An upcoming episode of Arrow is called Checkmate and Guggenheim made sure to clarify it was
not referring to DC's Checkmate organization.
Mr. and Mrs. Msyxptlk Promo... looks fun!
AV Club: A-
Episode was good, but it was basically Lena that made it work. She's very fun, has insane chemistry with Kara and looked fabulous in that dress at the end. Really felt like she was going to kiss Kara at the end there but apparently Mon El and Mxyzptlk are a thing ugh. But boy am I sick of them playing coy with whether she's evil or not. Just fucking make a decision and stop dancing around it, I don't want to have this episode for a third time. Also nothing about her screams smarter than Lex but whatever. Funny when Katie McGrath's accent slips too.
Also holy shit at them having a random nobody actor play Lionel. Just like Young Justice it's clear the production team doesn't really have love or deep knowledge of Smallville, but it still felt crazy to me that they'd do that for a character who was so well played by John Glover in the past but whatever. Whenever the show treads the same ground that Smallville went (they even heavily implied a Lex/Clark friendship similar to that show), I feel like they either need to do it better or just avoid it altogether.