In this episode of Supergirl the spy comes in from the cold. After the obviously way too easy rescue of Jeremiah Danvers, the adopted father of Supergirl and father of Agent Alex Danvers, the characters proceed to act like total morons.
You have a former agent, Jeremiah Danvers, who was presumed dead, but actually captured by your deadly enemy for 14 years, so what does your top secret governmental organization do? Debrief him so you can learn all you can about your enemy? No. Do a full body medical scan since you know this deadly organization loves their cybernetic body mods? No. Surely you get your telepathic Martian to read his mind to see if he's been brainwashed or turned, right? "Not." as Harry Wells would say. At least you relieve him of duty so he can recover from being captured, undoubtedly a traumatic experience? Nope. Maybe you put him on observation because he's been gone for 14 years and things are going to be new and strange for him? No way.
What do you do instead? You have all your main characters, the smart-as-a-whip government agent, the superhuman from another planet, the incredibly powerful telepathic Martian, all decide to suddenly become very credulous and accept the return of the 14 year captive at face value. They become so hostile to even the idea they should be careful that they exile the only rational one in the room, playboy Mon-el.
This episode could have built up the tension of whether or not Jeremiah Danvers was a double agent. The writers could have flipped some of the tropes, but instead choose to make their main characters look like useful idiots. At this rate, Cadmus deserves to win because they're up against the secret government version of the three stooges.
You have a former agent, Jeremiah Danvers, who was presumed dead, but actually captured by your deadly enemy for 14 years, so what does your top secret governmental organization do? Debrief him so you can learn all you can about your enemy? No. Do a full body medical scan since you know this deadly organization loves their cybernetic body mods? No. Surely you get your telepathic Martian to read his mind to see if he's been brainwashed or turned, right? "Not." as Harry Wells would say. At least you relieve him of duty so he can recover from being captured, undoubtedly a traumatic experience? Nope. Maybe you put him on observation because he's been gone for 14 years and things are going to be new and strange for him? No way.
What do you do instead? You have all your main characters, the smart-as-a-whip government agent, the superhuman from another planet, the incredibly powerful telepathic Martian, all decide to suddenly become very credulous and accept the return of the 14 year captive at face value. They become so hostile to even the idea they should be careful that they exile the only rational one in the room, playboy Mon-el.
This episode could have built up the tension of whether or not Jeremiah Danvers was a double agent. The writers could have flipped some of the tropes, but instead choose to make their main characters look like useful idiots. At this rate, Cadmus deserves to win because they're up against the secret government version of the three stooges.