Supergirl Season 2 Pilot: Commentary and Guide to all the Easter Eggs I could find.

Now. Some of these may just be me reading WAY to much into every scene but this is as good a place as any to get them all out of my system. I will put the time marker to what I am talking about in the episode. If you have not seen it, thankfully you can access the episode here:

Spoilers for the episode will abound.

1-      0:00: the monologue at the beginning is MUCH longer. I hope that’s not going to be the case the whole time. It’s probably just there to try and clean up any loose ends from moving studios. Something we are going to see a lot of in this episode.

2-      1:18: for those who forgot, Kara’s mom is played by Laura Bananti who played Supergirl in the ‘80s

3-      2:00: already John is taking a much more active role in saving lives and overall hero stuff. Seems like we are going to see a lot more martian this season.

the show left a spot open for Supergirl
to get a love interest. I'm looking at you
Mon-El

4-      2:34: MON-EL!!!

5-      2:50: nice cover up as far as moving Studios goes. We can’t transfer all the sets so we have this much cheaper yet more Superheroy (that’s a word now) atmosphere.

6-      3:30: Alex Danvers demonstrates how we can’t learn anything about Mon-El because needles keep breaking against his skin. In Action Comics no.1 this is how we are introduced to Superman’s invulnerability. Also this is a fairly popular trope in Super-Family franchises.

7-      4:15: The Venture is the name of the spaceplane thing in this show. Experimental spaceplanes are not anything new to Superman stuff. The Constitution was a spaceplane that Superman saved in the first issue of “The Man Of Steel” from 1985.

8-      4:53: The re-introduction of Cat Grant into the new season is a callback to her first introduction. Complete with Kara’s over eagerness to be right at Cats side right at the beginning. Kara still has a bit of work to do.

9-      6:58: When Cat Called “Miss Teschmacher” I almost fell on the ground and started twitching. Miss Teschmacher, of course, is Lex Luthors somewhat love interest from Superman: The Movie and has appeared in a very limited number of mediums, one of which was Superman Family Adventures.

10-   7:57: The scene where Supergirl changes her clothes superfast in preparation for her date with Jimmy seems like a callback to the episode of The Flash where Barry did the same thing.

11-   8:28: Pizza is my favorite meal too.

12-   9:30: insert happy noise

13-   9:48: please Clark. This whole scene is a bit of a throwback.

1-   12:00: I didn’t say anything for the last couple minutes because I was too busy making happy noises in my mind. This scene probably makes up for not giving me Superman scenes in the first season. Probably.

1-   12:38: this scene makes me think of “New Frontier” when Superman shows up and immediately everyone stops fighting. The guy just commands attention wherever he is. more points for the DCTV universe!

-   13:17: I think Winn demonstrates my reaction to this episode pretty well. Just imagine how it would be like to watch this episode with winn and you know a bit about what my poor sister had to deal with.

17-   14:24: so this is what I was hoping Superman would be doing in the first season. I like seeing Superman step into this teacher role with Kara. I hope that this is a thing that happens every time he comes into the show.

18-   14:54: for all of those haters out there who didn’t think the casting was well done due to age, here is your explaination. More points to DCTV for not leaving loose ends like that.

-   16:00: more grief was given to the fact that Jimmy looks taller than Superman in this continuity. I don’t have a problem with that and if anything it only makes Clark look more inconspicuous around people. Besides, I understand that Tyler is still taller than Dean Cain was when he was Superman.

-   17:30: Cat Grant, for as far as I can tell, has always had a thing for Clark. The most notable example is in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. That’s a continuity win!

-   19:30: the only problem I could see if they tried doing a Superman series is that this series is already taking all of Superman’s villains. They’d have to go WAY deep into the mythos to get enough villains for another TV show.

-   20:30: so it is a bit unfair to judge Lana Luthor based on her last name, but if the Legion of Superheroes is to be trusted, and they are canon, then we know that the luthors are pretty much corrupt all the way through time. I don’t trust lana Luthor. I don’t know if I should though. We’ll see

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-   21:02: if you’re trying to make a name for yourself outside of the Luthor family, shouldn’t you try naming your company something else? Also, what was Lex Luthor doing in his career anyway? If he was a business man we can assume that the Chris Reeve series isn’t in the same canon, but it’s close, but what? I don’t know. Incidently, if Warner Bros. wants a superman series they can totally contact me at any time and I would SO be ready to write up a tv show for them based in this canon. Or any canon. Selfish plug, but, ya know.

-   22:00: Clark and lois are together! Yay!

-   22:32: super telepathy was a thing back in the gold/ silver age. This power allowed Superman to create a type of perception filter around him so that no one would recognize him. thankfully this is a power that is not likely to come back, however the gene is still there and Superboy had that part of his DNA enlarged so that his main power is telepathy. Cool stuff, right?

-   24:25: so I can get why Superman Doesn’t care so much for the DEO to have Kryptonite. They did use it on Supergirl. A lot. All the time. And they only used it once against an evil Kryptonian. I would be very dis-trusting of the DEO myself.

-   25:00: for those of you who are savvy to that kind of thing, this is another reference to Superman: The Movie. Remember to always travel safe.

-   25:40: aaaaaaaaaah! Bullet bouncing! They did everything I said they should do for Superman with this episode.

-   26:47: for those of you who are savvy to that kind of thing. the wink that Clark keeps doing is a nod to classic Superman composure, particularly the ‘50s series with George reeves.

-   26:51: do you really think your chances of being shot are less in Gotham? Stay clear of theaters.

-   27:35: when picking up Italian means that you actually go to Italy and get food from there.

-   28:36. Cats office looks different. She has a lot more drinks in it.

-   31:30: except, you do use it like that. that’s how you recruited Kara in the first place…

-   32:55: it’s been said that Jimmy is to become the superhero known as “The Guardian”. He is certainly earning the title here.

-   33:29: Cisco? Is that you?

36-   35:42: I still don’t trust her. I really still don’t.

37-   37:08: this is the other point of concern. Supergirl needs to be different than Superman and having Kara become a reporter doesn’t feel like the right direction for the show. At this point we are invested in Supergirl not because she is Superman’s cousin but because she is her own person. Lets try to keep her that way.

-   38:25: looks like we are setting up why Cat Grant disappears and no longer becomes a regular character. I think it has something to do either with people at the planet or maybe her oldest son whom she is not on the greatest terms with right now.

-   40:15: so there is a car robbery and the DEO sends both Superman and Supergirl to take care of it. Can you imagine what that car thief is thinking when they both show up?

40-   41:51: Cadmus is full of nasty people. One of those nasty people is Metallo.

Overall this was an amazing episode. The characters were oozing with charisma, everyone got a healthy amount of screen time and Superman didn’t over power Supergirl in the show nor did Superman look bad in it. Everything I could have wanted from a cross over with these two characters happened. Not to mention all of the great supporting characters and subplots that are weaving their way in. I’m excited to see where the rest of the show goes.

What did you think of the episode? Are there any easter eggs that you think I missed? Let me know in the comments below and remember to share this article with a friend who likes Superman. Don’t send it to me though. I already know what’s involved with the article. Thank you and have a good day.