To Get Down with Supergirl or Nah?

Season 1 / Episode 1 / CBS If you’re anything like me, you’ve been hard at work contemplating the decision to watch the new Supergirl show, or let it become an afterthought in a somewhat crowded field of super-powered programming.

I peeped the trailer a few weeks back and thought it looked alright. Not bad, but nothing that really popped and made me think, “Damn, I’m gonna watch the shit outta that new joint.” Nah, it was much more of a skeptical, “Ehh, looks okay. Kinda Flash, kinda not. Nope. I can’t do it. Nah, nah, let me stop being petty and give it a shot.”

Being a big fan of both Smallville and the more recent Man of Steel, I could only ponder what they believed they had to offer us. You don’t just come up with a decision to make a show about the other Kryptonian and hope for the best. There had to have been so much thought, planning, fact-checking, and re-tooling that went into this TV show that CBS was probably regretting, or at least rethinking, their decision like whoa. Not only did they take an incredible risk creating a show about a Kryptonian not named Superman, but they went with the hardest decision they could’ve had on the table: bring a properly represented, little known, empowered female superhero to the small screen.

We all know about Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman soon gracing us with her Amazonian swag, which would’ve been the easiest route to take. Instead they’ve gone full mild-mannered reporter on us, dropped the first episode of Supergirl like it was ho…