document_title: List of Supergirl episodes

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text: List of Supergirl episodes

text: Series overview[edit]

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Season
Episodes
Originally aired
Nielsen ratings

First aired
Last aired
Network
Rank
Average viewership
(in millions)

1
20
October 26, 2015 (2015-10-26)
April 18, 2016 (2016-04-18)
CBS
39
9.81[4]

2
22
October 10, 2016 (2016-10-10)
May 22, 2017 (2017-05-22)
The CW
129
3.12[5]

3
23[6]
October 9, 2017 (2017-10-09)
June 18, 2018 (2018-06-18)[6]
TBA
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text: Episodes[edit]

text: Season 1 (2015–16)[edit]

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No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)

1
1
"Pilot"
Glen Winter
Story by : Greg Berlanti & Ali Adler & Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Ali Adler
October 26, 2015 (2015-10-26)
276088
12.96[7]

Before the destruction of the planet Krypton, Kal-El is sent to Earth along with his cousin Kara Zor-El. The planet's implosion forces her ship off course and into the Phantom Zone for 24 years, before landing on Earth. Kal, now operating as the superhero Superman in Metropolis, puts Kara in the care of the Danvers in National City. Twelve years later, Kara, working at the media conglomerate CatCo, reveals her powers as a vigilante. She tells her co-worker, Winn Schott, about her secret and he starts aiding her. Her cold-hearted boss, Cat Grant, titles the vigilante "Supergirl". Alex, Kara's adoptive sister, is revealed to be working at the Department of Extra-Normal Operations (DEO), under the leadership of Hank Henshaw, investigating alien activity. Kara learns that there are hundreds of aliens on Earth, most of whom came from a prison that was run by her mother, Alura. Her actions attract the attention of an alien called Vartox, and she is able to defeat him, although he then kills himself. James Olsen, another one of Kara's colleagues, reveals that Kal sent him to look after her and presents her with a new cape. Vartox's superior is revealed to be Astra In-Ze, Alura's identical twin sister, who wants to conquer Earth.

2
2
"Stronger Together"
Glen Winter
Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Ali Adler
November 2, 2015 (2015-11-02)
4X7602
8.87[8]

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. 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. 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. As Kara and Astra fight, Hank injures Astra with a Kryptonite knife and Alex kills the Hellgrammite. 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. Alex provides Kara with an interactive artificial intelligence of Alura's consciousness. Meanwhile, Cat pressures James to get her an interview with Supergirl. In the end, Kara agrees to the interview and prevents James from getting fired. It is also revealed that Hank might have a secret of his own when his eyes glow red.

3
3
"Fight or Flight"
Dermott Downs
Michael Grassi & Rachel Shukert
November 9, 2015 (2015-11-09)
4X7603
8.07[9]

During the interview with Cat, Kara accidentally reveals that she is Superman's cousin. 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. He later goes to LORD Technology labs and kidnaps Maxwell Lord to get him to fix his suit. Kara later learns that a reactor meltdown Superman stopped in the past killed Reactron's wife. She goes to the hideout of Reactron, identified as Ben Krull, and manages to save Maxwell, only to get badly injured by Krull afterwards, but Superman comes to save her. She gets mad at James for calling Superman for help. During a party Cat organized, Krull breaks in to find Supergirl. While James distracts Reactron, Kara covers her hand in lead so that she can use it to safely remove the power core in Krull's suit and defeat him. Kara, who has feelings for James, witnesses his ex-girlfriend, Lucy Lane, also Lois Lane's younger sister, paying him a visit to restart their relationship.

4
4
"How Does She Do It?"
Thor Freudenthal
Yahlin Chang & Ted Sullivan
November 23, 2015 (2015-11-23)[a]
4X7604
7.19[13]

Cat leaves town, entrusting her son Carter to Kara. A bomber starts targeting Lord's company. On the opening night of Lord's new bullet train, Kara and the DEO find out about two bomb threats simultaneously, one at the airport and one on the train. The DEO goes to the airport, where Hank secretly uses his powers to deactivate the bomb. Kara goes to the train to save Carter, who is on it with the bomber. As she confronts the bomber, he claims that he is doing it for his daughter. He requests her to save the people on the train after he starts the timer, killing himself. At DEO headquarters, Alex finds a fail-safe in the bomb defused by Hank, who claimed it was just a decoy. Kara deduces that Lord was the one behind the bombings. As Supergirl, she confronts Lord, who implies that the threats were used to test her skills. He also vows to find the person important to her on the train. Meanwhile, James initially refuses to date Lucy, but Kara convinces him to return to her.

5
5
"Livewire"
Kevin Tancharoen
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Caitlin Parrish
November 16, 2015 (2015-11-16)[a]
4X7605
7.77[14]

After fighting an alien escapee, Kara meets Alex at the apartment to greet the latter's mother, Eliza, for Thanksgiving, inviting Winn due to his lack of plans. CatCo's shock jock, Leslie Willis is demoted by Cat to traffic reporting after a controversial bashing of Supergirl. During a severe thunderstorm, Kara tries to save Leslie, but lightning strikes them both, imbuing Leslie with electromagnetic powers. Leslie takes the name "Livewire" and tries to take revenge on Cat, but Kara eventually stops her and she is imprisoned at the DEO. Cat and Kara become closer. Meanwhile, Alex tells Eliza in a fit of rage at the dinner table that she's actually working for the DEO. Eliza reveals to Alex and Kara that her husband, Jeremiah, offered himself up to work for Henshaw in exchange for Kara's safety and then died mysteriously. Alex and Kara decide to investigate Henshaw and find the truth about Jeremiah's death.

