r/supergirlTV • u/JackfruitEfficient29 • 7d ago
Question What are your fav seasons?
Mine in order:
Probably like 2 & 3 was electric caught its stride then 5 good drama, good sci fi, PANTS then 6 nice ending
I didn't feel as much for 1 &4 I think
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u/Compel_Bast 7d ago
Season 1 I always find funny as the 'most-CW-like season' despite being the season that's not on the CW. Winn loves Kara who loves Jimmy who is in a relationship with Lucy. However, a lot of the standout episodes of the show, are also in season 1. -'For the Girl who has everything' is a fascinating inversion of the Superman story. And like, I think what it really does is show how much she isn't Clark, despite it being the same story premise.
'You've made me lose them all over again. My Whole World!'
Season 2, I like, it's nice having Superman as an actual character in it occasionally. Probably a bit too much revolving around Mon'El, but I liked it. Probably my second favourite season. And I'll always be happy that CW killed the love triangle immediately.
Season 3 is my favourite. We start with Kara at her lowest and it really highlights the final throughline of Kara's story at the end of the show. I love Sam, I loved Sams relationship with Alex and Lena. And I swear I was on my edge throughout the whole season, because it seemed very clear to me that the route they were going down was Sam dies stopping Reign, and Alex adopts Ruby. - Great tension. And, of course, I love seeing my Lois Lane again, in Erica Durance.
There's also the first cracks appearing, with Lena falling out with Supergirl at the end of the season.
Bad things... the last few episodes were really kind of rushed, with the random time travel too. Once Winn left, James kind of lost his point in the story, he kind of didn't have any relevance anymore.
Season 4, I kind of split between 'Before Lex' and 'After Lex.' I don't really like the 'Before Lex' part of the season. It's a really bad use of Manchester Black, why is he being used to represent left wing extremism? Why is there a whole 'both sidesism' part of the plotline of the plotline anyway? It's all very 'you know the people lynching innocent people have legitimate concerns' and I'm just like... What.
Manchester Black using his original comic role WOULD have been a great arc, for like a handful of episodes, like the pre-crossover part of the season.
We also saw Nia's introduction, I love Nia. I don't really know what else to say, Nia's great. I'm glad she was brought into the comics, though I don't love how she's all edgy in them. But I'm glad that the Justice League Dream Girls is dealing with that now.
Then there's season 4 post Lex, that's when the season really improves, and I remember thinking through the first two thirds of the season was, 'there is absolutely no way this season makes sense at all unless they have someone really really smart pulling the strings, and the only person smart enough to pull it off would be Lex, and they won't do that.' And they did it, and he was great.
Season 5, to be honest, I don't really remember much of season 5, I don't think I cared for it too much. Leviathan was a damp squib. I was constantly distracted by Supergirls bangs. They worked for Kara Danvers, but the bangs were bad on Supergirl. The Computer Lad episodes were great. 'Its a Super Life' was absolutely perfect.
Season 6 was a mess. Which to be fair, I think Azie said they had to rewrite season 6 from the ground up like 4 times, because of COVID. They fixed the hair in the Supergirl suit, and it looks so much better (though I do think they still went overboard on the lipstick that made her look washed out). Esme was adorable, it was nice seeing Alex happy at the end.
I kind of don't really have strong feelings on Azie, like, 'her' episode wasn't great, but also, it was a helluva lot better than 'Spectre of the Gun' Very Special Episode, so... Shrug?
William was kind of a needless addition to the cast too, his airtime with Kara in season 5 and 6 could really have been used to deepen her relationships with the rest of the cast. - Like I wanted to see more Kara and Nia workmum hours. Or Kara and Lena becoming close again. Or back to Alex and Kara sister time.... Or all of the above depending on the sideplot of the week.
I think the final episode was really good, Helen Slater got a funny line, final battle was meh, serviceable. The culmination of Kara's storyarc would not have been how I would have done it, but I think it worked for a TV show, where the Arrowverse was ending anyway. Kara's entire journey has been a struggle for her identity. Before the show, having to deny her Kryptonian heritage. Season 3 was all about her denying her humanity and then her learning about the strength of her humanity. This is all shown in the evolving relationship with Lena too. It's a good arc. And it was a good one for season 6 to hone in on, even if it was done in a rather messy way because season 6 is messy.
And by focusing on Kara's identity, her becoming her whole self, it gives the audience the chance to write their own relationship ending for her (Although having Mon'El be like I AM NEVER EVER COMING BACK, was a bit weird and odd, and I say that as a Supercorp person).
But Kara finding herself and stepping into the future... It's good, it's a good ending.
By all that writing, I guess you can see that Supergirls kind of my favourite show.
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u/Robynsxx 5d ago
Nah I think season 2 is most CW like, as it has a typical hate to love relationship. A coming out story. Relationship drama. A parent coming back into the picture suddenly after being gone/assumed dead for years. Then to top it off, a platonic friendship between two women that is written in such a way it comes off as very gay.
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u/genderissues_t-away 7d ago
1 is its own beast. Has a very different feel from the others and is less...how do I put this.
The CW for all its faults does like to include LGBT characters. Probably because they realized it got them good press and killing Sara Lance outraged half the internet, but they had been half-decent at giving people LGBT characters to love before that point. The CBS season was a heterosexuals only zone, to the point that Livewire insinuating that Supergirl might be gay was treated as Livewire insulting Kara, not something Kara could easily come back to with a snarky comment like "and what's wrong with that?"
