Supergirl’s Best Moments Are Thanks To What Most Arrowverse Shows Avoid
The relationship of the Danvers sisters is the lifeblood of Supergirl, giving it its strength. They set the show apart from other superhero series.
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Since its premiere, Supergirl set itself apart from other Arrowverse shows with its focus on the Danvers sisters, building the show on a strong positive sibling relationship. In other superhero series, the relationships between characters, particularly family ones, are either supporting material or fuel for negative conflict. The relationship and teamwork of Supergirl’s Danvers siblings are the lifeblood of the series, giving it its foundation and most satisfying dramatic and emotional payoff.
Supergirl established early on that the series would be carried on the united backs of the Danvers sisters. When Kara reached for Alex’s hand in the pilot as the latter starts to leave after giving Kara the hologram from her mother, her gesture signified that they would face their pasts and futures together. Their Kryptonian catchphrase, El Mayarah, represents their bond, sometimes bent but never broken. From then on, together they handled any challenge facing Supergirl.
The show consistently makes the sisterhood a priority in their storytelling, even over romantic relationships. In Arrowverse crossovers such as “Crisis on Earth X” and “Elseworlds,” all the other superheroes had their significant other to help save them, but Kara’s lifeline was her sister. Supergirl builds its stories to pivotal moments focused on the Danvers women, who are the source of the show’s most effective cliffhangers, suspense, and character development. While Arrowverse heroes like Flash and Arrow resisted working with a team at the start of their missions, the Supergirl sisters have worked together smoothly and efficiently as a team since the beginning, setting it apart from other Arrowverse shows.
Supergirl could have easily fallen prey to that overused sibling trope of setting siblings at odds for trivial reasons to force drama. Instead, the show sets itself apart by presenting genuine conflict between the sisters and having them work through it by communicating directly, creating a much more realistic story. The most prominent example that Supergirl fans and critics point to is the arc that began in season 1’s “For the Girl Who Had Everything” with Alex killing Kara’s Aunt Astra to protect J’onn and J’onn taking the blame. Two episodes later in “Solitude” Alex wracked with guilt, tearfully and remorsefully confesses to her sister. Supergirl’s subsequent, swift forgiveness would have been an entire season of conflict or a cliffhanger on another show, but the timing here is both natural and fitting, thanks to the care taken with portraying the sisters’ bond.
One of Supergirl’s biggest strengths is that it portrays one of the most realistic sisterly relationships on television. Unlike most other TV siblings, the Danvers sisters are not competitive with each other, leading separate yet fulfilling lives, and working together when necessary as a cohesive team that trusts one another. One of the show’s most acclaimed episodes is season 3’s “Midvale” which perfectly illustrates how each sister helped build up their friendship into the unbreakable sisterhood of present day. That does not mean the show does not test the sisterly bond, or that the sisters do not argue. Quite the contrary, the sisters were even tested in Supergirl’s fourth season with a mind-wipe that could have torn them apart; instead, the storyline gave each heroine tremendous individual growth while also ultimately reaffirming their strength together as sisters.
The biggest challenge faced by Supergirl’s Danvers siblings came with the creation of a whole new world following the events of “Crisis on Infinite Earths.” Kara finally came to realize she was not responsible for the actions of others, and Alex ultimately begins a new journey after leaving the DEO. As the show heads into its sixth and final season it needs to reestablish and maintain that balance that sets it apart from other superhero shows, telling a story that relies on Supergirl’s greatest superpower, the Danvers sisters.
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