-up fight with him, Kara, and Mon-El. But that's not really saying all that much. And don't even get me started on how poorly written those scenes were between him and Winn.

Another big change came from Alex this week as she finally came out to Kara. I really like this storyline as it not only gives Alex some heavy material this season, but it's not something typically tackled in a superhero show. I give the showrunners props for that. But I just can't get over the brutally cheesy writing between Alex and Kara tonight. Perhaps some will find it endearing, and it was to a certain extent, but I feel like it was something out of a hallmark movie and not something written for intelligent viewers.

A few other tidbits were noting; it sure seems like Martian Manhunter won't be taking Miss Martian's blood all that well, which just seems like a boring deviation. And Mon-El, aside from getting kidnapped, is growing into his own as his own person. I've liked his and Kara's extracurricular activities thus far, although I figured Supergirl couldn't get drunk, so I think his future on this show is bright.

+Appreciating the effort towards Alex's arc

+The team up fight was cool

-Weak writing all around

-Another horrendous villain

6.4/10