{"id":7163,"date":"2015-11-03T13:54:01","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T18:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=7163"},"modified":"2016-03-01T13:55:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T18:55:26","slug":"review-supergirl-s1-e2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/11\/03\/review-supergirl-s1-e2\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: ‘Supergirl’ S1 E2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week\u2019s episode of Supergirl<\/em> had some eye-roll inducing dialogue that always seems to plague superhero movies\/shows. That\u2019s not to say that it didn\u2019t also have some great writing. My personal favorite was Kara\u2019s line about the cat videos; Melissa Benoist played it with just the right amount of awkward that let me see myself in the exact situation.<\/p>\n

Another familiar trope that Supergirl<\/em> borrowed this episode was that of a superhero learning to balance their job at a magazine while also being the subject of that very magazine \u2013 why is it that superheroes always work at a media conglomerate? It just seems like it would be safer to work in any other field.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Kara seems to be managing to go undetected fairly easily, despite the fact that she finally agreed to do an interview with her boss, Cat Grant, who I\u2019m starting to like. Despite their attempts to make Cat seem like a stereotypical bitchy boss last episode, she\u2019s not as one sided as they made her seem. We already knew that Cat was smart, but this episode we find out that she\u2019s actually funny, and sees more in Kara than she let on. Cat sort of alluded that she can see Kara working her way up from an assistant in a similar way that she herself did.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s nice to see that a bitchy character like Cat can actually have some substance beyond that, especially in the age of #banbossy. Cat puts her behavior into perspective when she says, \u201cevery woman knows we have to work twice as hard to be half as good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Supergirl<\/em> is only on its second episode and it\u2019s full of dynamic female characters. This episode we finally see how two women from the same planet with similar motivations can be so different from each other. I\u2019m talking about dear old Aunt Astra, of course.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t\u00a0anticipate Kara facing her aunt until\u00a0later down the line, but it didn\u2019t seem so rushed that it felt forced. The conflict between the two will definitely be interesting as Kara struggles to hold onto memories from her home planet, while also recognizing Astra as an adversary she will need to face. Their meeting also served as a push to get Kara to accept the fact that she needs more training. This is training she definitely needs, as this episode we see a hint towards yet another new villain \u2013 Hank Henshaw.<\/p>\n

The biggest question of this Supergirl <\/em>episode is Henshaw. He confirms that he\u2019s a jackass by showing the audience a little secret he\u2019s been hiding \u2013 red cyborg eyes. Now the point of interest is whether or not he’s evil (extremely likely) or if his body has been\u00a0snatched in some way (not so likely).<\/p>\n

In the comics he\u2019s one of Superman\u2019s rivals, so it only makes sense that he\u2019d be a villain here, it\u2019s just a matter of how the writers change his story to fit their needs. We hear a mysterious voice at the end of the episode discussing further plans with Astra, and the voice sounds suspiciously like Henshaw\u2019s. So all signs point to him being a two-faced (possibly literally) villain.<\/p>\n

One question that did get answered for sure, however, is how superheroes always manage to go undetected when the only thing they change about their appearance is glasses. I mean, I know I look different with my glasses, but there\u2019s no way that I look so different that at least a few people wouldn\u2019t recognize me as the girl flying around town in a cape. I can only imagine that phone conversation with my mother.<\/p>\n

But James Olsen gives the best explanation behind the phenomenon to date. He explains that the reason people never recognized Superman when he was dressed as Clark was because, \u201cthe world can\u2019t believe that there\u2019s really a hero in their midst.\u201d Let\u2019s hope this stays true now that Supergirl\u2019s kidnapped Cat in order to do their interview \u2013 superheroes, always such fans of the dramatic entrance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s episode of Supergirl had some eye-roll inducing dialogue that always seems to plague superhero movies\/shows. That\u2019s not to say that it didn\u2019t also have some great writing. My personal favorite was Kara\u2019s line about the cat videos; Melissa Benoist played it with just the right amount of awkward that let me see myself<\/p>\n

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