Yeah, at this point "I read it as siblings" has become a dog-whistle for opposing interracial couples in media. Even people who don't realize it has deep links to online racism are reinforcing the idea through repetition.

Yes, I was expecting a reveal that Lena had actually been the one to bail Roulette out, given that they went to boarding school together. Lena is clearly playing Kara.

I actually really liked the opening, and thought the guy playing Booth had him nailed. I mean, he wasn't that great an actor, and was well-known for his bombast, and that's putting aside just how different acting conventions were from our standards now.

But African-American history, like women's history, is full of windows where people made significant gains and got wider opportunities, followed by periods where white supremacy slammed those windows shut. And Reconstruction is the ultimate example of that—African-Americans did gain a lot of land and economic…

The Ellis Island metaphor was also odd because it's so specifically a NYC reference, and Supergirl's National City has a vague but noticeable West Coast vibe, largely due to being filmed in LA last year and Vancouver this one. It's hard to imagine a politician using it so out of context.

Yeah, the fake chests were distractingly weird. They couldn't have just had them wear shirts with a peek-a-boo ab window for the Kryptonian lasers?

It was "I've been keeping a good thought" (in other words, "She's in my prayers") said in an iffy Jersey mobster accent.

Yes, this was definitely a contender for best line delivery this week!

Yes, I appreciate all that Yael is doing with Anezka, but I miss seeing the real Petra play an active role in the story so much!

You're conflating two things—the show's tendency to drop Luisa for weeks at a time, which is annoying, and Rafael's feelings about her. Given that she's way too close to the woman who tried to kidnap Mateo, there's no chance he's going to let her close to his son at this point.

But he didn't come up with the monk thing—Michael fed it and the vow of silence thing to him before he could say a word.

But arguably Chidi does most of what he does to make Eleanor feel better & be better…which is why Chidi believes he & Tahani are soul mates.

Yeah, I'm kind of amazed how many people actually thought Michael was going to die.

Not just you.

No, she's totally a Mary Anne on the inside!

The necklace bothered me too!

Yeah, the show does seem to have thought through Xavier's backstory rather thoroughly. But it does make me wonder what Evie's background is, and why she is so prone to timidity and letting others run her life. Her family feels bland to me.

Yeah, I feel like her charisma is carrying most of the show, and I like her a lot. (It's also such a leap from her Killjoys role that I'm impressed.)

I'd love if it were Alex, but I thought having her exclaim over Superman's smell here was their way of signaling that she's straight, even without Max Blah hanging around in the background.

Yeah, I like what they're trying to do with the nuclear weapon parallel, but the metaphor is badly weakened by the fact that kryptonite only hurts a tiny number of aliens from a planet that literally doesn't exist anymore. There are, what, 10 total Kryptonians in this universe? Not exactly the same threat as a nuclear…