Family Secrets: Supergirl "Livewire"

It's the Thanksgiving holiday, and nothing says the holiday like a family fight with a little bit of electricity.

I can start by saying that this is one of the episodes I was hoping for after hearing about the series. I'll spell out my guts on that a bit later.

As Kara battles a loose alien at the DEO, Alex is waiting for her to get back before their mother gets there for the Thanksgiving holiday. Of course, there always has to be drama in the family, and this one was no excuse not to use. Alex's mother thinks highly of Kara and is harder on her.

We get to see some flashbacks of the Danvers. Kara takes Alex flying, and when they get back, things don't go well for them. Their father, Jeremiah, offers his services to the DEO, and we learn later that he died while helping them.

It was a good backstory to watch b, but the real entertainment was watching Leslie Willis becoming Livewire. It's almost the same story that we've heard before, but it's incredible to watch it in real-time. Willis is a Howard Stern-type type disc-jockey who hates Supergirl for the way that she is and the way that she looks. Cat, her boss, didn't like it and warned her about it but transferred her to traffic coverage that evening while a storm was coming.

While on the chopper, lightning strikes, and they go around. Supergirl rescues the pilot and then tries to save Willis, but lightning strikes Supergirl and transfers to Leslie, making her what she is: Livewire. And boy, did she go after Cat for all the crap that she put her through.

I have to say that her entrance with Cat and Kara was the best way to introduce yourself. Just watching Supergirl and Livewire fight was pretty impressive, and it got Cat to open up a bit to Kara as she learned a little about Kara.

With the help of the DEO and Alex, Supergirl, and Cat, they teamed up to take down Livewire. It didn't go to plan, but of course, the water pipes were the best way to go.

Near the end, Alex and Eliza have made up, and both are on good terms until she tells both Alex and Kara that their father didn't die in a plane crash and that he worked for the DEO and worked for the man Hank Henshaw. Boy, that puts a chill down your spine.

I enjoyed this episode so much. Brit Morgan as Livewire was perfect. Livewire is one of my favorite supervillains in the Superman/Supergirl/Batgirl universe, or is it just the DC Universe? I thought that some exciting moments with Cat and Kara impressed me. And I would like to know what Henshaw did to Jeremiah. He killed Superman.

Overall, I give this episode an 8.5/10

You can catch Supergirl on Monday nights at 8/7c on CBS.