*pours one out for Winn and Lena's nerd love*

Well, I suppose they could have had him be Winn's wingman… but then I realised that James would never do anything that supportive.

Same reason Charlie Chaplin came third in a Charlie Chaplin look-a-like contest.

Plus, if James has a problem with people who are related to mass murderers, maybe he ought to think about getting his Guardian armour MADE BY SOMEBODY ELSE.

Not necessarily evil, but very, very determined, and with little regard for collateral damage.

He's met her, he's talked to her, they've repaired an improvised electromagnetic pulse weapon together.

Even better: Winn getting hurt sends her to the brink in the first place, because what is the point of superheroes that can't protect the weak?

Mon-El can't fight the lead suit anyway. Alex, on the other hand…

Then they fight. But Winn designed the Guardian suit to fight Kryptonians. Because of course he did.

Coping with Murderous Relatives: The Winslow Schott Story.

James telling Kara that Winn's dead… while she's dressed neck-to-toe in clothing Winn stitched together for her.

Given that he's been handed the idiot ball for the last few weeks, instead of letting the character have a serious motivation for his role in Guardian… yeah. Everything he's done since hiatus feels like there's been a network note to make him happy to be James's underling, and all that'll happen is that there'll be…

Whatever happened to Winn and Lena's nerd love? Where did that go?

They need Winn to have really stupid motivations so James seems reasonable by comparison.

Just checked: Valerie Perrine is seventy-three years old.

An episode shot on (mostly) existing sets with few guest stars in order to save money, usually for other eps (or, in this case, to pay for CGI White Martians).

It wouldn't be so bad if Winn's involvement in Guardian had any consistent motivation behind it beyond "This is fun", but, sadly, no.

Plus The-President-Is-An Alien, the White Martians, and the Luthors.

I see the writers have handed Winn the idiot ball for the third time in as many weeks (Spend time with your best friend, you prat! She actually gives a shit about your personal safety!), although it would probably be clearer if they weren't also making Kara hold it for the second week running.

James Olsen cannot fail. He can only be failed.