- We start off episode 1 with emotionally constipated Kara once again. She gives the Final Fantasy characters' angst a run for their money. It is getting really, really old. If I wanted to watch breakup angst I'd watch shows with teenage main characters. It's not engaging to watch, she never learns anything from her low points, and if she irritates the hell out of people in the story, imagine how irritated the viewers must be. Not even Cat as press secretary can rescue this. Why did the writers think padding every season with the same static premise is a good idea?
- Lena is truly the savior of this series. Kara bites off her head and Lena still loves her enough to buy Catco. Not to mention, Lena is empathetic of Kara even through her aloofness, but is still willing (and is the only one) who stands her ground when calling Kara out. Probably because she only sees Kara and not Supergirl. Everyone else fails because Kara pulls the Supergirl card every time to get out of having to confront anything. I've already praised McGrath for her scenes in S2 but wow, the moments Lena showed vulnerability toward Kara was phenomenal. And she's the only one who manages to shake Kara out of her funk. lena pls save this sorry excuse of a boring main cast only u can carry them now
- I despised Kara being together with Mon-El but even I felt bad for him (and giggled a lot) when Kara just tossed Romeo and Juliet under the bed.
- How much of a joke is the DEO to have civilians (law enforcement, but still) just waltzing in to hang out and have wedding arrangement arguments in the middle of the work day? While people are still working? No wonder government is a joke.
- Psychic type > Fighting type
- Ruby is way more emotionally mature than Kara. Cannot believe a middle schooler teenager wins out. Even with the death wish to prove mom has superpowers and all. She has no problems asking others for help and knows when to stay or run away. Sam brought her up right. Also love the little moments that show how resourceful she is. Distracting the witch to let Demos get the blood vials, chef's kiss. (It is a problem when I applaud a middle schooler for having more depth than Supergirl.)
- Once again, unoriginal stereotypes played straight everywhere. Has a single man shed tears in the show so far? There were plenty of scenes with men's eyes being very watery but no tears. Meanwhile Kara goes full waterworks whenever something emotional happens. EDIT: I have since seen James shed a single tear twice and Brainy once. I think J'onn too.
- Did the show decide 2 ambiguously evil rich billionaires were too many and put Max Lord on a bus so Lena Luthor could join?
- Eliza is a toxic mother. I have no idea if anyone ever had this take before. She might pose as a compassionate, understanding, and kind parent figure to everyone on the show, but Alex's initial reaction was spot on. Her most egregious failure as a mother is enabling a sibling rivalry the moment Kara arrived on Earth. Everything Kara does is right, and whatever she does wrong is the sin of the older sibling who has to look out for her. The fact that Kara and Alex became so close despite being pitted against each other is a testament to how big their hearts are. The show just glosses over the years of resentment built up in both characters, like it was an easy conflict to set up during the red kryptonite infection and Alex's post-breakup Midvale visit. This might not make sense to people who were the only children in their families, but sibling comparison is one of the most damaging things that can be done to a kid outside of obvious physical and mental abuse. It took until the first Thanksgiving for Eliza to apologize for her unfair behavior, so this was going on for over a decade. The writers used one of the cheapest and laziest ways to set up a sibling conflict and made an issue stewing for 10+ years look like it was water under the bridge in a few episodes. ???
- People taking their masks off to talk in the middle of a possible pandemic = ??? This episode, in the middle of covid, did not age well at all.
- This season really upped my dissatisfaction with the normalcy of casual dystopian behavior. From the dragnet surveillance of the entire city (and allowance to hack everything without a warrant), to SWATing people's homes, all of this is the dystopian wet dream while glorified as what needs to be done to protect the people. Doing that all the while constantly chest thumping American ideals of freedom and due process.
- Gun control episode was one of the worst attempts to explain a current social issue. Once again we can see awful straw man comparisons. In S1 it was a domestic abuse victim vs. a reformed nerd with a God complex. This time, the writing conflates Lena's use of guns (so far, only a pistol or revolver) to defend herself vs. mass-produced assault rifles for civilian use. James didn't even bring up that he was talking about assault rifles, not small arms, when Lena disagreed with him. Absolutely not the same thing. I won't even go into how the writing misses the point and waters down the military-industrial complex into a gun control problem. I genuinely thought that the show was written by conservatives who were forced to have episodes with "pro-liberal agendas" and portrayed what they believed were liberal stances. If the internet forums are to believed, the writers are liberals. The setup is so sloppy that I cannot believe this is the liberals' understanding of gun control. But then again, I don't hold either liberals or conservatives in high regard with respect to intellectualism.
- Lena did more than anyone else to help Sam get rid of Reign, yet when Ruby asks about her mom, all Alex says is "Supergirl is on it." This sums up so many problems with how characters treat Lena in general. Is she the designated punching bag of the Superfriends because her last name is Luthor and she needs to constantly toe the line between ambiguously evil and outright villainous?
- I am not looking for a pissing contest here, but is Winn actually smarter than Lena? I love Winn but for real, if I had my pick between Lena and Winn for saving the future, Lena would be my choice every single time. Obviously they can't kick Lena out because writers need someone to bully, but the in-universe decision seemed too clear-cut to make sense.
Lena needs to stay in the 21st century to develop the lead vaccine so she's stuck with us plebs. - Kara travelling through the disruptor is such a bullshit deus ex machina? Only going back to save her loved ones? I guess Purity wasn't worth it.