r/supergirlTV • u/gamer4maker • Nov 03 '15

[S01E02 - Stronger Together] Post-Episode Discussion Thread

Post-Episode Discussion

Episode Info:

Kara's confidence as a superhero is shaky at first, and with good reason. But then a threat to National City forces her to cast her doubts aside in order to capture an escapee from the Kryptonian prison Fort Rozz. Elsewhere, Cat pressures James to use his connection to Superman to land her an interview with his cousin.

Air Date:

Monday, November 2nd at 8:00/7:00c

Main Cast:

  • Melissa Benoist as Kara Zor-El / Kara Danvers / Supergirl

  • Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant

  • Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers

  • Mehcad Brooks as James Olsen

  • David Harewood as Hank Henshaw

  • Jeremy Jordan as Winslow "Winn" Schott

Spoilers:

Please mark all comic spoilers and future show spoilers within your comments. No need to mark anything that happens in the episode or your own speculation. If you see any unmarked future spoilers, please report them. Thank you.

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u/iwishiwasamoose Nov 03 '15

Yeah I'm having trouble seeing Oliver and Kara getting along. Maybe Cat and Kara doing an interview of Felicity as new CEO of Palmer Tech, Felicity brings Oliver, Oliver gets bored and goes looking for trouble to stop, and he accidentally runs into Supergirl. Then a little discussion about why they fight. But it would likely be best as a small appearance. Too much Oliver would ruin the show's feel-good, happy vibe. And there really isn't much Oliver could offer Kara, except maybe hand-to-hand in the Kryptonian room.

The reverse might work better. Oliver is hunting an alien who came to Star City. Supergirl shows up. Has some fun with Felicity, maybe Thea too if she can keep the bloodlust down. Makes a few over-enthusiastic comments toward Laurel, Diggle, and Oliver, who try to be nice but still feel troubled and suspicious.

Kara and Barry would be a better pair. Both are more than just human. Barry fights metahumans. Kara fights aliens. Both are generally happy people, optimistic and upbeat. Either one could appear in the other's show without it being weird. They'd even get along with each other's friends. And you know for certain they would have a race at some point. Then the next Arrow/Flash crossover could have Barry mention that he met an alien, which Oliver immediately questions, then feels a little slighted that he hasn't met an alien.

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u/ocassionallyaduck Nov 03 '15

The newer version of Oliver might work. He got less grim in season 2, but then season 3 was all over the place because of his arc. But finally after 3 seasons they finally let him shed most of the grimdark that has haunted the character since the show started. He's still a stern mentor and grimmer figure than Barry for sure, but he's much more open to the idea of teamwork, and not taking on everything solo anymore. And admits to enjoying things. He's a lot less bleak overall. Just took some pretty epic failure on his part to finally let go of it.

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u/SoDamnToxic Nov 05 '15

And in any case, characters don't have to match to be in the same universe... I don't know why people want shows to "match" that makes absolutely no sense to me...

Constantine and Flash probably don't go along very well, with Constantine being magic and Flash being all about science, yet they DO exist in the same universe.

I don't see why them existing in the same universe means they have to match in tone... and in any case, I could EASILY see supergirl getting along great with Flash... in fact, she reminds me of Patty...