Supergirl Season 1: 10 Big Questions From 'Human For A Day'
8. Can We Get Some Decent Villains?
One of the biggest problems of any superhero show is when it falls into the rut of villains-of-the-week, and thats an issue that Supergirl is already having. Smallville was massively guilty of this, but for the most part you'd at least had Lex Luther and Lionel Luther lurking in the background and present in near-enough every episode (well, until Lionels death and until Lex disappeared). Similarly, Arrow and The Flash, two hugely successful shows, often include a villain-of-the-week, yet these shows both feature season-long arcs in amongst each episode and set up the bigger, over-arching picture. Supergirl has Max Lord slowly starting to become more prominent, and Astra would finally make her return as Human for a Day came to a close, but in the seven episodes to date weve been given some majorly lackluster, generic and bland villains. With the series recently given an extra seven episodes, stretching its first season out to twenty episodes, maybe that will hopefully give Supergirl a chance to flesh out more exciting villains when the show returns from its mid-season break.
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