Last week on Supergirl saw Kara navigate the fallout from the reveal that Mon-El is not actually a Daxamite palace guard but rather the lost prince himself and the arrival of his parents, King Lar Gand (Kevin Sorbo) and Queen Rhea (Teri Hatcher) to bring him back to “make Daxam great again.” Subtle, this show is not. […]
Supergirl Deals With An “Exodus” And A Whole MESS Of Feelings
Last week’s Supergirl dealt with the reemergence of Dean Cain’s Jeremiah Danvers, free after 15 years of captivity by Cadmus, only for him to turn around and steal the DEO’s alien registry with the help of his robot arm and beat the snot out of J’onn & Winn. This week’s episode, “Exodus,” not only follows up […]
‘Hamilton’ References Abound, Everyone Has Love Problems and Supergirl Tries To Avoid ‘Mr. and Mrs. Mxyzptlk’
So last week’s Supergirl ended on a bizarre note, with a weird portal bouncing around Kara’s apartment interrupting her & Mon-El’s first kiss. Another Flash appearance? No, not for a couple weeks. Instead, it’s a dapper British gentleman (Peter Gadlot) who turns out to be this world’s version of Superman’s goofiest foe, Mr. Mxyzptlk! An imp from […]
Supergirl Deals With Confusing Emotions and White Martians In “The Martian Chronicles”
One of the subplots Supergirl has gotten some flak for this season is its decision to essentially replay the “Kara’s unrequited love for Jimmy” storyline from last year with Kara and Mon-El. It’s been a slow burn of a storyline and Melissa Benoist & Chris Wood have great chemistry but it’s drawn some criticism for being […]
Supergirl Deals With “Survivors,” New Arrivals and a Dull Villain
Like the vast majority of superhero fiction, Supergirl is not one for subtleties. That makes sense in terms of the genre but also when you consider the broad, prime-time audience it’s trying to reach (which definitely includes kids). That’s great in a lot of respects–see the Alex/Maggie stuff from last week and the brilliant bits of both […]
Supergirl Gets Queer with S2E3, “Welcome to Earth”
Despite breaking from CBS and migrating to its lower profile (and lower budget) home on The CW, Supergirl kicked off season 2 in a big way with what was essentially a two-part premiere that dropped a new Kryptonian (?) into the mix, guest-starred Kara’s previously absent cousin, and introduced viewers to the mysterious (and evil) […]
On Supergirl, “The Last Children of Krypton” Deal With A New Status Quo
So if last week’s Supergirl was all about establishing itself in a new space–literally and figuratively– this week’s is all about setting up the season’s arc. That’s typically reserved for premieres and while “The Adventures of Supergirl” covered a lot of ground, it didn’t introduce the big bad–the xenophobic doctor of Cadmus who turned John Corben into […]
Supergirl’s Season Finale Proves There Are “Better Angels” In All Of Us
So even at this late date, CBS hasn’t announced whether or not Supergirl has been renewed. That’s deeply, deeply unfortunate. While the naysayer could just write it off as yet another unfortunate reminder of Hollywood’s obsession with superheroes, to those who actually watched the show and paid attention, it’s obvious this show is serving a […]
Supergirl Juggles “Myriad” Threads But Can’t Make Them All Stick
After taking a week off to allow us all to recover from the wonderfulness that was “World’s Finest,” Supergirl is back with its penultimate episode, “Myriad.” With its finale next week, the show has a lot to get through–or at least a lot to both resolve and tease out for a potential next season (the […]
#SupergirlXTheFlash: The “World’s Finest” Is The Superhero Teamup We Need
Like a lot of people this weekend, I didn’t see Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Life is too short and precious to spend time on terrible versions of cultural icons and two of my heroes grimacing and growling at each other for TWO AND A HALF HOURS and also murdering people. Screw that noise; […]
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