Welcome back everyone! This is the beginning of a marathon of new episodes of Supergirl! We couldn't be happier! If you didn't see already, we are celebrating the return of the show with an exclusive giveaway of a yet to be released Supergirl figure by Joelle Jones! Check it out in the article below to enter! That said, it was so exciting to see our friends again! Winn, Kara, James, Lena, Alex, J'onn and M'yrnn to name a few. On top of that, the show was even further elevated by Laurie Metcalf! But that wasn't the only thing we were impressed by, here are the elements that stood out to us:
- "Kara"oke: OMG this was possibly the best way to bring us back to Supergirl! Kara was rapping and dancing all over the stage. The gang was happy and letting the darkness of this season melt away! Then, out of nowhere, we get James, Alex, J'onn and M'yrnn doing their own songs! This was flawless! Truly some of the best parts of Supergirl are reflected in the sweetness of the characters in this moment.
- M'yrnn Slips: This was the first sneak peek we saw from last week. Everyone plays this scene perfectly, the concern, the sadness but then the triumphant resolution to do what was right for M'yrnn. Alex does love a tomato pie appetizer!
- Monkey Attack: The only way the toy attack was successful at all was based on sheer numbers. Supergirl did a tremendous job cutting down all of the flying monkeys! Perhaps our favorite moment from this fight was when Winn yells "Its My JOB MOM"! Hilarious!
- the Apprentice: This woman really played up the crazy perfectly! Having worked with Winn's dad in prison, she learned all of his secrets! Furthermore, she really played up the dangerous toys! The maze she put the team through was scary as hell! We loved seeing the life-sized action figure! So many comic book call backs!
- Kara and Mon-El Chat: Kara stands up to Mon-El and lets him know that she can't be the confidant that he needs. Then the bombshell drops, Pestilence evolves into Blight in 1000 years and the Legion is there to stop her! Mon-El goes on to reveal his original Legion suit was damaged but Winn can repair it!
- M'yrnn and J'onn: M'yrnn can't handle that he has hurt Alex and by extension J'onn. He comes clean finally and J'onn realizes that he is loosing his dad! It was perfectly handled when J'onn walks into the bar to find Alex. Without speaking a word they embrace knowing the difficulties ahead.
- Lena and Sam: Well after last episode's big reveal, we spent much of the episode wondering where Lena and Sam where. Of course right at the end, we discover that she is working with Sam to try and out the Reign component! This sets us up for the team finally learning who Sam really is!
Special notes: There were actually a lot of instances that we wanted to call out with Winn tonight but decided to do one big wrap up. This was far and away Jeremy Jordan's best episode! He was funny, he was sweet, he was human. He really carried the episode along with Laurie Metcalf and the two seemed to have genuine Mother/Son chemistry. Some of the quirks Metcalf added helped raise up Winn's character throughout the episode. Possibly the best scene for us was Winn describing what his mother did to him by not showing up at the police station. EPIC.
It is pretty incredible to see so many real world emotions, stories, and situations in a comic book show. That, in our opinion, has been one of the reasons why Supergirl is so good. A story about an alien semi-god has never made us feel more human.
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"Melissa herself has said she listens all types of music from classical to jazz to rock and rap."
Of course - Hey, in my fan fiction stories, I have Kara (in her secret identity)playing guitar from time to time with a Southern California surf-music band called the Aquanauts! After all, surf rock is an indigenous Southern California musical style, so why not? (Of course, there are also those times when Kara has to leave the stage suddenly, execute a Hawaiian shirt rip, and then take off into the night skies over National City... ) :)
You're probably right. Guess I like the Kara who sings "Moon River" and "Run Home To You." Ah well, to each their own. There's something in her character for everyone to enjoy.
Beastie Boys is a band that got play time even on rock stations and top 40 stations as well. The song is titled 'Intergalactic', in my head that makes some sense for a girl who comes from across the galaxy to like that song.
I never said Berlanti wrote the episode. I did mention that my concerns extended to all the DC universe shows. As Executive Producer, Berlanti sets the tone and the "rule book" for writing on all the shows. Picking on an individual writer for a problem that pervades multiple series overseen by Berlanti is silly. He's the guy who is responsible for the overall feel and approach of these shows, and this sacrificing of character integrity for plot convenience issue has existed since the first season of Supergirl. More to follow.
The Supergirl.tv music page (https://supergirl.tv/music/music-from-season-3) has the names of the songs listed.
Interesting note is that James's song Tears Away is actually one of Mehcad Brooks own songs.
I hear you Brandtm2, Supergirl being saved is happening too often (the last 4 episodes) for my liking. On this occasion I think it was done just to show Mon-El using his "cloth magic" and even that perturbed me a little as Mon-El had his hero moment in Episode 12 when he defeated Lillian Luthor i/o Supergirl and here he defeats the toy T-Rex while Supergirl just stands there and watches. Mon-El should be fighting alongside Supergirl not getting hero moments i/o her.
I liked the Season 1 episode "Childish Things' (an episode also about Winn and one of his parents) where Supergirl escaped Toyman's quicksand trap by herself (using Freeze Breath) and saved Winn's life on 2 occasions (inhaling the poisonous gas and taking all the bullets intended for him).
I will give credit where it's due though and did enjoy a couple of awesome Supergirl moments in the episode. 1) Protecting Winn and his Mother from Toyman's bomb @ the cemetery, 2) Basically taking out all the Flying Monkeys in a single bound.
Gotta stop you there. Berlanti didn't write the episode; in fact, he had little to do with what went on this week. It's been revealed recently that he's been more hands-on with The Flash following the EP kerfluffle earlier this season. Greg's been preoccupied with launching new series and promoting the Love, Simon flick (which he directed).
Also something to note is that while The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow will all undergo some Executive Producer shuffling next season, Supergirl WILL NOT, leaving the series in the capable hands of Jessica Queller and Robert Rovner for Season 4.