Supergirl proves that only the worst things happen when you indulge in weeks of nonstop partying on red-sun planets. First, you get attacked by space pirates after nobly trying to stop bounty hunters from stealing a sword from an upstart young girl. Then, you get shot with a poison dart by said space pirates. Worse, your dog gets shot by the same poison dart and can only be healed by retrieving the antidote from the aforementioned space pirate. And your quest to find and capture that space pirate — who happens to be the target of that vengeful young girl — takes you through seedy backwater planets, and exposes you to an interplanetary human trafficking ring that you now have to stop.
But Supergirl is more than just a chronicle of the universe’s worst hangover. It tracks an important arc for Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock), the brooding cousin of Superman (David Corenswet), whose angst is revealed to be the resulting trauma of being the other sole survivor of Krypton — and being grown up enough to remember it all. Throughout the course of Supergirl, we see the turmoiled Kara let down her walls as she chaperones young Ruthye (Eve Ridley) on a quest to avenge her murdered family. We see just why she’s so desperate to save her beloved dog, Krypto, and why she’s adamantly against Ruthye taking Krem’s life in the name of revenge. So, is justice served? Does the dog survive? Let’s dive into it.
