Sometimes I am very slow on the uptake when it comes to fiction

But I can't believe it took me this long to realize there's a deliberate parallel going on between Lena and Kara. (And was she seriously adopted because her name alliterates? Three minutes in to this ep and I suspect that might actually be the case.)

I do miss Maxwell Lord, but I suppose this show doesn't need two fabulously wealthy, morally gray technocrats.

( I'm still watching, and if anything interesting happens, I'll post it. )