Relatively recently, Arrow dipped into politics in “Spectre of the Gun.” Deliberately or not, Supergirl seems to following suit on the immigration front in “Exodus.” If they didn’t write this with some of the current issues regarding deportation, refugees, and immigration in mind, it’s a really striking series of coincidences. The show opens with a…
After the insanity last episode with Mr. Mxyzptlk, things start off on a better note. It’s the morning after for Kara and Mon-El, and Mon wakes up in bed alone. He wanders through the apartment bemused as he sees that Supergirl has been busy, foiling several crimes. She flies in through the window, bearing flowers…
Supergirl gets a visit from one of Superman’s more powerful and most annoying foes in “Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk.” Like several other classic Superman foes in this series, this seems to be the first appearance of the character in this world, since Supergirl is completely unfamiliar with him. Their best font of Superman knowledge, Jimmy…
Supergirl gets a slightly diminished role in her own show so they can focus on “The Luthors.” The show opens with a flashback from twenty years ago as Lena is brought home to the Luthor mansion by Lionel. Mother Lillian doesn’t approve, but then, she pretty much disapproves of everything. The cold interactions give us…
The writers on Supergirl steal a title from a Ray Bradbury scientific classic with “The Martian Chronicles.” I sort of wonder if they had to pay to use that. The majority of the show revolves around Megan/Miss Martian and Hank/Martian Manhunter. They really do like playing up the alien aspect of this show. The opening…
Back from winter break, Supergirl starts off with “Supergirl Lives!” I’m not sure why they called it that. Was this in doubt? Did someone think she was dead? Was the break that long? There wasn’t anything about her living or dying in this one. The show opens with Supergirl chasing a fleeing van which proves…
The big CW-crossover concludes on Legends of Tomorrow, which also shares the “Invasion” title. Their “previously on” scenes seem to be focusing hard on Flash’s changing time before. That’s interesting considering the Legends have made several changes this season, some deliberate and some by accident. Not to mentions Sara’s repeated attempts to assassinate Damian Darhk.
The massive CW crossover continues with Arrow’s part of the “Invasion!” At the end of the Flash episode, we saw a good chunk of the Arrow cast beamed up by the Dominators. Now we get to find out what happened to them, along with a few scenes of what the others are up to. Well, most of them. As I commented about in my Flash review, Artemis is never seen, mentioned, referred to at all. Rory gets a passing scene, but no in-costume action.
The CW hero shows have their big crossover this week. Crossovers are a big thing in comics, so it makes sense that now that they have all these linked shows, they follow suit. While it helps reinforce the shared world of most of the shows, it ended up emphasizing that Supergirl is off on her own. Not only is she literally on a different Earth than the others (Earth 38, apparently), but all the other shows shared the “Invasion!” title for their episodes, where this one was “Medusa,” a follow up on something from last week. They also didn’t do as much for the actual tie-in as the other shows did.
With the big CW crossover coming up, there’s a new group of bad guys on the radar. The aliens the gathered heroes will be fighting are called Dominators, collectively known as the Dominion. They are one of DC Comics’ many alien races. In the comics they have yellow skin, pointed ears, vicious looking teeth and fingernails that look more like claws. They don’t have individual names, all serving the Dominion. Their place within their caste is marked by the size of the red dot on their forehead. The bigger the dot, the more important they are.
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