Supergirl Livewire Review

As noted in my preview for this episode, “Livewire” was originally set to air as Supergirl 1×05 but was swapped in when Supergirl 1×04’s content might have been a bit too close to the real-world terror attacks in Paris for comfort. Although there was evidence of some developments in the missing episode — most notably, Lucy Lane (Jenna Dewan Tatum), who had arrived at the end of episode three in hopes of rekindling her romance with James Olsen (Mehcad Brooks), seems to have been successful — “Livewire” fit into its new place in the series order. This latest installment of Supergirl brought with it some of the most significant personal developments for Melissa Benoist’s titular character yet. Her relationship with her boss, media mogul Cat Grant (Calista Flockhart) continued to strengthen as Kara Zor-El came face-to-face with DC comics villain Livewire (Brit Morgan), and her own adoptive mother Eliza Danvers (Helen Slater) came to town for a Thanksgiving visit.

Livewire. From a heroes and villains standpoint, “Livewire” was about the rise and fall of DC villain Livewire. “Alive and Wired” host Leslie Willis wasn’t a fan of Supergirl. If we’re looking at television anti-fandoms, she would have been the leading voice of the anti-fandom for CBS’ version of Supergirl for sure, citing the “adorkable” aspect of her character as a flaw and asking who could possibly be interested in a hero like her. It smacked of many of the criticisms tossed at the show this past spring, long before a single episode had been aired.

So, when Cat Grant reprimanded Leslie for her treatment of National City’s newest superhero, Leslie’s opinion of both Cat and Supergirl became even lower. Cat had, after all, been very critical of Supergirl herself, so why couldn’t Leslie? The thing is, Cat’s criticism hadn’t been nearly as personal; she explained to Leslie that she shouldn’t be going after a young girl’s sexuality or the way she dresses in order to drag her down. Far too often, the media...