Summary
Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+18)
Critics 75Audiences 57GoodWatch 68
Time to watch it all
88 h
126 episodes, about 42 min each
An episode a night: about 4 months.
Reach
Streams in 44 countries, rent or buy in 17 more
+34
First aired
2015
October 26, 2015
Ended 2021
Genres
DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- TV-14United States
Yes: it's rated TV-14 in the United States for violence and strong language, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchBinge-FriendlyComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismThought-Provoking800 people
Melissa BenoistKara Danvers / Supergirl / Kara Zor-El126 episodes
Chyler LeighAlex Danvers / Sentinel126 episodes
David HarewoodJ'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter126 episodes
Katie McGrathLena Luthor96 episodes
Mehcad BrooksJimmy Olsen / Guardian92 episodes
Jeremy JordanWinn Schott69 episodes
Jesse RathQuerl 'Brainy' Dox / Brainiac-567 episodes
Nicole MainesNia Nal / Dreamer61 episodes
Chris WoodMon-El47 episodes
Azie TesfaiKelly Olsen / Guardian46 episodes
Andrea BrooksEve Tessmacher46 episodes
Floriana LimaMaggie Sawyer45 episodes
Julie GonzaloAndrea Rojas / Acrata39 episodes
Staz NairWilliam Dey39 episodes
Calista FlockhartCat Grant26 episodes
Odette AnnableSamantha Arias / Reign24 episodes
Brenda StrongLillian Luthor24 episodes
Sam WitwerBen Lockwood / Agent Liberty23 episodes
Peta SergeantNyxlygsptlnz / 'Nyxly'20 episodes
Jon CryerLex Luthor20 episodes
Sharon LealM'gann M'orzz16 episodes
Jenna DewanLucy Lane15 episodes
Emma TremblayRuby Arias15 episodes
Carl LumblyMyr'nn J'onzz15 episodes
Directing · 49
- Glen Winter Director
- Tawnia McKiernan Director
- Larry Teng Director
- David McWhirter Director
- Dermott Downs Director
- Kevin Smith Director
Writing · 26
- Caitlin Parrish Writer, Teleplay, Director
- Jess Kardos Staff Writer, Executive Story Editor, Story Editor, Writer, Teleplay, Story
- Nicki Holcomb Story Editor, Staff Writer, Teleplay, Writer
- Gabriel Llanas Writer, Teleplay, Story
- Katie Rose Rogers Writer, Teleplay
- Eric Carrasco Writer, Story, Teleplay
Production · 34
- Greg Berlanti Executive Producer, Story, Writer, Creator
- Andrew Kreisberg Executive Producer, Story, Teleplay, Writer, Creator
- Ali Adler Executive Producer, Teleplay, Story, Creator
- Jesse Warn Co-Executive Producer, Director
- Jessica Queller Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Writer, Story, Teleplay
- Robert Rovner Executive Producer, Story, Writer, Teleplay
Camera · 3
- Michael Storey Director of Photography
- James Liston Director of Photography
- Chris Banting Director of Photography
Editing · 7
- Harry Jierjian Editor, Director
- Imelda Betiong Editor
- Katie Ruzicka Editor
- Matt Lawrence Editor
- Gordon Antell Editor
- Jeffrey A. Stallman Editor
Sound · 7
- Blake Neely Original Music Composer
- Daniel James Chan Original Music Composer
- Season Kent Music Supervisor
- Angela Claverie Music Editor
- Gabe Hilfer Music Supervisor
- George Flores Production Sound Mixer
Art · 5
- Nazgol Goshtasbpour Production Design
- Eric Fraser Production Design
- Matthew Wilson Property Master
- Andrea Mae Fenton Set Decoration
- Randy Gunter Property Master
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Kiersten Hargroder Costume Design
- Clinton Wayne Prosthetic Designer
- Cyndra Dunn Hair Department Head
- Rebekah Bak Makeup Department Head
- Dawn Mills Hair Department Head
- Judy Andreson Makeup Department Head
Visual Effects · 3
- Armen V. Kevorkian Visual Effects Supervisor, Director, Assistant Director
- Daniel Edery VFX Artist
- Reetu Aggarwal VFX Artist
Other crew · 117
- Simon Burnett Stunt Coordinator, Director
- Jerry Siegel Characters
- Joe Shuster Characters
- Jennifer Carpenter Hernandez Production Manager
- Thomas Ma Assistant Director
- Andrea Desroches Costume Designer
Tropes
Supergirl episodes
6 seasons · 126 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 Pilot, 7.1
