The one thing Supergirl has always done well is writing family relationships. Kara & Alex' bond together is easily one of the highlights of this show and definitely this season. 'The Martian Chronicles' definitely adds to that bond and brings full circle the connection that Jonn Jonnz and M'gann had together as well.
The writers took full advantage of having Martians on the show by turning the episode into a legit throwback monster tribute. Was I the only one who saw a direct correlation between the episode and 1979's Alien film? Most of it worked. I especially enjoyed the whole "who is it" aspect to the Martians aboard the D.E.O's headquarters. Perhaps taken a little too seriously as some members looked legitimately worried by putting their hand up to the fire as a 'White Martian' test. Why were any of them worried, including Jonn? Don't they know that they aren't the White Martian anyway?
The Martian conflict provided ample time to flesh out M'gann as a character. Of course, she chose to leave by episode's end, but I'm now much more inclined to hope for her return. Sharon Leal and David Harewood had nice chemistry together and hopefully that will continue once she deals with her people back on Mars. Not dissimilarly, Alex & Kara had a bit of a squabble as the former chose to take Maggie up on a concert offer instead of celebrating "earth birthday" with Kara. Again, the dispute is very trivial and ultimately inconsequential, but I think both of them have built up enough trust with viewers where something like this doesn't necessarily bother them. It's not the most creative way to have an argument, but it worked enough for me.
Luckily, the romantic stuff was put on the back burner this week with Mon-El and James taking minimal roles. It's inevitable that Mon and Kara will be together at some point, and the end of the episode did nothing but confirm that to me. Why are we going through the same spiel as we did with James last year? Lucy was in Kara's way with James and now she has the same problem with Eve. That just seems like too much CW clichéd romantic stuff for me.
So in all, I was much more pleased with tonight's Supergirl adventure than last week's. Putting aside the romantic clichés, it was a well strung and well written entry for season 2.
+Kara & Alex are delightful together
+Alien-like monster episode
+Miss Martian getting a proper full episode treatment
-Mon-El with Eve, really?
7.9/10