6
6
"Red Faced"
Jesse Warn
Michael Grassi & Rachel Shukert
November 30, 2015 (2015-11-30)
4X7606
8.02[15]

Kara hurts a civilian due to her uncontrolled anger. Sam Lane, Lucy's father and also a military general, arrives at the DEO with her as his attache, demanding Supergirl let them test her powers by fighting an android called Red Tornado, which is invented by T.O. Morrow. She overpowers Red Tornado, leading to Sam firing Morrow. Sam is later attacked by Red Tornado, but Kara saves him. The DEO realizes that Red Tornado is actually a drone controlled by Morrow. Alex and Kara engage Morrow and Red Tornado, respectively. Alex kills Morrow, making Red Tornado engage Kara without control. She uses her eyes enhanced by her rage to destroy it. Lucy resigns from military service in order to stay with James. Kara finds out that her powers have diminished when she cuts herself and starts bleeding. Meanwhile, Winn informs Kara and Alex that Jeremiah and Hank went on a mission in South America, where Jeremiah died, deducing that Hank is the last person to have seen him alive.

7
7
"Human for a Day"
Larry Teng
Yahlin Chang & Ted Sullivan
December 7, 2015 (2015-12-07)
4X7607
7.67[16]

As Kara tries to adapt to life without her powers, an earthquake hits National City. Winn informs Kara that she needs a rise of adrenaline in her blood to regain her powers. The team begins saving the CatCo staff upstairs by the elevator shaft, from where James falls after saving everyone. Kara regains her powers and saves him before rushing to help the citizens. Winn becomes jealous of the intimacy between her and James. Afterwards, Kara is attacked by Astra and her operatives. Meanwhile, the earthquake causes a DEO prisoner called Jemm, who has psychic abilities to read and control minds, to escape. Hank locks the facility and takes a team to engage Jemm, with the former being the only survivor. That causes Alex to become more suspicious of Hank. She locks him in a room and engages Jemm alone, being overpowered. Hank arrives in time and kills him. He explains to her that he is the sole survivor of an alien species and his name is J'onn J'onzz. He killed the real Hank after the latter killed Jeremiah, who tried to save J'onn. He then assumed Hank's shape and identity.

8
8
"Hostile Takeover"
Karen Gaviola
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Caitlin Parrish
December 14, 2015 (2015-12-14)
4X7608
7.28[17]

Kara is overpowered by Astra and escapes. In a second duel, the former defeats the latter and brings her to the DEO, where the latter states that all she wanted was to save Krypton, the same thing she wants for Earth. She also reveals that Alura used Kara on Krypton to arrest the former. Kara confronts the interactive artificial intelligence of Alura, who refuses to confirm that Astra's plan could have worked. It is revealed that Astra wanted to get arrested in order to divert attention from her husband, Non, and his team from attacking LORD Technologies. Kara rushes there and engages him. Meanwhile, Cat's emails are hacked and her personal information is leaked to the press. Kara finds out that the chairman of the board was behind the hack and provides Cat with evidence by the help of James, Lucy and Winn, leading to the chairman's arrest. Kara also finds out from the leaks that Cat has a 24-year old son named Adam Foster. Cat reveals to Kara that she has found out about the latter's alter ego.

9
9
"Blood Bonds"
Steve Shill
Ted Sullivan & Derek Simon
January 4, 2016 (2016-01-04)
4X7609
8.75[18]

Non overpowers Kara and leaves with Hank. Lord sends the DEO away from his facility, vowing to defend it himself, and returns to a secret experiment he is conducting. Non offers to trade Hank for Astra, but Sam, who is placed in charge of the DEO by the President, refuses. He tortures Astra for Non's location, and walks into a trap placed by Non. Kara is distraught over both her defeat and the fact that Cat will fire her unless she is convinced that Kara is not Supergirl. Kara goes to the DEO and talks with Astra who tells her that Alura believed her claim that Krypton was doomed, but sentenced her for her illegal methods while promising to work for her cause. Alex and Kara make the trade over Lane's objections and Astra orders Non to withdraw despite his numerical advantage. Sam and his men leave the DEO. Hank uses his shape-shifting power to present Cat with Kara and Supergirl simultaneously, casting doubt on her initial deduction of their identities. Kara, James and Winn decide to find the secret about Lord, who is shown in possession of an alien woman.

10
10
"Childish Things"
Jamie Babbit
Story by : Yahlin Chang
Teleplay by : Anna Musky-Goldwyn & James DeWille
January 18, 2016 (2016-01-18)
4X7610
8.77[19]

Winn's father, known as the Toyman, escapes from prison, leaving the former a message to meet him. Winn tells the FBI about it. They find it a trap, but Kara saves them. Winn reveals that his father's boss, Chester Dunholtz, stole his toy designs, leading to the Toyman trying to kill Dunholtz, killing other people instead and going to jail. The Toyman kidnaps Winn, demanding him to attend a ceremony to kill Dunholtz and threatening to kill the other guests by the bombs he has planted. Kara manages to save the guests and have the Toyman arrested. Lucy accepts Cat's job offer and Winn addresses his feelings to Kara. Meanwhile, Alex goes to dinner with Maxwell, giving Hank the chance to infiltrate LORD Technologies by shapeshifting into Maxwell. He finds the woman and takes pictures, but is forced to clear a security guard's memory to escape without arousing suspicion. Maxwell is revealed to be monitoring Alex using a camera and microphone he planted on her purse. He finds out about Supergirl's identity.

