{"id":11535,"date":"2016-04-19T22:58:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T02:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=11535"},"modified":"2016-04-19T22:58:55","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T02:58:55","slug":"11535","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2016\/04\/19\/11535\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: ‘Supergirl’ Season Finale – Better Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Season one of Supergirl<\/em> ended the same way most of its episodes do: feeling rushed but well intentioned. With Supergirl<\/em>\u2019s renewal still up in the air over at CBS I wish that the writers had pulled out their big guns for its finale, but despite some really great acting and one liners (mainly courtesy of Cat) the episode was predictable and unsuspenseful.<\/p>\n

The finale picks up right where last episode left off: smack dab in the middle of a fight that what I\u2019m assuming was not Alex and Kara\u2019s worst fight \u2013 try ruining your older sister\u2019s favorite shirt that you borrowed without asking and then see what happens.<\/p>\n

Of course we knew that neither one would actually kill the other, so it isn\u2019t too shocking when J\u2019onn (who had gotten stabbed last episode but is fine) shows up with Eliza Danvers to attempt to talk some sense into Alex.<\/p>\n

Right as I thought that Alex was about to go all Kylo Ren on her mom\u2019s ass, she snaps out of it. Something about hope breaking through the mind control causes you to suddenly remember yourself. Supergirl, with the help of super genius Maxwell Lord, whose tech wizardry has no limit apparently, then uses this same tactic to free the rest of National City from Myriad\u2019s grips.<\/p>\n

Before you\u2019re even allowed to finish thinking, \u201chuh, that was easy enough,\u201d Max waltzes into the DEO (do they not have security?) with news that Non\u2019s new plan involves head exploding. Not like, wow, you just blew my mind, but literal exploding of heads.<\/p>\n

Of course Kara\u2019s first thought is to go say goodbye to everyone she loves \u2013 which isn\u2019t obvious at all. Cat still hasn\u2019t caught on to the fact that Supergirl and her trusty assistant are actually the same person, but she catches on to Kara\u2019s \u201cdictated suicide note\u201d\u00a0rather quickly.<\/p>\n

When Kara is\u00a0finally done wasting precious time she sets out to find Non, who has been hiding in Fort Roz this whole time. Why no one thought to check there before that is beyond me, and thankfully Kara gives General Lane some well deserved shit for leaving this amazing hiding place for aliens just lying around.<\/p>\n

The fight scene that follows may be the best scene from the entire episode, because of how mildly gruesome it got. It\u2019s no shock when J\u2019onn and Supergirl win the fight, because, duh, they\u2019re the good guys and this is a show about hope, dammit. However, I did let out a very loud \u201choly shit\u201d at how the pair won the fight.<\/p>\n

Kara wins a Harry Potter and the Deathyly Hallows Part Two<\/em>-inspired standoff by burning her uncle\u2019s eyes out and J\u2019onn rips a chick in half. Yeah, it\u2019s her uncle by marriage, not blood; and sure, you could argue that Indigo was more like a sentient and very bitchy robot, but, damn. That was the most bad ass this show has gotten and I\u2019ll be damned if I wasn\u2019t impressed.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, killing the only people who can turn off Myriad means that Kara has to sacrifice herself for the planet Earth. Kara and Alex\u2019s touching goodbye in turn wins the best dialogue from the finale, because, despite the fact that I knew Kara wouldn\u2019t actually die and Alex would disobey orders yet again to save her sister, both Melissa Benoist\u2019s and Chyler Leigh\u2019s performances nearly had me in tears.<\/p>\n

Before I knew it the episode was already coming to a close with yet another great touching moment, this time between Cat and Kara. Their relationship has been almost as important throughout the season as Kara and Alex\u2019s, so it was really great to see its culmination in Cat\u2019s first ever correct pronunciation of the name Kara. I was really hoping that Kara\u2019s thank you to Cat for her new promotion (to any job she wants, by the way) would be Kara finally confiding her secret identity to Cat, but I was sadly disappointed.<\/p>\n

Luckily, we have all next season for that if the show gets renewed. The CEO of CBS has hinted that a second season is likely, so I\u2019m holding out hope. Supergirl<\/em> just can\u2019t end here, so many questions will continue to haunt me for the rest of my life, just like Joey<\/em> still does.<\/p>\n

Like, who is in the twin pod that crashed in the last seconds of the episode? Will Alex and J\u2019onn ever find Jeremiah and Project Cadmus? Will Alex and Max finally get together (that hand holding, though) and usurp James and Kara as the reigning couple?<\/p>\n

All I know is the writers better use this summer to get their shit together so that we don\u2019t have to wonder about the fate of Supergirl<\/em> anymore. They have so much potential, not only with next season\u2019s plots, but also with the show in its entirety. I know that Supergirl<\/em> can become the show that it deserves to be, if CBS just gives it another chance. Hell, if not just give me a show that is all Cat all the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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