{"id":9839,"date":"2016-01-26T13:27:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T18:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=9839"},"modified":"2016-03-01T13:57:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T18:57:15","slug":"review-supergirl-s1-e11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2016\/01\/26\/review-supergirl-s1-e11\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: ‘Supergirl’ S1 E11"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"107567_wb_0700bc\"<\/a>It was ask and you shall receive this week on Supergirl<\/em>. After having introduced us to J\u2019onn J\u2019onzz weeks ago, only to have the writers barely utilize the character, we finally got an episode primarily dedicated to the Martian Manhunter, and it was definitely worth the wait.<\/p>\n

Supergirl<\/em> deals with some heavy stuff from time to time, but none of that compares to Monday night\u2019s episode. We finally get a look into J\u2019onn J\u2019onzz\u2019s past, which is unsurprisingly mirrored by that of Kara. J\u2019onn, like Kara, deals with survivor\u2019s guilt after being the only one in his family, and perhaps his race, to survive a Holocaust-like concentration camp. However, unlike Kara, J\u2019onn faces this guilt with suicidal recklessness when he comes face-to-face with one of his planet\u2019s attackers. We finally got this week to really connect to J\u2019onn J\u2019onzz, and actually feel real emotions for his character other than \u201choly shit, he\u2019s so awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not only was it great to finally get some insight into an otherwise murky character, but J\u2019onn\u2019s long awaited storyline also gave us some of the best fight scenes on Supergirl<\/em>. One of my least favorite things about monster-of-the-week style shows is that each week\u2019s particular battle usually gets relegated to the final few minutes of the episode. This usually means that the battle is rushed and quickly resolved despite an hour of build up. And while all of this was true for Monday night\u2019s episode, the battle that ensued between Supergirl, J\u2019onn J\u2019onzz, and the White Martian, as well as the scene where the White Martian escapes and destroys DEO headquarters, were certainly the most badass fight scenes that we\u2019ve seen so far.<\/p>\n

Of course, because this is Supergirl<\/em>, this week\u2019s monster wasn\u2019t allowed to eat up all of the episode\u2019s run time. The rest of the episode was thrown to a previously mentioned subplot involving Cat and her estranged son, Adam. It turns out that the touching letter Melissa Benoist voiced over at the beginning of the episode wasn\u2019t from Alura to Kara, but instead from Kara pretending to be Cat to Adam. While I usually love any plot line involving Cat, this time it seemed a bit out of place, especially given the subsequent change in direction with Adam becoming Kara\u2019s newest love interest.<\/p>\n

Cat and Adam\u2019s reunion, while touching, distracted from my real interest of the episode, J\u2019onn J\u2019onzz, not to mention the timely subplot that brought on that story, the realistically awful Senator Marana Crane \u2013 who, by the way, had the best line of the episode, \u201cwe need to figure out where they [aliens] live, what they do, and who they eat.\u201d I literally LOL\u2019d.<\/p>\n

My biggest issue, however, with the Cat and Adam storyline was a question that I\u2019ve had for quite some time now –\u00a0what happened to Cat\u2019s other son, Carter? We spent a whole episode with him not too long ago, and then they ceased to\u00a0mention him, even when Cat first discussed Adam. Shouldn\u2019t it be a pretty big deal that Cat has another son, particularly one that she didn\u2019t abandon?<\/p>\n

And then, of course, there was the issue that bringing on this new love interest so quickly after Kara rejected Winn seems way harsh. While Kara has been trying to give Winn time and space, I fear that seeing her with this new guy may steer Winn in a direction I\u2019d hoped we\u2019d already avoided last week. It seems cruel, especially when Winn is so great and adorable and, quite frankly, been shit on for too long by the writers of Supergirl<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Although I had my issues, much of the Cat and Adam storylines were redeemed, as usual, by Melissa Benoist\u2019s acting. Some of my favorite work that Benoist does on Supergirl<\/em> is when she acts dorky and flustered (maybe because it hits very close to home). So while I could have done without the distracting family drama\u00a0– there\u2019s an alien running around destroying your town, maybe Cat can wait\u00a0– I was happy for the introduction of Adam if only to see Kara be relatably awkward again.<\/p>\n

In the final few moments of the episode, Kara and Alex come across a live news story featuring Supergirl saving the day. After Alex and Kara establish that Kara\u2019s definitely not there\u00a0– \u201cHow are you there?\u201d \u201cI\u2019m not.\u201d Thanks, guys\u00a0– my first thought was that it was one of the millions of other White Martians that we were promised existed. But thanks to next week\u2019s preview my worry was abated, because it\u2019s only the much-teased arrival of Bizarro-Girl. It seems like the writers of Supergirl<\/em> are finally going places with their overarching storylines, first J\u2019onn J\u2019onzz this week, and now Maxwell\u2019s evil plot next week. Let\u2019s just hope they don\u2019t kill off Bizarro-Girl as quickly as the other show\u2019s monsters (metaphorically, of course; Kara wouldn\u2019t even let J\u2019onn kill off this week\u2019s attacker, even though she totally deserved it).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was ask and you shall receive this week on Supergirl. After having introduced us to J\u2019onn J\u2019onzz weeks ago, only to have the writers barely utilize the character, we finally got an episode primarily dedicated to the Martian Manhunter, and it was definitely worth the wait. Supergirl deals with some heavy stuff from time<\/p>\n

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