11
11
"Strange Visitor from Another Planet"
Glen Winter
Michael Grassi & Caitlin Parrish
January 25, 2016 (2016-01-25)
4X7611
7.90[20]

Miranda Crane, an anti-alien Senator, arrives in National City and is attacked by an alien. Kara saves Crane and brings her to the DEO, where Hank reveals to Alex that the alien is a White Martian, whose species wiped out the Green Martians, Hank's species. Kara finds out that the Crane inside the DEO is actually the White, who is a shapeshifter. The White escapes, abducting Alex. Hank proposes a trade of himself with Alex, which the White accepts. Kara interrupts the exchange, giving Hank the chance to attempt to kill the White, but Kara dissuades him and the White is incarcerated in the DEO. Crane withdraws from her anti-alien initiative. Meanwhile, Kara and Winn become distant to each other. Adam pays a visit to Cat due to receiving a letter, which was actually written by Kara. Adam and Cat find it hard to develop a relationship, but Kara later helps them reconcile. Adam asks Kara on a date, which she accepts. An identical Supergirl appears in National City.

12
12
"Bizarro"
John Showalter
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Rachel Shukert
February 1, 2016 (2016-02-01)
4X7612
6.68[21]

It is revealed that the new Supergirl is the woman Maxwell has been experimenting on and has brainwashed her with the sole purpose of killing the prime Supergirl. Cat titles her "Bizarro", who later witnesses Supergirl saving civilians and realizing that Supergirl is not a bad person, as Maxwell has dictated to her. However, Maxwell convinces her to continue hunting Supergirl. Bizarro attacks Kara when she is out with Adam, making her realize that Maxwell knows her identity. The DEO uses Kryptonite on Bizarro, whose face gets deformed instead and manages to escape. Kara decides to end her relationship with Adam. Maxwell advises Bizarro to use a person Supergirl cares about, so she kidnaps James. Kara arrives and engages her before Alex uses a modified Kryptonite to weaken Bizarro, who is rendered unconscious and kept in the DEO. Alex brings Maxwell to the DEO and locks him up, so he threatens Eliza indirectly. Back at her apartment, Kara is attacked by an unknown creature.

13
13
"For the Girl Who Has Everything"
Dermott Downs
Story by : Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Ted Sullivan & Derek Simon
February 8, 2016 (2016-02-08)
4X7613
7.92[22]

The creature, which is known as the Black Mercy, places Kara in a dreamlike state that has her imagining she is back on Krypton. The Black Mercy is part of a plot by Non, who is using Earth's technology to launch "Myriad", which he and Astra are planning to use to wipe out humanity. Astra secretly informs Alex of the Black Mercy, and the latter enlists the help of Hank, Winn, Maxwell, and James to save Kara, with Alex entering Kara's mind to pull her out and bring her back to reality. When Kara comes back, she seeks revenge on Non and stops him, who escapes with after revealing the word "Myriad". Elsewhere, Astra engages Alex and Hank, who fights as the Martian Manhunter. The former overpowers him before Alex impales her with a Kryptonite sword, killing her. Kara arrives and Hank tells her that he killed Astra instead of Alex, who starts to feel guilty over whether she should tell Kara the truth. Non vows revenge on Kara in the wake of Astra's death.

14
14
"Truth, Justice and the American Way"
Lexi Alexander
Story by : Michael Grassi
Teleplay by : Yahlin Chang & Caitlin Parrish
February 22, 2016 (2016-02-22)
4X7614
7.25[23]

Kara and Non pay their final respects to Astra, and he vows to kill her after he finishes mourning. Kara, Alex, and J'onn track down an armored alien known as the Master Jailer, whom they discover was a guard at Fort Rozz. He has become a vigilante who kills the alien fugitives, including those convicted of non-violent crimes such as a professor sentenced for drug smuggling. Kara confronts the Jailer, but he takes her prisoner and plans to execute her for not joining him. The DEO pinpoints their location and Kara is able to save the professor and defeat the Jailer. Alura refuses to reveal anything about Myriad and Kara realizes she cannot forgive J'onn for killing Astra. Meanwhile, Cat assigns James and Lucy to investigate Maxwell's disappearance. Tensions between James and Lucy develop after he reveals his knowledge of the DEO and friendship with Supergirl. The DEO releases Maxwell, threatening to disclose his criminal activity if he reveals Supergirl's identity or the DEO's location. Kara finds competition in Cat's new "first assistant" Siobhan Smythe.

15
15
"Solitude"
Dermott Downs
Story by : Rachel Shukert
Teleplay by : Anna Musky-Goldwyn & James DeWille
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)
4X7615
6.69[24]

A hacker steals the personal information of several people and gives it to Cat for disclosure, which she refuses. The hacker, turned out to be an alien named Indigo with the ability to use the internet for traveling, announces her decision to destroy National City. Kara leaves the DEO and enlists the help of James and Lucy to stop Indigo while the DEO enlists Winn for it. Lucy realizes that Indigo's intention in the hacking was only one person, a military general with access to the nuclear arsenal. Indigo infiltrates the nuclear base using the general's cell phone and launches a missile towards National City. Kara stops it using the DEO's help. Winn uploads a virus to Indigo, destroying her after she reveals to Kara that it was she who helped Kara's ship exit the Phantom Zone., which in turn facilitated Fort Rozz's expulsion. Kara decides to rejoin the DEO, and Alex reveals the truth about Astra, being forgiven by Kara. Lucy ends her relationship with James, accusing him of loving Kara. Winn and Siobhan develop a relationship. Non recovers Indigo's pieces and revives her.

