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Supergirl (2015)

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Supergirl (2015)

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CBS | The CW | Release Date: October 26, 2015

Summary: Superman's 24-year-old cousin Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist) lands on CBS with Calista Flockhart, Mehcad Brooks, Chyler Leigh, and David Harewood rounding out the cast of the superhero drama from Greg Berlanti.

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Collider

Craig Byrne

Oct 4, 2016

Season 2 Review: Hoechlin is only set to appear in the season’s first two episodes. But his premiere flight as Superman and Supergirl’s CW debut are both very, very good and represent the best DC Comics television has to offer. Read full review

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Newsday

Verne Gay

Oct 23, 2015

Season 1 Review: Move past the word, and images (fortunately fleeting in the pilot), and Supergirl obviously has a major plus: Benoist. Read full review

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The Huffington Post

Maureen Ryan

Sep 17, 2015

Season 1 Review: There are some bumps in the road as the show lays out its premise, but Supergirl has a number of things going for it: Melissa Benoist is convincing and charming in the lead role; the supporting cast, which features the likes of Calista Flockhart, Chyler Leigh, Mehcad Brooks and David Harewood, is very good; and the leaders of the writing team behind it. Read full review

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Vox.com

Alex Abad-Santos

Oct 26, 2015

Season 1 Review: There are spots where it's too overbuilt for its own good. Some might find that it lacks sophistication and is occasionally unseemly. But for comics fans (like me), who've watched superheroes slowly trade their joy for popularity, there are moments that will leave you with an irrational grin on your face. Supergirl isn't the best show on television right now, but it's one you might love the most. Read full review

75

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Gail Pennington

Sep 4, 2015

Season 1 Review: This isn't a workplace drama with flying, though; a dark back story soon surfaces that could raise the stakes. Read full review

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New York Post

Robert Rorke

Oct 26, 2015

Season 1 Review: The script, by Berlanti, Ali Adler and Andrew Kreisberg, is a by-the-numbers affair that offers the character’s origin story up front, introduces the villain at just the right moment, throws in the requisite unexpected complication at the three-quarter mark and saves one twist for the final moment. Yet, there are some redeeming, clever touches, primarily whenever Kara (Melissa Benoist) has a scene with Cat Grant (Calista Flockhart), her obnoxious media-mogul boss. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Tirdad Derakhshani

Oct 26, 2015

Season 1 Review: The series is well made and features a fine performance by Melissa Benoist (Glee, Danny Collins) as Kara Danvers, a Kryptonian woman who drops to earth a few years after her more famous cousin, Clark Kent. But it also has a patronizing, paternalistic--if not downright reactionary--attitude to gender equality. Read full review

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Aryannp

Apr 9, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Supergirl_ season 4- episode 14 The story of this episode had some shoking points. All of the characters had some failures and victories.Ben Lockwood is a person who tries to pass his act. During the story, Ben deals with Epiphany when he suddenly understands he can't win against Alliens.Ben Lockwood is in conflict with two things: 1. against Manchester 2. against Alliens. Green Martian is influenced by Manchester. Finally, he succeeds to change Martian's behavior. This is the process that we can define as social psychology. It means that people are influenced by actions and etc. Kara is affected by this process,too. finally, Brainy's advise affects her and she decides to march with other alliens. we can consider the protest between alliens and humans as the climax of the episode.During the story,James Olsen is a kind of surreptitious character who shocks the audience. The end of the story is unhappy. We can describe the term suspense in this episode,too. Suspense is a process in English literature that provokes these questions:"why does this character do this thing?" or "what's going to happen next in the story?". So the question is that "why James is shot" or "what is going to happen after his death". The characters such as Haley do not have a lot of eminent traits to discuss in the story. So we can call these characters as a Flat character.… Expand

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cjonesas

Feb 26, 2020

[6.5] Lacks sophistication and darkness

Supergirl is a good show... for teens. As a fan, I won't be questioning the choice for the lead actress and the series cast. They do a pretty good job for a 'PG' show. What has been chosen and done is done. Point. What I am questioning and concerned[6.5] Lacks sophistication and darkness

Supergirl is a good show... for teens.

As a fan, I won't be questioning the choice for the lead actress and the series cast. They do a pretty good job for a 'PG' show. What has been chosen and done is done. Point. What I am questioning and concerned about are the somehow weak and cheesy script, storylines and plots topped with kindergarten acting.

IMO, the series has so much more potential and could be boosted a lot more, if the writers sail it to more dark territories, adding real seriousness, more interesting and sophisticated storylines and turn of events.

e.g. The Supergirl arctic Krypton lair on Earth has to be well hidden, accessible only to the Kryptoneans and impossible to break through and enter, even if, in an improbable twist, some enemies make it there and to its entrance. The probability of getting in should be near-nil! For now, it's like a playground, two blocks away, where anyone who gets bored or has some devious plan make a visit to.

Dear writers, make the events more frightening and awe-inducing, make the battles more powerful, shocking and bloody and make the CGI more glossy, more realistic (all parts of it), tremoring viewers' guts so they couldn't detach their eyes from the screen.

All the actors can do a better job, give their best from within, convey more emotions and seriousness. I repeat, it is not some playground, in which, to interact artificially and happily with each other.

