Hope. That’s the feeling I will hang onto as we wait for Supergirl’s fate from CBS. Hope is also the feeling and the word used to not only wrap up last week’s sister confrontation between Supergirl and Alex but to “cure” the zombie like state of mind the citizens of National City were under thanks to Uncle Non and Indigo. Warning, spoilers ahead…
The Myriad was defeated with some words of encouragement from Supergirl and her symbol being plastered everywhere. I can’t help but think of Man of Steel when Superman told Lois that the symbol of his chest was not an ‘S’ but a symbol for hope. Whether that was intentional or not, who knows. It was a nice touch nonetheless. But I digress. Now that Non’s mind control didn’t work out as planned, Indigo plants the seed of killing everyone on Earth. Say what? Instead of using the Myriad to control the minds of everyone, Indigo suggests using it to blow up their brains from the inside. Non signs up for this and proves why Non is such a very weak and disappointing villain. Either have Indigo be the big bad or keep Astra alive to team up with Indigo and have an incredible showdown with her niece avenging Non’s death instead of the other way around. Perhaps this was a missed opportunity by the writers.
Once the mind control story was resolved and Non and Indigo’s “kill everyone” plot took center stage, no matter how silly the plot was, the action did pick up rather nicely. With Superman still out of commission because of the Myriad, Supergirl with the help of J’onn J’onzz, set out to stop Non and Indigo. Unsure whether she’s going on a suicide mission, Kara says her goodbyes to all those close to her except for her sister Alex. Instead she leaves her necklace with Alex confessing to both Maxwell Lord and J’onn that she didn’t have it in her to say goodbye to her sister. The whole montage felt more like a series finale instead of a season finale and quite honestly, it was a little over done. I much rather have seen a moment with just Cat and Kara, mentor and mentee.
I genuinely loved the team up of Supergirl and J’onn J’onzz. And their showdown with Non and Indigo respectively was solid and well done. I especially enjoyed watching J’onn literally rip Indigo apart. That was awesome. I hope to see more action with J’onn in the future. As for Kara’s matchup with Uncle Non, Kara finally got the upper hand and basically out laser visioning her uncle and defeating him. Afterwards, against Alex’s pleas to come back, Kara took Fort Rozz (where the Myriad was housed) into space which visually was impressive given the limited budget a TV show has to play with, to destroy it once and for all. The next scene with Alex piloting Kara’s space pod and saving her sister and bringing her back to Earth was a nice touch if not slightly weird. I say weird given the other choices that could have been used in saving her. I think seeing the return of Superman saving his cousin would’ve been a better choice but given how the episode started with sister versus sister, I understand why they went in this direction.
Season one wrapped up neatly with Kara getting her well-deserved promotion from Cat and a dinner gathering at Alex and Kara’s apartment with James declaring his feelings for Kara by sealing it with a kiss. But the real kicker here is what happens next when a mystery pod crash lands. J’onn and Supergirl arrive to investigate the crash and when Supergirl rips open the hatch, she was left speechless. Who or what is in the pod? That’s an answer that hopefully (there goes that word again), will be answered in the Fall and Season 2.
While at times Supergirl wasn’t always a hit in its first season, it was far from being a bust. I think Melissa Benoist is wonderful in the title role. And her supporting characters are solid. The villains need some work. One of the great strengths of Arrow and The Flash is their rogue gallery. Supergirl and the future of the series deserve nothing less.
May the Dork be with you,
JPB
The Dork Knight
