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Supergirl: The Complete First Season

All-New Extras Include Featurettes, Comic-Con Panel,

Deleted Scenes and a Gag Reel!

Own It On Blu-ray™ & DVD August 9, 2016

BURBANK, CA (June 2, 2016) – A new Super Hero will soon be flying into homes as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Supergirl: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray^TM and DVD on August 9, 2016. Delivering 10.9 million Total Viewers weekly, Supergirl is the #2 series on CBS amongst Men 18-49, just behind The Big Bang Theory and a Top 5 series on the network with Men 18-34, Men 25-54 and Tweens 12-17*. Fans can purchase the set which, in addition to all 20 exhilarating episodes, contains over an hour of extra content, including the 2015 Comic-Con panel, featurettes, deleted scenes and a gag reel. Supergirl: The Complete First Season is priced to own at $49.99 SRP for the DVD and $54.97 SRP for the Blu-ray including Digital HD. Supergirl: The Complete First Season is also available to own on Digital HD via purchase from digital retailers.

*Source: Nielsen National TV View L+7 US AA%; excluding repeats, specials, sports, and <5 TCs; Season To-Date = 9/21/15-2/7/16

Born on the doomed planet Krypton, Kara Zor-El escaped at the same time as her cousin, Superman, but didn’t arrive on Earth until years later after being lost in the Phantom Zone. Raised by her adopted family, the Danvers, Kara grew up in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex, and learned to hide the phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin. Years later, at age 24, and now living in National City while working as an assistant for Catco Worldwide Media mogul Cat Grant, Kara has spent so many years trying to fit in that she forgot to ever stand out. All that changes when she decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and become the hero she was always destined to be. With the help of Daily Planet photographer James Olsen, her bioengineer sister Alex, and the research of the super-secret, off-the-grid Department of Extra-Normal Operations (DEO), who are tasked with keeping the Earth safe from aliens, Kara takes to the skies to protect her world. (TBC)

With Blu-ray’s unsurpassed picture and sound, the Blu-ray release of Supergirl: The Complete First Season will include 1080p Full HD Video with DTS-HD Master Audio for English 5.1. The 4-disc Blu-ray will feature a high-definition Blu-ray and a Digital HD copy of all 20 episodes from season one.

Supergirl stars Melissa Benoist (Glee), Chyler Leigh (Grey’s Anatomy), Mehcad Brooks (About Last Night) and Jeremy Jordan (Smash), with David Harewood (Homeland) and Calista Flockhart (Brothers and Sisters). Season One guest stars include Dean Cain, Peter Facinelli, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Laura Benanti and Helen Slater. Based on the characters from DC Comics, Supergirl is produced by Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Ali Adler and Sarah Schechter.

BLU-RAY & DVD FEATURES

• 2015 Comic-Con Panel: Warner Bros. Television Presents a Night of DC Entertainment at Comic-Con 2015: Supergirl
• The Man From Mars: Superman once described J'onn J'onzz as "the most powerful being on the face of the Earth." This documentary will explore J’onn J’onzz’s current circumstances on Supergirl as the alien who swore an oath to a dying father to protect his daughters.
• A World Left Behind: Krypton: Kara Zor-El's home planet of Krypton was destroyed in the opening minutes of the pilot. It was a spectacular, futuristic society filled with mystery and intrigue! This documentary will explore the history of this famous planet and its role and depiction in Supergirl.
• Gag Reel
• Deleted Scenes

20 ONE-HOUR EPISODES

1. Pilot
2. Stronger Together
3. Fight or Flight
4. How Does She Do It?
5. Livewire
6. Red Faced
7. Human for a Day
8. Hostile Takeover
9. Blood Bonds
10. Childish Things
11. Strange Visitor from Another Planet
12. Bizarro
13. For the Girl Who Has Everything
14. Truth, Justice and The American Way
15. Solitude
16. Falling
17. Manhunter
18. Worlds Finest
19. Myriad
20. Better Angels

DIGITAL HD

The first season of Supergirl is also currently available to own on Digital HD. Digital HD allows consumers to instantly stream and download all episodes to watch anywhere and anytime on their favorite devices. Digital HD is available from various digital retailers including Amazon Video, CinemaNow, iTunes, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox and others. A Digital HD copy is also included with the purchase of specially marked Blu-ray discs for redemption and cloud storage through participating UltraViolet retail services including CinemaNow, Vudu and Flixster Video.

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The season finale of Supergirl is finally upon us. “Better Angels” kicks off right where last week’s penultimate episode left off, with the Danvers sisters fighting one another. It’s a fairly lengthy fight, with Alex finally obtaining the better hand. However, right before she is to deliver the fatal blow, J’onn and Eliza show up to try and talk her out of it. It works, although I admit I was a little afraid for Eliza there. Alex snaps out of it, leaving Non and Indigo looking confused.

Cat and Maxwell Lord are still at the radio station, and after the fight earlier, everyone else joins them there. The plan is for Kara to give out a single of hope, because Myriad prays on fear. It’s a stirring speech, as she gives the people of National City hope. Wynn, James, Lucy, and the rest of National City seemingly snaps out of it. Non laments that his plan has failed, but Indigo wants to continue on, killing the people of Earth and then moving on to another planet.

While things seem to be back to normal at Catco, the same can’t be said for the DEO. Lucy is still reeling from the damage when her father arrives. Initially, it’s a happy reunion, but once he demands J’onn’s arrest, it becomes tense all over again. Lucy is pulling further away from her father. (We got a mention of Lois, and saw the boots of Superman, who is apparently still suffering from the effects of Myriad) Alex finally tells her mother the truth about her father, that he is still alive and that both she and J’onn are determined to rescue him from Cadmus. Maxwell Lord returns to tell Alex and Kara that the Kryptonians aren’t finished with Earth just yet: instead of mind control, they intend on pure annihilation.

