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5/10
Very Disappointed
masa-8106120 October 2021
For a show toting itself to be about female empowerment, it sure does the complete opposite.

First, let me start by saying that having yet another filler episode with only 4 remaining episodes for the whole series is certainly a choice.

Secondly, once again shoehorning William in all the plots. Kara, the Pulitzer prize winning journalist doesn't know how to interview? No worries we got William to mansplain to her. Supergirl and superfriends don't know how to defeat an enemy? Don't worry William is here to mansplain to them how to do their job. Kara is depressed and stressed? Don't worry she won't go to her closest friends and family because William is right there. You see the pattern? It's frankly pretty ridiculous. You're alienating your dwindling audience by giving him undue relevance. Nobody likes him.

Certainly, this episode has made me doubt if I'm going to tune in for the remaining ones. It's honestly quite insulting to the characters, the story, the cast and us the fans.

I'm only giving this much of stars because Nia had a good development but bringing back her transphobic sister was kinda yikes.
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6/10
Wow Ok
nailzag20 October 2021
Oh yeah, Kara giving up on being a danver was a horrible plot choice, sorry, I understood the reasons, after 6 years of the show, she impulsively made this decision. Could she be a freelance reporter? And one more time they put William at such a high level so can he enter the tower? Wow...and the kara's choice was made after talking to him? My God...
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6/10
So Disappointing From A Show
TheReaper67520 October 2021
Wow are the directors/writers out of there mind creating this episode?? It's such an abomination to the totem storyline and probably the worst episode of the entire series. I'm so mad the show is called "Supergirl" not Dreamer and sister. Kara quitting Catco was soo stupid it's been her job for 6+ years and a staple for the series. STOP BRINGING POLITICS!!

I'm just disappointed because The Gauntlet and Magical Thinking were actually great episodes, and then be get something TERRIBLE like this!

The fact that Kara did nothing other than flying should go to show how the show runners are incompetent feminists who want to show Feminsm and Lgbt other than actually good television. The fact I'm rating this episode so low when I loved this series and was lenient on rating other episodes really high should show how despicable this episode was.
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What is with this sub-plot?
aurimasvisockis25 October 2021
I just don't understand this sudden sub-plot for the past couple of episodes where the heroes supposed to be held accountable to the public, be transparent and whatnot. I mean, in general, it is understandable, but in a show, where during all of five (well, six and a half) seasons public opinion about superheroes was a moot point, it's a very odd choice. And, don't get me started on "Kara can't handle work stress and superhero life anymore". For fox's sake, Cat Grant was much more monstrous boss than Andrea, and Kara handled that just fine.
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7/10
Wow low rating for an episode that I thought was a well
ldamena20 October 2021
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Written one. I liked the edge it had. I know some are angry that she quit Catco but Kara is NOT Clark. Sure she loved being a reporter. But, what some are forgetting is that she hated the feeling of being two people at once again NOT Clark. Clark can handle being Clark and Superman better because he IS Clark Kent and Superman is the disguise/what he can do. While Kara Danvers is the disguise Kara Zoe-El is who she is and that's Supergirl and just Supergirl. That's the difference between Kara and Clark. Anyway I liked this ep not as much as previous ones but it had lots of foreshadowing to the end of the series & I enjoyed that.
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2/10
The show is called Supergirl but it's about everyone else
vlondon1020 October 2021
This show has become a circus, butchering Kara's character to prop a man than nobody likes, wasting time on him, I don't even know why I'm still watching this show, it's about everyone but Kara, I'm tired and at this point I'm glad it's about to end.
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9/10
Why?
uunknown-6123922 October 2021
Why make a whole season about Kara Zorel finding her identity and learning to love herself as both Supergirl and Kara Danvers but then completely take the one thing that makes Kara Danvers happy:,(
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2/10
worst episode of the season maybe
mvizsla20 October 2021
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What was that, using your lead to prop up unnecessary characters like william??? What was his purpose in this episode no seriously what's his purpose on the show, it's so sad watching how there's four episodes left and your main character doesn't have a storyline but HEY LET'S MAKE HER QUIT HER JOB SHE FOUGHT SO HARD FOR THESE LAST FIVE YEARS!

FEMINISM AT ITS BEST OMG CAN OUR FEMALE LEAD HAVE A JOB AND BE A SUPERHERO JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER HERO OUT THERE?

It's tiring they been playing with this can she have it all? For like what four years? Don't they get tired? Oh right i forgot they don't care and they aren't good writers what am i expecting from those people anyways.

I hope those writers don't touch a single female character ever in their lives, all they do is destroy.
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10/10
The Dreamer
GomezAddams66621 October 2021
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This is finally the episode I have been wanting to see all season, the Dreamer-centric episode where Nia gets to show her true powers, where her sister apologizes for what she said, and recognizes Nia as The Dreamer.

Nia needs to have her own spin-off when it's all over.
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2/10
Two stars out of pity
riyakataria-1466320 October 2021
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The only reason this isn't a single star is because there were a few scenes that were okay. Andrea telling Kara off (which, frankly, long time coming). Esme drawing pictures for the Superfriends. Nia finally having a conversation with her sister. That's it.

I get that emotionally, Kara is overwhelmed and that's why her first choice is to drop out of Catco. My issue is with the fact that they refuse to explore the actual trauma making her overwhelmed, and instead just make it look like she's overwhelmed by the regular responsibilities of being a superhero.

