User blog comment:Xandermcc/Supergirl S2 E16: Keeping up with the Daxamites/@comment-26618197-20180103121424/@comment-27700324-20180103161124

That would have worked much better for both Kara and Mon-El's relationship if we saw his progression to good in stopping his parents and then they get together. It also would have worked better for our main villains since we get more time to know them. Their plans, goals, that kind of thing.

Well that Winn/Lyra bit was a bit of something that is all over this season, Disconnected plotlines. They essentially don't know what to do with Winn, James, and Alex when in the main plot so they write these B plot stories for them.