In a rare show of solidarity, Lord offers Kara some cold, hard truths: she can’t do it alone, but she has no one to back her up. Unfortunately, humanity only has a couple of hours. Kara knows this, so she goes around letting everyone know how she feels, thanking them, just in case she’s unable to do so later. After James wonders about her strange behavior to Lucy, it gets back to J’onn who also questions her. Kara says she’s not giving up, that she’s honoring her mother’s last wishes by protecting Earth.  

They find out that Non and Indigo have been at Fort Razz the entire time (leave it to the US Military to keep things like that hidden for their own benefit). Although injured, J’onn wastes no time in helping Kara. Together, they had to Fort Razz to take on Non and Indigo. The two meet them and a battle begins. Indigo and J’onn have unfinished business, as do Non and Supergirl. After a lengthy fight, J’onn, quite literally, destroys Indigo. Kara subdues Non long enough for what’s left of Indigo to tell her that they’re too late and that Earth will be destroyed.

Kara and Alex finally have their heart-to-heart, where Kara tells Alex to have a good life. It’s very emotional stuff! Kara lifts Fort Razz out of Earth and into space, where she drifts…until Alex comes to rescue her in the same pod that Kara had come to Earth in. J’onn is reinstated as director of the DEO (poor Lucy…). And over a montage of J’onn talking about more transparency, we see General Lane and Maxwell Lord exchanging Kryptonian technology.

At Catco, Kara gets a promotion because she’s really the best thing Cat ever had. And they bond, as always. This relationship has been the highlight of the series for me, personally. Okay, so the whole family (HANK! WINN!) is around eating food and being all domestic. Their next mission is to find Jeremiah and Project Cadmus. James and Kara have a moment. They’re interrupted when a spaceship lands. Both Supergirl and J’onn head to the scene, only to realize that it might be Kryptonian and Kara might know who (or what) it is. End scene.

All in all, this was a wonderful start to the series. The first season was full of optimism and some growing pains for our leading lady. The reveal of Hank as J’onn J’onzz was especially memorable, as were the relationships between Kara and Alex, and Kara and Cat Grant. The show did the best it could with regards to the “Superman Problem”, although it was a little wonky at times. Also memorable was the mini crossover with The Flash; I would like to see that incorporated some more, but I’m also not holding my breath. Let us not forget about how the show went out of its way to add former members of the DCTV family to the show as a nice little nod to the fans.

The show did a great job of establishing Kara as a bona fide heroine and I’m eager to see what else is in store for her in the future!

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After a week off, we’re back. The nineteenth episode of Supergirl, is called, “Myriad”. The episode picks up nearly right where “World’s Finest” left off. Non has his list of demands from the DEO, and Lucy complies. He wants all the prisons freed, except the White Martian. Good call there. At first, I thought Lucy was agreeing because she felt she had no choice. However, it becomes clear that she’s under the influence of Myriad. As she frees Maxima, a Fort Razz detainee, Supergirl comes to the rescue and the two duke it out. While she gets the upper hand on Maxima, the DEO agents, Lucy included, go after her, forcing Kara to flee. However, she figures out a way to disable the containment field before all the prisoners are let out.

Seeing no other option, Kara heads to the Fortress of Solitude, hoping to find her cousin, but he is (conveniently) not on Earth at the time. Instead, she’s greeted by one of the protocol droids and demands to know about Myriad. From her mother’s AI, we learn that Myriad is a mind control device that forces those to bend to someone else’s will. This time, instead of Astra, it’s Non. Once started, Myriad can’t be stopped.

We finally get to see what Alex and Hank have been up to. They’re in disguse. Kara heads to Catco, as Supergirl, to try and snap Wynn and James out of it. She’s unsuccessful, Cat, however, doesn’t appear to be affected. I have no idea how Myriad targets its victims. Superman texts Kara (cute…) that he’s on his way, but something drags him down. I’m not entirely sure if that really was him or an illusion or something. The show has gone out of its way not to show him at all. That’s when, Maxwell Lord randomly shows up.

We learn why Lord and Cat weren’t affected (tech stuff), why Superman was affected (something about environmental stuff), and what he intends to do (kill everyone). Alex and Hank are back at the old Danvers house, where they meet up with her mother. She learns, quickly, that the real Hank was the bad guy. Non arrives at Catco. He lays out his vision. Dare I say, he has a point, even if he’s enslaving people to achieve it. Even if he makes good points (…they really are good points…), he forces Kara to choose between three people. She’s fast enough to save both James and Wynn after they jump from the building, but not fast enough for the last person.

Hank and Eliza Danvers have a heart-to-heart, where she asks about Jeremiah and his Martian composition. Alex speaks to Kara, who tells her to stay away from National City. Hank decides to return, but makes Alex stay to try and get to Cadmus, as well as locate her father. Back at Catco, Kara is weighing her options after Lord tells her what his plan is. He wants to drop a Kryptonite bomb onto National City, therefore wiping out the Kryptonians, but also killing 8% of the city’s population, which is roughly 300,000 people. Those numbers versus 7 billion puts things into perspective a little.

Lord tells Kara the truth about his parent’s deaths. He had warned them about their Hazmat suits, but no one listened. So this is his way of trying to save the world, by preventing large-scale deaths. Non name drops a lot of famous cities that some of our DC characters are from. Indigo, his cohort in all of this, is non-too pleased. She’s urging him to think bigger, to use Myriad for the universe, not just Earth.

Hank and Alex are heading back to the city, while Kara is having extreme doubts. Her and Cat have a heart-to-heart. She tells Kara about hope being stronger than fear. And remember, the S symbol actually means hope! So Indigo finds Hank and Alex and bests them. I know I should call him J’onn, but it’s difficult. Anyway, he’s not at his strongest because he’s using his telepathy to shield Alex from Myriad. Indigo delivers what looks like a fatal blow to J’onn, and his old on Alex is now gone.

