“Supergirl” On TV: Review
Reading this THR review, the show, which premieres on CBS on October 26, seems entirely too complicated for my humble little brain. To wit: ‘Created by Greg Berlanti, Ali Adler and Andrew Kreisberg, with Adler writing the pilot script, Supergirl aggressively frontloads its exposition, taking three minutes at the top of the show to explain how Kara Zor-El was sent to Earth as a protector for cousin Kal-El, but her space capsule got lost along the way. Years later, Kara arrives on Earth after Kal-El has already become Superman and she’s given to adoptive parents (Dean Cain and Helen Slater, in wink-and-nudge casting) and allowed to grow up like a normal girl.’ Got that?
