This thread is old. I didn't realize I started it back in 2014. In that time I have followed every bit of information that came out regarding the series. What was really hard was staying away from the leaked Pilot. I didn't want to be swayed because I was watching it 8 month earlier or however long ago it was leaked. So, I've been biding my time, waiting patiently and today finally arrived. I dug the Pilot. It was fun and I think they made a good choice in casting Melissa Benoist as Supergirl and Mehcad Brooks as James "Jimmy" Olsen. I also liked the idea of the Phantom Zone Prison crashing landing on Earth along with Kara because this at least levels the playing field. Sure, at the end of the day, Supergirl is always going to come out victorious. But at least with other enemies that share similar powers, it will have the benefit of being a 'fair fight'. With that said, there are some issues that they need to fix. I get that the show has to be 'lighthearted' given the fact that it's on CBS. At times it's still a little too rom-com-ish which is something I pointed out from the trailer. I'm on board as it is now for sure, but I'd like to see them tone down the happy, go lucky peppiness displayed during the Pilot as well as the on-the-nose dialogue being spoken by the characters.

Fun episode but we are still having to sit through some very cheesy dialogue from a handful of characters. You would think they could tighten that up a bit. There is no need to be so on-the-nose with the dialogue. I'm not a fan of Calista Flockhart's character at all. She is annoying as f*ck. I wouldn't object to the writers killing her off. One very cool thing was "seeing" Superman coming to the rescue of Supergirl. I wasn't expecting that at all because I figured that we wouldn't be seeing him anytime soon because this is her show and having him coming in 2 out of 3 episodes would give people the wrong impression of what the show is suppose to be. They can't use him as crutch all the time or people will come to expect him to be in most of the episodes.

The episode I have been waiting for since it was announced. Fun episode, if not perfect. The only blemish for was the ridiculous "costume" that Siobhan Smythe / Silver Banshee wears. I don't know anything about this character. But her look just did not work for me at all. I don't get or understand her design. Oh well. Moving on. This one was really all about the team up between Supergirl and The Flash (Grant Gustin). I liked how they got The Flash into this episode in the manner he shows up. Ironically enough, they way he does more or less puts the kibosh on Supergirl ever appearing on The Flash, which is a bummer. Only way I see that happening is that Flash would have to to back to her Earth and bring her back to his. I love the scenes between them. Melissa Benoist was more giddy than I have ever seen her before. They were clearly enjoying making this episode for sure.

The issue is the budget getting slashed... what's it going to look like at, what, 70% strength?

BTW, being on the CW, I hope that means it will be on Netflix like The Flash, The 100, and all the other CW shows!