Lord, Cat, and Kara head to one of Cat’s first jobs: an old, broadcast style radio station. There, they hope to jam the signal and get hopeful messages across. Indigo, meanwhile, has plans for Alex. Non, using Alex as his vehicle, wants the two to fight. Kara tries desperately to change his mind, but he has no interest in listening to reason. And, the episode ends with the two sisters looking to come to blows.

I like how Supergirl inspires hope in both Cat and Maxwell Lord; it's a trend I hope to see continue.

Supergirl airs Mondays at 8pm Eastern Standard Time on CBS.

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The eighteenth episode of Supergirl is called, “World’s Finest”. If memory serves, that is the name of some famous comics from way back when. This is also the episode that officially puts “Supergirl” in the “Arrowverse”, along with “Arrow”, “The Flash”, and “Legends of Tomorrow”. If you’ve been watching “The Flash”, then you know that Barry Allen (The Flash) is able to travel through time. He’s also recently discovered that he can travel through different dimensions. Unfortunately, I believe that Supergirl takes place in one of these other dimensions, instead of the same dimension as the other CW shows.

The episode picks up right where last week’s episode left off. Siobhan is with the DEO, where they’re running all sorts of tests on her. Kara is still dealing with the fallout from her attacks on the public. No one really knows why Siobhan suddenly got her powers and she’s frustrated. We also see Lucy interrogating Livewire, who we haven’t seen in months.

I’m pleased to see Cat and Kara back on seemingly good terms. They ponder over Kara’s love life before Siobhan, plagued with her new powers, waltzes in. She has some sort of sonic boom and uses it on Kara, which knocks her out as she falls out of the building. However, before she hits the ground, something (or someone?) stops her, speeding off. As soon as I heard the theme music, I got all excited! After catching up with The Flash, Kara and he both realize that neither has heard of the other. Again, if you’ve been watching The Flash, you know that there are alternate universes. It’s the only way they can explain away the “where’s Superman” issue in those CW shows, really. Also, if you’ve been watching The Flash, you’re going to scratch your head because currently, it makes no sense for Barry to even be wherever he is right now. They better explain this pronto!

So, Barry’s explaining the “multiverse theory”, which is one of those popular DC Comics things, really. You can totally tell that James is jealous of Barry, who is the “fastest man alive”. For someone who left Metropolis because he was tired of living under Superman’s shadow, this one has got to sting a little. Siobhan visits an aunt, who seems to have an idea as to where her power might be coming from. After talking with her aunt, Siobhan gets the idea to team up with Livewire. Knowing that she can’t take both on by herself, Kara asks Barry to take care of Livewire. He agrees.

So, the two of them, after finding out where Livewire is located, try and take her on together. Barry is used to a plan, Kara just sort of punches her way through things. You can already tell it’s not going to end well for the two of them the first time around. And sure enough, Barry makes the mistake of using her lightning to charge Livewire. Siobhan has transformed into the Silver Banshee. Still, Flash and Supergirl aren’t enough for Livewire and Silver Banshee, so they retreat. I do want to make a quick mention of the fact that Kara tried to help both Silver Banshee.

So, Barry and Kara have a bit of a pep talk, where Kara admits that she rushed in without a plan all because she wants to prove herself to the people of National City again. Barry, after benefiting from the same kind of wisdom, tells Kara that she needs to slow down. While all that is going down, Livewire and Siobhan reappear at Catco. Winn tries desperately to appeal to Siobhan’s better nature. It doesn’t work. They kidnap Cat and taunt Kara. Barry, being the Good Samaritan hero that he is, tags along.

So, the four of them duke it out. Livewire and Banshee eventually get the better of them, however. Using her electricity, Livewire electrocutes Kara, but not before she saves a group of citizens. It’s the people of National City, however, who really save the day, as they surround Supergirl and eventually use Livewire’s abilities against her.

It’s time for Barry to try and go back to his earth. Using Kara’s speed as well as his own, she slings him back to his earth (like those pesky breaches from earlier in the season of The Flash). He seemingly makes it back to his earth. It was an offhand comment, about Infinite Earths, but according to the theory, if two earths manage to vibrate at the same speed, then they can be one, or something.

Kara and James share their first kiss. However, his reaction is less than enthused. Eventually, it’s shown that that Myriad thing is to blame, as James isn’t the only one affected (they’re like mindless zombies). I have to assume that this is due in part to Kara not being of earth. We are greeted by Non once again.

World’s Finest was a very good episode, if you’ve never watched The Flash. Kara was able to win back public support, and we learned about more earths. I’m hoping that this crossover wasn’t a one-time deal and that it has lasting impressions on the rest of the Arrowverse, namely, finding a way for Barry to get back to Earth-2 (what better way than to use Kara again). And if we can get a world where both Kara and Barry exist at the same time, we get much closer to a Justice League on TV!

 Supergirl airs Mondays at 8pm Eastern Standard Time on CBS.

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The seventeenth episode of Supergirl is called, “Manhunter”. I have a feeling the ending of last week’s episode and subsequent fallout will come into focus here. And I was right. The opening sequence shows the public still afraid of Supergirl; her trying to lend a helping hand is met with fear. Winn is talking to a bitter Siobhan and honestly, I have no sympathy. The reason Kara lashed out at Siobhan is due in part to her personality. I know they’re setting up Siobhan for her villainous turn, but honestly, I really am not invested in her character. I don’t even see what she sees in Winn, or what he sees in her. I guess as long as he’s not pining for Kara?

In other news, the public is wondering about J’onn. J’onn meanwhile wants Alex to disassociate from him, something she is unwilling to do. The military has, predictably, come back to the DEO. Lucy is back in uniform, but so far her father remains to be seen. There’s another head honcho barking orders. His name is not important, but he has a device that prevents J’onn from shapeshifting. Both he and Lucy are interrogating J’onn when we cut to flashbacks from 10 years ago. Jeremiah Danvers returns. It’s obvious that the real Hank Henshaw was obsessed with hunting the “Manhunter”. I don’t like the real Henshaw.

