The Review at the End of the Universe
“Truth, Justice, and the American Way” Supergirl tackles the question of morality and explores Kara’s desire to do the right thing in relation to what the law states. It’s all in the title; “Truth, Justice, and the American Way” s something that Superman is known to stand for and Supergirl traditionally embodies many of those…
“For The Girl Who Has Everything” Supergirl adapts the classic Alan Moore Superman story “For The Man Who Has Everything” from Superman Annual #11 in 1985 to have Kara confront her memories of Krypton. At least, that’s the idea but the overall execution doesn’t quite get there. I can see what the episode was going…
“Bizarro” Supergirl pits Kara against her evil twin when Maxwell Lord experiments on a young woman to give her powers equal to Supergirl and sends her on a mission to defeat her. Most superheroes have some kind of mirror image version of themselves that lets them see their darker side in some way. The Flash…
“Strange Visitor From Another Planet” Supergirl explores the origins of the Martian Manhunter when a White Martian attacks threatens National City. J’onn J’onzz aka the Martian Manhunter has had a rich comic book history that comes with a large amount of tragedy. In a lot of ways his origins are very similar to Superman with…
“Childish Things” Supergirl shakes up the status quo a bit when Winn’s father, Winslow Schott Sr. (Henry Czerny) escapes from prison and attempts a reconciliation with his son. Ever since Winn was introduced in the first episode there has been speculation from fans that he might be destined to go down a dark path and emerge…
“Blood Bonds” Supergirl returns after the winter break and picks up right where it left off with Non’s assault on Maxwell Lord’s facility and Kara’s confrontation of him. I mentioned in the review of the last episode that the cliffhanger was a fairly underwhelming one and the resolution does little to redeem it. Kara’s fight…
“Hostile Takeover” Supergirl closes off 2015 with the return of Astra in the midst of a hacking scandal involving Cat Grant leaving Kara stretched trying to deal with everyone. Astra’s return feels a little overdue considering she has been absent since the second episode. I like that Supergirl has taken some time to establish that there…
“Human for a Day” Kara loses her powers and National City has to find a way to cope without Supergirl when a devastating Earthquake strikes the city and injures a lot of people. Every superhero story has to deal with the hero losing their powers as a way to prove that there is more to…
“Red Faced” Supergirl introduces Red Tornado (Iddo Goldberg) and Dr. T.O. Morrow (also played by Iddo Goldberg) while Kara struggles to deal with some really intense anger issues that bleed into all aspects of her life. Anger is the big theme of the week and the episode explores how dangerous an emotion it can be…
“How Does She Do It?” Supergirl fills in the gap with the episode that was supposed to air last week with a story that has Kara juggling different aspects of her life while a mad bomber threatens National City. As with “Livewire” last week I have kept the intended numbering for my reviews. While “Livewire”…
