Warning: SPOILERS IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED.
As I am a junior in high school, I often get behind with my fall shows. Instead of working on my English paper, I decided to catch up on this week's episode of Supergirl instead.
Ah, Supergirl. Since this is my first review and you guys don't know me personally, I'll just say that my relationship with this show is complicated. Some basics: I started watching for the female lead and stayed for her sister, her love interest and said love interest's love interest. Being the emotional multishipper I am, I ship Kara, James AND Lucy. Together. But when it was clear James and Lucy were over, I happily settled with Kara and James. I adored their chemistry and the fact that the black man could get the girl was so important to me. (My bio in the sidebar kinda implied that representation is a major factor in what I watch. Don't like it? You still have a chance to leave.) Unfortunately, as you can tell with the use of the past tense, they broke up - before they even had a chance to start. This complete 180 in a timespan of less than 24 hours (between the season 1 finale and season 2 premiere) is something I will be forever bitter about. F*ck you, Supergirl writers. F*ck you.
ANYWAYS. That was last week's episode, but I'm not reviewing that one for now, so let's move on. This week, Kara and her cousin Clark (aka Superman) battled two Kryptonite-enhanced men. (Men? Cyborgs? Who knows.) They had been operated on by Cadmus, an evil organization threatened by the existence of aliens. One of the men was John Corben, an assassin hired to take out Lena Luthor in the previous episode. To be honest, I only knew this from googling his name. The CW's villains are always forgettable, and I don't know how they expect us to remember them. In other news, Alex struggles with Kara and Clark's bond, Henshaw and Clark fight over the storage of Kryptonite - which weakens Kryptonians like Kara and Clark, by the way - at the DEO, and Kara questions her new position as a reporter.
My biggest problem with this episode? Kara's attitude. Usually I can emphasize with her journey throughout the episodes, but not this time. What first ticked me off was how she reacted on her first day as a reporter. Yes, I get it. The first day of a new job is always nerve-wracking. I don't blame her for getting upset over her rude boss. (Okay, when is he leaving, by the way? He's just another irrelevant bald white man.) But I do blame her for not standing up for herself and instead going to Cat to whine and tattle like a five year old kid. Kara. You asked for this job, and your overly generous former boss gave it to you. You have no experience as a reporter, so of course your new boss thought you were a bother. And yeah, it's hard to stand up for yourself, believe me, but...come on! YOU ARE KARA DANVERS AND YOU ARE SUPERGIRL! And this storyline of Kara being weak-willed and meek in the beginning and becoming a strong go-getter in the end has been repeated so many times on the show it's gotten boring, and kind of unbelievable when Kara has to go through it yet again. At this point, Kara just seems ungrateful. Then Cat gives the usual pep talk, and Kara leaves to go stand up to him - only we never actually see her do it. I mean, what did she do after she left Cat's office? Completely disregard the advice and go home? Now that I'm on the subject, why is Cat and Kara's relationship so strange? Kara has done so many things that would've gotten her fired normally, but Cat lets her stay, yet still mispronounces her name. They even hug it out a couple times, and Cat still says "Kara" wrong. Season 2 starts, and all of a sudden Cat pronounces her name fine? I'm done with this inconsistent writing. I am.
Okay, wow that paragraph got longer than I intended to. Moving on - Kara's annoying attitude continues to the point that when she gets home, she decides to move to Metropolis to be with Clark. In the process, she also is rude to Alex. So you had one bad day at work, and all of a sudden you want to move away? Leave behind your loved ones in National City? Alex is completely right for calling her out. Clark has gotten to her head. Oh, and I would just like to add that Kara and Clark's relationship confuses me and makes me uncomfortable. They're cousins, but the writers write them like friends who are lowkey attracted to one another. The way Kara talks about Clark sometimes, you'd think she's in love with him. Gross. It's just really really really really weird.
Eventually, Kara and Clark save the day with the help of the DEO. It's really mind-blowing to me that the two evil cyborg things only aimed for their chests, the only place that happened to have Winn's Kryptonite-proof device. Wouldn't aiming for their legs, or I don't know, any place that ISN'T covered with the device be more effective? And considering Kara and Clark got up just fine even when their devices broke, what was the use of the device in the first place? I know that episodes always have to end with the heroes winning, but this is just bad writing. Smh.
This review makes it sound like I hated this episode, but there were a few memorable moments. Cat and Kara's heart to heart, no matter how cliche, genuinely touched me. I'm pretty iffy on Cat's character, but Calista is a great actor and I'll miss her being a regular. I am also extremely proud of James for taking up Cat's position, though I'm mad that other than that, he was barely in the episode. (Dear the CW: treat your few characters of color better, please.) Alex being the badass that she is was also incredible. I wish I could say more, but overall, this wasn't one of Supergirl's best episodes, and I'm looking forward to the next one.
Rating (out of 10): 7
Extras that didn't make it in: I can't believe people still don't think Clark is Superman and Kara is Supergirl. At this point, it's just laughable.
*My next review will probably be Tuesday's episode of The Flash! See you then!
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