Anyway, they head down to the Andes, where intel tells them that’s where the Manhunter is located. Their orders are shoot to kill, something Jeremiah is not too thrilled about. Jeremiah runs into the Manhunter and the two of them strike up a bond. Even though the two of them grow closer, it isn’t enough to stop the real Henshaw from coming in and shooting down the Manhunter. However, Jeremiah takes matters into his own hands and the two of them get into a fight. Henshaw stabs Jeremiah and Jeremiah, in turn, pushes him off a cliff. However, he’s dying and makes J’onn promise to take care of his girls (Alex and Kara). The military takes J’onn away to an undisclosed location, promising that Alex is next.

Siobhan somehow manages to break into Catco, I guess with the intent to ruin Kara. Petty. Now it’s Alex’s turn to be interrogated. I have to admit that Lucy is looking incredibly uncomfortable; I’m still holding out hope that she becomes a Team Supergirl ally. Now we get a flashback of Alex 3 years ago. She’s at a party or club of some sort and drinking a lot. However, the police catch her before she can drink and drive. While at the jail cell, J’onn as Hank comes to her, trying to convince her to join the DEO. The one guy buys Alex’s story about her never knowing J’onn’s secret, but Lucy knows better. In the end, she’s carded away like J’onn to a placed called Project Cadmus.

A distressed Kara returns to work (having missed a day) and confides in James about Lucy, J’onn, and Alex. At the mention of Cadmus, James’ body language changes. We learn what it is, and also, why Superman refuses to work with the government. Apparently, Cadmus is like a dissecting lab. In an effort to save both Alex and J’onn, Kara enlists James’ help. He brings Lucy to Kara’s apartment where she finally reveals her secret. Lucy is not too surprised but does want to know why Kara and J’onn have lied. I thought it would be pretty obvious.

Now it’s time for Kara’s flashback to 12 years ago. She’s at a new school, with new people, and I think it’s the beginning of her new powers activating. If you’ve ever watched Man of Steel, this’ll all be familiar. She’s cast as the odd one, but her powers activated pretty quickly and she hears the sounds of those in need: a mother and child. Without thinking, Kara rushes to their aid. Jeremiah gives her some advice, saying that she doesn’t have to be like Superman, she just needs to be Kara Danvers. He makes her glasses that help with her x-ray vision and we find out that 2 years ago (her interview for Cat), she’s still wearing them at Catco.

We sort of find out the reason Kara is still at Catco all these years later. It’s sort of a small, moment, but she says she wants to be useful to someone. Since she decided not to be a hero like her cousin, she’s got to make the most of what she can. We cut back to the present, with Kara making her case to Lucy. We all know Lucy isn’t as gung-ho as the rest of those military types, including her father.

While in transport to Cadmus, the truck is distracted by two people on a bike. They manage to get the truck to stop. It should also be mentioned that in the ensuing struggle, the device keeping J’onn locked up breaks and he is free. The two figures take off their helmets (we knew one was Kara because of how quickly she moved). The other? Lucy. This was something I’ve been waiting for since she was introduced on the show. I love Lucy Lane so very much. And I desperately want her to play a bigger role on the series. Wishful thinking, I know.

So Hank was going to mindwipe that military guy until he saw Jeremiah’s face, which means that he is still alive! The secrets we keep! Alex and J’onn are now fugitives, but they’re determined to find Cadmus and Jeremiah. Curious to see how this turns out. In other news, we see Siobhan and Cat having a chat. Cat is a lot smarter than she looks. Siobhan should have known better. In the end, it was Winn who determined that the letter “Kara” sent to Cat couldn’t have been her; it was Siobhan. And just like that, it’s game over. This is only going to further her antagonistic feelings towards Kara, however.

So, back at the DEO, with a missing Hank and Alex, Lucy finds herself in the position of being the new director (thanks to that military guy resigning and asking for Lucy to be the director). This was a pleasant turn of events. I just hope it means we get to see more Lucy!

Siobhan is on the roof drinking and lamenting her bad choices. Still no sympathy. Winn comes to her aid, thinking she’s going to kill herself. However, what happens is a bit weird. She accidentally falls off the roof, but instead of falling to her death, her scream prevents it. Metahuman, anyone? Maybe this is the reason why The Flash is coming to National City next week, perhaps?

 Supergirl airs Mondays at 8pm Eastern Standard Time on CBS.

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After a week off, Supergirl returns with the 16^th episode, called, “Falling”. Unfortunately, I missed the first eight minutes and came in on the middle of Kara rescuing firemen. While that is happening, it looks like Kara is exposed to some sort of red substance. I’m going to go out on a limb and assume it’s Red Kryptonite. We already know this is going to have an effect on her.

Unfortunately (for me), it looks like Lucy has actually quit Catgo. I’m really disappointed that the show did this. I thought she would have been an excellent addition to Team Supergirl. Kara seems to have a new attitude at work, as her style of dress and mannerisms have changed. It seems to have melted into her Supergirl persona too, as she’s incredibly indifferent to the DEO in general.

She takes on one of the Fort Razz escapees but lets him go, much to the befuddlement of Alex. Hank chastises Kara for letting the prisoner go, but she calls him out on his own cowardliness. The Red Kryptonite is really having a negative effect on Kara. At work, she overhears Siobhan and Cat talking about a new story that Supergirl let one of the prisoners go. Siobhan wants to go run the story but Cat tells her to hold off on it. Undeterred, she goes to Perry White of the Daily Planet, but Kara distracts her long enough before she can send that email and prints a copy, giving it to Cat. Needless to say, Cat is not too thrilled, Siobhan is fired, and Kara is seemingly pleased with herself. Can’t say I’m sad to see Siobhan go, really.

