Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
Supergirl’s winter finale, “Hostile Takeover,” found Kara face-to-face with General Astra and Non while CatCo dealt with a Sony-like hack that threatened to ruin Cat Grant’s life and career. It was a solid episode with some significant revelations that definitely left viewers on the hook for the show’s return after the winter hiatus.
Astra still isn’t a compelling villain beyond the fact that she’s Supergirl’s aunt. I liked her attempts to destroy Kara’s memories of Alura and the additional layers that the show tries to give her (even as heavy-handed as the global warming allegory is), but Laura Benanti still isn’t quite able to make Astra feel like anything other than a mustache-twirling evil doer. It’s as though the pieces are all in place, but the actress hasn’t quite figured out how to put them all together. There’s no warmth in the scenes between her and Kara, so that relationship we’re told has history never feels genuine. Coupled with the cliché “she wanted to be caught” plot element and the convenient Kryptonite-shield, Supergirl is still struggling to make the escaped Kryptonians feel like an interesting, unique threat.
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Supergirl’s winter finale, “Hostile Takeover,” found Kara face-to-face with General Astra and Non while CatCo dealt with a Sony-like hack that threatened to ruin Cat Grant’s life and career. It was a solid episode with some significant revelations that definitely left viewers on the hook for the show’s return after the winter hiatus.
Astra still isn’t a compelling villain beyond the fact that she’s Supergirl’s aunt. I liked her attempts to destroy Kara’s memories of Alura and the additional layers that the show tries to give her (even as heavy-handed as the global warming allegory is), but Laura Benanti still isn’t quite able to make Astra feel like anything other than a mustache-twirling evil doer. It’s as though the pieces are all in place, but the actress hasn’t quite figured out how to put them all together. There’s no warmth in the scenes between her and Kara, so that relationship we’re told has history never feels genuine. Coupled with the cliché “she wanted to be caught” plot element and the convenient Kryptonite-shield, Supergirl is still struggling to make the escaped Kryptonians feel like an interesting, unique threat.
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