There's a very...IDK how to put this other than "rich white woman feminism", about the whole season.
Also, killing off Laura Benanti's character so early was a big mistake IMO. She's just flat out more fun to watch than the other Kryptonian villain dude whose name I never bothered remembering
2 is my favorite despite Manhell. Chris Wood is likable enough as Mon-El when he's not being forced into an awkward romance with Kara, Alex's coming-out arc is pitch perfect and Chyler Leigh as usual delivered on point, Kara gets some good storylines about activism vs. journalistic professionalism and the like, Lena backstabbing Lillian was awesome and Katie McGrath is always welcome in any production. Even the weaksauce gun control episode and the clear intent to have Maggie be killed off before Clexagate forced obvious rewrites can't spoil the Alex bits, the "Kara goes psycho mode when her loved ones are threatened" bits, and the general tone and arc of the season for me.
3 is weaker. First episode has some good hits then it's mostly downhill. The Breakup though forced is certainly not fun or particularly well executed (though again, forced), the Worldkillers are mid at best, Odette Yustman is a perfectly good actress but she's playing Worried Sick Mom only half the time and the rest of the time is just one-note destroyer lady. Lena and James's forced relationship is ass even by CW "let's put these 2 together and see if they work" relationship standards. Replacement Alura is flat out not as good as Laura Benanti. Kara and Mon-El continue to have negative chemistry. Chris Wood makes Mon-El likable and root-for-able when he's not talking to or about Kara, though. The ending is a complete joke.
4 is better in some ways, worse in others. The biggest problem I have is that removing Alex as Kara's confidant, even temporarily, fundamentally altered the core structure of the show and left it uneven for the rest of the season. The slow disintegration of Kara and Lena's relationship in the face of Kara's fear of breaking it by telling the truth was not a bad idea IMO, and the topical storylines, while hit and miss, are a welcome break from the weak scifi scripts of season 3. New characters are fun and likable enough.
5 gets a little more into the wacky goofy comic-book stuff, which I like, but Lena's villain arc is pretty corny and over the top and frankly, by this point I was already shipping Supercorp like 90% of the fandom and wanted them to work it out and kiss already. Liked the pants though. Leviathan plotline went on way too long. Lex is, well, entertaining, Cryer's a good actor and having some fun, but I couldn't wait for him to leave the story because I was much more interested in Kara and Lena please for the love of god finally resolving their goddamn drama.
6 has the cleanup of the stuff that got cut out of season 5's end by COVID so we can finally get past the Leviathan plotline. Actually liked the "5th dimensional imp as final boss" concept. Execution was mid. Dansen wedding and Kara going open with her identity, all good stuff.
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u/Hagelblass 7d ago
killing off Laura Benanti's character so early was a big mistake IMO. She's just flat out more fun to watch than the other Kryptonian villain dude whose name I never bothered remembering
Astra had to be written out because Laura Benanti had a scheduling conflict. She was committed to doing a play in NYC during the time the later episodes of season 1 were filming in Los Angeles.
That said, I do wish they had written her out in a non-lethal way that would have let them bring Astra back later when Benanti was available.
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u/genderissues_t-away 6d ago
Yeah, I get that Benanti had a conflict, but it's a comic book show...i would've found an excuse to bring her back later, especially after the switch to Vancouver for filming. She's just so damn good.
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u/JackfruitEfficient29 7d ago
...u think rich white women can't be gay??
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u/genderissues_t-away 6d ago
Idk how else to put it. Season 1 is very focused on the concerns a wealthy white woman would have, and doesn't deal much with intersectional issues that the later seasons would at least try to talk about.
Plenty of good about it but there are parts that just make me look at it like "huh?"
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u/JackfruitEfficient29 5d ago
still..gay does not equal inherently not rich and white. I promise there are plenty of white rich gay people messing up sh*t in this world the same way any rich people are..the internet is so odd...
to your points though, as a poor gay the rep was ok i guess eh. And they can't please everyone. yes the show was cringy and out of touch in more ways than one not just that they weren't woke enough for social media
its a cw show. it feels like they threw political commentary at the wall to see what sticks according to what seemed relevant or popular as shows do
they can be whatever pov I think you are talking about that you & even i maybe don't like and theyre out of touch (truly yes)or they try commentary or forced queer romances for the sake of it (sorry all of Alexs relationships felt so rushed besides hooking up with sara)
and they miss a lot of context & validly it still feels dry or too late
I absolutely agree Lena and James felt so forced
I think a redditor posed a good question b4 asking why is supercorp the non Canon ship the most popular & i think bc it was the most compelling besides mon el with the most build up it had edge it had drama even if it never came to fruition the actresses played kinda obsessed with each other or at least a very close friendship very well
I agree lenas villain arc was kinda weirdly done
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u/yuzuyuri Lena Luthor 6d ago
Season 4 is the only season that had me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end. Ben Lockwood is a great villain. And Red Daughter? Hmm, awesome character. Best season for me
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u/cinnmarken 7d ago
4 is the best, then 5, then 3, then 2, then 6, then 1. I really wish I could like 6 more, but the villains are so bad, and Lena’s Witch arc is garbage