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{"id":4681,"date":"2016-10-25T13:13:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T18:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/moniqueocampowrites\/?p=4681"},"modified":"2016-10-25T13:13:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T18:13:01","slug":"welcome-to-earth-a-supergirl-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/moniqueocampowrites\/2016\/10\/25\/welcome-to-earth-a-supergirl-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Earth: A Supergirl Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Kara weighs over her pro-alien views with her prejudice against Mon-El, the Daxamite. Most of the time, Supergirl would act on the idea that people are innocent until proven guilty. However, she assumes that Mon-El attempted to kill the President. She learns, from working on her interview with Lena and getting feedback from Snapper Carr, that she has to be neutral when reporting, regardless of how she feels about the issue. She also learns that she was wrong to assume the worst about Mon-El because the real villain was a red-headed firestarter alien who saw the Alien Amnesty Act as a backdoor for alien registration.<\/p>\n

Since Lynda Carter is guest starring in this episode, there were a couple\u00a0shout-outs to Wonder Woman<\/em>. Supergirl does the iconic spinning that Lynda Carter\u2019s Wonder Woman was famous for. There\u2019s also a reference to Wonder Woman\u2019s invisible jet towards the end.<\/p>\n

However, the biggest surprise in this episode was at the stinger, when one of the bartenders at the pro-alien bar is revealed to be a young female Martian. \u201cHello, Megan!\u201d<\/em> or so my brother and I would say. (#onlyYoungJusticefanswillgetthis)<\/p>\n

One interesting thing to note in this episode is that it introduces Maggie Sawyer, a local cop who embraced a pro-alien lifestyle. She\u2019s also a lesbian and it\u2019s heavily hinted that Alex is\u00a0very<\/em> interested in her. I won\u2019t even bother to give my opinion because Tumblr\u2019s already shipping them.<\/p>\n

There are two major drawbacks to this episode. One was that the actual villain of the show wasn\u2019t even given a name on-screen. Given that the redheaded lady was a firestarter, I initially thought she was Volcana, a well-known Superman femme fatale. However, the guide on TV Tropes lists her as Scorcher, a DC villain with no ties to the Superman universe whatsoever.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also clear that Mon-El is intended to be Supergirl\u2019s love interest. Coming from two different planets that used to be sworn enemies? The two of them having prejudices about each other that they have to overcome? Dealing with the loss of their respective home planets? You\u2019re basically asking me to ship them.<\/p>\n

Except I don\u2019t. Not yet anyway.\u00a0If<\/em> the show intends for Mon-El and Kara to be a couple, I need to see Mon-El as a person first and not just as a representative of an alien species that Kara and the other Kryptonians looked down upon.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m really glad that this episode is making fans aware of the issues, but I hope the rest of the season has less ripped-from-the-headlines episodes. Next episode proves to be promising as it\u2019s not only a cool Halloween special, with characters in masks, but Dichen Lachman is guest starring as the villain! As a\u00a0Dollhouse\u00a0<\/em>fan, I\u2019m already hyped!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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