16
16
"Falling"
Larry Teng
Robert Rovner & Jessica Queller
March 14, 2016 (2016-03-14)
4X7616
6.53[25]

After helping fight a warehouse fire, Supergirl inadvertently comes into contact with Red Kryptonite which ovrerides her inhibitions. Kara/Supergirl soon becomes more cold, shallow, and cynical, which causes Winn, Jimmy, Alex, and even Cat to wonder what is going on with her. Kara even goes so far as to rat out the back-stabbing Siobhan by leaking information that Siobhan has been contacting the Daily Planet for information on Supergirl's actions, which results in Cat terminating Siobhan's employment. It soon turns out that Maxwell Lord created the so-called Red Kryptonite, in the hopes of stopping Non's next attack. After the compromised Supergirl makes an attempt on Cat's life, Cat goes on TV and denounces Supergirl. Alex and Maxwell are forced to form an uneasy alliance while he tries to help the DEO stop Supergirl. After a climactic battle downtown, the DEO is able to subdue and cure Supergirl, but at the price of Hank revealing himself as the Martian Manhunter.

17
17
"Manhunter"
Chris Fisher
Story by : Derek Simon
Teleplay by : Cindy Lichtman & Rachel Shukert
March 21, 2016 (2016-03-21)
4X7617
6.00[26]

While Kara is trying to win back National City's trust, the hot-headed Marine Colonel James Harper (guest star Eddie McClintock) begins an investigation into the J'onn affair with Lucy, having re-enlisted into the Army at her previous rank of Major, as his legal assistant. Hank/J'onn J'onzz then tells the backstory about how he first met Jeremiah Danvers (guest star Dean Cain) 10 years earlier while he and Hank were on a mission in South America to find him and how J'onn took his identity to oversee the DEO. After her interrogation, the vindictive Lucy implicates Alex with her knowledge about J'onn's real identity. After learning that Hank and Alex are on their way to Project Cadmus, Kara finally tells Lucy that she is Supergirl and convinces her to help rescue Hank and Alex. Hank learns that Jeremiah is still alive, so he and Alex go on the run to find him, but not before manipulating Harper into resigning from the Marines and appointing Lucy as the acting director of the DEO. Meanwhile, Siobhan tries to get revenge on Kara for getting her fired, but gets caught by Winn and discovers that she has the power to sonic scream.

18
18
"Worlds Finest"
Nick Gomez
Story by : Greg Berlanti
Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Michael Grassi
March 28, 2016 (2016-03-28)
4X7618
7.17[27]

Siobhan discovers that the women in her family are cursed with the spirit of a banshee, which can only be quieted by killing whoever wronged them. Deciding to kill Kara, Siobhan frees Livewire from captivity at the DEO and suggests they team up to kill both Kara and Cat. Siobhan—now calling herself Silver Banshee—and Livewire kidnap Cat and wreak havoc on National City Park. Meanwhile, Supergirl has a run-in with Barry Allen / Flash, a superhero from a parallel Earth (Earth-1), whom she asks for his help to find Livewire and Silver Banshee. After a climatic fight in a downtown park, Kara is able to subdue them and win back National City's trust. At the end, Kara discovers that everyone in National City has fallen under some kind of spell, revealed by Non to be the result of Myriad.

This episode is a crossover with The Flash.

19
19
"Myriad"
Adam Kane
Yahlin Chang & Caitlin Parrish
April 11, 2016 (2016-04-11)
4X7619
6.12[28]

The Myriad effect has taken over National City and even Superman is under control, leaving Kara, Cat, and Maxwell as the only ones immune. Now, Kara must find a way to stop Non, but Maxwell is looking at destroying the Kryptonians with a Kryptonite bomb even at the risk of killing other humans. Cat objects and prompts Kara to find an alternative. The effect brings fugitives Alex and J'onn back after Alex tells Eliza the truth about Jeremiah and Hank Henshaw. When Indigo senses the two returning, she defeats J'onn, but takes Alex and places her under mind control as Non's payback for Astra's death.

20
20
"Better Angels"
Larry Teng
Story by : Andrew Kreisberg & Ali Adler
Teleplay by : Robert Rovner & Jessica Queller
April 18, 2016 (2016-04-18)
4X7620
6.11[29]

Kara fights with Alex, who is controlled by Non. When Alex is about to kill Kara with the same Kryptonian sword used to kill Astra, their mother pleads with her to stop, breaking Non's control over Alex. The team learns that hope is the key to stopping Myriad. Supergirl inspires the citizens of National City, waking them from the Myriad trance. However, Non is convinced by Indigo to kill all the humans on Earth by increasing Myriad's frequency. Back at the DEO, Max warns Kara that she might not survive a solo fight with Non and Indigo; J'onn later insists on helping her. Kara and J'onn confront Non and Indigo at Fort Rozz, which is powering Myriad. Kara defeats Non in a heat vision battle and J'onn rips Indigo's body apart. As Indigo dies, she reveals that she locked the system so Myriad cannot be shut down. Kara flies Fort Rozz into space, rendering Myriad harmless; Alex rescues her using Kara's pod. Afterward, J'onn is reinstated as the Director of the DEO and Cat gives Kara a promotion. While Kara celebrates at her house, another pod similar to the one in which Kara came to Earth crashes near National City. Kara opens the pod and is shocked by what is inside it.

text: ^ Jump up to: a b Following the November 2015 Paris attacks, the episode "How Does She Do It?", which features content similar to the attacks and was originally scheduled to air as the fourth episode of the season on November 16, 2015, was pulled from its scheduled airing. In its place, the episode "Livewire", which was originally scheduled to air as the fifth episode on November 23, 2015, was aired.[10] "How Does She Do It?" then aired as the fifth episode on November 23.[11] For the season's home media release, the episodes were restored to their original production order,[12] which is how the episodes are presented here.

