Episode Review: 1x05 "How Does She Do It?"

By Corinne McCreery

This episode starts out AMAZING. I’ve praised the special effects in this show many times already, but good lord. I’m in awe of how incredible that opening flight scene is. It’s just beautiful to watch.

With the Siegel Award reference, we finally get the last real Easter Egg I expect right off the bat in the show. Though I think there will probably be a shout out to Peter David at some point, and I’m crossing my fingers for nods to Jim Mooney, Paul Kupperberg, and Carmine Infantino at some point too.

Some people online don’t like that Cat is being, well catty, to Lois Lane, especially since Lois isn’t there to defend herself. They see it as a denigration of one of DC’s premiere female characters, and pointless. I think it serves to sharpen Cat’s character. She’s not nice, and definitely wouldn’t be to a competitor. I don’t think that the jabs in the show are meant as mean spirited towards the character from the show, but from a character within it.

1x05: "How Does She Do It?"

This week, Frank & Tim have so many questions to address. What is Maxwell Lord's agenda? Did we get a hint at Hank Henshaw's true identity? All that and more on this week's podcast!

And be sure to check out our exclusive interview with David Harewood for even more answers about Hank Henshaw!

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Bonus: David Harewood Exclusive Interview

We’ve got a special surprise for you. Tim & Frank are joined today by Hank Henshaw himself: David Harewood. He hints at the future of his character and gushes about his passion for comics and how important it is for him to work on a show as meaningful as Supergirl. Our sincere thanks to David for an excellent chat. Enjoy!

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Episode Review: 1x04 "Livewire"

By Corinne McCreery

I’ll open this week in saying that while still a fantastic episode, this is the first one that didn’t outshine the previous week’s for me. I still loved it, but I had some major hangups about certain parts of it. None of those problems came from what seems to be the controversial thing about the episode when I’m talking to others in my circles though. I have friends that don’t think they should have swapped episode order. That people should be ‘strong enough to separate reality from make believe.” I disagree with that sentiment and fully stand behind CBS’s decision to air the episodes out of order. I think it was both a respectful decision and one that makes a lot of business sense. The other options were to either air the originally intended episode, and possibly hurt and alienate some viewers into never coming back; or to not air any episode, which for a show that had been slipping in the ratings would have probably been a death knell. I’m glad they did what they did, and I think it shows the compassion that the show excels at. The episode still flowed well, the only continuity problem was how quickly it seemed that James and Lucy reconciled, but knowing the episodes were out of order made it easy for me to just assume the reconciliation happened in the one we missed.

1x04: "Livewire"

Live and wired from CatCo plaza, Frank and Tim are here to discuss "Livewire!" Supergirl faces off against a new villain while dealing with family drama. Plus, listener emails and Tim's crackpot theory.

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Episode Review: 1x03 "Fight or Flight"

By Corinne McCreery

This show continues to amaze me. While “Fight or Flight” continues the trend of episodes that I loved more than the last, I was a little worried about this episode coming in, for two reasons.

The first is that Reactron is my favorite Supergirl villain, due mostly to Sterling Gates’s amazing run on the Supergirl comic in which he made her Kara’s archenemy, and with a very personal backstory to it. I was annoyed when the show announced that he was going to be introduced as a former Superman villain, because Reactron has always been a Supergirl villain first. Despite that reservation, I was really hyped for this episode, because I never, ever thought I’d see Reactron on screen. So a little bit of my worry was that I was overhyping it. 

The second reason was that I saw a spoiler for something that happened in this episode, and it seemed to point at the episode being a big let down episode. I saw that Superman was going to appear, and saw the clip of him saving Supergirl, and that worried me profusely. More on that scene in a bit.

1x03: "Fight or Flight"

Tim and Frank enjoy a cocktail during this week's chat, which leads to some interesting discussion. Why ARE Hank Henshaw's eyes red? Plus, Cat gets a scoop and Kara fights her greatest enemy yet with a little help from a certain someone.

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