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15 Sep

Supergirl’s Final Season Soars When Focused on Character

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This SUPERGIRL article contains spoilers for Season 6, Episode 11, “Mxy in the Middle.” Supergirl Season 6 Episode 11 Mr. Mxyzptlk makes his triumphant return, and not a moment too soon. He sings, he dances, he makes Patrick Swayze references, and Supergirl distracts a giant cat the same way you distract a regular cat – with her lazer vision, of course. It’s all good fun on a light and lovely episode of Supergirl that serves as a reminder of why this show was seen as a breath of optimistic fresh air years before Ted Lasso made it cool and Emmy-worthy. Mxy is…

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08 Sep

Supergirl Finds Her Voice and Nia Finds Her Power

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This SUPERGIRL article contains spoilers for Season 6, Episode 10, “Still I Rise.” Supergirl Season 6 Episode 10 This episode felt simultaneously packed and like it barely moved along. Suddenly Nia, Nyxly and Orlando’s stories were all off to the races at once, and with Supergirl’s journey using her public platform as the main thread, there’s still so much left to cover. It felt like a possible backlash against Supergirl may have been left on the cutting room floor, and it was never really clear if that veggie promo went viral in a good way or a bad way, because every time…

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01 Sep

Supergirl Takes on the Prison Industrial Complex and Falls Short

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This SUPERGIRL article contains spoilers for Season 6, Episode 9, “Dream Weaver.” Supergirl Season 6 Episode 9 A number of much-loved shows are coming to an end, or have recently, that in some ways could have pushed their luck, but in other ways were a product of a moment – a moment that they looked up to find had passed. VEEP stands out as a clear example, as does Brooklyn 99, which is doing its best to be a fun cop show that knows cops aren’t good guys without – losing all its levity or becoming a documentary. While many of us…

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12 May

Supergirl’s Midseason Finale Feels Like Filler

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This SUPERGIRL article contains spoilers for Season 6, Episode 7, “Fear Knot.” Supergirl Season 6 Episode 7 Supergirl’s mid-season finale goes for a high concept, Star Trek-feel, but the execution left a lot to be desired. Instead of being emotional, revelatory, or action-packed, the mid-season finale feels like a filler episode. While it technically manages to check all the boxes – Kara is rescued, Nyxly is coming back to National City to cause trouble, Zor-El is coming back for presumably positive shenanigans – much of the episode is a played out drag. Not even starting en media res with the promise of…

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05 May

Supergirl: Chyler Leigh Makes Her Directorial Debut

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This SUPERGIRL article contains spoilers for Season 6, Episode 6, “Prom Again!” Supergirl Season 6 Episode 6 Brainy and Nia’s journey back in time to Midvale saw a marked improvement (and even more time travel!) in its second episode. Part Cat Grant-origin story, part sales pitch for a Dreamer (and Brainy?) spin-off, Olivia Nikkanen (young Alex) and Izabela Vidovic (young Kara) continue to wholly embody Chyler Leigh and Melissa Benoist to an eerily impressive level. For her part, Chyler Leigh herself made her directorial debut in an episode that was so good, Brainy even happy-cried. This episode resolved two of the biggest…

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28 Apr

Supergirl Undoes What Made Midvale Special and Loses Some of the Magic

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This SUPERGIRL article contains spoilers for Season 6, Episode 5, “Prom Night!” Supergirl Season 6 Episode 5 Supergirl’s first trip to Midvale back in season 3 was an incredibly special episode, a moody mix of winding roads and the sense of home, taking inspiration from Smallville and Veronica Mars, while giving viewers an insightful look at a true moment of growth for the Danvers sisters that also offered perspective on where they were in their modern continuity. For the final season’s return, take all those expectations and add in the promise of a young Cat Grant and two episodes to build the…

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21 Apr

Supergirl Flirts with Horror and Fights Phantoms

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This SUPERGIRL article contains spoilers for Season 6, Episode 4, “Lost Souls.” Supergirl Season 6 Episode 4 To vanquish the Phantoms and escape the Phantom Zone, Supergirl motions toward horror with its body-snatching plot in National City and eerie quest over in the Phantom Zone. With the Prime Phantom still terrorizing National City and Kara and her father still trapped, the Super Friends had their hands full while still trying to come to terms with the emotional aspect of losing Kara, mostly by consuming Scotch or doughnuts. (Come on Nia, be the innovator who makes it Scotch and doughnuts!) In an early…

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14 Apr

Supergirl: The Super Friends Battle Grief

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This SUPERGIRL article contains spoilers for Season 6, Episode 3, “Phantom Menaces.” Supergirl Season 6 Episode 3 On Supergirl Phantoms are on the loose, literally spreading misery and despair like a metaphor for unchecked grief. After a vampiric phantom slowly drains your soul, it will eventually cost you your life force. Meanwhile the Super Friends took on their own grief in varying ways, and not a moment too soon. Alex is barely keeping her head above water with her sister in the Phantom Zone, J’onn is burying himself in the work of getting her back, and Lena’s hiding from it by worrying…

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31 Mar

Supergirl Season 6 Episode 1 Review: Rebirth

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This Supergirl review contains spoilers Supergirl Season 6 Episode 1 Supergirl is back for one last season, and they’re making it count. Kara and friends returned to finish out last season’s cliffhangers, including Brainy fighting for his life, Lex superpowering himself thanks to Leviathan, and Andrea Rojas’s life in shambles. This episode packs just about every kind of punch, giving us the joy of seeing Kara and Lena reunited, the satisfaction of Lena clocking her brother, and the glee of an immortal Lex taking on a fully powered team of Superfriends, now with 100% more M’Gann, plus a suited and booted Alex…

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23 Sep

Supergirl to End After Season 6

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All good things must come to an end, and that includes Supergirl. The WB TV show, which began life on CBS before moving to The CW in its second season, will be ending with the upcoming sixth season. The CW and producers Warner Bros. TV and Berlanti Productions made the announcement today ahead of the production start date for Season 6. According to Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva, “between the delays and Supergirl’s downward ratings trajectory, I hear the producers, the studio, the network and Benoist came to a decision that it was better to end the show with a longer final season.”…

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20 Jul

Link Tank: Why Supergirl’s Kara Danvers Doesn’t Need Another Love Interest

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Supergirl needs to stop forcing Kara Danvers into romantic relationships, and here’s why. “Sometimes, these ships wars can turn a fandom so toxic that you just want to avoid it. Sometimes, shippers are the nicest part of a fandom. But what if you prefer a character to just *gasp* … stay single? When I look at Kara Danvers of The CW’s Supergirl, I’d rather the writers didn’t keep trying to force her into a romantic relationship.” Read more at The Mary Sue. With Christopher Nolan’s Tenet seeing another delay, let’s take a look at the workings behind it. “A new…

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