And it represents a core issue in this network-Clark is somehow capable of being a superhero, having a family, and having a job. Why don't they allow Kara the same courtesy? And, if this is all because of Kara's Phantom Zone trauma, why don't they actually show that?

To the reviewer that said that this is because Kara Danvers is not who she is, she's just hiding Kara Zor-el, where as Clark Kent is who he actually is-this is untrue. She herself has said almost verbatim "Supergirl is what I can do, Kara Danvers is who I am."

Also, I really tried to like William. I did. Especially after they stopped forcing him in as a love interest. But the way that they've been shoving him in to everything this season in an effort to make us like him more, has actively made me dislike him. Why is Kara talking to him about her trauma? Why not Alex or Lena? They're her sister and best friend-William doesn't hold that emotional importance in her life.

From a production standpoint, the CGI is terrible. From a writing standpoint, the plot is incoherent and messy. They keep adding new plot threads whilst refusing to fill in old ones. They're rehashing old stories that are just frustrating now. And they only have 4 episodes left to wrap this all up when, ideally, we should have started wrapping up half these plot threads ages ago.

I've been watching this show since it came out, and with four episodes left, I'm not going to stop now. But it's sad to see something I loved so deeply finish off as a shell of its former self. Here's to hoping that they won't absolutely destroy the ending of this beloved character.
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1/10
what even was that?!
elliecristoff20 October 2021
Don't you just love a "feminism" show in which women are told they can't have it all and can't do more than one thing at a time? Because, of course, being a superhero and a reporter is not something Kara was doing for the past five seasons. This episode is probably the worst one in the series. I know writing a good episode can be hard, but how did they manage to mess up this bad? I knew I wasn't going to like this episode and didn't have high expectations, but damn, it still left me disappointed.
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10/10
i dont get the other rivews relly like it
illaymelamed22 October 2021
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I dont get the other rivews relly like it so its not foucus on kara well this is the point there rong its focus on kara and nia this ep is about nia and her sister figth to rutern to be sisters agian and most of all about kara life and its started to impucte on the diceide in the finale very soon... if she choose to be kara or supergirl i relly like that show and i so honerd to expirence it i will enjoy the left 4 eps how much i can! Oh and one more thing spoiler warning kara leave catco at the end bi=ut i actuly get way and its not a bad dsicen thay just praper us to the finale by this.
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3/10
Worst ep this season
mxriapalms20 October 2021
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This was the worst episode this season! I just wanted it to end so freaking bad, the only good things were some of the Nia scenes and were Alex was giving Esme's drawing to the sfriends, horrible cgi too, TOO MUCH william i think i can speak for a lot of people, we DON'T want him in our screens!! I'm honestly glad they're going to kill him later this season. The character assassination was not ok @/thecwwriters so you're telling me that superman can have a job, a wife, kids and be a hero but kara cannot be a reporter and a hero and have some fvcking peace at least?? Fvck y'all this says a lot about people that go out of their way to say that they have female led shows when in reality all you do is mess up their characters. Do fvcking better.
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3/10
The title of the episode is very fitting...
shipperofships20 October 2021
Imagine hating your protagonist (and women in general) so much. Making Kara quit her job, making it seem like she can't have it all like her cousin is very, very bad messaging. Is this really what you want the kids and teens watching the show who look up to Supergirl and Kara to see? Scary. I need Alex and Lena to stage an intervention next week and make Kara see that being Kara Danvers the reporter is equally as important as being Supergirl and that, in fact, she Can have it all. I refuse to believe this is how Kara's Catco journey ends. It goes against Everything this character stood for in the past 6 seasons!

And what is it with William Dey, the most shoehorned, flat, cheap character, mansplaining throughout the whole episode? Disgusting. Is he gonna tell Alex how to propose next week too? The character should have never been more than a guest star yet he slowly is forced on the viewers as some kind of hero that we all should care for and almost thank for existing. No, thank you! "Stop making William Dey happen! It's not going to happen!" as Regina George would say. The actor's acting talent, or lack of thereof, doesn't help stomaching the scenes he is in either.

Also, transphobes Don't deserve redemption arcs!!! Just like slave owners don't. But this show has different opinions in both cases unfortunately.

And what is up with one character always missing during the ep!? Where was Kelly? And Esme? You should've left William and Andrea in s5 since the cast is so big that there's no time to put everyone in the episode.

So little time left. So many mistakes to fix... I'm scared and sad because the core characters and the main actors deserve better. Especially Kara and Melissa. No wonder she's so happy and glowing now that she's free from this nightmare. Good for her. Can't wait to read her book that's coming out soon btw!
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2/10
The end is near and it is not showing
sinnerstedt21 October 2021
It is mindblowing that this episode is the fifth to last. It was one of the worst SG-episodes at all time. The writers are not giving Kara the respect she deserves. Nothing makes sense.
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1/10
Can't end soon enough
dlandgrave22 October 2021
Every week this show proves why the end is near and it can't come soon enough. This political pushing agenda show is just ridiculous and the world will be a better place when it's over.
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5/10
Did I miss the part where this show isn't about Supergirl and Kara?
halleymtucker22 October 2021
10/10 for dreamer, 1/10 for the writers adding filler episodes at the end. And, all of the William interjections are getting ridiculous. Clark can continue writing but Kara can't have it all? Okay, sure. #patriarchy.
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