Superman Homepage writer Michael Bailey reviews episodes from the “Supergirl” TV series, airing on The CW.
Check out his review of the second episode of Season 5 in which Kara (Melissa Benoist) is surprised to find that CatCo has a new owner who has brought in a star reporter. New couples emerge and explore their budding relationships while J’onn J’onzz (David Harewood) receives an unexpected visitor.
Originally Aired: October 13, 2019
WRITTEN BY: Dana Horgan and Katie Rose Rogers
DIRECTED BY: David McWhirther
REGULAR CAST:
Melissa Benoist (Kara/Supergirl)
Chyler Leigh (Alex Danvers)
Mechad brooks (James Olsen)
Jesse Rath (brainiac 5)
Katie McGrath (Lena Luthor)
Nicole Maines (Nia Nal/Dreamer)
GUEST STARS:
Azie Tesfai (Kelly Olsen)
Andrea Brooks (Eve Teschmacher)
Staz Nair (William Day)
Julie Gonzalo (Andrea Rojas)
Phil LaMarr (Malefic J’onzz)
Rating – 3 (out of 5): My first reaction to this episode was that it is kind of boring. I realized, upon further reflection, that it wasn’t boring, but the pacing of the overall story is very slow, which makes the episode feel like it’s dragging. This leads me to wonder if I like those story elements or not.
Sometimes I do. Sometimes I don’t.
My biggest issue/complaint is with where they are taking Lena as a character. It’s not out of the bounds of reality for them to take her down a dark path where she makes terrible decisions but manages to bounce back later. This sort of thing happens in television shows all of the time. At the end of Season 3 of Smallville, Lionel tried to kill Chloe Sullivan. During the Thanksgiving episode of Season 6, they were having dinner together. So, it’s possible to come back from the moral comprises Lena is making, especially after effectively mind wiping Eve and replacing her personality with that of Hope, but it’s always going to be there in my mind.
I’m glad that J’onn has more to do this season. The mystery of his brother’s background is playing out nicely and this is one of the plots I’m enjoying the most. Andrea Rojas is all over the place as a character, but I’m sure this is going somewhere. Brainy and Nia’s relationship is a bit complicated, but it’s entertaining. Likewise, Kelly and Alex’s relationship is coming along nicely, though the whole thing with the blueberry allergy seemed to set up how Alex figured out that Kelly was actually Malefic more than anything else. From now on, I’m calling this Chekhov’s Blueberry Pancakes. You don’t put the blueberry pancakes on stage unless they will play a part later.
I have to admit this episode didn’t really grab me. I’m not going to complain too much, because last year taught me that sometimes the better stuff comes later and that the events of the early episodes make the later episodes more epic and special. Just because I didn’t care for this episode doesn’t mean that I won’t like later episodes.
Still. This one was a bit of a chore to get through.
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All over the place. Can’t stand her new costume as well. Here’s another thing. The special effects on this show are practically non existent. Her flying has totally has been minimized. These cut up scenes where she’s supposed to be involved in some kind of action where they have her “posing” are are getting really old. To think of how the characters in this show have gone from say three seasons ago to where they are now, is almost pathetic. They’ve all de-volved rather than evolved. An obvious example is the way they’ve managed to make a fool out of… Read more »