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text: Season 2 (2016–17)[edit]

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No.
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No. in
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Title
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Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)

21
1
"The Adventures of Supergirl"
Glen Winter
Story by : Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Jessica Queller
October 10, 2016 (2016-10-10)
T13.20151
3.06[30]

Kara finds an unknown young man lying unconscious in the pod and takes him to DEO. She prepares for a date with James just as the commercial spacecraft, the Venture, is launched into space. It suffers engine failure and descends to Earth, but Kara saves the craft with help from Superman. They discover the main target was Lena Luthor, the new CEO of Luthor Corp after her brother, Lex, was convicted of numerous crimes. In a ceremony where she renames the company L-Corp, she is attacked again by John Corben, an assassin. Alex engages him while Kara and Clark stop a building from collapsing. Corben reveals he was working for Lex before he is shot by Lena. Kara chooses to be a reporter for CatCo, a decision supported by Cat. Kara and James decide to keep their relationship friendly. Winn is formally hired to work at the DEO. Meanwhile, J'onn reveals to Alex that he was the one who found the first cluster of Kryptonite and decided to keep it against the wishes of Clark, who wanted to destroy it. At Project Cadmus, the organization's leader revives Corben and begins turning him into a being called Metallo.

22
2
"The Last Children of Krypton"
Glen Winter
Robert Rovner & Caitlin Parrish
October 17, 2016 (2016-10-17)
T13.20152
2.66[31]

Kara and Clark continue operating together in National City before he decides to return to Metropolis. When they encounter Corben, who has turned into Project Cadmus' prototypical cyborg, his Kryptonite-based powers pose a serious threat. The DEO deduces that there is a mole who smuggled the kryptonite out. During a subsequent encounter with Corben, another Metallo prototype goes on a rampage in Metropolis without opposition. Alex finds the mole, but he is killed by Cadmus's leader, a scientist who intends to destroy aliens. Winn builds anti-kryptonite gear for Kara and Clark, who manage to defeat the Metallos with the help of Alex and Hank. Kara promises the Cadmus leader she will find her. Hank entrusts the remaining kryptonite to Clark, who returns to Metropolis. Meanwhile, Cat introduces Kara to the latter's new boss, Snapper Carr, who does not like her and refuses to give her an assignment. Cat advises her to solve the problem herself and announces that she has decided to leave CatCo, leaving James in charge. Kara manages to prove her value to Snapper, who agrees to teach her. At the DEO, the alien man regains consciousness and attacks Kara.

23
3
"Welcome to Earth"
Rachel Talalay
Jessica Queller & Derek Simon
October 24, 2016 (2016-10-24)
T13.20153
2.65[32]

The alien man escapes the DEO. As President Olivia Marsdin arrives in National City to sign an act giving all aliens amnesty, she is attacked by an unknown alien with the power to shoot fiery energy, believed to be the escapee. Alex encounters police detective Maggie Sawyer at the crime scene, who takes her to a secret bar hosting aliens. Winn discovers the DEO escapee is from Daxam, Krypton's sister planet. Kara defeats the Daxamite and returns him to the DEO. She is uncharacteristically hostile towards him, prejudging his intentions because of a long feud between the Kryptonians and Daxamites. The President is attacked again while signing the Alien Amnesty Act; the assailant is revealed to be a woman, Scorch, who is defeated by Kara, Alex, and Maggie. Kara releases the Daxamite, who introduces himself as Mon-El. She tells him that Daxam's population was annihilated and that Daxam is a wasteland due to Krypton's destruction. Olivia briefly flashes an alien face as she leaves, unbeknownst to the members of the DEO. Meanwhile, Kara interviews Lena, who reveals that L-Corp has invented an alien detection device. In the bar, Hank encounters M'gann M'orzz, a female Green Martian.

24
4
"Survivors"
James Marshall
James Bamford
Paula Yoo & Eric Carrasco
October 31, 2016 (2016-10-31)
T13.20154
2.22[33]

J'onn asks that Mon-El stay at the DEO until he is fully examined. An alien body is found and the DEO track down the murderer, who is then kidnapped by unknown armed men. Maggie and Alex track him down to a secret facility where a woman, Veronica Sinclair (also known as Roulette), hosts rich and powerful people. The aliens are forced to duel, sometimes to the death. They spot M'gann as a contestant before Kara intervenes and is attacked by an alien called Draaga, who overpowers her and escapes. J'onn confronts M'gann, who confesses her intense guilt for having survived the extinction of her species. Veronica abducts J'onn with M'gann's help. Using Lena, Kara finds the fight club's new address, where J'onn and M'gann are forced to duel until J'onn convinces her to stop blaming herself and she refuses to continue. When they are attacked by Draaga, Kara arrives and defeats him thanks to Mon-El's advice. She dissuades the other aliens from protecting Veronica, who is arrested but later released by orders from on high. M'gann secretly shapeshifts to reveal that she is a White Martian.

