The Review at the End of the Universe
“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”…
“Livewire” Supergirl celebrates thanksgiving with a new human villain, a visit from Kara and Alex’s mother and some further humanising of Cat Grant. Eagle eyed readers will note that I have titled this review episode 5 when I reviewed episode 3 last week. CBS elected to air episodes 4 and 5 out of sequence as detailed here…
“Fight or Flight” Supergirl continues the first season with an episode that quite possibly has one the most cliché titles imaginable but manages to deliver some solid content that deals with the Kryptonian elephant in the room. Supergirl exists in a universe where Superman is well established and well thought of by people. My general issue…
“Stronger Together” Supergirl makes some massive improvements after a pilot episode that seemed to exist to tick all the boxes that an origin story should. The second episode focuses on Kara attempting to define herself as a hero by finding her own way of doing things. I would go as far as saying that this…
