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Supergirl (2015)

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Generally favorable reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews

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Mixed or average reviews based on 107 Ratings

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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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S6:E20. Kara
Air Date: November 9, 2021
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S6:E19. The Last Gauntlet
Air Date: November 9, 2021
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S6:E18. Truth or Consequences
Air Date: November 2, 2021

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75

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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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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

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Darkspawn677

May 17, 2022

Supergirl is nice but I want supergirl to love Jimmy olsen not the flash and she should be like uub

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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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Rhey

Oct 11, 2019

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

6 of 9 users found this helpful63

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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

8 of 10 users found this helpful82

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Cowboyeehaw

Aug 16, 2019

This show is liberal media trying to promote political correctness with bad writing.

6 of 10 users found this helpful64

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roxkru

Aug 2, 2022

Queerbait. Main character sidelined. Unnecessary cameos. Homophobia. Plot makes no sense for most of the seasons. Not even Supercorp's chemistry can make it worth the cringe.

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Seasons & Episodes

75

Series Overview
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: March 30, 2021
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  S6:E20. Kara
  Air Date: November 9, 2021
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  S6:E19. The Last Gauntlet
  Air Date: November 9, 2021
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  S6:E18. Truth or Consequences
  Air Date: November 2, 2021
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  S6:E17. I Believe In A Thing Called Love
  Air Date: October 26, 2021
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  S6:E16. Nightmare in National City
  Air Date: October 19, 2021
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  S6:E15. Hope for Tomorrow
  Air Date: October 12, 2021
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  S6:E11. Mxy in the Middle
  Air Date: September 14, 2021
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  S6:E10. Still I Rise
  Air Date: September 7, 2021
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  S6:E9. Dream Weaver
  Air Date: August 31, 2021
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  S6:E8. Welcome Back, Kara
  Air Date: August 24, 2021
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  S6:E7. Fear Knot
  Air Date: May 11, 2021
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  S6:E6. Prom Again!
  Air Date: May 4, 2021
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  S6:E5. Prom Night!
  Air Date: April 27, 2021
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  S6:E4. Lost Souls
  Air Date: April 20, 2021
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: October 6, 2019
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: October 6, 2019
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  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
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 26, 2015