Supergirl has always been a show that gets a little heavy handed with commentary on the issues of today. Sometimes well and then other times not so much. Tonight was one of those episodes that didn't work. In my opinion at least and that's only thing I can speak on is my opinion on what I saw. So others will say it was good and others will say it wasn't and they're both right because as with all art it's subjective. Here's what didn't work for me. I think the points Kelly was making would all be valid and true in any other show but for me it felt so forced to get her to that place that lead to speaking up that it actually made her look unreasonable. Had this been some other show and not a superhero show yes she should be asking her partner and her friends why they aren't taking her concerns more seriously why aren't they hearing her. But when that partner and those friends are a team of super powered super heroes she looks unreasonable demanding they stop looking for the evil alien who caused all that damage to help her... do what exactly since until that moment that she fought the council woman Kelly didn't even know what was causing people to be sick. Considering that neither Supergirl nor anyone on her team are doctors or healers I don't exactly get what it was she felt they should be doing. She's angry at supergirl for not being there when she fought the council woman yet she didn't even know she would be fighting her since she had no idea that she had been siphoning energy off those injured so So supergirl should've what waited at the hospital while the one who did the damage is doing god knows what to god knows who just in case the was a fight that not even Kelly herself saw coming. I don't mind being given a social message In my superhero series but please in the future have the context fit the story. Also the Martian who can shape shift and is basically invulnerable shouldn't be the one talk about race inequality since while he may have been seen & treated like a black man in America but he's never actually been a black man because he's never had face the obstacles that black men have too. If he gets pulled over he doesn't have to worry about the character of the one who pulled him over since that regardless of how events go he'll be fine. Episode was poorly written but beautifully acted. Actually the actress playing Kelly did really well. She's not to blame the writers did didn't try very hard. While she seemed unreasonable for her feeling as outraged as she did I know that it wasn't due to her ability to convey emotion but the writers lack of talent the only saving grace for this episode is Kelly's acting. And I just learned one of the writers was the actress who plays Kelly. At least she knew her strengths as an actor and could show case them.
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