Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Arrowverse catchup, this time looking at season 4 episode 15 of Supergirl, O Brother Where Art Thou? After only being mentioned a handful of times by Lena and Lilian, we finally got to see the man himself, Lex Luthor on the show. I knew in advance that he showed up at some point and was played by Two and a Half Men star Jon Cryer which left me intrigued. I enjoyed Cryer in Two and a Half Men (I’ve only see the Charlie Sheen led seasons) but was unsure of if he would be able to pull off this different type of role. Well lets just say any doubts or worries were obliterated in this one episode. Sleazy, slimy, camp, deluded but brilliant, all of this spewed out of Cryer in his début outing. I was very happy that they healed him and it looks like he is going to be a recurring foe. He had good chemistry with Lena too which was important…I do just question if the ages match up with him seeming a bit old to be Lilian’s son. Cryer is 54 while Brenda Strong who plays Lilian is 59…

The whole scheme where he shot James to force Lena to test the drug was very clever and just on the right side of convoluted. It was a very “Lex Luthor” thing to do, ensuring his survival above all else. The Miss. Tessmacher turn did nothing for me if I’m honest, except for Lex maniacally calling her name. It came out of nowhere and didn’t really have much impact. It just felt a tad pointless.

It was nice to round out James’ character by introducing his sister, She was inoffensive in her scenes with Alex but it seemed that she was never really intended to be anything more than a supporting player. Alex’s best scenes in my opinion were the ones where she was (rightfully) getting frustrated with Kara for not being there. I don’t get why she went with Jonn either and I know she’s Supergirl! It felt out of character and I feel that Jonn should have been more insistent that she stay or maybe hold off on his revenge for a little bit longer. And can we all agree that that was a bad end for Manchester Black? I felt really underwhelmed.

DD Rating: 8/10 (The Manchester Black death stopped this from going even higher)