{"id":7475,"date":"2015-11-17T15:40:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T20:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=7475"},"modified":"2016-03-01T13:55:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T18:55:46","slug":"review-supergirl-s1-e4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/11\/17\/review-supergirl-s1-e4\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: ‘Supergirl’ S1 E4"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"107179_wb_0808bc\"<\/a>In celebration of the approaching holidays, Supergirl<\/em> had a turkey and sentiment filled episode this Monday night.<\/p>\n

Alex\u2019s mom and Kara\u2019s foster mom, Eliza Danvers, pays the girls a visit for Thanksgiving. This\u00a0has Alex understandably stressed out with the implication being that family holidays are rough. Eliza was always easier on Kara, which caused Alex to develop a bit of resentment towards her mother. As someone who has an older sister, and a slightly overprotective mother, I can attest that their ensuing argument was realistic. Thankfully, Eliza and Alex have a heart-to-heart near the end of the episode, and things start to look better for the Danvers clan.<\/p>\n

As Kara tries to act as a buffer to her mom and sister, she also has plenty on her plate \u2013 besides chocolate pecan pie, \u201cthe best dessert in the galaxy!\u201d \u2013 with her alter ego as Supergirl.<\/p>\n

Similar to last week\u2019s episode of Supergirl<\/em>, this\u00a0installment featured a monster of the week straight out of the comics.\u00a0It was\u00a0Livewire, aka Leslie Willis. After Leslie crosses the line by mocking Supergirl’s adorkableness \u2013 heathen \u2013 Cat punishes her by sending her on a helicopter ride on the set of the movie Twister<\/em>. Lucky for Leslie, Supergirl doesn\u2019t hold a grudge and saves her life anyway, only to cause Leslie to get second hand electrocution through Supergirl herself.<\/p>\n

When Leslie wakes up with the ability to manipulate electricity and some new hair \u2013 why does becoming a supervillain always comes with an equally evil new look? \u2013 she renames herself Livewire and goes on a Cat hunt. Cat and Supergirl team up to take down Livewire, and Kara\u2019s two jobs collide for the first time. Cat then seals her position as one of my favorite characters when she addresses Hank as, \u201cexcuse me agent, Mulder is it?\u201d<\/p>\n

As we already started to see in episode two of Supergirl<\/em>, Cat has a sweet side to her, one that came out this episode\u00a0in relation\u00a0to Supergirl. Not only do we realize that Cat actually feels protective of Supergirl once Leslie starts badmouthing her, but that she also cares about her assistant Kara. And while we know that\u2019s the same person, Cat does not. So technically she cares about a shocking total of two people.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed the juxtaposition of Cat\u2019s well meaning ruthlessness in comparison to Leslie\u2019s outright maliciousness. It was a great example of how the mean girl can sometimes have a soft side to her, while others are actually just terrible people. The other juxtaposition of Cat and Eliza was also wonderfully executed. Both Cat and Eliza had some great moments of realization this episode, and it was a great choice for the writers to mirror the two as each person came to terms with their respective mommy issues.<\/p>\n

The biggest revelation of Supergirl<\/em>, however, is that Alex\u2019s dad, Jeremiah, was working for the DEO when he died, more specifically Hank Henshaw. In a flashback, we see that not long after coming to Earth, a young Kara convinced Alex to sneak out for a joy ride (or shall I say joy fly?). Hank and the DEO catch wind of this and pay a visit to the Danvers family in search of Kara, only to settle for Jeremiah instead.<\/p>\n

Hank is in for a rough time now that Kara and Alex are onto him, which is exciting since the writers have been alluding to Hank\u2019s role as a double agent without much fruition up until now. I hope we finally get to see what\u2019s going on behind those cyborg eyes, and what exactly Hank is up to. Followed by some major ass whooping courtesy of Kara and Alex.<\/p>\n

Speaking of ass whooping, come someone knock some sense into Kara already? Winn was such a cutie this episode, and yet the only person Kara had time to care about was James, who, by the way, is being way too flirty for someone who has a girlfriend. Winn is a much different character in the comics, but the most notable thing about him is that he\u2019s a villain. It worries me that Kara overlooking Winn is going to cause him to make like Shane from The Walking Dead<\/em>\u00a0and turn evil.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll have to continue to root for Winn until that happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In celebration of the approaching holidays, Supergirl had a turkey and sentiment filled episode this Monday night. Alex\u2019s mom and Kara\u2019s foster mom, Eliza Danvers, pays the girls a visit for Thanksgiving. This\u00a0has Alex understandably stressed out with the implication being that family holidays are rough. Eliza was always easier on Kara, which caused Alex<\/p>\n

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