‘Supergirl’ season 2, episode 3 review: Lynda Carter dazzles as POTUS
Last time on “Supergirl” we saw this mystery alien wake up and he was pretty aggressive as he grabbed Kara by the throat. Is he going to be a problem or is he just scared and doesn’t know if Kara is a friend or a foe?
Supergirl is meeting the President of the United States (being played by Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter), but there’s an attack on her from the escaped alien that attacked Kara in the last episode… luckily Supergirl is there to save the day, even though we later learned that the POTUS is an alien too! Is it too much to dream that she’s actually Wonder Woman?
What does this alien want? He’s contacted a planet called Daxam and Kara is immediately alarmed. Why? Kara says that Daxam was a planet that shared the same sun as Krypton and that they were at war. Daxam was a monarchy that ruled with an iron fist while Krypton was a democracy. Kara tries to get answers from him, but since he feels that she’s already prejudged him he’s not really interested in talking to her, saying that he sent a distress single home and wasn’t here to kill anyone. She later realizes she was wrong for prejudging this alien and she apologizes to him (and learns his name is Mon-El) and reveals that his planet is gone along with Krypton.
So who is trying to kill the POTUS? It’s another alien that isn’t impressed with the President’s initiative to pass an alien act that helps to give aliens the same rights as humans. This alien feels that the alien act is just a way to have alien registration and she’s not having it.
We also saw Kara the reporter gets her first interview and it’s with Lena Luther. Lena’s company has created a device that will help people detect who is alien or not. The report she gives to her boss he isn’t impressed with because its super bias.
The story of the POTUS trying to work on immigration and equal rights for aliens is a hot topic right now with the real life elections happening and it’s nice to see a show like “Supergirl” being so current. It makes sense since there’s a heavy news element to this show (even more so now that Kara is a reporter). Also, we are excited to see that Martian Manhunter has a story of his own coming up! Episode grade: B+
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bxdanny
October 25, 2016 @ 3:16 am
So much seemed wrong about this episode, at least to me.
1) Daxam orbited the same star as Krypton? That’s certainly not the way it ever was in the comics. But I guess it explains how anyone on Earth, including Kara or the DEO, would even know the name Daxam, and they needed that for the plot. But the notion that a radio transmission could be precisely aimed, not just at a star, but at a particular planet in a star’s system, is ridiculous. And Mon-El is his actual name, not Lar Gand?
2) The President keeps talking about her bill, and everyone seems to act like it was totally her decision to enact it. But the Congress must have passed the bill if she was about to sign it, as they would have to do with anything that changed the rules about who was a citizen.
3) Where did all those aliens on Earth come from, anyway? Are arrivals of spaceships everyday occurrences on this world? I guess the DEO (is it a cabinet Department?) wouldn’t exist if there were no known aliens except Superman at the time it was created. Oh, and Alex says there are only two aliens she trusts. Does she not trust Hank, Superman, and Supergirl?
4) At the end, it is shown that the President seems to be an alien herself. How did she get elected? As we know, the President must be not only a citizen, but a “natural born” citizen. Did she manage to fake being born in the U.S. (like another President was accused of doing)? Was she really (until the new law she tried to sign became effective) an “illegal alien”?
Chris Albanese
October 25, 2016 @ 4:29 am
Can’t really speak to # 1 other to say the writers have taken a few creative liberties.
Elect Hillary and see how much Congress gets to play a role. Maybe this alien, like HRC has some kind of mind control powers. I did like the throw away line about “you should see my other jet.” I thought for a moment she could be an aging (very well I might add) WW.
If I heard correctly, Alex said she can count the aliens on one hand with 2 fingers to spare. I assume the three were MMH, SG & SM.
MrsCarter101
October 25, 2016 @ 1:56 pm
I would love it if POTUS is Wonder Woman! Otherwise I was thinking maybe she wasn’t born alien but gained alien powers through some other means so she is a natural born citizen but also alien.
WML
October 25, 2016 @ 1:26 am
Nice episode. And the episode ends with “The Last Son of Mars” eyes wide open, jaws dropped. Wow! This season is great so far. Though I miss Cat Grant.
MrsCarter101
October 25, 2016 @ 2:29 am
Missing Cat Grant too. Glad to see James stand up for himself tonight, but there’s something special about Cat.
Chris Albanese
October 25, 2016 @ 4:32 am
The minute she looked at him I knew who she was. So happy they are giving him something. Otherwise start dusting off a chair in the watch tower for him.
And I guess we were just introduced to Alex’s romantic lea and I don’t mean Mon-El. Just please write it well and don’t force it. You do a disservice to the movement..