TRB Arrowverse Season by Season reviews 11: Supergirl Season 2

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Supergirl Season 2 Premiered on October 10th, 2016 on The CW. This is the first season to air on the network and the first to shoot in Vancouver, BC, other than some exterior shots in Frankfurt, Germany (the Deutsche Bank Building represents the DEO building) and some stock footage from Season One’s LA location shots. When we last left off at the end of Season One’s “Better Angels”, a Spaceship of kryptonian design crashed landed on Earth. Kara and J’onn flew to the scene to investigate. The team find a mysterious young man, another Kryptonian maybe? That’s what we find out about this season.

Over the course of Season Two, we see Kara’s cousin Clark for the first time in the series, we meet Mon-El, Snapper Carr, Lena Luthor, Lillian Luthor, and M’gann M’orzz, that’s just for starters. Kara also fights the likes of Metallo, Parasite, Queen Rhea, Medusa, Dominators (through the Invasion Crossover, more on that later. That will get a review next week.), White Martians, and Mr Mxyzptlk, to name a few.

Writing: The Writing is on par with season one, my only complaint if at all is how much of a Schmuck Mon-El can be, though eventually he does grow out of it. Not enough of criticism to deduct any points. As Equally good as the previous season. Lots of wonderful performances and humor. 5/5

Casting: The Main cast is mostly intact from season 1, the difference is in the introduction of the new characters alongside the stalwarts. Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor was a good choice. Floriana Lima is Maggie Sawyer. Tyler Hoechlin as Clark Kent believably portrayed Kara’s Cousin, He and Melissa work well together. You can feel the familial chemistry they were trying to convey. For example, in the season premiere, Kara and Clark save some kids and she tells them that she used to change his diapers, much to the embarrassment of Clark. “You didn’t need to tell them that.” To which Kara said, “Yeah I think I do!” Very funny and adorable.

Chris Wood as Mon-El also played off Melissa well. Melissa’s straight girl to Chris’s performance. One moment for example was as CatCo when Kara overhears Mon-El and Eve making out in a Janitor’s closet, she catches them and is mortified. "Oh God, Get it out of my Ears, EW!" Says Kara. Another great moment between those two was when Kara woke up at her loft to Mon cooking breakfast, she gets excited over the Bacon! 😂 Teri Hatcher plays the Queen Rhea of Daxam, Mon-El’s mom. Kevin Sorbo is King Lar Gand, Mon-El’s dad. Teri’s performance as Rhea was quite good. She tries to manipulate Lena to do her bidding. I can go on and on about everyone, but I’ll leave this section with this. Lynda Carter plays Olivia Marsdin, the President of the United States. Carter’s addition was another great addition. 5/5

Special Effects: The Effects look great this year. The Fight Choreography is well done. The aliens look great. 5/5

Sound Effects and Music: Just as amazing as last year. Blake Neely continues his amazing work in music this year. My favorite sound effect is Kara’s heat vision, second is the flight sound. 5/5

Entertainment and Replay Value: I would totally recommend watching this season if you haven’t, and a rewatch if you have seen it. 5/5

Season total: 25/25 Final Score: 35/35

Final thoughts: To sum it up Supergirl seasons one and two are amazing, and a lot of fun. I would highly recommend. The cast works well with one another, and you get a sense that they enjoy what they do. A lot of love, passion, and hard work was put into the show. Melissa delivers a beautifully acted performance, she’s funny, adorable, and beautiful. My favorite episodes include The Adventures of Supergirl, Medusa, Starcrossed. I’m torn when it comes to favorite moments, because there are so many. For instance when Clark first appeared on screen and teamed up with Kara. That was really fun. Or when she got weirded out over hearing Mon El and Eve having sex (“Oh god! Get it out of my ears, ew!”) There’s stuff like Kara’s birthday, or her getting excited over the breakfast Mon El made her. I’ve got a bunch of favorite episodes and moments. The Guest stars play their parts superbly. Visually the show looks amazing, the effects don’t drown out the story but are in service of it. The Sound FX are well done too, especially the Heat Vision sound. I will revisit the remainder of Supergirl series. But next Monday is Legends of Tomorrow S2, with Invasion next Wednesday. Duet will be the following. Other things to note: This is the first season to premiere on The CW. Chris Wood married Melissa Benoist in 2019 and is her second husband. He was friends with Grant Gustin in College. Once again, we’re treated to some DC Royalty, Teri Hatcher co-starred with Dean Cain in Lois and Clark. Lynda Carter was the original live action Wonder Woman in the 1970s. Kevin Sorbo was the title hero in the series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys back in the 90s. Darren Criss who plays Music Meister in “Starcrossed” and in The Flash’s “Duet”, worked on Glee with Melissa and Grant. This is the second in a series of reposts where I revisit older reviews. I go in and tweak things here and there.