Years ago, Kara Zor-El was sent with her cousin Kal-El to
escape a destructive Krypton on a new world. However, her pod was knocked off
course into the Phantom Zone where she spent twenty-four years in stasis. When
she arrived on Earth, she found Kal-El to have grown to become Superman. He
takes her to the Danvers, Jeremiah, Eliza, and Alex where she lives the next
twelve years as an ordinary human. As Kara Danvers, she works as the assistant
to Cat Grant of CatCo in National City where she works by her friend Winn
Schott and former Daily Planet photographer James Olson.
After a plane carrying Alex threatens to crash, Kara
ultimately reveals herself as the cousin of Superman by using her powers to
save her sister. With her identity and abilities now public, Kara decides to
take on the mantle as Supergirl, recruiting Winn and James to help develop her
standing as a superhero. With Supergirl in the public, Alex reveals to her
sister that she is, in fact, an agent of the Department of Extra-Normal
Operations or DEO lead under Director Hank Henshaw. After learning about the
organization, Kara decides to work with the DEO to stop alien outbreaks from
the prison Fort Rozz, which also escaped from the Phantom Zone with Kara.
Over time, Kara develops Supergirl into the hero of National
City under Cat Grant’s publicity, earning her the praise of ordinary citizens
and the wrath of alien enemies. More
importantly, she finds herself forced to fight Kryptonian prisoners of Fort
Rozz including her aunt Astra and her husband Non in their effort to conquer
the planet, leading to the distrust of notable billionaire Maxwell Lord.
Meanwhile, Alex begins to distrust Hank Henshaw after learning he was the last
person to see her father alive after forcing him to join the DEO. In addition,
Kara grows closer to James despite his growing reconciliation with his
ex-girlfriend Lucy Lane.
Eventually, Alex discovers that the Hank Henshaw she knows
is actually an alien survivor known as J’onn J’onzz who shapeshifted into Hank
Henshaw after the director aimed to kill him. Jeremiah, prior to his death,
saved the alien’s life. In the continuing struggle against the Kyrptonians,
however, Alex is forced to kill Astra, despite her relation to Kara, leading
Non to swear vengeance. The reveal of J’onn forces him and Alex on the run from
their own organization, but, before they leave, they learn that Jeremiah has
actually survived all these years and is being held by a secret organization known as Project
Cadmus.
Non then activates a Krptonian program known as Myriad which
implements mind control on everyone in National City save for Supergirl, Cat
Grant, and Maxwell Lord thanks to his own technology. In the face of total
defeat, Lord develops a plan to destroy the program and the Kryptonians by
setting off an atomic bomb but at the expense of thousands of lives. Although
Supergirl considers the plan, Cat encourages her to hold onto her hope for a
better plan.
When Alex and J’onn return to help Supergirl, they are
quickly apprehended and beaten by the Kryptonian forces who take Alex captive.
Using the Myriad technology, Non forces Supergirl to fight her sister as revenge
for Astra’s death. Just as Alex is about to kill Kara, J’onn returns with her
mother Eliza who manages to pull her daughter out of the program. Inspired by
this, Supergirl broadcasts a message of hope to the city which breaks the
Myriad hold of the city.
However, Non activates another plan with Myriad program by
increasing the frequency, which would effectively kill every human in National
City. Supergirl and J’onn take to fight him directly at Fort Rozz. Although
they ultimately win, the Myriad program cannot be stopped inside Fort Rozz.
With no other choice, Supergirl flies the entire prison into space, effectively
sacrificing herself to save the planet. Fortunately, Alex quickly uses Kara’s
original pod to rescue Supergirl in space.
Things then return back to normal in National City. Despite
being an alien, J’onn is reinstated as director of the DEO. In the meantime,
Kara receives a promotion from Cat at CatCo, gaining a position in the company.
Kara and her friends then celebrate their victory as Kara and James finally
consummate their relationship by kissing. However, their celebration is
interrupted by a pod crashing outside the city. Kara and J’onn leave to examine
the crash, discovering the pod to match the Kryptonian one Kara used to fly to
Earth. Kara opens the pod and is surprised by what she finds.
Season Two
To begin with, the figure in the pod turns out to be Mon-El,
another superhero from the planet Daxam who has all of Supergirl’s powers. In
his history, he befriends Superboy (in this case Supergirl) and initially
believes himself to be a fellow Kryptonian. However, he eventually regains his
memories upon discovering that he is not immune to Kryptonite and instead
suffers from lead poisoning. With his arrival on a Kryptonian ship, it’s
entirely possible for the show to follow this story as a new hero comes to
National City.
In addition to Mon-El, season two includes a batch of new
characters including Snapper Carr, Lena Luthor, Maggie Sawyer, and a mystery
man named Nick Farrow. What’s more interesting is the majority of these
additional characters seem to have deeper stories in the Superman mythology. In
other words, not only will we likely see deeper stories with these characters,
but we may also see an expansion of this universe as we know it. There can be
so much more than just Supergirl and Superman in this Earth.
Speaking of which, this season will introduce the
much-anticipated appearance of Superman as well as the first live-action
version of Miss Martian. While Superman may only have a short appearance, Miss
Martian will likely have her own arc with J’onn. As mentioned earlier, this
could be used as a fine expansion of the universe, but this could have more
specific goals. For one thing, the role of Miss Martian to J’onn could
perfectly parallel the relationship that will develop between Kara and Mon-El,
that of the heroes becoming mentors. In addition, while Legends of Tomorrow might have the Justice Society, Supergirl might get the Legion of
Super-Heroes.
Of course, there is still the issue of Project Cadmus,
represented by a new character known as the Doctor. Project Cadmus has a long
history of less-than-good qualities, and a secret organization against the
world’s most popular superhero can only spell trouble. In this show, Project
Cadmus can also provide a healthy set of alien or mutant enemies who could
fight against National City, especially the DNAliens. Most importantly, this is
the last surviving location of Jeremiah Danvers. Be prepared to see him again.
Season two is sure to have a host of new characters and
stories way behind what happened in season one. Hopefully, the show can
balance both stories in a way that can do both Superman and Supergirl justice.
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