My usual random thoughts:

We're supposed to see her family next episode. No idea if that was the plan all along.

If they're following anywhere near canon, Superman went for years hiding his true self from the most important person in his life, Lois. Why should Supergirl be different?

He revealed himself publicly as an alien in season 1. That's when Lucy Lane was put in charge of the DEO. So yes, they know.

I it's just a "bump" too. They have great chemistry and it'd be a shame if nothing came of it.

The original Crisis happened because Marv Wolfman was DC's golden boy and they gave him whatever he wanted. At least there might be valid reasons this time.

I loved “King of the Hill” precisely because of its nuanced approach. If anything, “The Orville” could stand more nuance, especially given stuff like the dry-humping-a-statue scene from last season.

Nor did the Federation. Picard was involved with a subordinate once, and let’s not forget Kirk. Apparently rules the rest of us take for granted get ignored in the service of the story. More bad writing.

Whenever a scene or plot line only works because someone does something they normally wouldn’t do, it’s a sign of bad writing. They could have had Kelly accuse him spying and him say, “How do you know? I was cloaked.” Yeah, he'd come off sounding dumb but he has before.

Regarding the tension between Claire and her son, Marcus, I hope they return to it. The kid isn’t going to stop being a teenager overnight. This seemed to be an episode about battles rather than about the war so maybe we’ve only seen portions of themes that will continue throughout the season.

I'm likewise hoping they don't get back together. She's apparently moved on and there appeared to be some small spark between him and the new officer, so maybe we won't see it.

As a guy who’s always had trouble approaching women, I found Gordon’s attempts at small talk both uncomfortable and true to life. When he did his boomerang swoop around her table, I could see myself doing the same thing.

There’s a definite male/female dichotomy regarding the “drive by,” with each interpreting it differently, and it was reflected in the show. One thing though: shouldn’t they be calling it a “fly by”? And why didn’t Ed engage the cloaking device in the first place? Oh, wait, then she couldn't have caught him, so that…

That's my guess. The Children of Liberty story arc is more-or-less over, although I'll be disappointed if anti-alien sentiment just disappears. They've been teasing Red Kara since last season so it's about time.

Rosenbaum never gelled for me as Lex, especially as he got older. Kevin Spacey comes closest to my mental image of adult Lex Luthor but nobody would hire him these days.

Hoechlin is quite good, especially as Clark. I thought Reeve was good as both. And Cain was a great Clark but a lousy Superman. Welling never quite sold his version of Clark, at least to me.

I was under the impression he'd made himself into the male equivalent of Kara. TBH, I'd forgotten about Superman fighting AMAZO.

I don’t honestly know why Superman couldn’t have kicked Deegan’s butt beyond expediency on the part of the writers. After all, he had no experience having super powers and we saw how that worked with Oliver. I expected Deegan’s “Oh, crap!” expression when he first came face to face with Superman to translate into him…

My assumption was that Deegan or pretty much any bad guy is ruthless. He was willing to go all out against Superman whereas Clark is used to holding back. His unwillingness to kill (assuming he's like Superman in the comics in that regard) combined with his fundamental decency won't let him be that savage.

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