Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Gotham season 2…Sub-text in Supergirl has taken a step up this week with ‘Survivors’. Having always had one eye on the idea of difference and social expectations these themes are explored more sensitively but no more effectively in episode four. Hank tackles some personal issues, Kara learns tolerance […]

Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Supergirl season 2…Supergirl is back in the room people. Any reservations I had last week about lacklustre performance were quickly quashed by the arrival of Lynda Carter. For those of a certain age, which includes me, she was Wonder Woman long before Gal Gadot was so much as […]

Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Supergirl season 2…Unfortunately episode two of season two is copybook stuff. After that barnstormer however anything was likely to feel like an anti-climax, but somehow I expected more than this. Not there is anything particularly bad about ‘The Last Children of Krypton’, just that they give us nothing […]

Martin Carr reviews the first episode of Supergirl season 2…Casting is key in any programme and Supergirl had one big choice to make if this new season was going to work. In Tyler Hoechlin they seem to have found a perfect fit for that Clark Kent backslash Superman persona. Modelled as ever on Christopher Reeve, […]

Martin Carr reviews the season finale of Supergirl season 1…Once more I find myself late to the party. A week behind on finale analysis after all that dust has settled and we stand in the aftermath of Supergirl Mark II. As ever it was work which put pay to deadlines, but that would be a […]

Martin Carr reviews the nineteenth episode of Supergirl…Mass extinction has always been a good subject for drama, because historically people have killed, maimed, destroyed and segregated without compunction. Sparing you the lecture let’s just say cultures have done, will do and continue doing heinous things under the misguided belief that they are right. Supergirl has […]

Martin Carr reviews the seventeenth episode of Supergirl…There are echoes of Alien Nation and Predator in this week’s episode, which effectively employs flashback to fill in back story for everyone. Unlike other shows the technique is employed correctly to broaden and deepen our bond with these characters, while showing the true nature of others. With […]

Martin Carr reviews the sixteenth episode of Supergirl…Everyone loves a hero almost as much as we like to see them fail. Whether in comic books or tabloid journalism there is nothing better for morale than a rags to riches story, which we construct and then help destroy. A human trait made real this week as […]

Martin Carr reviews the fourteenth episode of Supergirl…All the best comic book fables have a moral tale at their centre. Whether you consider adages such as ‘with great power, comes great responsibility’, ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ or my personal favourite ‘dead or alive you’re coming with me’. They imply when done well that super powers […]