don't know why they want to shoe horn this in so late in the final season other than they needed some filler. it is ridiculous how much they force this character (show is still called Supergirl, if the writers remember) as perfectly perfect in every way. this is a way to cover the lead's ongoing absence in her own show, to give more (and weak) reasons for Kelly to be in more scenes and attach herself even more to the Alex character, and I really wish they hadn't attempted this in the final season. as someone said it feels like an audition for Azie to go on to other things after the show ends.

Quoting muckle9999:

I lasted the first 3 seasons of Supergirl with no problem at all. But during the 4th season I started to drink Stoli Vodka while watching the show. By the end of season 5 I quickly switched to Dry Martinis,chilled straight up with an olive. If things go the way I think then I will have to announce to the forum that my name is Muckle9999 and I'm an alcoholic.

I have occasionally indulged in self-medication, myself.

Quoting LibertyPrime:

As for political elements of the show, they are what they are. If you have lasted this far, I assume you have found a way to deal with their inclusion and how well or poorly you feel they have integrated them.

What matters is a good story well told.

That said, I thought Guardian was a hilariously bad direction for James, and I don't anticipate that to change for Kelly's iteration.

Cooler costume though.

That is so true Liberty Prime - I myself have no problem with the poiltical statements - in fact I like them - I think they sometimes give a moralistic viewpoint to what is happening out there. However, not all parents feel that way and have stopped their children from watching the show - that was their way of dealing with it. I saw the other day a film clip where there must of been at least 200 children watching the first viewing of supergirl (season 1, episode 1) . They loved it - unfortunately many of those children have parents who no longer feel that watching the show is appropriate for their kids. I think by now we have all learned to handle what you can with the politics- so that is nothing new or eye opening. However, I have spoken to some little ones who miss seeing the show because their parents handled it by turning it off. Just would have been nice to give them at least one last episode they could look at. (Think this is more of a forum topic - so any further things I have to say about the topic of show politics will be placed there )

Quoting KET1:

Quoting jacksc01:

I don't like the character of Dreamer & I feel that she shouldn't keep getting new powers at the whim of the writers. I didn't like the episode where her room mate saw Dreamer on TV and stated "I think she is even stronger than SuperGirl." I like the message that Dreamer communicates to people who are transgender that they are no different from anyone else & that they can be heroes too. Kelly will be giving that message to people of color. However, please writers could you stop using SuperGirl for the rest of this season to deliver political messages - Can't you just let these last episodes be of adventure and fun.

Not gonna happen.

Well, the showrunners already said at the beginning of this season that the series would once again delve into topical subject matter, such as BLM. And considering that most (if not all) of the cast and crew are activists in their real lives as well, they're naturally going to gravitate towards material that they feel has more inherent meaning than merely bland, fluffy 'entertainment' that's largely run of the mill everywhere else. So suck it up, because they're doubling down on it this season as well, b/c the folks behind the series consider addressing current events to be one of this show's inherently defining aspects. It's always been part and parcel of the series since episode one, when Kara questioned what right did Cat have to name the budding new hero anything.

That is a shame because many young kids don't know how to "suck it up" many of them just want to see their hero fighting the villian. Many don't even know what some of the politics are about. Would have been nice to give them some episodes to be able to look at too. So when these kids ask their parents why they can't see the show - the parents will just say "suck it up." Wow, what a message to give a kid.

Quoting RobertAnthony:

I myself do not want any of the final shows to devolve into propaganda on Critical Race Theory, Marxism, silencing dissenting voices and the ruling of one party (like in CA and to an extent here in CT).

Kindly refrain from insulting my home state, CA. Your comments are incorrect. If you don’t live somewhere then you can’t really know what’s going on there.