Kara, James, and Winn end up at a club and Kara is dressed to impress (but, the glasses…really?). She’s hitting on James pretty hard and brings up Lucy (poor man’s Lois Lane) in a negative way and that sets James off. He knows something isn’t right. Cat wants to talk to Supergirl, to try and get to the bottom of her new behavior. The meeting doesn’t go good, for Cat. The two trade verbal barbs and when discussing who is really powerful, Supergirl throws Cat off her own building and tells her that true power is deciding who will live and who dies. Somehow, this ties really nicely into Batman v Superman, about what happens when someone like Superman (or Supergirl) goes unchecked. I see what you did DC/WB.

Winn and James are both concerned and head to the DEO to talk to Hank and Alex. There, they discover the appearance of Red Kryptonite and Maxwell Lord appears to tell them that he’s the one that made it. Go figure. So the things that I missed (the fire, etc.) was all set up by Lord. He wants to try and help come up with an antidote, but the damage has been done. Cat publicly denounces Supergirl and a menace, even though she doesn’t really want to. Supergirl did, after all, threaten her life.

When Alex goes to confront Kara, she has a gun at the ready. Kara is dressed more like Austra, with a very nice one piece. I like it, dare I say. Kara is not interested in anything Alex has to say. In fact, she does most of the talking. And let’s be honest: it’s not pretty. The senator thinks Supergirl has to be put down. Hank is reluctant but agrees. Lord finishes the antidote and hands it to Alex. And they are off to try and find Supergirl.

As Cat’s message plays on a loop around the city, Supergirl starts causing trouble. The police, as incompetent as ever, actually think bullets can stop her. In response, she shoots her fire beams at their cars. The DEO arrive in time, but Alex is unable to hit her with Lord’s tech. as Kara is closing in on Alex, Hank finally decides it’s time to be J’onn and the two duke it out, destroying some of Catco in the process. While distracted, Alex finally is able to hit Kara with the antidote.

Unfortunately, everyone saw Hank turn into J’onn and now the DEO is forced to arrest him. Kara wakes up and realizes what she did. Okay, I really like her break down here with Alex. Their relationship is so important. I’m not here for Hank’s self-sacrifice though. I don’t like him being locked up. I also like the fatherly relationship he has to both Kara, but more importantly, to Alex.

Kara admits that she was jealous of Lucy; I’m not entirely sure if the damage has been done on that front. Supergirl goes to apologize to Cat. The two of them come to an agreement, somewhat about what the future holds of Supergirl. She has a long road ahead to try and win back the people of National City.

This might have been the strongest episode of the series thus far. There wasn’t really a meta-of-the-week plot here, as Supergirl herself was the main adversary. I am curious to see where her relationship with Cat goes from here, as well as what happens to Hank. I’m going to assume that Alex will be the de facto leader of the DEO. I’m also interested in Lord’s arc, as he did help Supergirl when it would have benefited him not to.

Supergirl airs Mondays at 8pm Eastern Standard Time on CBS.

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The 15^th episode of Supergirl is called, “Solitude”. The episode opens with a flashback to the Phantom Zone 13 years ago. Nothing happens, as it quickly cuts to the present. Alex visits Kara to give her some donuts. This would be a good time for her to tell Kara the truth about what really happened to Astra, but instead, she lets Kara continue to believe that Hank was the one who really killed her aunt. Kara is still upset about all of it and has little desire to come back to the DEO to work.

Regardless of how others feel, I’m glad to see Lucy popping up every now and again, to remind us that she is Cat’s lawyer. During a staff meeting, someone sends Cat a thumb drive with important information on it and Cat wants it burned but Lucy wants the truth to come out. I think this might have something to do with her conversation with James last episode. Anyway, we cut to the DEO where Alex and Hank are working out some anger issues via fighting. Alex is still guilty for letting Hank take the fall for her killing Astra.

James still wants Kara to let him tell Lucy about her being Supergirl, but Kara isn’t willing to do that as she doesn’t have much trust in anyone at the moment. However, all that is put to the side when the person who gave Cat the hard drive appears on all the computer screens at Catco and chastises Cat for not using the information. She then tells everyone that there will be chaos in the streets and no sooner does she say that that the traffic lights all turn green.

Cat is determined to get to the bottom of this and so she makes it a point to have all hands on deck. James, Winn, and Kara all go to work immediately. Winn has been working on a counterattack but the hacker reveals herself on the screen and then literally comes flying out of the screen to attack all three of them. Kara says she recognizes the symbols on the woman’s (who sort of resembles Mystique) face. I think that earlier flashback will come back into play here. Hank and Alex come to the rescue but Kara is none too pleased with Hank and still refuses to come back to the DEO.

The hacker is having a meeting with none other than Non because of course. Apparently, they go back a ways. She says she’s calling herself Indigo these days and I think there might have been a reference to Brainiac in there. Indigo has a plan in motion and I’m getting the feeling that Non doesn’t want anything to do with her. It involves some sort of apocalypse in which both she and the Kryptonians survive while everyone else perishes.

Winn is drafted to the DEO and James and Kara head to the Fortress of Solitude. Once there, Kara finds out the information she’s looking for. So everything seems to be going well, save for the fact that James stood Lucy up (he was doing important work, but you know). Kara, trying to help, tells Lucy a story about how committed James is, only James never told Lucy that story. I don’t think it’s going to end well. Both the DEO (with Winn) and Kara (with Lucy and James) discover the same thing at the same time: Indigo needed a high ranking official to launch nuclear codes. I have to say, I liked the way that scene played out. Indigo strikes, starting up the sequence to launch.

Kara gets there in time to fight Indigo. The nuclear weapon is almost ready to be fired. Kara rushes to catch up to the missile. Knowing she can’t shut it down alone, she calls Hank and together they work out a way to stop it. Meanwhile, Winn has a way of stopping Indigo. Kara comes back to stop Indigo. Winn manages to upload a virus to stop her, but she tells Kara that she’s the reason she made it to Earth. She then disappears into thin air.

