I can understand Kara being a bit upset or curt around Hank over the death of Astra, but it did seem like the outrage was turned up a little too high in this episode. And you'd think she'd be more understanding of the fact it was a fierce battle and he likely would have had no other choice.
All else being equal, sure. But consider: For the past dozen years, she believed that all of her family except Kal-El was dead. Then, just a few months ago, she found that her aunt was still alive, but was now the enemy. And just when it looked like she might have a chance to change her aunt's mind, to win her back over, that was taken from her. Under the circumstances, I can understand why she's taking it so hard.
Although at the same time, I do love how the writers aren't afraid to paint Kara as someone who has a temper, is a bit morally gray, and makes controversial decisions at times. It makes for a much more interesting and complex character than we've seen with any of the Superman shows and movies over the years (in which he always seemed completely confident in his decisions and hardly ever did the wrong thing).
Discounting
Man of Steel, where he was quite indecisive throughout and made some very questionable decisions as a result of following bad advice. And
Lois & Clark and
Smallville, where Clark was often conflicted or indecisive about the right way to use his powers or approach a relationship.
I agree. I think the writers have a problem here. On one hand, they want Supergirl/Kara to work at Catco as a way of showing her civilian side. Like with Superman, the character needs to have two lives, the super hero life and the civilian alter ego life. on the other hand, what we've seen at Catco, there is no way in real life that Kara would still have her job. A personal assistant like her would normally always be at her desk, answering calls and taking care of any task that the boss needs to delegate. But Kara has been routinely late or missing in action, constantly running off to be Supergirl or to chat with James and Winn in their secret office. Realistically, there should have been dozens of times when Cat asked Kara to do something and she is awol from her desk. And then we have Kara's odd and sometimes unprofessional behavior. So realistically, the writers should have Kara get fired but then they lose the alter ego civilian side of the character.
Yeah... It's easier for Clark, because in his job as a reporter, it makes sense for him to be away from the office a lot of the time, with the assumption being that he's out on the beat, pursuing stories.
But
davejames has a point -- Cat has been established as someone who likes to cultivate young women with potential, and we saw with Leslie Willis/Livewire that she's willing to indulge a lot of problematical behavior in her protegees.
Also, in this day and age, is it really as necessary to be physically in the office at all times, as long as you have your cell with you? We've seen that Kara wears an earbud that she uses both to communicate with the DEO and to take calls from Cat. Maybe Cat routinely sends her out of the office on errands -- get her coffee, get her lunch, pick up her prescriptions, buy her shoes or dresses for work events, go in person to arrange important interviews or make reservations that would be harder to get over the phone, etc. So Cat expects Kara to be away from her desk a lot.
