Stargirl Season 1 Premiere Review: 6 Ups & 2 Downs

1. Plot Armour Finds A Way

In spite of Stargirl's cable-like presentation, it isn't completely immune to the issues that often plague network shows in the genre. Yes, as it takes place in a world with super possibilities, we do have to suspend our disbelief, but that doesn't excuse conveniences crafted for no reason other than moving the plot along.

Without going into detail, there is a moment in which Courtney thinks she's discovered a picture of her father and attempts to ask her mom about the man who abandoned them both all those years ago to prove her point. There's some ambiguity about whether or not the man in question is her father, so that becomes a convenience that allows the writers to drop the conversation altogether (until it inevitably crops back up at a later point).

Now, had Courtney actually shown her mother the photograph, she would have gotten the definitive answer and ended the mystery then and there. But alas, they needed something to force the 'Pat's here for you and your father wasn't' conversation... and logic wasn't going to do that.

Now, for the positives...