- S1 E2 Stronger Together, 7.1
- S1 E3 Fight or Flight, 7.2
- S1 E4 Livewire, 7.3
- S1 E5 How Does She Do It?, 7.3
- S1 E6 Red Faced, 7.6
- S1 E7 Human for a Day, 7.9
- S1 E8 Hostile Takeover, 7.9
- S1 E9 Blood Bonds, 7.6
- S1 E10 Childish Things, 7.6
- S1 E11 Strange Visitor from Another Planet, 7.9
- S1 E12 Bizarro, 7.5
- S1 E13 For the Girl Who Has Everything, 7.8
- S1 E14 Truth, Justice and the American Way, 7.3
- S1 E15 Solitude, 7.6
- S1 E16 Falling, 8.6
- S1 E17 Manhunter, 8.0
- S1 E18 Worlds Finest, 8.7
- S1 E19 Myriad, 7.6
- S1 E20 Better Angels, 7.7
- S2 E1 The Adventures of Supergirl, 8.2
- S2 E2 The Last Children of Krypton, 8.0
- S2 E3 Welcome to Earth, 7.7
- S2 E4 Survivors, 7.6
- S2 E5 Crossfire, 7.5
- S2 E6 Changing, 7.7
- S2 E7 The Darkest Place, 7.6
- S2 E8 Medusa, 7.9
- S2 E9 Supergirl Lives, 7.6
- S2 E10 We Can Be Heroes, 7.2
- S2 E11 The Martian Chronicles, 7.4
- S2 E12 Luthors, 7.8
- S2 E13 Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk, 7.3
- S2 E14 Homecoming, 7.2
- S2 E15 Exodus, 7.9
- S2 E16 Star-Crossed, 7.2
- S2 E17 Distant Sun, 7.4
- S2 E18 Ace Reporter, 7.4
- S2 E19 Alex, 7.6
- S2 E20 City of Lost Children, 7.3
- S2 E21 Resist, 7.7
- S2 E22 Nevertheless, She Persisted, 7.9
- S3 E1 Girl of Steel, 7.6
- S3 E2 Triggers, 7.2
- S3 E3 Far from the Tree, 7.2
- S3 E4 The Faithful, 7.4
- S3 E5 Damage, 7.4
- S3 E6 Midvale, 8.2
- S3 E7 Wake Up, 7.6
- S3 E8 Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1, 8.8
- S3 E9 Reign, 8.5
- S3 E10 Legion of Super-Heroes, 7.7
- S3 E11 Fort Rozz, 7.5
- S3 E12 For Good, 7.2
- S3 E13 Both Sides Now, 7.2
- S3 E14 Schott Through the Heart, 7.0
- S3 E15 In Search of Lost Time, 7.5
- S3 E16 Of Two Minds, 7.4
- S3 E17 Trinity, 7.5
- S3 E18 Shelter from the Storm, 7.5
- S3 E19 The Fanatical, 6.9
- S3 E20 Dark Side of the Moon, 7.3
- S3 E21 Not Kansas, 6.4
- S3 E22 Make It Reign, 7.3
- S3 E23 Battles Lost and Won, 7.5
- S4 E1 American Alien, 7.1
- S4 E2 Fallout, 7.2
- S4 E3 Man of Steel, 7.5
- S4 E4 Ahimsa, 6.9
- S4 E5 Parasite Lost, 6.7
- S4 E6 Call to Action, 7.0
- S4 E7 Rather the Fallen Angel, 7.2
- S4 E8 Bunker Hill, 7.5
- S4 E9 Elseworlds, Part 3, 8.4
- S4 E10 Suspicious Minds, 7.3
- S4 E11 Blood Memory, 6.9
- S4 E12 Menagerie, 7.0
- S4 E13 What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?, 7.3
- S4 E14 Stand and Deliver, 7.3
- S4 E15 O Brother, Where Art Thou?, 8.1
- S4 E16 The House of L, 8.3
- S4 E17 All About Eve, 7.6
- S4 E18 Crime and Punishment, 7.5
- S4 E19 American Dreamer, 7.3
- S4 E20 Will the Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up?, 7.4
- S4 E21 Red Dawn, 8.0
- S4 E22 The Quest for Peace, 8.1
- S5 E1 Event Horizon, 7.4
- S5 E2 Stranger Beside Me, 6.6
- S5 E3 Blurred Lines, 7.0
- S5 E4 In Plain Sight, 6.8
- S5 E5 Dangerous Liaisons, 6.8
- S5 E6 Confidence Women, 7.7
- S5 E7 Tremors, 7.7
- S5 E8 The Wrath of Rama Khan, 7.6
- S5 E9 Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One, 8.4
- S5 E10 The Bottle Episode, 7.4
- S5 E11 Back from the Future - Part One, 6.7
- S5 E12 Back from the Future - Part Two, 6.6
- S5 E13 It's a Super Life, 8.6
- S5 E14 The Bodyguard, 5.9
- S5 E15 Reality Bytes, 6.3
- S5 E16 Alex in Wonderland, 6.9
- S5 E17 Deus Lex Machina, 7.6
- S5 E18 The Missing Link, 7.4
- S5 E19 Immortal Kombat, 7.7
- S6 E1 Rebirth, 7.4
- S6 E2 A Few Good Women, 6.6
- S6 E3 Phantom Menaces, 7.0
- S6 E4 Lost Souls, 7.0
- S6 E5 Prom Night!, 7.2
- S6 E6 Prom Again!, 7.2
- S6 E7 Fear Knot, 6.7
- S6 E8 Welcome Back, Kara, 6.8
- S6 E9 Dream Weaver, 6.6
- S6 E10 Still I Rise, 6.3
- S6 E11 Mxy in the Middle, 6.8
- S6 E12 Blind Spots, 5.6
- S6 E13 The Gauntlet, 7.2
- S6 E14 Magical Thinking, 7.1
- S6 E15 Hope for Tomorrow, 6.8
- S6 E16 Nightmare in National City, 6.3
- S6 E17 I Believe in a Thing Called Love, 6.9
- S6 E18 Truth or Consequences, 6.4
- S6 E19 The Last Gauntlet, 6.4
- S6 E20 Kara, 6.4
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