Titled: “Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk”
As the ending of last week’s “Luthors” teased, tonight’s villain is fifth-dimensional trickster Mr. Mxzyptlk, who has come to Earth for Kara Zor-El’s hand in marriage. Fulfilling his role as a trickster, Mr. Mxyzptlk introduces some chaos to the show’s current, central ‘ship between Kara and Mon-El; however, the chaos doesn’t stop with them. Maggie and Alex’s relationship hits a bump in the road as they try to celebrate (or not) their first Valentine’s Day together, and this subplot ends up being the most successful part of the hour.
The opening of tonight’s episode — which finds Mr. Mxyzptlk filling Kara’s apartment with roses, music, and candles, because he has the power to shape our reality any way he sees fit — makes it clear that this version of Mr. Mxyzptlk is diverging from the comics in a couple of ways. The most obvious difference is that the character has been Ms. Grundy-ed, meaning he’s now young and attractive, because leave it to The CW to find a way to make this goofy character hot. Furthermore, the writers have changed his motives for coming to Earth: On the show, he’s here because he wants to make Kara his wife since she’s unlike any woman he’s ever known. Mr. Mxyzptlk is basically Kara’s Maxima (an alien, whom we briefly met in season 1, who came to Earth to mate with Superman). This twist on Mr. Mxyzptlk’s motivation injects the show with some rom-com silliness since his arrival interrupts Kara and Mon-El’s first real kiss.
Kara immediately rejects his proposal, and Mr. Mxyzptlk reciting the lyrics to “A Whole New World” isn’t going to change her mind. Obviously, Mxy doesn’t take no as an answer (because, you know, we need an entire episode) and decides to win Kara’s affections by appealing to her superhero side. So, he creates an illusion of Parasite attacking the city, which is one of the few times the weak CGI actually helps the story — it’s immediately clear that Parasite isn’t real. Mxy swoops in to help Kara save the day dressed like Superman, because dressing up like Kara’s cousin is definitely the way to her heart. Spoiler alert: It isn’t. So Mxy gives Kara an ultimatum: say “I do,” or bad things will happen to her world……
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