Supergirl Review: Season 1 Episode 20 "Better Angels"

Supergirl Season 1 Episode 20

“Better Angels”

Synopsis:

Supergirl is forced to do battle with an unexpected enemy as she risks everything - including her life - to stop Non and Indigo from destroying everyone on Earth.

Review:

Episode starts where we left off with last, Alex going to battle with her Sister wearing the Kryptonite suite. Before she is able to do any real damage, J’onn J’onzz with Eliza Danvers is able to talk Alex out of her mind controlled state. Once she is freed from the affects of Myriad, Kara goes and gives a speech on Hope which releases the rest of National City from Myriad.

Non and Indigo are not finished, if they are not able to control the human race than they will turn Myriad into a weapon to kill everyone on planet earth off. With the chances of survival at a low, Kara decides to say her goodbyes to her friends before she and J’onn go after Indigo and Non.

After defeating both Indigo and Non, the only way to save earth is by sending Myriad into space. Unfortunately they is no returning for Supergirl, accepting the fact that she won’t return and she makes the ultimate sacrifice and takes Myriad away from earth. Fortunately Alex was able to fly the pod which brought Kara to earth in order to save her.

The Final scene of the season see’s a new pod, the same which brought Kara to Earth, crash land in National City. 

Final Thoughts:

The Season Finale may have been the most confusing episode of the season, I find that I loved and disliked it all at the same time. It carried over the great energy and feel that the last few episode have had. However at the same time felt rushed, there should have been more of a build up for the last battle with Non.

This episode really captured the best parts of the entire season, the relationship between J’onn J’onnz and Kara, Her relationship with Wynn but most of all the Relationship between Kara and Cat Grant. Calista Flockhart might have been the single best part of the season outside of the performance by Melissa Benoist. 

I am looking forward to season 2, the final episode left on an interesting cliffhanger. Who is in the pod? Will It be Superboy? I can’t wait to see, plus i am hoping the writers iron out some of the issues they had this season. I hope they take a note from the crossover episode with the Flash and make the show more light heart. We don’t need so much drama, we get enough of that with the DC Movie universe. Also they better introduce Superman at some point, stop with the teasing already.

Finally, using Charlie Puth’s song “One Call Away” was either the most brilliant choice by the creators or the cheesiest. I am still undecided on how I feel about it. Let us know what your thoughts of the of episode were and leave you comments below.

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Supergirl Review: Season 1 Episode 15 "Solitude"

Supergirl Season 1 Episode 15

“Solitude”

Synopsis:

Kara travels to the Fortress of Solitude hoping to find information on how to defeat Indigo, a being from her past who can travel through the Internet. In the meantime, James and Lucy reach a crossroads in their relationship.

Review:

With a new villain in town, Supergirl decides to go about trying to save the city by herself due to her issues with Hank and the DEO for the dreath of her Aunt Astra. After an encounter with Indigo, James takes Kara to her cousins Fortress of Solitude. 

By the time Kara and James get back into town, Indigo is after the military’s Nuclear Lunch codes, once the one of the Nuclear weapons have been launch, Kara’s only choice left is to contact the DEO for help. While Kara is of saving the city, Wynn is developing a Visor which will stop Indigo.

Final Thoughts:

Talk about a roller coaster of an episode, when it missed it really missed and when it hit, it really hit. You have the all the easter eggs and teasers, more connections to Superman. But it was also filled with weird relationship drama.

So what did I like with the 15th episode of Supergirl. Well it was awesome to see the Fortress of Solitude, it was definitely a Donner inspired Fortress. Its always nice when shows and movies pay the due respect to movies that have set the tone for Comicbooks movies so long ago. I also loved seeing the Legion Ring on display. Indigo looks to be a great villain which the writers can develop and make a long time nemesis.

What did I not like, well as soon as I had something good to say about good Ole Jimmy the writes decided to go back in time and give us the Drama filled Olsen. I don’t think I am in the minority on this, Olsen is the worse character on the show. His purpose is the have some sort of tie in to Superman, but instead they are giving us relationship drama. The moment that Lucy and Jimmy broke up was the moment i realized I didn’t care. That’s a bad feeling to have about a main character.

We also finally got the confession from Alex, which was a long time coming. What made this moment so good was that Supergirl was actually Supergirl in this moment. When she decided to hug Alex and essentially forgive her for killing Astra, Kara became more the hero we should have and moved just a little bit past the girl she has been portraying.

This episode was good, but I only give it Two Thumbs Up. Let us know your thoughts and leave a comment below.

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