https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67cwsCkLi2s
While almost every new show this season found that their second episode was not as good as their pilot, Supergirl‘s is actually so much better.
Kara (Melissa Benoist) is ready to be Supergirl, but tonight at 8p on CBS she finds out very quickly she isn’t. When there is a massive fire threatening an oil tanker, she blows on the flames but it only makes it worse. She decides to move the tanker, but it breaks apart and oil spills into the water. Now, everyone in National City hates her including her boss who wrote an article bad mouthing the superhero. When Kara asks Cat Grant (Calista Flockhart) what advice she would have Supergirl, she says she would tell her to start out small and work her way up.
Taking that piece of knowledge to heart, she asks Wynn (Jeremy Jordan) and Jimmy Olsen (Mehcad Brooks) to help her out. They listen to the scanners and she uses her superpowers on individuals as compared to planes and such.
All of this is helping her clean up her image and now Cat wants an interview with her. So much so, the newspaper honcho tells Jimmy to make it happen or he can go back to The Daily Planet. Will Kara do the interview and risk her boss finding out who she is?
To make matters even more complicated the Department of Extra-Normal Operations is testing her abilities out to see if she is ready for the job.
All of this leads to Supergirl meeting her Aunt Astra (Laura Benanti) and let’s just say it isn’t a happy family reunion. What happens when they meet? All I will say is you don’t want to miss it.
And this is only a few elements of the things that happen in this jam packed episode. It honestly feels like you are watching a 2 hour movie, in a hour. Even though that is a lot to get in the short amount of time, they make it work. It truly is an enjoyable hour of television that the whole family can watch together.
I think the reason why Supergirl connects with the audience the way that it does, is because it made with a lot of heart. There is also a genuine innocence to it and these days that is missing from a lot of shows. Those are just two of the many elements that make this show so super!
