Chris Wood Says Supergirl Will Mentor Mon-El

In last Monday’s episode of Supergirl, Mon-El (Chris Wood) awoke from his coma and promptly attacked the Woman of Steel (Melissa Benoist), fled the DEO headquarters, and sent a distress signal to his home planet of Daxam. Eventually, Supergirl tracks Mon-El down, knocks him out, and tosses him in a DEO cell. And since Krypton and Daxam were located in the same neighborhood and were warring planets, Supergirl showed a clear bias against Mon-El — showcasing a rare flaw — and wrongly assumed he was behind the assassination attempt on President Marsdin (Lynda Carter); however, once Supergirl knew Mon-El was innocent, she freed him, apologized for her behavior, and informed him that Daxam was destroyed as a result of the debris from Krypton’s destruction.

Going forward, can we expect Mon-El to join the DEO, helping Supergirl?

“I don’t think that even crosses his mind. He obviously looks around and doesn’t really know what this place is,” Wood told TV Guide. “Obviously, they tell him what it is and what they do and they tell him he needs to stay there until they figure out how strong he is and all of that. I don’t think it’s even in his line of thinking, as the type of guy he is. He’s more just pumped that he can lift 16 tons, punch through walls and jump over buildings. He’s just excited by the prospect of being super. Hopefully, Kara will take him under her wing. As she mentors him a bit as the season progresses, her goal at least is to get him into normal life and also to use his powers in a positive way. That’s helpful and that may or may not be on Mon-El’s agenda.”

And how will Kara’s prejudice against Daxamites affect their relationship moving forward?

“We’ll see in [the fourth episode] that Kara’s prejudice against Daxamites might cloud her ability to judge Mon-El as an equal and as a neutral presence in her life. Even as she’s trying to do the right thing and mentor him, any frustration she has with this fun, goofy guy that he is, I feel like they’re amplified because of that bias. She just feels like, ‘Of course you’re difficult, you’re from Daxam.’ That’s sort of an offensive thing, if you really break it down, that she would not like him because of where he’s from. That’s something important that they’re going to have to work through in order to get along and become friends.”

HANK AND M’GANN GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER; AN ALIEN FIGHT CLUB RUN BY ROULETTE GRABS SUPERGIRL’S ATTENTION — When Kara (Melissa Benoist) and Alex (Chyler Leigh) investigate the murder of an unregistered alien, the trail leads to an alien fight club run by Roulette (guest star Dichen Lachman), the ringmaster who commands aliens to fight in mortal combat for the entertainment of rich humans.

While trying to stop the fighting, Supergirl and Martian Manhunter find themselves up against a surprising opponent. Meanwhile, Hank (David Harewood) is thrilled to have found another Martian and tries to get to know M’Gann (guest star Sharon Leal) better. Supergirl takes Mon-El (Chris Wood) under her wing and begins to train him.

James Marshall directed the episode, written by Paula Yoo & Eric Carrasco.

Distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. International Television Distribution, SUPERGIRL is executive produced by Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash), Ali Adler (The New Normal), Andrew Kreisberg (The Flash, Arrow) and Sarah Schechter (Blindspot, The Mysteries of Laura). Supergirl is based on the characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster and appearing in DC Comics, by special arrangement with the Jerry Siegel Family.

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