Kevin Smith Says His Flash Episode Is A Thriller, Supergirl Episode Is A Journey

This week, Kevin Smith will return to The CW when his episode of The Flash airs on Tuesday. After directing a fan-favorite episode of the series last season, Smith was asked to return to The Flash and oversee Killer Frost’s return to Central City. The cult filmmaker was also brought on to direct an episode of The CW’s newest DC Comics title, Supergirl, which he finished shooting recently. And, now, the director is telling fans what they should expect from the episodes.

Kevin Smith recently uploaded his latest episode of Fat-Man on Batman to Youtube where he and co-host Marc Bernardin talked about the Arrowverse. It was there that Smith recalled his time on-set for The Flash and Supergirl by saying he had a “f**king blast.”

“Boy, oh boy - I had a f**king blast. And both couldn’t be more different from each other,” he said. “"Killer Frost" is like a thriller The whole thing is like a [John] Grisham movie set in the world of comics with powers and s**t.”

Smith then continued and switched gears to Supergirl. “Then the Supergirl episode, it’s very ambitious. It’s different from a lot of Supergirl episodes. We take a journey,” he said. “It’s big, it’s a big episode. It turned out phenomenally. I was just working on the cut this morning, the first cut. The Flash is done, and it airs next week. Supergirl I got the first cut of, and it was 12 minutes long. So I went through an easy first-pass...and am down five minutes, so there’s seven minutes left to cut out. It’s going to be tough because all the scenes are really good.”

Smith couldn’t help but gush about Supergirl’s cast since his episode “Superman Lives” marks his first time working with the actors. The director had plenty of praise of Charmed City, an actor duo comprised of star Melissa Benoist and Chris Wood. David Harewood also racked up praised from Smith since the director fell for the British man’s charm.

“David Harewood has a line that’s “so f**king DC Universe, so specifically Superworld,” Smith gushed. Without giving away any spoilers, Smith said that Martian Manhunter goes full-on comic nerd when he makes a reference to the Red Sun of Krypton.

Smith also said that, “David doesn’t even have to be in the Martian Manhunter persona to carry the presence of Martian Manhunter. He’s almost almost more Martian Manhunter when he’s just Hank Henshaw than when they do the effects.”

Fans still have a bit to go until Smith’s Supergirl episode hits television, but his Flash return is imminent. His episode “Killer Frost” will air on The CW this Tuesday, November 22. You can check out the synopsis for it below:

“KEVIN SMITH DIRECTS; KILLER FROST EMERGES — Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) uses her powers to save Barry (Grant Gustin) but as her mother predicted, the effort unleashes her inner Killer Frost. Killer Frost goes on a rampage looking for Dr. Alchemy, kidnapping Julian (Tom Felton) and battling both The Flash and Vibe (Carlos Valdes). Meanwhile, Joe (Jesse L. Martin) and H.R. (Tom Cavanagh) have a heart to heart.”