I don’t know how I feel about Siobhan to be honest. Most of the episode, she spent being humbled. She told Winn some story about how her father was a serial cheater (I’m still not convinced that was the truth), and it prompted Winn to open up about his own family. They share an impromptu kiss.

Kara gives James permission to tell Lucy that she’s Supergirl, but it comes too late because Lucy is done. She thinks that James is in love with Kara, and she might be right. Still, I love Lucy and I want her hanging around. So, needless to say, Lucy is still in the dark about Supergirl, sadly.

Back at the DEO Kara is there wanting to come back because she knows that they work better together. However, the guilt is too much for Alex and she FINALLY comes clean. In earlier episodes, Kara might have lashed out at Alex but instead, she silently hugs her. Hank, wanting to give the Danvers sisters some space heads on out to leave, but Kara stops him and they also have an imitate moment. I like this family unit so much. Their friendship is the heart of the show to me. I only wish Kara and Cat’s relationship can be repaired.

In the final minutes of the show we catch up crazy Non, who appears to be in the final throws of Myriad. However, he has another trick up his sleeve, as it is revealed that Indigo is still alive, which I totally love because she was a formidable villain for Supergirl.

 Supergirl airs Mondays at 8pm Eastern Standard Time on CBS.

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After a week off, Supergirl returns with its 14^th installment entitled, “Truth, Justice, and the American Way”. Kara is still dealing with the death of Astra. It’s a death I wish the show hadn’t made, personally. She’s also still under the impression that Henshaw was the one who killed her aunt, when we know it was actually Alex. Alex was in the process of telling Kara when they are interrupted by Non. He wants her to help bury Astra in Kryptonian custom, to which she agrees. Technically, Non is her last link to Krypton (and he vows his revenge in two weeks).

The guilt of killing Astra is weighing heavily on Alex. It’s only a matter of time before it boils over. In the meantime, Maxwell Lord and Kara have a chat. He’s in a bit of a situation because he knows way too much to be let go, but he also did help save Kara’s life. I have no idea what the DEO is going to do with him.

At Catco, Cat has hired another assistant. This is where her learning Kara’s secret would have come in handy. She’s still clearly upset at how Kara handled things with Adam. The new assistant, Siobhan, is clearly going to go out of her way to ensure her own job security. Kara is jealous, needless to say. Cat believes that Maxwell Lord has been kidnapped, as he hasn’t been heard from since the last incident at Lord Technologies. James is tasked with trying to figure out what happened. The problem is, he already knows and the lying is getting to him. He and Kara have a fundamental difference of opinion in regards to that situation, as Lord is being held against his will.

The DEO have a new Fort Razz escapee, a shapeshifter, on the loose. Alex and her team are tasked with trying to bring him in. However before they could apprehend him, they get ambushed by a figure in a mask who promptly abducts their target. Kara is still hostile with Hank. We cut to the masked figure, who now has the shapeshifter in some sort of jail cell. From the looks of it, the figure is something of a bounty hunter or jailer.

Alex and Hank head to the local police department to try and find out more information. Apparently, this figure has been decapitating “weird” (aka alien) people all over the city for a few months now. It’s being kept quiet by the mayor. Kara is struggling at work. She’s having a hard time being both Supergirl and Kara and Siobhan is showing her up at every corner. James is also not having a good time, as he inadvertently lets it slip that he knows about the DEO to Lucy. It should be noted that Siobhan was listening in on some of the conversation. Unfortunately, Lucy takes it to mean that he’s close to Supergirl and she storms out.

Alex and Hank figure out the pattern of the serial killer; he’s killing them in the order that they escaped Fort Razz. Just as the figure was about to capture his next target, Supergirl arrives on the scene. After a lengthy battle, Kara ends up losing the whereabouts of the masked figure. James is drinking in solitude until Cat shows up. The two haven’t really did much bonding, so this is a good scene. Whereas she’d normally be talking to Kara, she’s now talking to James. She tells him about the time, back when she was still writing gossip columns, about an actor who was actually abusive. She didn’t tell that side of the story. It’s little tidbits like this that help make Cat a real, fleshed out character. Her words of wisdom are always wanted.

James comes back to the DEO to try and confront Kara. He believes that holding people hostage is part of the reason why Maxwell Lord hates Supergirl. She’s not being held accountable. James makes a valid point, in that it’s really going to be her values that set her apart from her enemies, not her smarts or strength. The two end things strained, as Alex brings Kara some much-needed good news. They find out the identity of the jailer, and it’s one of the cops Alex and Hank had met earlier in the show.

While confronting the two cops, both Alex and one of the cops is shot by the jailer. Luckily, Alex is alright, but the same could not be said for Kara, who was abducted. We learn more about the jailer, who was a guard at Fort Razz, the only one who got away after it crashed. He’s trying to continue the work on Earth. Alex storms what she believes to be the jailer’s hideaway but it appears to be empty.

However, it’s not! Alex quickly realizes that his lair is beneath the floorboard and quickly comes to the rescue of both Kara and another prisoner. After throwing down hard, Kara is able to get free thanks to Alex firing shots into the sky to let out the sun. Kara decides to let the professor go and subsequently, Maxwell Lord. I have a feeling this is going to come back to bite everyone in the ass. It’s sort of a Cold War thing they (Lord and DEO) have going on now.

Kara and Siobhan have another confrontation. We learn that Siobhan wants to be the next Cat Grant. If that’s the case, she’s going about it in an interesting (and horrible…) way. James and Kara have a chat as well. He wants to be able to tell Lucy the truth about Kara. At the DEO Kara confronts her hologram mother and asks about “Myriad”, to which the hologram freaks out and almost self-destructs. Kara finally tells Hank that she doesn’t want to work alongside him because of what he did to Astra. At some point, the truth will come out. I don’t envy Alex.

