Post — Aaron Ngo

Major spoilers are included in this episode review. Read with Caution.

Supergirl has returned on Sunday nights and it’s ready to fly into new but familiar territory. Diving into the episode, the show is ready to put season three behind them and start fresh with a new villain, plot, and characters. This is seriously a good thing as the events of Reign seem to have little effect on the current goings of National City.

The main drive of the season is leaning towards “anti-alien” stigmas and how the world hasn’t truly accepted aliens. Kara believes the planet has become better toward alien rights based on her own experience, but when you look human, it’s not exactly the same.

Check your white human-looking privilege, Kara.

Kara Danvers is heading back to her journalist roots with new protege Nia Nal, our first live action transgender superhero. She is the perfect character to keep us grounded at Catco, which has become almost nothing when it came to the plot of the show. She also shows a lot of Kara’s own personal growth as a journalist. Kara even notices the similarities between them.

I miss Cat Grant, but I do appreciate how we’re not allowed to forget about her. Kara starting to act like her former mentor is really charming.

James Olsen is still CEO of Catco but also is dealing with the aftermath of his outing as the vigilante Guardian. He is being threatened with indictment and wants Lena’s influence out of the way to keep her away from becoming like her corrupted family. This obviously doesn’t work.

Lena visits her mother in prison, who is more sympathetic compared to previous seasons. She gets information about money laundering and leverages it against the DA to get James off the hook as Guardian. However, if James is spotted as Guardian again out in the streets, he will be immediately arrested.

I’m excited about J’onn’s new character arc. He has followed his father’s footsteps and became a pacifist. The Martian Manhunter wishes to no longer fight but to help his brethren in his own way without shedding blood or violence. J’onn clashes with Supergirl over their different viewpoints but learn to respect them by episode’s end.

Alex and Brainy are clashing at the DEO. They have no way of communicating properly due to how each operates, which creates amusing moments and tension. I think Brainy will be a fun addition to the team, looking to find where he fits in. Alex apologizes in the end because she misses Winn and unwillingly punished Brainy for not being him.

The villains of the week: Mercy and Otis Graves. The brother-sister duo who used to work for Lex and Lillian Luthor. They are hired gun for the main antagonist of the season, Agent Liberty (Sam Witwer) and work to spread the hate of the “roaches” (hate name for aliens).

It’s overwhelming how vast the divide goes for humans and aliens. It frightened Supergirl to learn a house mom named Karen is an enemy. The people Supergirl saves are the enemy. She has no idea how to combat such a threat when the majority are not villains but just people full of hate. This topic was somewhat touched upon during season two, and I’m glad the show has circled itself back to it.

I’m not liking how Russia Kara is being subplotted nor do I see how it can connect back to the overall theme of the season. Unless they are planning to use Russia Kara to pin Supergirl with some serious crimes or something. It’s not treated as something too serious either, which is insane to me, but to each their own. Hopefully the payoff is worth the wait.

Comment and share how we’re feeling about the season premiere. It’s a promising start!

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