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Ranking all six seasons of Supergirl from most problematic

By Shaun Stacy

Supergirl -- “Welcome Back, Kara!” -- Image Number: SPG608a_0410r -- Pictured (L-R):Melissa Benoist as Supergirl and Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers -- Photo: Bettina Strauss/The CW -- © 2021 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Supergirl -- “Welcome Back, Kara!” -- Image Number: SPG608a_0410r -- Pictured (L-R):Melissa Benoist as Supergirl and Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers -- Photo: Bettina Strauss/The CW -- © 2021 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. /
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Supergirl — “Back From The Future Ð Part Two” — Image Number: SPG512b_0448r.jpg — Pictured (L-R): Jeremy Jordan as Winn Schott and Melissa Benoist as Kara/Supergirl — Photo: Sergei Bachlakov/The CW — © 2020 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.
Supergirl — “Back From The Future Ð Part Two” — Image Number: SPG512b_0448r.jpg — Pictured (L-R): Jeremy Jordan as Winn Schott and Melissa Benoist as Kara/Supergirl — Photo: Sergei Bachlakov/The CW — © 2020 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved. /

2. Season 1

When Supergirl premiered on CBS in 2015, it was the first network show to center on a female superhero in decades, so there was a lot to live up to. Fortunately, the series got off to a successful, if expensive, star. Season one did a wonderful job of building up the world of Kara Zor-El, an alien with superpowers who decides to become Supergirl to save her sister’s life. The cast seemed at home in their roles, with plenty of space to make the characters of the show their own. The roster was a mix of characters lifted from the comic book universe and some that were created solely for the show. For instance, David Harewood (Martian Manhunter) and Calista Flockhart (Cat Grant) both play characters fully realized in the pages of DC Comics, while Chyler Leigh’s Alex Danvers was created for the series.

Season one did a wonderful job of depicting the duality of Kara’s identity and struggle to keep balance in her life between her “normal” life and her heroics. She would later join forces with her sister at the DEO to help them protect the world from extraterrestrial threats. In her civilian identity, she’s an assistant to Flockhart’s Cat Grant at CatCo Media, though she eventually makes her way up the corporate ladder.

Kara’s relationship with her sister Alex is also a main focus for the inaugural season, firmly supplanting the notion that the bond between the “Danvers Sisters” is a huge part of the series. The show also possesses a certain nostalgia factor, thanks to the appearance of DC franchise alums Helen Slater (Supergirl the movie) and Dean Cain (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) as Alex’s biological parents and Kara’s adoptive parents. Harewood’s Martian Manhunter doubles as “Space Dad” J’onn J’onzz, while Jeremy Jordan and Mechad Brooks fill the roles of sidekicks just fine.

There’s one rather big downfall to season one, and that is its special effects and makeup looks. A fair amount of the show’s season one villains look like they got their looks either from Party City or late 90s CGI. Fortunately, all of these issues were addressed once the show moved to The CW, with many characters receiving visual upgrades.

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