25
5
"Crossfire"
Glen Winter
Gabriel Llanas & Anna Musky-Goldwyn
November 7, 2016 (2016-11-07)
T13.20155
2.47[34]

A group of robbers, led by Chet Miner, starts challenging Supergirl using alien guns. Cadmus demands the repealing of the Amnesty as a solution. Kara deduces that Cadmus is arming Miner's team. Lena holds a fundraiser which is attacked by Miner and his men. She reveals to Winn that the fundraiser was a ruse for the robbers and they activate a device that destroys the alien weapons, leading to the robbers' arrest. Miner and his team are killed by Cadmus before he can expose them. The leader of Cadmus is revealed to be Lillian, Lena's adoptive mother. Meanwhile, Kara takes Mon-El to CatCo for work, but he continuously ignores her commands, leading to him being fired. Alex convinces her to let him choose his own path. James starts operating as a vigilante. Winn finds out and initially reprimands him, but finally decides to help, intending to make a suit for him. Alex learns that Maggie has broken up with her girlfriend and tries to cheer her up, with Maggie realizing Alex is a lesbian and Alex herself accepting that fact.

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"Changing"
Larry Teng
Story by : Greg Berlanti
Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Caitlin Parrish
November 14, 2016 (2016-11-14)
T13.20156
2.35[35]

In Norway, a group of scientists led by Dr. Jones discover an abnormal wolf corpse, resulting in the mysterious murder of all of the scientists except Jones, who is revealed to be infected by a parasite. The DEO finds out that Jones killed the other scientists. Kara gets angry with Mon-El when she finds out that he has been using his powers to make money. The DEO predicts Jones' next target and Kara and J'onn attempt to stop him, but he drains their powers, becomes larger and stronger, and escapes, leaving the pair weakened and unconscious and J'onn near death. Alex convinces M'gann to donate blood in order to save J'onn. Jones attacks his target again, but Mon-El intervenes. With his suit ready, James arrives to fight Jones too, taking the alias "Guardian." Kara regains consciousness and attacks Jones, using Plutonium 239, which he absorbs, causing him to overload with energy and implode. James convinces Winn not to tell Kara about his alter ego. Mon-El is abducted by Cadmus. Meanwhile, Alex tells Kara about her feelings for Maggie. Kara encourages her to tell Maggie how she feels, but Maggie reveals that she would prefer to remain friends, upsetting Alex.

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7
"The Darkest Place"
Glen Winter
Robert Rovner & Paula Yoo
November 21, 2016 (2016-11-21)
T13.20157
2.61[36]

A new vigilante appears and starts killing some of the criminals. Mon-El continues his escape plans. Lillian demands Kara come to Cadmus. Kara is overpowered by the real Hank, who is enhanced and called the "Cyborg Superman." Winn helps identify vigilante criminal targets with James help to try and stop the serial killer. Lillian forces Kara to deplete her powers, giving the former the chance to take blood samples. Mon-El watches as Kara solar flares with depleted powers for Lillian. Jeremiah saves Kara and Mon-El and helps them escape by staying behind. Kara finally approves of the Guardian, unaware of his true identity only known to Alex. Mon-El recognises feelings for Kara. Cyborg Superman arrives at the Fortress of Solitude demanding to know about the "Medusa" project. Meanwhile, J'onn begins having hallucinations about M'gann locked in the DEO. She warns him about the transfusion. Alex finally accepts Maggie.

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8
"Medusa"
Stefan Pleszczynski
Jessica Queller & Derek Simon
November 28, 2016 (2016-11-28)
T13.20158
3.53[39]

Cyborg Superman unleashes a virus in the alien bar, killing every alien there except Mon-El, who is quarantined by the DEO. Eliza Danvers, visiting for Thanksgiving, determines that the virus is Kryptonian. At the Fortress of Solitude, Kara learns that Henshaw was after "Medusa", a virus created by her father, Zor-El, to kill non-Kryptonians in case of alien invasion. At L-Corp, she stops Henshaw from getting the isotope required to disperse Medusa. Lena refuses to help when Kara reveals that Lillian is Cadmus' leader. Later, Lena willingly gives Lillian the isotope. Kara and J'onn confront the Luthors and Henshaw before Medusa is disseminated via rocket launcher. J'onn fights Henshaw, becoming a White Martian, while Kara chases the rocket, which explodes and disperses Medusa. However, Lena has double-crossed Lillian and rendered the virus inert. Lillian is arrested, but Henshaw escapes. Eliza cures Mon-El and uses Medusa to restore J'onn's Green Martian form. Alex comes out to Eliza, who supports her. Later, Maggie and Alex kiss after Maggie admits she does have feelings for Alex. An unknown alien race is searching for Mon-El. Barry Allen and Cisco Ramon arrive from their Earth to enlist Kara's help.

