‘Supergirl’ Spoilers: Chris Wood Not Returning As Mon-El In Season 4

Chris Wood’s journey on “Supergirl” came to an end in last Monday’s Season 3 finale of the CW series.

In a recent interview with TVLine, executive producer Robert Rovner revealed that Wood won’t be reprising his role as Mon-El in Season 4 of the Melissa Benoist-led series.

“The plan for Chris was always to have him on the show for two years,” Rovner said. “We’ve loved telling Mon-El’s story, as well as the story we’ve told for him and Kara (Benoist). We hope the fans felt that it was a satisfying conclusion.”

After helping the Girl of Steel defeat Reign, Mon-El decided to go back to the future with fellow Legion of Super-Heroes member Imra (Amy Jackson) and their new recruit Winn (Jeremy Jordan).

“They both have destinies in different times as heroes,” executive producer Jessica Queller said of Mon-El and his ex Supergirl. “What they did was the sort-of ‘Casablanca’ decision of putting what’s most important to them — which is saving the world — first. It’s a little bittersweet that one destiny is to be a hero in this time and one’s destiny is to run the Legion in another time, but I think they grew a lot from knowing one another. They have respect for one another, and they have a respect for the decisions they respectively made.”

Though Wood won’t be returning as Mon-El next season, fans might still see the Prince of Daxam reappear on the show in future seasons. “We love working with Chris, so we’d love to have Mon-El back someday if the story takes us there and if Chris is available,” Rovner said.

With Mon-El gone, Rovner teased that Season 4 might explore a romance between Supergirl and Brainiac-5 (Jesse Rath), who decided to stay on Earth after one of his “distant relatives” survived the Blight and made the future uninhabitable for all other A.I.s.

“We did that a little bit when he first arrived,” Rovner told TVLine when asked if they will be telling a love story between Supergirl and Brainiac-5 next season just like in the comics. “I think he’ll always have affection for Supergirl, but you’ll have to stay tuned.”

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