Author Archive | Ali Trotta

There’s an old adage that says you’ve got to walk before you can run. If anything sums up Supergirl’s second episode (Stronger Together), it’s that sentiment. Kara Zor-El is desperate to live up to the S, to fill her cousin’s boots (I wasn’t aware they were vacant…?), and to be the hero everyone—including herself—hopes she’ll […]

In the premiere of Supergirl, Kara Zor-El (played by Melissa Benoist, whose performance is utterly charming) has a lot of learning to do—and that is not necessarily a bad thing. After a mishap on her way to Earth as a child (her pod got caught in the Phantom Zone, resulting in her arriving after her […]