This episode ends with a scene setting up the crossover event "Invasion!" that begins on The Flash season 3 episode 8, continues on Arrow season 5 episode 8, and concludes on Legends of Tomorrow season 2 episode 7.[37][38]

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9
"Supergirl Lives"
Kevin Smith
Story by : Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Eric Carrasco & Jess Kardos
January 23, 2017 (2017-01-23)
T13.20159
2.65[40]

Winn gets beaten aiding James, leading the former to believe he is not fit for field work. Kara starts investigating a strange series of missing persons. The DEO tracks the kidnappings to a fake clinical trial run by aliens. Searching for the missing people, Kara and Mon-El pass through a portal and land on the planet Maaldoria, epicenter of the slave trade. Realizing that they will not have their powers due to Maaldoria's red sun, the pair tracks the kidnappees to a fortress, intentionally getting captured to wind up in the same cell as the others. They learn that Roulette is involved in the trafficking. Meanwhile, J'onn reveals that the Maaldorian atmosphere is lethal to Martians, making Alex the lead on the rescue team. She convinces Winn to join her, despite his misgivings. Kara incites a riot and the prisoners lock Roulette and her Maaldorian accomplice in the cell before escaping. After reuniting with the DEO, they get to the portal and return to Earth. Winn accepts his potential, while Mon-El, whom the Maaldorians intentionally allowed to leave, decides to become a superhero. An alien group is revealed to be searching for Mon-El. Maggie tells Alex about her knowledge of Kara's alter ego.

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10
"We Can Be Heroes"
Rebecca Johnson
Caitlin Parrish & Katie Rose Rogers
January 30, 2017 (2017-01-30)
T13.20160
2.35[41]

Kara starts training Mon-El. Leslie is found to be out of prison. Kara and Mon-El go off to engage Livewire, but it turns out to be another woman, who attacks the pair with a male of the same abilities. Mon-El ignores Kara's instructions to protect the civilians, choosing to save her instead. The Guardian arrives and aids them. Their adversaries escape and Kara finds out about James' alter ego, scolding him and Winn. She also gets angry with Mon-El for prioritizing her over the others. The DEO learns that Leslie was actually abducted from incarceration. Winn locates her. James and Mon-El rush there to prove themselves. The duo is captured by a scientist who has been draining Leslie's powers and giving them to his subjects. Kara arrives and saves them, freeing Leslie and dissuading her from killing the scientist in exchange for allowing her to escape. Kara rejects James' offer for cooperation in vigilantism. Mon-El confirms his feelings for her. Meanwhile, M'gann loses consciousness. J'onn agrees to bond with her. In a shared memory, he tells her that she is forgiven. She regains consciousness and J'onn frees her. She reveals that the White Martians are searching for her.

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"The Martian Chronicles"
David McWhirter
Gabriel Llanas & Anna Musky-Goldwyn
February 6, 2017 (2017-02-06)
T13.20161
2.43[42]

J'onn starts following M'gann so as to protect her. Armek, her former mate, comes to Earth with orders to take her back to Mars for execution and gives her two hours to surrender before he goes after her friends. Fearful, J'onn decides to bring her to the DEO for protection. The real M'gann shows up, revealing the other one to be Armek in disguise, forcing J'onn to put the DEO into lockdown. Assuming Winn's identity, Armek initiates a meltdown in the building's nuclear reactor while another White Martian posing as Alex ambushes Kara. J'onn and M'gann free the real Winn and Alex and confront Armek, killing him with a metal pole. Winn fixes the reactor in time and Alex helps Kara subdue the other Martian. Afterwards, M'gann informs J'onn that she intends to return to her home planet in order to reform her people. Encouraged by Alex, Kara tries to ask Mon-El out on a date, only to find that he already has a relationship with Eve.

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12
"Luthors"
Tawnia McKiernan
Robert Rovner & Cindy Lichtman
February 13, 2017 (2017-02-13)
T13.20162
2.52[43]

Lena testifies against Lillian, and Kara encourages her to visit Lillian, who reveals that she is her husband's daughter from another woman. A package of synthetic kryptonite is sent to Corben. While testifying, he attacks the court and frees Lillian. A faked video is leaked showing Lena stealing the kryptonite and she is arrested on suspicion of helping Lillian. Corben breaks her out. Kara remains the only person to believe in Lena's innocence. Lillian takes Lena to a remote facility set up by Lex before his imprisonment and forces her to access a stockpile of alien weapons, several of which she takes. Kara arrives and intervenes. Winn determines that the synthetic kryptonite is becoming increasingly unstable and will soon explode. Kara manages to save Lena before Corben self-destructs while Lillian and Henshaw escape by helicopter. Lena is exonerated, but begins contemplating her relationship with her family, especially Lex. Kara and Mon-El, who had a disastrous date with Teschmacher, confess their feelings for each other at her apartment when a man calling himself Mister Mxyzptlk arrives and declares his love for her. Meanwhile, Alex introduces Maggie to the group as her girlfriend.

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13
"Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk"
Stefan Pleszczynski
Jessica Queller & Sterling Gates
February 20, 2017 (2017-02-20)
T13.20163
2.24[44]

Mxyzptlk, an imp from the fifth dimension who can manipulate reality, proposes marriage to Kara, whose refusal he sees as a challenge. Mon-El suggests killing Mxyzptlk, which she rejects. Mxyzptlk summons Parasite to attack National City before killing it in order to impress her. Mon-El inadvertently reveals that another way to remove imps is by getting them to say or spell their names backwards. Later, Winn discovers a device in the DEO's collection that is connected to the same fifth dimensional energy from which Mxyzptlk draws power. Mon-El attempts to use it to duel with Mxyzptlk to the death. Mxyzptlk eventually gains the upper hand and tries to kill Mon-El, only for Kara to arrive and agree to marry him. He later arrives at the Fortress of Solitude for their wedding, but Kara states that she will not marry him. Angered, he attacks her, but she stops the battle by locking the fortress down and activating the self-destruct sequence. Mxyzptlk begs for the code to stop the countdown but, after inputting the code, realizes that it spells his name backwards, vanquishing him. Mon-El and Kara develop a romance. Meanwhile, Winn starts dating Lyra Strayd, an alien from Starhaven, and Alex and Maggie celebrate their first Valentine's Day together.

