I dunno, the Superman arrival was pretty dumb but I don't know if its the stupidest the show has gotten. The Huge Gold Key is probably my Peak Dumb moment but there are actually quite a lot of contenders.

The consistently poor writing in Supergirl seems particular to this show. The other Berlanti shows I watch are generally well written, certainly Flash seems to have a really strong writing team, Arrow (with the exception of the woeful episode last week) is usually pretty well written and Blindspot is very serviceable…

Trying to make sense of Supergirl is like smacking yourself repeatedly on the skill with a baseball hat. It's stupid, pointless and eventually you get a really sore head.

The lingering shot on her in mid air holding the other two while Kelly plummeted to her death was just eye-watering bad.

This is possibly the most accurate review for the show yet as it acknowledges the pretty fundamental flaws and problems in the show much more candidly than usual.

The second Kara used her name, she was doomed. It was just a matter of time and the review is spot on - it was edited so badly it just looked like Kara couldn't be arsed saving her along with the other two.

When there is no emotional response created for the audience, art loses almost all its value. That's the problem here. The writing of the episode was so bad, creative choices so flawed that the actual death of Laurel Lance felt utter empty and lacked any emotional impact.

The only problem with the review is that it can look at the Andy plotline and accept it as reasonable television and not the incoherent, plot-hole filled mess that it was. It effectively started the ball rolling on how badly written the death portion would be.

Which is the problem.

Its almost irrelevant whether we see Laurel again or not. They pooched the episode and drained every single drop of emotional impact out of her death. Major Deaths should always create a strong emotional response from the audience and this episode completely failed.

The episode was killed before it even got to that scene, the completely ludicrous and nonsensical nature of the Andy storyline felt like the worst of Supergirl where you're watching something which is nothing but incoherent nonsense.

Cards on the table. I really like Arrow, I liked Season Three, I always felt the character of Laurel was really well done on a proper arc and the criticism was completely unfair. Ive defended episodes which others didnt like and felt the writing has always been at least passable.

The show got worse.

So after a Flash/Supergirl crossover last night, we get a Flash/Doctor Who crossover tonight.

In a better show that would probably be quite a fun cameo. In this show it just highlights the utter cluelessness of the writing room.

It's hard to know which aspect is worst with this show.

Seems like US TV will do anything to support MGM.

To be honest, the idea that any journalist or publisher (polarizing or not) could be significantly influential in the present day requires more Suspension of DIsbelief than the basic premise of Superheroes existing.

Your response is exactly what I meant. She is the editor of Vogue so its not hugely dissimilar to the idea that Cat Grant can have influence over the public. It is nonsense.

So if Alexandra Shulman uploads a Vlog, not only do you and everyone else in the world watch it but you take whatever she says as gospel and change your worldview accordingly?