I still like the show very much, but it IS getting too 'busy'. The best scenes were between Alex and Kara this past week...but I understand how they feel the need for a villain with big fight sequences every week, although I don't think this series needs that stuff in EVERY episode. 'Supergirl' has some very good actors...I wish the showrunners trusted them enough to just let them actually act from time to time.

So when will Olsen and Diggle have a "dumb helmet"-off?

Again, I suspect most fans have no problem with there being a lesbian story line. It just has to be done well and so far it's been so bad it's a joke. The same goes for when they do a poorly done hetero story line like the Kara and Jimmy story line last season.

I liked that episode and I was rooting for Parasite.

when you keep using punching to try to solve a problem like the Parasite, you sort of deserve to die.

Alex's arc doesn't bother me, though it's pretty clear the character wasn't conceived as a lesbian when Supergirl started. Some of the writing for it has been ham-handed, however.

Introducing Jimmy as Guardian is cool, I simply would have started that particular character development differently. Maybe Jimmy gets a rush from playing hero after temporarily getting hit with X-Kryptonite. That would have been a better beginning to Jimmy's hero dreams than a sudden impulse to don the Guardian armor.

It does give Wynn and James something to do with their characters besides being background fodder.

Given that the US has just elected a Vice-President who believes that homosexuals should be forced to "pray away the gay," if every producer in Hollywood starts having characters come out, just so they can deliver messages about acceptance to their younger viewers then that is okay with me.

Why does the Parasite that infected the Scientist give a fuck about Climate Change?

Soooo...based on some of stuff I've seen Martian Manhunter do over the years...he couldn't tell he just had White Martian Blood shot into his system ?

Berlanti wants the show to be an extension of his politics.

If anything, that parasite should be praising it given the fact that due to the caps melting, he got out.

Let's melt more ice caps to get my homies out of stasis!

Apparently...

Good points.

Exactly. I don't really care that Alex is a lesbian. Where it's losing me is in how awful and heavy handed it is and how it so far has served no purpose to the story. It was never established or hinted at in season 1(lets not forget she went on dates with Maxwell Lord)and literally comes across as someone saying "You know we have nothing for Alex to really do anymore, and we need a gay character in this show so lets just make Alex a lesbian." For that matter, as of right now Maggie only exists on this show to push the lesbian storyline and for nothing else. Even worse, it's dragging the show down just like the Oliver/Felicity storyline dragged down season 3 and 4 of Arrow.

Now compare the Alex storyline to Lance's on Arrow. While Lance becoming an alcoholic again is being handled with an after school vibe it at least makes sense. Here is a guy who we know has been an alcoholic before. He had one daughter die, found out she wasn't dead, then she died again, then she wasn't dead again, and now his other daughter died and can't be saved. It makes sense he would be drinking again.

Yeah this Jimmy superhero thing sux, but other than that I like it is taking chances with lesbian Alex. You don't really see that in shows like this thatnare on regular tv...

don't care for the lesbian or Jimmy Olsen subplots.

I'm close to dropping this.

The lesbian subplot is so badly handled and seems to be there just for the sole purpose of giving Alex a reason to have scenes...

Now that the show has several different superheroes running around, they had to come up with something for Alex. Alex should be spying on Cadmus and looking for her dad.

I got a "Grey's Anatomy" vibe from the Lesbian story line... I wonder why?

But seriously.... Not sure what people are crying about. The "I'm a Lesbian smack down" was handled realistically. Shit happens. It's starting to feel like a "Walking Dead" thread in here. People bitching about characters being fleshed out a bit.

No. People seem to be complaining about how badly executed/handled it is and the fact that it's only thrown in there to give a reason to give Alex some screen time. I have no problem with fleshing characters out or randomly making characters gay just because; but the way it's being done and the why it's being down are just dragging the show down. At this point Alex should just be taken off-screen saying she's hunting for Cadmus to find her father or something because it's clear she's serving zero purpose to the plot.