Supergirlrecap: The Lex-laid plans...

Whats the baldest Luthorreallybeen up to since the Crisis on Infinite Earths? This weeksMelissa Benoist-directed episode fills us in on his plans within plans within plans. Give a lady a chance to brace herself, ya know? If so, youve upgraded. Lex is offended that Lillian’s questioning his strength of will. Then we flash through several events post-Crisis, but with a Lex-centric spin. Lex immediately vows to exterminate the Leviathan. Next is the Toyman threat, which allows Lex access to the Legion ship....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 399 words · Jeffrey Hernandez

Supergirlrecap: There's no place like Argo

Its clearly bittersweet for Alex, whos googling adoption agencies by the end of the hour. Instead, she invites him to come along on the journey, and he accepts. This is not goodbye; its see you on the flip side. Credit: Dean Buscher/The CW But when a fleeing suspect opens fire with a DEO-style gun, he and Jonn are alarmed. He declares, Our guns bring families together. Also, why did the company president not ask why the DEO and CatCo are conducting a joint investigation?...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 302 words · Amanda Stein

Supergirlrecap: Time for the airing of grievances

Although Festivus isnt for another month, everybody got their bad feelings off their chests onSupergirlthis week. And how did it go? Lets just say two out of three aint bad. Lena being Lena planned on this very thing, however. Supergirl arrives just in time to catch Lena midair, and Rama Khan escapes. Kara uncomfortably says shes glad thats all behind them. One of those weapons is Myriad, the unit from season 1 that let Astra and Nonzombify all humans....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Susan Martin

Supergirlrecap: What would Rose Dawson do?

Lets step through history with Lena and Andrea, shall we? We open with an introducer who moves through the shadows to break into the DEO in search of Russell. Supergirls super-breath holds her off, and surprise! Credit: Sergei Bachlakov/The CW Its Andrea in a mask and catsuit! But she doesnt want to kill their prisoner; she wants to save him. Hes important to me. Now its five years ago, and Lena and Andrea meet to commiserate about their family woes....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 434 words · Joshua Cruz

Supergirlstar explains why Manchester Black and the Elite are so formidable

Manchester Black (David Ajala)wont be alone when he returns onSupergirl. In Sundays episode Whats So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way? So, they come into our storytelling to quash the Children of Liberty in a much more violent way. Credit: Sergei Bachlakov/The CW; Inset: David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Supergirl doesnt believe in killing, which is something they have no problems with. Adds David Harewood, who plays Jonn Jonzz: The Elite are very powerful....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 146 words · Curtis Hernandez

Supergirlstar Jon Cryer says quarantine may have changed Lex Luthor's finale fate

Watch the full episode ofCouch Surfingstreaming now onPeopleTV.com, or download the PeopleTV app on your favorite gadget. Supergirl’s plans for Lex Luthor might be in flux. This means that things may turn out differently for Lex when the season ends. “TheSupergirlfolks have talked to me because we couldn’t shoot our last episode. “Which is interesting because the way my character was thwarted now doesn’t happen anymore. So I was like, ‘Oh, did I not get defeated?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 122 words · Nicole Lopez

Supergirlstar Melissa Benoist on that 'terrifying' last scene

Warning: This article contains spoilers from Sunday’s episode ofSupergirl, “Deus Lex Machina.” Lex Luthor’s episode-ending field trip portends grave danger onSupergirl. So I wanted that to feel as ominous as possible. Credit: Kailey Schwerman/The CW; Inset: Dean Buscher/The CW For the rest of the season it will come into play, and not in great ways." Of course, Benoist says there’s still hope for their friendship. Maybe this bridge can hold weight....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 91 words · William Wilson

Supergirlstar Melissa Benoist teases 'fight for Lena's soul' in season 5

AsSupergirlwhizzes into season 5 (and toward 100 episodes! ),Melissa Benoistsays shes proud of her heros journey. The producers hope to repeat their success by building the upcoming season around another strong and timely theme. Credit: Carlos Serrao for EW It speaks to a lot of the stuff the characters will be going through. The seasons ethos was partially born out of Lena Luthors (Katie McGrath) arc. I was devastated that it was Lex Luthor that told her....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 175 words · Nicole Robinson

Supergirlstar Melissa Benoist to make her directorial debut in season 5

Melissa Benoistis taking her superpowers behind the camera. EW has learned thatSupergirls leading woman will make her directorial debut with the 17th episode of season 5. According to Benoist, this has been a long time coming. Credit: Bettina Strauss/The CW Kara Danvers, tells EW. I want to play with that. Even though her episode wont air until the spring, Benoist has already started preparing for it. Its like a chess game, Ive realized....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 101 words · Joshua Shaw

Supergirlstar Nicole Maines on tackling hate-related violence against trans people

Supergirlis revealing a new side ofNicole Maines' Dreamer as the show tackles hate-related violence against transpeople. Unfortunately, as in the real world, not everyone in the city is happy progress and acceptance. She continues: “Everyone else was so excited and so lovely to work with. Credit: Dean Buscher/The CW They were so open minded and receptive, and completely not stubborn or anything. They were just so eager to make this the best possible episode it could be....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 179 words · Darryl Castaneda

Supergirlstar Nicole Maines reflects on her first year as Dreamer

Since Nicole Maines joinedSupergirllast summer, her life has changed in one very specific and tangible way. Dreamer, TVs first transgender superhero. But donning a mask in the Arrowverse helped extend her reach. Sergei Bachlakov/The CW Playing Dreamer has also given Maines an opportunity to be unabashedly herself. Theyve taught me there are people in Hollywood who care. Theyve shown me the work we are doing has made a difference, that people are listening....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 97 words · Melinda Howard

Supergirlstar previews Lena's 'shaken' confidence, strengthened bond with Kara

While there are still tough times ahead, it sounds as though she wont be going through them alone. Youre going to see more Eve. You get a lot of the ladies fighting against said evil evil Eve, McGrath tells EW. Bettina Strauss/The CW I think you get more understanding of where Eve is and how she got there. In trueSupergirlfashion, they dont give you a cut-and-dried villain. I dont think Eve Teschmacher is any different from that....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Michelle Fischer

Supergirlstar shares what she loves most about Alex and Kelly's relationship

There are big events that happen this year, Azie Tesfai tells EW. [In] this world that these characters live in, theres no peaceful time for very long. You have like a couple of minutes of peace and then the worlds about to end every week. Sergei Bachlakov/The CW People find it that they need to create lots of drama. I think that that is as something that I wanted to show on television....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Charles Young