Krypton is the kind of place that would make aliens register and control their whereabouts.

Its hard to remember that he was originally an evil pastiche of Reed Richards from the show.

It was weird that they put the terrible mask on him—then had the mask get ripped off to show the cyborg under the skin shot, like it was some kind of reveal.

I figured she was getting liquid courage for her Thanksgiving dinner coming out speech…

I'm picturing your explanation being how the translator tried to justify the translation, while everyone else in the room keeps asking how it relates to turning to stone stuff..

I did like the way she awkwardly backpedaled and buried anything she might've felt.

Having watched as much Smallville as I have, it makes total sense that Lena would just assume her family is bugging her.

Mon-El's going to get skewed ideas about Earth holidays. "This is the one where we admit a startling secret to close friends and family!"

That whole "invulnerable except for lead bullets" thing really should have been telegraphed sooner.

I did assume it was a reference to "Superman gets new powers ALL the fricking time" syndrome.

I liked the subtle way they showed that Alex was getting drunk as fast as possible to work herself up to coming out to her mom at the Thanksgiving dinner.

Yeah, that made me laugh. "See? We're bonding over my flaws!"

Nah. Too simplistic. Also, I'm sick of Girl Hero gets Girl Villain because we don't want people to complain about male/female violence. There's already a lot of female villains in Supergirl.

This is a not nice comparison, but Mon-el's complacent acceptance of casual sex with Earth girls and taking the idea of a relationship with Kara MUCH MORE SERIOUSLY reminds me of young men in certain strict religions. They're notorious for having loose relationships with women who aren't in the religion; the women…

I liked it because it was an alien embracing local Earth culture.

The "We're friends, right?" thing made me yell at the screen. "Omigod, she FRIENDZONED Alex!"

Eh. I've read the "Hero in civilian mode pretends to be a prejudiced douche to super self in order to throw off suspicion" too many times. It basically makes the protagonist look like a jerk no matter what.

Does this mean Hawkpeople ought to depower other aliens just by walking by?

My gunloving spouse went on at length about whether or not particular bullets were, in fact, made of lead.

Part of me wonders if he isn't interested in Kara because her DNA is closest to his, as part of a 'continue the race' idea.