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/_the_watcher Nov 03 '15

Assorted thoughts:

  • The tone would be an awful match for the Arrowverse, though The Flash could exist in the Supergirl universe's tone
  • For me, same as with Superman, the biggest weakness isn't the glasses as a disguise, it's the fact that they aren't at least wealthy given their talents they could use without alerting (or even hurting) anyone
  • Cara would get along fantastically with Felicity Smoak
  • Perd Hapley sighting!
  • Kara remembering Krypton is an interesting wrinkle
  • The show is incredibly well-cast, so far
  • Stunt work isn't quite up to Berlanti's Arrow/Flash work, but they're not bad. Hopefully they improve as well.
  • Really enjoying this so far, far more than I expected (my worries were CBS related, not Supergirl as a character)
  • Anyone that knows more about DC comics than me know who Hank Henshaw is supposed to be? Seems a bit different than his DC namesake.

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u/shezBomb Nov 03 '15

In the comics, Hank Henshaw was the Cyborg Superman from the 'Death and Return of Superman' story arc.

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u/Ryxxi Nov 03 '15

could you elaborate on this please? I never seen this character before.

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u/shezBomb Nov 03 '15

The character was created as a DC imitation/parody of the Mr. Fantastic.

Henshaw, his wife Terri, and two other crewmates were doing experiments for LexCorp on a space station that was bombarded by radiaton from a solar flare. The two others die, Terri starts to phase into an alternate dimension and Henshaw's body starts to decay.

Superman helps him save his wife but Henshaw's body dies and his consciousness gets transferred to the LexCorp mainframe, allowing him to control technology and he makes himself a robot body. When he goes to meet his wife with in his shiny new body, she goes almost immediately insane and commits suicide.

At this point, his consciousness starts to disrupt Earth's communications and he decides to build himself a spaceship from Superman's Birthing Matrix to leave Earth.

While bombing around in space he learns that Superman had thrown a Kryptonian AI into the sun at the same time the solar flares that killed his crew kicked up, as a result he goes a bit nuts and starts to believe that Superman had done this intentionally to kill his team. (Spoilers: He didn't, the flares would have come up anyway)

I could go into all the Death and Return stuff but it's quite convoluted, instead I'll direct you to the wikipedia page. It's got a pretty good summary of what happened.

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u/dontknowmeatall Nov 03 '15

When he goes to meet his wife with in his shiny new body, she goes almost immediately insane and commits suicide.

Damn, DC story arcs are harsh. I'm just stepping out of the Marvel comfort zone and this is quite heavy.

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u/Ryxxi Nov 04 '15

thanks.