- For other uses of Supergirl, see Supergirl (Disambiguation).
“ | My name is Kara Zor-El. I'm from Krypton. I'm a refugee on this planet. I was sent to Earth to protect my cousin. But my pod got knocked off course. And by the time I got here, my cousin had already grown up and become... Superman. I hid who I really was until one day when an accident forced me to reveal myself to the world. To most people, I'm a reporter at CatCo Worldwide Media. But in secret, I work with my adopted sister and my friends to protect my city from anyone that means to cause it harm. I am Supergirl. | ” |
Supergirl is a television series based on the DC Comics character, Supergirl, and the third television series in the Arrowverse.
The series is developed by Ali Adler, Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg, who all served as showrunners. The first season premiered on October 26, 2015, on CBS with Berlanti serving as showrunner. Berlanti later stepped down in the second season, which premiered on October 10, 2016, and moved to The CW as CBS did not renew the series. The second season also marks the departure of Adler as showrunner. The third season premiered on October 9, 2017, and featured Jessica Queller and Robert Rovner as showrunners. With two new showrunners, Kreisberg departed in the fourth season, which premiered on October 14, 2018. The fifth season premiered on October 6, 2019. On March 30, 2021, the sixth and final season premiered, and the series concluded on November 9, 2021 with a total of 126 episodes.
Supergirl was originally set on Earth-38, separate to other Arrowverse series at the time and connected through the Multiverse. The eighteenth episode of the first season Worlds Finest served as a crossover with The Flash, which featured footage from the series episodes prior. Supergirl later joined annual crossovers in the Arrowverse and was relocated to Earth-Prime alongside other series.
Synopsis[edit | hide | hide all]
Supergirl is an action-adventure drama based on the DC Comics character Kara Zor-El, Superman’s (Kal-El) cousin who, after 12 years of keeping her powers a secret on Earth, decides to finally embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be.
Twelve-year-old Kara escaped the doomed planet Krypton with her parents’ help at the same time as the infant Kal-El. Protected and raised on Earth by her foster family, the Danvers, Kara grew up in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex, and learned to conceal the phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin in order to keep her identity a secret. Years later at 24, Kara lives in National City assisting media mogul and fierce taskmaster Cat Grant. She works alongside her friend and IT technician Winn Schott and famous photographer James Olsen, who Grant just hired away from the Daily Planet to serve as her new art director. However, Kara’s days of keeping her talents a secret are over when Hank Henshaw, head of a super-secret agency where her sister also works, enlists her to help them protect the citizens of National City from sinister threats. Though Kara will need to find a way to manage her newfound empowerment with her very human relationships, her heart soars as she takes to the skies as Supergirl to fight crime.[1]
Main Cast[edit | hide]
- Melissa Benoist as Supergirl (Kara Danvers) (seasons 1-6)
- Mehcad Brooks as Guardian (James Olsen) (seasons 1-5; guest season 6) *
- Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers (seasons 1-6)
- Jeremy Jordan as Computer Lad/Toyman (Winn Schott) (seasons 1-3; guest seasons 5-6)
- David Harewood as Martian Manhunter/Hank Henshaw/John Jones (J'onn J'onzz) (seasons 1-6)
- Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant (season 1; guest seasons 2-4, 6) *
- Floriana Lima as Maggie Sawyer (season 2; recurring season 3) *
- Chris Wood as Mon-El (seasons 2-3; guest seasons 5-6)
- Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor (seasons 3-6; recurring season 2)
- Odette Annable as Reign (Samantha Arias) (season 3; guest season 5)
- Jesse Rath as Brainiac-5/Barney Fife (Querl Dox) (seasons 4-6; recurring season 3)
- Sam Witwer as Agent Liberty (Ben Lockwood) (season 4; guest season 5)
- Nicole Maines as Dreamer (Nia Nal) (seasons 4-6)
- April Parker Jones as Lauren Haley (season 4) *
- Azie Tesfai as Kelly Olsen (season 5-6; recurring season 4)
- Andrea Brooks as Hope (Eve Tessmacher) (season 5; recurring seasons 2-4; guest season 6)
- Julie Gonzalo as Acrata (Andrea Rojas) (season 5-6)
- Staz Nair as William Dey (season 5-6)
- LaMonica Garrett as The Monitor (Mar Novu) (season 5; guest season 4) *
- Peta Sergeant as Nyxlygsptlnz (season 6) *
Notes:
- Mehcad Brooks is credited as a series regular through 5x04 In Plain Sight.
- Calista Flockhart is uncredited for her guest appearances in 4x03 Man of Steel.
- Floriana Lima is credited as a series regular from 2x03 Welcome to Earth onwards.
- April Parker Jones is credited as a series regular from 4x04 Ahimsa onwards.
- LaMonica Garrett is only credited for respective episode appearances.
- Peta Sergeant is credited as a series regular from 6x03 Phantom Menaces onwards.
Notes[edit | hide]
- Through the entire series, no actors appear in all episodes, while only the character of Kara Danvers appeared in all 126 episodes.
- Melissa Benoist (Kara Danvers) was first absent in 6x05 Prom Night!, with Izabela Vidovic portraying a young Kara Danvers in the episode.
- Mehcad Brooks (James Olsen) was first absent in 2x04 Survivors.
- Chyler Leigh (Alex Danvers) was first absent in 1x18 Worlds Finest.
- Jeremy Jordan (Winn Schott) was first absent in 3x06 Midvale.
- David Harewood (J'onn J'onzz) was first absent in 1x18 Worlds Finest.
- Calista Flockhart (Cat Grant) was first absent in 2x03 Welcome to Earth, as she departed the series after the first season and remained as a recurring guest star for subsequent seasons.
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Logos and Title Cards[edit | hide]
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Official Title Card for Season 1
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Official Title Card for Season 2
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Official Title Card for Season 3
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Variant Title Card for Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1
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Official Title Card for Season 4-6
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Variant Title Card for Elseworlds, Part 3
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Variant Title Card for Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One
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Official Logo for Season 1
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Official Logo for Season 2 & 6
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Official Logo for Season 3
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Official Logo for Season 4
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Official Logo for Season 5
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Arrow • The Flash • Constantine • DC's Legends of Tomorrow • Supergirl • Black Lightning • Batwoman • Superman & Lois | |||||||||||||||||||
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Peacemaker • Creature Commandos • Waller • Lanterns • Paradise Lost • Booster Gold • Blue Beetle | |||||||||||||||||||
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Adventures of Superman • Batman: Classic TV Series • Wonder Woman • The Flash • Smallville • Birds of Prey • Gotham • Lucifer • Powerless • Krypton • Titans • Doom Patrol • Swamp Thing • Pennyworth • Harley Quinn • Stargirl • Naomi • Kite Man: Hell Yeah! • The Penguin |