Hello everyone and welcome to another Supergirl catchup post with 3×3, Far From The Tree. The season has go itself off to a decent enough start and that was more of the same here. I have always felt that Super Girl is (in the nicest of ways) the least exciting of the Arrowverse shows just because you never have that sudden reaction to a moment. In Legends you have the laughs, the shocks of painful looking moments in Arrow, and the surprise at the crazy things the Flash can do. I still enjoy the show, but sometimes I feel that it is fighting an uphill battle against it’s counterparts, especially when the other shows get on the kind of roll that this show has really yet to do.

This episode in particular was a mixed bag, being both touching at times yet rather heavy-handed in other parts. The later scenes where Jon’s father realised that his son were alive were very well done and created a few nice moments. The issue was it dragged on a bit to get there and the lack of consistency with Martians sensing things. Did they never sense each other? That was my main struggle more so than how very coincidental the whole thing was that it was Jon and his dad who were the only two survivors. I’m glad that he came to Earth so hopefully we get to see a bit more from him, but he took human form prematurely and we all know why: they didn’t want to use up all of their CGI budget. The rocket/car transport was a better use of the CGI-saving tactic and allowed for Supergirl to show off a more humorous side. The fight against the White Martians was pretty good too.

The other main story was Alex and Maggie having a baby shower and we got more of a look at Maggie’s homophobic parents as her dad turned up. It was all a little peculiar despite the positive message that they were sending out. Surely you would go for a less public meeting to test out the relationship rather than inviting them out of the blue to the wedding party? But then I thought it would be ok as the dad actually turned up…only to then storm out and be mad for her being a lesbian! What did he expect at his daughter’s lesbian wedding party?! I presume that the writers were trying to show how the dad thought he could accept it but couldn’t. I thought that this was going to lead to him admitting this and then trying to be more accepting for the sake of his daughter. This didn’t happen as he then just left. If he was still this homophobic why did he even bother coming? Alex was great as usual and I actually liked Maggie more than I normally do but this episode we saw that the relationship was surely doomed to fail. Alex wants kids and I want to see Alex happy so sadly that means Maggie has to go. Will the wedding go ahead though? I’ll just have to keep watching to find out.

DD Rating: 6/10