(At one point, she implies that Microsoft missed winning out on the smartphone market because Bill Gates didn’t listen to her prescient instincts.) All Adam seems to want, though, is for her to apologize for leaving him. Meanwhile, Cat’s dinner with her son goes terribly because she can’t seem to stop talking about herself. When he used his powers to infiltrate Lord Technologies, he inadvertently drew the White Martian out. Hank also feels guilty for the White Martian’s attack - since they’re both Martians, they can sense each other. Hank freaked out because he knows exactly what the alien is: a White Martian, a nasty, warlike race that rose from beneath the surface of Mars to decimate the peaceful Green Martians. (Side note: Jimmy Olsen calls her to the scene using his signal watch. Hank suffers something similar to a PTSD-induced panic attack, and disappears when Kara arrives to face the monster. Because this is a superhero show, his backstory comes in the form of a monstrous alien that attacks during Senator Crane’s rally. Onto the meat of the episode: “Stranger From Another World” is the first episode to actually delve into the backstory of Hank Henshaw, a.k.a.
Regardless, Kara talks Cat down from firing her. Decent people in the real world would never do what Cara did. That is a huge violation of her privacy, and despite Kara’s explanation - she lost her mother, and she doesn’t want to see Cat lose the son she could conceivably get back - it’s the sort of contrivance that decent people only do on TV. Kara found one, and decided to finish it and sent it to Adam without saying anything. Once he leaves, she immediately fires Kara.Īs we learn, Cat has been writing these letters and not sending them. Cat is visibly surprised by Adam’s appearance - she’s momentarily at a loss for words - but then asks him to dinner. It’s Cat’s estranged son, Adam Forster he got a letter from Cat and came to see her. (Kind of like Trump, only with actual aliens.) Jimmy volunteers to cover the rally, and then Cat and Kara find the Mysterious Hunk waiting in Cat’s office. Crane built her platform on this issue - she wants ‘em all gone. Then it’s on to the episode’s main focus: Senator Miranda Crane, who is holding an anti-alien rally in National City.
It sucks, but it’s probably for the best. (“Tell me you know he was flirting with you.”)īack at CatCo, Kara has a brief, sad exchange with Winn: She tries to be cheery, and he asks her to just not. The exchange is kinda flirty, and Alex’s face during the whole thing is MONEY. When this Mysterious Hunk overhears that Kara works for Cat, he asks if she’s as bad as her reputation suggests.
We don’t find out until later, but the recipient of the letter is at Noonan’s Bar/Grill/Coffee Shop/Salon/Juice Bar, where Kara is headed to pick up Cat’s coffee. The episode opens with someone receiving a heartfelt letter signed “Mom,” which is pretty perplexing because it’s written (and narrated) in what sounds like Kara’s voice. This episode doubles down on heavy character development, shifting the gaze from Winn Schott to Hank Henshaw and Cat Grant.
Of course, Supergirl is also improving the same way that other non-superhero shows do: by digging deep into its characters. Now we have shows like Supergirl, and we have episodes like “Strange Visitor From Another World,” which features an extended flashback set on the DC Comics version of Mars. For years, Smallville survived off generic “meteor freaks” and refused to deploy huge DC characters until its run was nearly finished.Īll of that has changed.
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It’s easy to remember how radical a notion that is - before Arrow and The Flash, a comic-book-inspired TV show had to be sparing with its comics references. One of the main reasons I’m enjoying Supergirl more and more is its unabashed and liberal use of DC Comics characters. Chyler Leigh as Alex, Melissa Benoist as Kara, and David Harewood as Hank.
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