User blog:Konstant888/Supergirl 3x19 "The Fanatical" - Review

The problem with Supergirl is that is that every episode follows the same formula and it rarely tries to impress me with something cool. Every time there is a bad guy who needs to be stopped, they have a pep talk and it is all fine. Seriously, am I the only one who gets sick when someone (but mostly Kara) says “I know what if feels like…”?! Like, c’mon, for once have a good villain that is a legit threat. And the action is lame. The show has a problem with fight, it just can’t do them that well. It never does something great with visual effect, but every time there is drama. Season 3 was shaping up to be great because it focused on the main story and the villain was threatening and interesting. And I was sure that the moment they have a filler episode, the momentum will slow down. And it did. This episode was garbage. Anyway, that’s my rant, the rest of the review is very spoilerific.

The only thing that had me excited and could’ve made this episode better was the possibility of Guardian going away. James Olsen shouldn’t be a superhero. He just shouldn’t. It just doesn’t work for him. The Guardian fight scenes are garbage! But instead of getting the suit away from him, they gave him a pointless story about racism. I know it is supposed to be a message to everybody and an emotional arc for the character, but this came out of nowhere. It was never set up before that he has been dealing with racism his whole life. They just made that up for that one scene with him and Lena. Mehcad Brooks is an OK actor and he couldn’t quite sell the moment to me. The only good thing about the Guardian scenes was Tanya, the girl that was with him. She was actually pretty good. I could see her returning.

Ruby and M’rynn is a surprising pair-up, but it ended up being great…ha ha ha…did you believe me?! It was actually garbage! Doing a pointless side plot with a kid is exactly Supergirl forte. And let’s pair her up with an old guy so they can become friend and find happiness. It sucked!

I loved the first episode with Colville, 3x4, but the return of his cult was disappointing. At least he is coming back.

I really don’t know what else to say. I didn’t like this episode at all.