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The thirteenth episode of Supergirl is called, “For the Girl Who Has Everything”. Last week’s episode ended with Kara being attacked by some creature. Tonight, we open with her seemingly fine, but back on Krypton? Her mother is there, but Kara isn’t an adolescent anymore. We cut to Cat, who is clearly upset at Kara for driving Adam away, but when neither Winn nor James know where she is, they both immediately call Alex.

Alex busts Kara’s door open and we find the organism attached to Kara’s unconscious body. She’s quickly rushed to the DEO medical facility. Unfortunately, no one knows what’s going on with Kara. Alex believes that Maxwell Lord set it up but when she goes to confront him, he pleads innocent. I like seeing Alex angry like this.

Non and Astra are discussing the recent solar flares when Kara comes up. Non used what is called a Black Mercy on Kara, giving her “everything” she wanted. It’s symbiotic parasite that can’t be removed by force. In an effort to protect Kara’s job, Henshaw shapeshifts into Kara. Somehow, I have a feeling that this isn’t going to go over well. And naturally, it doesn’t.

Back at the DEO, Alex confronts Audra’s hologram, trying to figure out what the Black Mercy is. She receives very little help. But in the process, we learn a bit about Alex as a young girl. She resented Kara; we knew she was jealous. We are treated to an extended scene back at “Krypton”. We even see a young Kal-El (Clark Kent/Superman). The longer Kara stays, the harder it is for her to reject what she is presented with; she’s even having a hard time remembering Earth. Astra confronts Alex, wanting to help.

The DEO ends up asking Lord for helping building a virtual reality device that would help Alex bring Kara back to reality. At the same time, Non is questioning Astra’s faith. I think she might be having a moment of crisis. I’m not entirely sure her heart is still in whatever it is that they’re planning. In any event, Alex is now on “Krypton” and she’s encountered Kara, who doesn’t recognize her. When Kara attacks her, Alex weakens and Henshaw wants to immediately pull the plug but James stops her (Alex begged him to).

We have our big moment with Alex persuading Kara that the life she is living in “Krypton” isn’t real because life isn’t perfect. I like seeing this side of Alex. We already knew she cared for her sister deeply, but this is a side of her that we never see and it was nice for it to finally happen. Both Kara and Alex make it out, but Kara is clearly traumatized and wants Non to pay for it.

They find out where Non and the other Kryptonians are going to be. Kara is angry. She is fighting Non, while Alex and J’onn are fighting Astra, who also echoes my own sentiments that her heart isn’t in it. Alex puts the finishing touches on Astra. Henshaw covers for Alex, lying about killing her. I only think Astra dying is going to make Non worse.

Kara explains to everyone why Krypton was her go-to perfect, happy place. And considering all that she’s been through the last few episodes, it makes sense and her answer made a lot of sense. I’d die to see an interaction between her and Superman, who is her blood, after all! Anyway, Kara, Alex, James, and Winn are all over Kara’s place bonding over their friendship. I live for things like this, it should be said!

 Supergirl airs Mondays at 8pm Eastern Standard Time on CBS.

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The twelfth episode of “Supergirl” is called “Bizarro”. If you know anything about Superman, that name should ring familiar. The episode starts off three months ago. Maxwell Lord is with his mysterious patient, the one we’ve been wondering about for some time now. It looks like he’s in the final stages of whatever it is that he’s doing and we come to see that it’s creating life. In this case, a life that looks eerily similar to Supergirl.

Cat Grant seems to be in a good mood. I can only guess it has something to do with her son coming back in her life. She even gets Kara a latte. While in a powwow trying to figure out this “rogue Supergirl” issue, Kara comes up with a suggesting saying it might not even be Supergirl. This catches Cat’s attention more than anything anyone else is saying.

So things are really awkward between James, Winn, and Kara once the other two learn that she’s going on a date with Adam. Maxwell Lord is brainwashing this Fake Supergirl to kill Kara. Adam and Kara are cute together. Like, I like Kara and James (and James and Lucy), but I really like the added layer he brings. He doesn’t know she’s Supergirl (like Winn and James). All he knows is what he sees and that’s Kara. As soon as they were getting close, an accident forces Kara to leave.

She’s soon confronted with her doppelganger. They duke it out, with the people in the train car almost dying in the process. Kara is convinced that it’s a clone. Alex suggest using Kryptonite to try and weaken the Fake Supergirl. The next day, Kara is confronted by both Adam and Cat. Adam still wants to try again with Kara and Cat has named Fake Supergirl, Bizarro.

Winn learns that Maxwell Lord has taken seven different comatose girls to perfect Bizarro. When asked why she didn’t kill Supergirl by Maxwell Lord, Bizarro responses that Supergirl is good and helps people. Alex confronts Lord and he all but admits to what he’s done. She doesn’t know that he knows she and Kara are sisters, but he threatens her (and those she loves) nonetheless. Back at the DEO they try and come up with a plan to take down Bizarro using Kryptonite. Kara is hesitant, wanting to go after Lord instead. Alex mentions to Kara that Lord insinuated that he knew Supergirl and she were sisters, but both seemed convinced that there was no way he could know.

Alex and Kara continue to have the strongest relationship on the show and the scene where Alex urges Kara to still try and have a life outside of being Supergirl all but proves it. Winn and James are having a drink, commiserating on both losing out to Kara. It’s actually a pretty good scene. We know why Winn is upset, but James is tricky. He’s with Lucy and for a while seemed happy to be back with her. But there’s still those lingering feelings that he might have for Kara. Winn, learning to open up with his emotions, questions why James hasn’t told Kara how he feels. In typical gentleman style, James claims he wants Kara to be happy and that he’s in a relationship himself, but Winn isn’t convinced. I like seeing the two of them getting together outside of Kara being around.

