{"id":11310,"date":"2016-03-23T12:54:56","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T16:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=11310"},"modified":"2016-03-23T12:54:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T16:54:56","slug":"11310","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2016\/03\/23\/11310\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: ‘Supergirl’ S1 E17"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While Supergirl<\/em> has been enjoyable from the start, it seems that the show has finally found its stride, with yet another amazing episode that did not disappoint. Most of Supergirl<\/em>\u2019s earlier episodes were good, not great, but, as of this week, I have officially lost count of how many back-to-back episodes have surpassed my expectations.<\/p>\n

After last week\u2019s game changer, this week\u2019s episode of Supergirl<\/em>\u00a0could have fallen towards the boring side. While the episode did have its slow moments, it managed to keep up the pace the show has been working with the past few weeks.<\/p>\n

Some of the episode\u2019s slowest moments were even some of its best moments. I wasn\u2019t a huge fan of the interrogation scenes, partly because any time Colonel Douchebag (aka Colonel Harper) opened his mouth it made my blood curdle. However, the interrogation scenes allowed for some really awesome flashbacks \u2013 and as Pop Culture Spin\u2019s resident Once Upon a Time<\/em> reviewer, a show which is 50 percent flashback, I\u2019m a flashback expert.<\/p>\n

Each of the flashbacks gave us a cute little glimpse into our favorite characters\u2019 pasts; before they became the people we know them to be. We saw Jeremiah and J\u2019onn J\u2019onzz\u2019s first meeting and quick friendship, followed by J\u2019onn\u2019s famous promise to keep Jeremiah\u2019s girls safe. We also caught a glimpse at an Alex very unlike the one today\u2014a wild child who needed some direction in her life, which just happened to come in the form of one new and improved Hank Henshaw.<\/p>\n

And though Kara\u2019s flashback wasn\u2019t a part of the interrogation sequence, it\u2019s worth a mention if only for Malina Weissman\u2019s stellar performance as young Kara. We got some more insight into how difficult it was for Kara to be on this new planet, trying to fit in. We even got to see how she came to be in possession of her glasses, which by the way are lead framed, which explains why she always seems to squint over them when attempting to use her powers.<\/p>\n

The episode didn\u2019t really start to pick up until after the interrogations, with the new threat of J\u2019onn and Alex being taken to Project Cadmus. I\u2019m still pissed and confused how Lucy knew that Alex was lying, but having Alex be taken to this secret alien-dissecting lab was one way to make the discovery of a secret alien-dissecting lab extra nerve wracking.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t stop there, though. Shit got even more real with Kara\u2019s decision to finally reveal her true self to Lucy in an attempt to get her help. After convincing Lucy of Supergirl’s\u00a0and J\u2019onn\u2019s innocence with her aforementioned touching flashback, Lucy and Kara decide to take a page from The\u00a0<\/em>Fast and the Furious<\/em> and get on some motorcycles to go save J\u2019onn and Alex.<\/p>\n

I mean, I feel like Lucy, being a lawyer and all, probably could have found a more legal way to do this. You know, one that didn\u2019t involve Alex becoming a fugitive. But I guess yay? The only thing that worries me is how they\u2019re going to keep J\u2019onn and Alex constantly involved in the plot (following their infiltration of Project Cadmus) now that they\u2019ll constantly have to be on the run.<\/p>\n

Just when you thought things couldn\u2019t get any more exciting in one episode of Supergirl<\/em>, two big revelations were made. The first was that Jeremiah, Daddy Danvers, was alive and being held at Project Cadmus. In J\u2019onn\u2019s flashback we were shown what was supposed to be Jeremiah\u2019s death, but it looks like the lovely people at Project Cadmus allowed it to look that way to his family so that they could go about performing experiments on him. Very X-Files<\/em>-y.<\/p>\n

The second revelation was a separate one all together. All while Alex is being interrogated, arrested, and saved, Winn and Cat have been dealing with one very angry ex-employee. Siobhan, fueled by Winn\u2019s instructions to \u201cfind a goal\u201d decides to make her goal exacting revenge on Kara. Winn finds her out, though, and gets on her bad side by ratting her out, just like Kara. Unfortunately, her bad side is not a side it turns out you want to be on.<\/p>\n

Comic and spoiler fans alike have known for quite some time now that Siobhan would some day become Silver Banshee. But it wasn\u2019t until this week, when Siobhan drunkenly fell off a building only to save herself with some super screaming, that we finally got a peek at her powers. Whether these powers are new to Siobhan as well, or just expertly hidden, I guess is something that we\u2019ll find out next week on.<\/p>\n

Until then you can find\u00a0me trying to catch up on The Flash<\/em>, because next week\u00a0is finally\u00a0Supergirl<\/em>‘s\u00a0crossover episode.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While Supergirl has been enjoyable from the start, it seems that the show has finally found its stride, with yet another amazing episode that did not disappoint. Most of Supergirl\u2019s earlier episodes were good, not great, but, as of this week, I have officially lost count of how many back-to-back episodes have surpassed my expectations.<\/p>\n

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