{"id":9664,"date":"2016-01-20T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T17:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=9664"},"modified":"2016-03-01T13:57:05","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T18:57:05","slug":"review-supergirl-s1-e10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2016\/01\/20\/review-supergirl-s1-e10\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: ‘Supergirl’ S1 E10"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"107418_d1544b\"<\/a>One of my least favorite scary movie tropes is creepy dolls, so I was not pleased when this week\u2019s episode of Supergirl<\/em> decided to use all of the creepy dolls. Of course this was probably to be expected since I knew that this week would be the week we were introduced to Winn\u2019s villainous father, the Toyman. So really, it\u2019s my fault, I should have been better prepared.<\/p>\n

I had previously suspected, very early on in the show, that Winn would take a path down the dark side once rejected by Kara, due to his character\u2019s supervillain alias in the Superman comics. However, I like the\u00a0collective writing\u00a0decision to have Winn actually be Winslow Schott Jr. and have his father be Toyman.<\/p>\n

While I may be biased in liking this twist (you know, because of the whole being in love with Winn thing), I also liked that it gave viewers a chance to get to know him more as a complex character \u2013 which didn\u2019t help the being in love with him thing, actually.<\/p>\n

We got to see a whole new side to Winn that we had never seen before on Supergirl<\/em>, and actually learn about his past, which had up until this point been pretty hazy. I was hoping that his struggle with his father \u2013 which I\u2019m glad they acknowledged paralleled much of what\u2019s been going on with Kara and Astra \u2013 would work to bring Kara and Winn closer together, which it admittedly did at first. And then it didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Even I can admit that kiss was too much, too fast (much like the resolution of the toy convention bombing attempt). It\u2019s unfortunate that Kara didn\u2019t return any of Winn\u2019s feelings right away, but I still have hope. Kara is realizing more and more that James and Lucy are (sadly) not going to break up any time soon. And it\u2019s evident from Kara\u2019s monologue about how much she cares about Winn, that she, you know, cares about Winn.\u00a0She just needs time to realize how much and in what way she cares about him, and I still hold hope that she\u2019ll be surprised by the answer.<\/p>\n

While Kara is off breaking hearts, Alex decides to\u00a0use her feminine wiles to distract and spy on Maxwell Lord. It all starts out according to plan, Alex is super hot and she\u2019s real good at using it, but it turns out Max has plans beyond making Alex eat slugs for their date. If it wasn\u2019t obvious that he was on to her double agent status from her name in his phone: Mata Hari, a World War One spy, then it was definitely obvious when he somehow managed to get a spy cam on Alex\u2019s bag. Without a doubt Max beat Alex at her own game.<\/p>\n

This is really troubling because now Max is not only onto the fact that Supergirl is Alex\u2019s sister, but also getting closer and closer to discovering who J\u2019onn J\u2019onzz is. So now two aliens are at risk of being found out, and who knows what Max will do with this information now that he has it?<\/p>\n

Besides that little revelation, not much else happened to further any of the overarching story on this week’s episode of\u00a0Supergirl. <\/em>Even though I would have enjoyed a few more episodes about Winn and his dad, Toyman was relegated to monster of the week status. But Supergirl<\/em> has proved time and time again that it\u2019s more about the people and relationships than really battling any complex issues (besides feminism, that is).<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve said it before and I will say it again, it’s no Jessica Jones<\/em>. But that doesn\u2019t mean Supergirl<\/em> isn\u2019t just as successful. Supergirl<\/em>\u00a0is more about the lighter side of humanity. It\u2019s more about finding who you are and the struggles that come with it, especially when you have superpowers. That\u2019s why Supergirl<\/em> excels with the structure that it uses. The monsters of the week tackle smaller issues, like learning how to fight on your own or when to ask for help, while the overarching story delves deeper into who am I, what do I believe, and what am I willing to do to achieve what I believe?<\/p>\n

Hopefully as time progresses we\u2019ll get more of that overarching story, but if Supergirl<\/em> keeps bringing us episodes like Monday night\u2019s, I can\u2019t complain. Especially if there\u2019s also more Kara-Winn kissing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of my least favorite scary movie tropes is creepy dolls, so I was not pleased when this week\u2019s episode of Supergirl decided to use all of the creepy dolls. Of course this was probably to be expected since I knew that this week would be the week we were introduced to Winn\u2019s villainous father,<\/p>\n

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