For whatever number of seasons and episodes which are left, please make some real changes for the better or forever have a place in the museum of 'Looney Tunes' characters.… Expand

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

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Maxwoo

Aug 7, 2020

Lacking of character materials, thus the story is getting boring and not that attractive as the others.

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Nobilis1984

Jul 27, 2020

A terrible series. Supergirl is and remains one of the weakest superhero series.
The main character is just annoying. She always says that you shouldn't do that and should do so. I understand the criticism. It's also so boring. The gray mouse has been taken too seriously.
The supportingA terrible series. Supergirl is and remains one of the weakest superhero series.
The main character is just annoying. She always says that you shouldn't do that and should do so. I understand the criticism. It's also so boring. The gray mouse has been taken too seriously.
The supporting roles are all poorly or moderately cast. They come across as gap fillers that you just need.
The only good thing is the action scenes. Only these are rare. 2/3 of each episode is only talked and talked about. The dialogues are mostly not even useful for the story. As if you wanted to drag the length of the episodes in order not to have to use too many CGI effects.… Expand

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

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Rhey

Oct 11, 2019

Season 5 is a supertrash political propaganda. Unwatchable, show totally ruined.

3 of 5 users found this helpful32

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Jasperledd

Nov 1, 2019

this show started off good with lots of promise, but turned really bad in the second season due to political propaganda its awful. i couldn't get past the second season due to the start of extremely leftist values, and by the looks of it, it only got worse. please just let super hero showsthis show started off good with lots of promise, but turned really bad in the second season due to political propaganda its awful. i couldn't get past the second season due to the start of extremely leftist values, and by the looks of it, it only got worse. please just let super hero shows be super hero shows and not political.… Expand

4 of 5 users found this helpful41

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Broyax

Nov 5, 2019

Le vieux film de 1984 est déjà bien moisi mais avec la série de 2015, ils ont réussi à faire pire, ce qui n'est pas une mince affaire... Au moins, la nouvelle Supergirl est aussi mignonne que son aînée mais toujours aussi conne, hélas !

Il faut dire qu'elle n'est pas aidée par une histoireLe vieux film de 1984 est déjà bien moisi mais avec la série de 2015, ils ont réussi à faire pire, ce qui n'est pas une mince affaire... Au moins, la nouvelle Supergirl est aussi mignonne que son aînée mais toujours aussi conne, hélas !

Il faut dire qu'elle n'est pas aidée par une histoire à la con complètement à l'ouest et qu'elle est entourée d'une bande de trouducs triés sur le volet : là aussi, on a pris les pires tacherons et tacheronnes qu'on puisse trouver avec par exemple l'anorexique Ally McBeal tirée à bloc ou ce ringard de Dean Cain comme "guest star"... tous les "personnages" sont tous à la masse de toute façon et la série entière est un dîner, que dis-je, un gala de cons géant.

Les effets spéciaux même pour une série sont à peine acceptables mais le pire du pire, ça restera les scénaristes très imbibés qui ont étalé, dilué autant que faire ce peut ce salmigondis sur des vingtaines d'épisodes et déjà plusieurs saisons ! une super série de merde donc !… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: October 6, 2019
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  S5:E19. Immortal Kombat
  Air Date: May 17, 2020
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  S5:E19. Immortal Kombat
  Air Date: May 17, 2020
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  S5:E18. The Missing Link
  Air Date: May 10, 2020
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  S5:E17. Deus Lex Machina
  Air Date: May 3, 2020
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  S5:E16. Alex in Wonderland
  Air Date: March 22, 2020
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  S5:E16. Alex in Wonderland
  Air Date: March 22, 2020
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  S5:E15. Reality Bytes
  Air Date: March 15, 2020
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  S5:E15. Reality Bytes
  Air Date: March 15, 2020
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  S5:E14. The Bodyguard
  Air Date: March 8, 2020
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  S5:E14. The Bodyguard
  Air Date: March 8, 2020
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  S5:E13. It's a Super Life
  Air Date: February 23, 2020
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  S5:E13. It's a Super Life
  Air Date: February 23, 2020
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  S5:E12. Back From the Future - Part Two
  Air Date: February 16, 2020
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  S5:E11. Back From the Future - Part One
  Air Date: January 26, 2020
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  S5:E11. Back From the Future - Part One
  Air Date: January 26, 2020
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  S5:E10. The Bottle Episode
  Air Date: January 19, 2020
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  S5:E10. The Bottle Episode
  Air Date: January 19, 2020
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  S5:E9. Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One
  Air Date: December 8, 2019
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  S5:E8. The Wrath of Rama Khan
  Air Date: December 1, 2019
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  S5:E7. Confidence Women
  Air Date: November 9, 2019
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  S5:E7. Tremors
  Air Date: November 17, 2019
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  S5:E6. Confidence Women
  Air Date: November 9, 2019
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  S5:E5. Dangerous Liaisons
  Air Date: November 3, 2019
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  S5:E4. In Plain Sight
  Air Date: October 27, 2019
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  S5:E3. Blurred Lines
  Air Date: October 19, 2019
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  S5:E2. Stranger Beside Me
  Air Date: October 13, 2019
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  S5:E1. Event Horizon
  Air Date: October 6, 2019
Season 4

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  Air Date: October 14, 2018
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: October 9, 2017
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: October 10, 2016
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 26, 2015