Adam and Kara are on another date and she opens up to him about her family as well as not feeling normal. The scene is shot like a CW show, but that’s okay because it works. Anyway, they finally kiss and I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m rooting for them, although I have a feeling it’s not going to last. While they’re kissing, Bizarro kidnaps Kara thinking (and knowing…) that she’s Supergirl. At first, Kara plays dumb, but when Bizarro uses her eye lighting thing, Kara has no choice but to defend herself.

The two are fighting, using all of their arsenal. The DEO show up, pelting Bizarro with Kryptonite to weaken her. Instead of weakening her, the Kryptonite does just the opposite and strengthens her. Bizarro flies away, but Kara and Alex now knows that Lord knows who she is. Kara wants to take out Maxwell Lord. In the meantime, she and Adam break up before they even get started and I have to say, I’m a tad disappointed. We just got to know Adam and if that’s the last we see of him (I doubt it since he’s so tied to Cat), I’ll be gutted. It’s one of those classic superhero tropes of the hero not being able to be happy.

Alex bursts into Lord’s place and arrests him, while Bizarro kidnaps James. They take Lord to the DEO. I don’t know if that’s a good idea. He’s a smart guy, after all. Bizarro kidnapped James because Kara loves him. James, in an effort to get into Bizarro’s good graces, tells her why he loves Supergirl. However, it was something of a ruse, just so he could call Supergirl. The two fight until Alex gets the shot to weaken her. The DEO take her back and put her back into a coma, as she was before Lord got to her.

Speaking of which, he’s in a cell and goading Kara, mentioning her adoptive mother. But both sisters leave him be for the time being. Back at the CEO it’s clear that whatever good mood Cat was in has disappeared since Adam left. The relationship between Cat and Kara looks to be back at square one. I think Cat was really warming up to Kara and was disappointed that she ended things with Adam (this all could have been avoided if she knew the truth).

The episode ends with Kara flying into her apartment and finding a strange substance on her table. There’s some sort of creature hanging on the wall and we don’t know the outcome until next week.

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The eleventh episode of Supergirl is titled, “Strange Visitor from Another Planet”. Kara is flying over the city when she sees a forest fire. She’s still dealing with the fallout from Wynn kissing her. Things are, needless to say, awkward between them. In the meantime, Miranda Crane, an anti-alien senator, is in town, making a big splash with a rally.

At Catgo, Lucy, James, and Kara are all adjusting to their new situation. James, desperate to get back in the field, convinces Cat to let him speak to Miranda Crane. While walking back to her office, she notices a stranger. She recognizes him instantly as her son, the one she gave up custody for ages ago. I like seeing Cat a little off balance, as she clearly wasn’t expecting to see him and obviously didn’t write the letter he’s referring to, wanting to reach out.

This puts Cat in a weird situation, and she lashes out at Kara who really shouldn’t have meddled, even if she meant well. After a pep talk from Kara, who mentions her own family situation, Cat calms down and allows Kara to make a dinner reservation with Adam.

While speaking at the anti-alien rally, an alien interrupts Miranda Crane’s speech. After cornering the alien, Henshaw has flashbacks. This was the alien that killed his people. Kara rushes to the scene, but she’s too late; the alien has fled. The DEO has Miranda Crane at their HQ and she is none too pleased. She sounds worse than Maxwell Lord and is none too grateful at being saved. Henshaw finally opens up about the alien and refers to it as a White Martian. We learn about Henshaw’s past, his J’onn Jonnz past where he goes into detail about what happened. He asks Kara to try and take care of the White Martian because he doesn’t want to give up his identity as Henshaw.

Cat is at her dinner with Adam and things are a tad awkward. She spends a lot of time talking about herself. In the end, it’s enough to force him to leave disappointed. James and Kara are trying to sift through the pictures he took at the rally earlier in the day to see if they can find out anything else about the White Martian. They do find out that Miranda Crane’s eyes were glowing, similar to the White Martian, and sense it can shape-shift like Henshaw, it’s obvious that the Crane at the DEO isn’t the real Crane.

Alex and Henshaw both figure out that Crane is the White Martian and a fight at the DEO ensues. Kara arrives just in time, as once again, Henshaw is unable to take on the White Martian and had another flashback. He eventually tells Alex the whole sad, story of what happened to his people. I really like the relationship Alex and Henshaw have and I’m so glad that he is willing to open up to her and Kara.

Cat is emotional over how things ended with Adam and Kara takes it upon herself to try and fix it. So she tracks him down and talks to him, saying all the things she had told Cat to say in the first place. Adam agrees to talk to Cat again as long as she tags along. Things are a little testy at first, but after Kara gets them both to open up, the dinner goes a lot smoother.

Henshaw is hellbent on killing the White Martian, by any means necessary. That goes against everything he has fought for. Using his ability to track, he finds a location for where the White Martian and Senator might be. While he thinks he’s hunting the White Martian, he finds the Senator. Alex finds the White Martian. Henshaw/J’onn wants to die; he’s tired of being the last of his kind and is ready to give up to the White Martian.

Together with Kara, Henshaw takes on the White Martian. After finally getting the upper-hand, he wants to kill it, but Kara tries to talk him out of it. He does the right thing, but the White Martian vows revenge. In a more important scene, Henshaw thinks of Kara and Alex as daughters, much like the ones he lost long ago. I didn’t know I needed this until I needed it. 

The real Crane decides to soften her position after her own encounter with an alien, as well as Supergirl saving her life and that of countless others. Adam is into Kara. Cat knows this. He eventually asks her out on a date and she agrees. I like where this is going. 

Anyway, the episode ends with Alex and Kara bonding. It’s cut short with footage of Supergirl saving a falling truck. The only problem is Kara is still at home with Alex. We’re left wondering who this impostor is. Me thinks it’s whatever Maxwell Lord has been working on.

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