Supergirl - S3-E1--
"Girl of Steel"
SG/Kara:
I see the TeenNicking with Metro-El has not run its course. Sure, she's in moaning / tantrum mode over his absence, but her treating everyone around her like fly-swarmed crap is very childish behavior (see: James). To ease her tantrum phase and her "Kara Danvers sucks", I see her being emotionally pushed (see it coming a mile away) toward another in order for her to leap up in the air saying "I finally found myself!".....
Where does she get off telling James "don't ever..." about the use of the signal watch? He--of ALL people--knows how and when to use it (see the bigger picture), and had been long before she took on the role of SG. Talk about overstepping boundaries.
Alex: 100% in the right column about Kara's "woe is me / Kara is nobody" routine.
Lena: Yes, there is a certain amount of guilt behind her "civic" activities, but there's a bigger picture Her buying Catco seems like more chess moves having nothing to do with business...
James: He's absolutely right about Kara not dumping her responsibilities and life because of her "lost love" tantrum phase. Moreover, he easily countered her reference to the Guardian being an interest by reminding her of his enjoying his life as regular James Olsen.
Predicting Lena trying more chess moves by buying Catco and trying to bury the hatchet with James, only for that to lead to...
Morgan Edge & Robert "Bloodsport" DuBois: The two point plan of using alien tech to attack the city / buying Catco (that failed) makes for an aggressive move to build their power, and though the plans were thwarted in this episode, I hope Edge sticks around. The series needs consistent, earth-based villains who do not fear aliens.
NOTES:
As noted during season two, no criminal should not know about SG's power's so it makes no sense for anyone to use regular weapons against her.
FX--after two years--are still subpar, especially that terribly video-gamey sub, and the cracks in the ground.
Edge using explosives to open up real estate development opportunities? Come on, this series needs to stop ripping off plot points from Superman the Movie.
The mother lifting the girder off of her obvious set-up of a child---seems like they're borrowing from similar incidents covered in The Incredible Hulk pilot, along with the hint of another borrowed storyline.
More political soapboxing with the anvil-dropping "8-year old" reference to Trump (in the contrast with this series' alien president). That, along with "best press secretary since Robert Gibbs" (was that ever a loaded reference) means this series cannot stop the neverending whining about the current administration.
Why is DEO's Alex chasing criminals of a certain level with Maggie when that's not the job of the local police? Convenient plotting is...convenient.
GRADE: C
NEXT WEEK: Psi comes to town and pulls a Scarecrow, while Lena tries to play James...