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Supergirl: “Pilot”

I had high hopes for this TV series when it first came out but they were dashed when the show quickly became a "super-villain of the week" type of show. And worse yet, it was a boring "super-villain of the week" show.

It didn't help that the show's writer kept feeling the need to remind us of the other great superperson who came here from Krypton instead of just focusing on Kara aka Supergirl. At times even Kara's adoptive sister Alex seemed to get more attention than Kara. (Then again you have to admire the chutzpah of that scene in which Alex basically bawled out Kara for saving her life.)

The oddest part of this show was the decision to cast Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant, the obligatory boss from hell who seemed like one part Ann Coulter and the other part Katherine Graham. On one hand, she had the most interesting lines on the show. On the other, it seemed quite odd to see her evolve into Kara's work mom. Of course, when the second season started, she started appearing on the show less often so I saw no real reason to continue watching the show. I don't think I missed much.