{"id":8525,"date":"2015-12-16T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=8525"},"modified":"2016-03-01T13:56:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T18:56:26","slug":"review-supergirl-s1-e8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/12\/16\/review-supergirl-s1-e8\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: ‘Supergirl’ S1 E8"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"107321_d3733b\"<\/a>Okay, so I know I said last week\u2019s episode of Supergirl<\/em> was the best one yet, but this week proved me wrong. Seeing as this week was the fall finale, I guess this was to be expected, though.<\/p>\n

Monday night\u2019s episode of Supergirl<\/em> picked off right after last week\u2019s with the much overdue appearance of Astra. While it may have initially seemed odd that they would introduce a character that was exclusive to the TV show, only to have her disappear before things got good, the pace was actually well thought out. We had just enough time to get to know the characters, as well as build backstory, so that we were properly invested in the storyline once the show finally got around to it.<\/p>\n

Of course, there was more story building this episode when we learned exactly how close Astra and Kara had been \u2013 Astra had thought of Kara as a daughter. That, along with the empathy we were allowed to develop for Supergirl<\/em> during the stretch of weeks, was what made this week\u2019s revelation all the more emotional. After being led to believe that Astra had always been the bad seed, things were revealed to be a little more nuanced than that\u00a0as\u00a0Astra had made a radical attempt to save Krypton from its demise, while Alura used Kara and Astra\u2019s relationship to trap Astra and sentence her to Fort Rozz for her efforts.<\/p>\n

Melissa Benoist\u2019s performance, while always amazing, was absolutely incredible this week. Her confrontation with her holographic mother gave me chills, and her interactions with Astra were just as heartbreaking.<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s clear that Astra doesn\u2019t have bad intentions, just bad approaches, and that, like Kara, she\u2019s hesitant to kill the girl she once cared about, it\u2019s also obvious that we can\u2019t trust her. We still have no idea how truthful her accusation about Alura is, especially after Cat\u2019s valid point that sometimes parents do hurtful things for the sake of giving their child a better life.<\/p>\n

Apparently things move slowly in Capitol City, because when Kara wasn\u2019t flying around kicking alien butt, she spent the rest of her never-ending day at Cat Co. The other storyline of the week revolved around Cat\u2019s email being hacked by an insider. The sleuthing that they needed to pin it on Dirk Armstrong naturally required some superpowered assistance. In the end, Kara\u2019s slip that she had \u201coverheard\u201d something was the tip off for Cat to FINALLY recognize Kara as Supergirl. You know, not the countless times that Kara stood right beside one of the TVs in Cat\u2019s office plastered with Supergirl\u2019s face.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, Cat\u2019s revelation was way overdue, because while James\u2019 explanation as to why people are incapable of believing someone they know as a superhero was the most reasonable explanation I\u2019ve heard, it was starting to become unbelievable that someone as smart as Cat hadn\u2019t figured it out yet. Also, it was pretty satisfying to see Cat figure it out before Maxwell Lord. Hopefully now that she\u2019s on the same page as James and Winn, that means that Cat will be invited to their little sidekick club. Or even better, maybe she\u2019ll get to join Kara in a supersuit.<\/p>\n

While Cat\u2019s discovery was the most notable thing to come of this part of the story, another notable meeting occurred between Cat and Lucy Lane . I didn\u2019t know that I had been waiting for Cat to come face-to-face with her arch nemesis\u2019 little sister, but apparently I was. The throwaway scene where Cat told Lucy that she \u201cgot the looks\u201d was one of my favorite lines of the episode.<\/p>\n

Of course the most cliffhanger-y episode of the season just had to be the final episode for awhile. Not only do we have to wait to see what comes of Cat\u2019s revelation, as well as the epic battle between Non and Supergirl, but we also have to wait until January to find out if Winn takes James\u2019 advice to finally pursue his feelings for Kara.<\/p>\n

After Kara and James spend way too long flirting and subsequently trying to convince themselves in addition to\u00a0Winn and Lucy that they\u2019re just friends, James finally takes this moment to step down. Good for him. He chose Lucy, and he needs to let Winn have his shot now. While it remains possible that Kara doesn\u2019t see Winn that way, as he\u2019s way deep in the friendzone, I have hope that Kara will realize how adorable he is. I mean, even Cat thinks he\u2019s cute, she called him a \u201chandsome little hobbit.\u201d Yeah, the word hobbit is in there, but so is handsome. Come on, Kara, just give him a chance already!<\/p>\n

Like I said, I totally knew things were only uphill from here on out for Supergirl<\/em>, so we are sure to expect more exciting things coming our way next year. I\u2019m already counting down the days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, so I know I said last week\u2019s episode of Supergirl was the best one yet, but this week proved me wrong. Seeing as this week was the fall finale, I guess this was to be expected, though. Monday night\u2019s episode of Supergirl picked off right after last week\u2019s with the much overdue appearance of<\/p>\n

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