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- CBS
- Oct 14, 2018
- CBS
- Oct 14, 2018
- CBS
- Oct 14, 2018
- CBS
- Oct 14, 2018
Supergirl (2015)
Season 4
6 Seasons
Season Premiere: Oct 14, 2018
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5.8
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5.8
49% Positive
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
15% Mixed
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36% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 53 User Ratings
5.8
49% Positive
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
15% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
36% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
Excellent Show - brave enough to handle social issues and show all sides of a story. Fantastic acting and the show stresses morals - probably why it is not liked by some.
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SEASON 4
Excellent show - it stresses family, stronger together, love, seeing all views of a situation, holding true to what you believe in. Most of all it stresses morals. This show takes chances by addressing issues present today - the other DC shows do not take these chances and therefore I feel puts this show in a total class by itself. Melissa Benoist is fantastic as SuperGirl and no one else could play this part. Chyler Leigh is also great as her sister Alex. The sisterly bond shown between these two women is beautiful. What a show - I hope it is on for many many seasons.
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SEASON 4
In this first chapter they show us how they have found their balance in life. Being Kara and being Supergirl. Since she has time for both her reporter job and to save everyone who needs it. Intolerance and racism as the main axis of the plot. In this sense, they present what will be the main villain of this season and its theme. Without going into spoilers, just say something that we have already advanced. And the Agent of Freedom will make things difficult not only to Supergirl, but to every alien. And is that the issue of racism will be very present this season. A clear reflection of the social situation in the United States. in recent years without a doubt. We will see how there are people who do not welcome the acceptance of alien refugees as citizens with the same rights as humans. Little more can I say without entering the field of spoilers. Just add, as I said, it paints well the plot that will follow this season. It is true that he will have a main villain as he has had up to now. A bad guy to defeat. But behind this villain, there will be a part of the population that will support him in his racist actions. Therefore, Kara may face problems and situations that she had not faced before. Showing us this social confrontation, in which Kara will be in the middle.
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SEASON 4
This season was really hit and miss for me.
This show revisits season 4's theme of treating aliens as a symbol for immigrants. Instead of feeling like lazy recycling, the subject is visited much more in depth. The origin of human supremacist, Agent Liberty, is a surprisingly well thought-out portrayal of how a person can be radicalized and view those other than their type as inhuman and deserving of violence.
However, this show has always had this nasty habit of tackling issues in superficial grand gestures and this season is no different. In this universe, if you're against immigration then it means you automatically support The Sons of Liberty, which is basicall **** for aliens, and alien genocide. You don't get much inbetween.
In terms of subplots and characters, some work and some don't. New character Manchester Black (David Ajala) really gels, especially in regards to how he interacts with Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) and Martian Manhunter (David Harewood). Ajala has this natural charisma.
Although the whole Lena Luthor's inner moral conflict bit has gone on for far too long, she does have some juicy material. Lena (Katie McGrath) has some legitimate differences of opinion from Supergirl in how to handle things and takes us to some morally debatable areas.
I'm surprised at how much I liked the high-on-intellect and low-on-social mores Brainiac 5 (Jesse Rath). When the character of Winn Schott left last year, I didn't really feel like they needed a replacement for the smart one, especially considering how underutilized Schott was. But, the writers really proved me wrong here.
There is one known DC Comics character in this that I won't spoil, but he he or she is played by an actor you wouldn't expect. That person absolutely nails it!
Too be honest, I think this season could do with a shorter episode count. The writers really felt like they were reaching at moments. Again, they really don't seem to know what to do with James Olsen (Mehcad Brooks). His romantic relationship with Lena Luthor still lacks chemistry.
The show felt like it had too many characters, and perhaps they still shouldn't have added so many new ones. New cast member Nia Nal (Nicole Maines) felt shoe-horned. I applaud the show for casting a transgender actress, but her personality was just okay and she didn't have room to breathe.
Though I generally like the cast, there are a couple of supporting characters (Mercy Graves and a woman connected to Agent Liberty) I found pretty weak.
The Arrowverse is known for its over-the-top plot contrivances that defy real world logic, but this season does something so forced and nonsensical that it hands down beats all previous frustrating moments out of the water. There is a subplot involving Supergirl and her adopted sister Alex (Chyler Leight) that just felt unnecessary. Alex also gets a work rival to deal with what just feels inconsistently written.
If you're waiting for a payoff for the cliffhanger for the last season, be prepared for a reeeeaaaalllyyy slow burn. Despite my several complaints, they all stop for the last handful of episodes. Things tie together really nicley and
this is hands down the best conclusion to any season of Supergirl.
So basically, if you've been unhappy with Supergirl in the past, this won't change your mind. When the show is frustrtaing, it is FRUSTRATING. But if you've been content with the show so far, you'll still find a lot to like.
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SEASON 4
While the show delivers on its big action and character moments, it uses politics divisively and some other storylines fall flat.
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SEASON 4
Season 4 is the absolute worst in terms of everything. I don't know why but it seems like the 2018 year became something about bigot-bashing in Arrowverse. The Flash had Cicada saying the metahumans are evil and must be eliminated, Legends of Tomorrow had the mythical beings which the people were afraid of so they had to make people accept them, and Black Lightning had, well, Black Lightning. But at least all of them ranged from awesome to meh. Supergirl here was an absolute atrocity. The villain this time around is basically a natalist. According to him the world only belongs to humans because aliens are superior to humans in every form and will take over if the humans don't fight back. So tell me dear bigot, does that logic not apply to humans too? Didn't humans also take over the world from wild animals? So by your logic shouldn't the humans also leave most of the world? Also he says that if aliens will be taking over the jobs because they are very powerful. But in that case they can only be given blue collared jobs. Humans are still there to order them. Also if they are able to kill so many aliens without even exploiting any weakness, doesn't it mean that the aliens are NOT strong?
Anyway, I went into a rant over this point. So well, there's also Manchester Black in this, who keeps switching sides and even though he fights for the good guys, he's unnecessarily shown as a bad guy. There are also an evil, Russian Supergirl who was teased in the end of the previous season as if she's supposed to be the big bad girl of the season, but she isn't of any importance until the last few episodes where she makes the wonderful contribution of being killed by Lex Luthor. Yes, he's also in this because it was probably not a good idea to use a female Bizarro for the second time. I mean there's literally not a single redeeming quality in this season. There's a lot of talking, intolerable violence and just plain, bad CGI.
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SEASON 4
Stopped watching it. Too flawed in too many ways to waste any more time with it.
Too preachy for the wrong values and too slow in plot development. The full season story arcs the CW shows are using spread plot development over too many episodes. Just too boring and painful to watch.
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