Kara later learns that a reactor meltdown Superman stopped in the past killed Reactron's wife. He later goes to LORD Technology labs and kidnaps Maxwell Lord to get him to fix his suit. After Cat exposes the relationship, Kara is attacked by Reactron, who seeks to kill her in order to get his revenge on Superman, but she manages to send him fleeing. It is also revealed that Hank might have a secret of his own when his eyes glow red.ĭuring the interview with Cat, Kara accidentally reveals that she is Superman's cousin. In the end, Kara agrees to the interview and prevents James from getting fired. Meanwhile, Cat pressures James to get her an interview with Supergirl. Alex provides Kara with an interactive artificial intelligence of Alura's consciousness. Learning that Kara has become more powerful than she had imagined and that humanity has a means of weakening Kryptonians, Astra muses that her "plans" may need to be postponed. As Kara and Astra fight, Hank injures Astra with a Kryptonite knife and Alex kills the Hellgrammite. The DEO prepares an ambush for the Hellgrammite, but it escapes, kidnaps Alex, and takes her to Astra, who uses Alex as a trap for Kara. Kara learns that an alien of the Hellgrammite species who escaped from Fort Rozz, Alura's prison, is on Earth searching for chlorine-based food. In an effort to put a positive image on Supergirl in the wake of a serious mishap, Kara asks Winn and James to help her perfect her skills, while Hank and Alex put Kara through extensive physical training. Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Ali Adler Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg Vartox's superior is revealed to be Astra In-Ze, Alura's identical twin sister, who wants to conquer Earth. James Olsen, another one of Kara's colleagues, reveals that Kal sent him to look after her and presents her with a new cape. Her actions attract the attention of an alien called Vartox, and she is able to defeat him, although he then kills himself. Kara learns that there are hundreds of aliens on Earth, most of whom came from a prison that was run by her mother, Alura. Alex, Kara's adoptive sister, works at the Department of Extranormal Operations (DEO), under the leadership of Hank Henshaw, investigating alien activity. Her cold-hearted boss, Cat Grant, titles the vigilante " Supergirl". She tells her co-worker, Winn Schott, about her secret and he starts aiding her. Twelve years later, Kara, working at CatCo Worldwide Media, reveals her powers as a vigilante. Kal, now operating as the superhero Superman in Metropolis, puts Kara in the care of the Danvers in National City. The planet's implosion forces Kara's ship off course and into the Phantom Zone for 24 years, before landing on Earth. Story by : Greg Berlanti & Ali Adler & Andrew KreisbergĬousins Kal-El and Kara Zor-El are sent to Earth before Krypton's impending destruction. 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.See also: List of Supergirl episodes Supergirl, season 1 episodes No. 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. 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. Twelve-year-old Kara Zor-El escaped the doomed planet Krypton with her parents’ help at the same time as her cousin. Supergirl is about Superman’s 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. Also, Cat pressures James to use his connection to Superman to get her an interview with Supergirl. When Kara’s attempts to help National City don’t go according to plan, she must put aside the doubts that she and the city’s media has about her abilities in order to capture an escapee from the Kryptonian prison, Fort Rozz.