'Supergirl' Recap: 'Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk'

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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Relationships on any level are something that Supergirl has focused on since the series premiered a little over a year and a half ago and with good reason. This is by virtue an ensemble piece and character interaction is key to driving the story. But season two went and kicked all of that up a notch, by adding romance into the mix and week after week this year, we've seen emotions build and love grow and last night...romance was in the air for just about everyone. 

Yes, the series debuted it's Valentine's Day themed episode, and rather than just deliver us an hour of lovely dinners and gentle words the series provided us with something incredibly unique...an episode filled to the brim with endearing moments, buckets of romance and side splitting laughs, making 'Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk' one of the most entertaining episodes the show has ever put together and at the center of the giggles and the fun was an age old Superman villain, Mr. Mxyzptlk, who more or less made his live action debut in the new TV Super-verse and let me tell you now...this annoying little imp from the Fifth Dimension certainly did not disappoint.

For those unfamiliar with Mr. Mxyzptlk, he often showed up to harass Superman in the comics and used his abilities to manipulate our reality with an agenda at hand and the only way for Kal to get rid of ol' Mxy was to get him to spell or say his name backwards and well...his appearance on the show was utterly magnificent. If anything, I was appreciative of his brand new look because the purple bowler hat he usually wears would just be silly here and well, this makeover made him a far more imposing and grounded villain as well, one that was in love with Kara and was determined to make her and her friends life a living hell until he got what he wanted...her hand in marriage, and he served as the catalyst for some incredible comedy.

All of his antics were downright hilarious, I mean come on, the guy swooped in to help Kara dressed like her cousin and well...the jokes didn't end there. There were Hamilton references tossed in for good measure by way of a duel for Kara's heart between him and Mon-El and the comedy wasn't limited to just Mxy, Wynn even got in on the action since he inadvertently wooed an alien in perhaps the least romantic way possible and when all is said and done, credit is due to the writers of this episode; Jessica Queller & Sterling Gates for bringing forth a wonderfully creative way to end this little imp's reign of wacky terror and send Mxy back to the Fifth Dimension. 

But it wasn't all fun and games for a full hour, there was the incredibly touching storyline between Maggie and Alex where we learned exactly why Maggie isn't a fan of Valentine's Day, since a simple act of kindness and endearment on her part years ago on that holiday accidentally outed her, leading to several years of chaos and heartbreak. Either way, what a wonderful episode, it was great to see the writers throw in that Maggie storyline and remind us that some people struggle with coming out because of the closed mindedness of others and despite the heaviness of that...they found a way to make it better for Detective Sawyer in an episode that did everything and anything to keep it light and keep it fun and it was nice to have an episode that left us smiling, after several weeks of strife. Until next time. 

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