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14
"Homecoming"
Larry Teng
Caitlin Parrish & Derek Simon
February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27)
T13.20164
2.17[45]

The DEO receives an alarm regarding a convoy departing from Cadmus. Kara and J'onn investigate and rescue a chained Jeremiah, who claims Cadmus has created a fusion bomb using energy from her heat vision. He persuades J'onn to reinstate him back at the DEO, which makes Mon-El suspicious, causing friction between him and Kara. He persuades Winn to watch Jeremiah, who attempts to access the DEO's database, alerting Winn. After confronting Jeremiah, Kara is hesitant to accept his excuse, while Alex believes him. Winn locates the purported bomb, but the DEO finds nothing at the location. J'onn realizes he cannot read Jeremiah's mind and that he is working for Cadmus, having been cybernetically enhanced. Jeremiah overpowers J'onn and downloads information from the mainframe before escaping. Kara and Alex confront Jeremiah, Lillian, and Henshaw, and Kara rushes to save a train that Cadmus endangered while Alex goes after the trio. Jeremiah escapes due to Alex's reluctance to shoot him. Winn later determines that Jeremiah downloaded the list of all the registered aliens in the country.

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15
"Exodus"
Michael Allowitz
Paula Yoo & Eric Carrasco
March 6, 2017 (2017-03-06)
T13.20165
2.16[46]

Cadmus begins abducting aliens, so Kara asks Snapper to publish an article, but he insists on verifying her sources. When Supergirl confirms the story but refuses to reveal her own source, Snapper refuses to publish. Alex's bias towards Jeremiah leads to J'onn suspending her, but Maggie decides to help her find him. They stop a Cadmus team from abducting an alien and find Cadmus' holding site. Lena also finds out about the site before Lillian's operatives attempt to stop her, but Kara manages to save Lena. At the Cadmus site, Alex is captured and Jeremiah reveals that Cadmus is planning to deport the aliens to another planet in a large spaceship. Meanwhile, Kara publishes the story on a blog, forcing Lillian to deport the aliens she already has. Alex convinces Jeremiah to help her stop the launch and, while he engages Cadmus operatives, she enters the ship and frees the aliens, but they are locked inside by another gate before the ship launches, programmed to accelerate to light speed once exiting the atmosphere. Supergirl arrives and manages to stop the ship. Snapper fires Kara from CatCo, while Alex is reinstated by J'onn. Daxamites arrive near the Moon.

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16
"Star-Crossed"
John Medlen
Katie Rose Rogers & Jess Kardos
March 20, 2017 (2017-03-20)
T13.20166
2.07[47]

The Daxamites demand the humans relinquish Mon-El, who surrenders. Kara accompanies him and learns that Mon-El is actually the Prince of Daxam. The ship is commanded by his parents, who want him to lead his people and rebuild Daxam. Kara becomes angry with Mon-El for lying to her. She and Mon-El return to Earth. He apologizes several times, but to no avail. She eventually ends the relationship. Mon-El demands his parents leave him and Earth. Meanwhile, Winn and Lyra break into an art museum for a tryst. He is later arrested by Maggie, who reveals that a painting is missing. Alex convinces Maggie to give them 24 hours to prove Winn's innocence. They find and capture Lyra, who reveals that her brother, Bastian, owes a large sum to a smuggler named Mandrax. She steals paintings to pay down Bastian's debt. Winn frees Lyra as part of a sting operation. The DEO and Guardian then confront and arrest Mandrax and free Bastian. Winn later forgives Lyra's dishonesty. The DEO has captured a new alien, who quickly hypnotizes Kara and escapes to Earth-1 to fight Barry. Kara wakes up in a hallucination where she is a lounge singer.

This episode is a crossover with The Flash season 3 episode 17. The scene at the end of the episode sets up the crossover.

37
17
"Distant Sun"
Kevin Smith
Gabriel Llanas & Anna Musky-Goldwyn
March 27, 2017 (2017-03-27)
T13.20167
2.21[48]

Kara is attacked by a series of alien bounty hunters. Mon-El suspects his parents are responsible and hope that he will abandon Earth if Kara is dead. His suspicion is confirmed after J'onn telepathically interrogates one of the hunters. Kara suggests she and Mon-El meet with Rhea, his mother, to change her mind. However, Rhea refuses to listen and tries to kill Kara using Kryptonite, so Mon-El agrees to leave Earth if she spares Kara's life. Against President Marsdin's orders, J'onn helps Kara rescue Mon-El from his parents' ship and, after a fierce battle, King Lar Gand agrees to let Mon-El stay on Earth. Marsdin is revealed to be an alien. Rhea kills Lar Gand for what she views as his betrayal and vows to return to Earth to reclaim Mon-El. Meanwhile, after an encounter with an ex-girlfriend of Maggie's, Alex learns that Maggie neglected to tell her that she cheated on the woman, prompting a frank discussion in which Alex asks Maggie to trust her with her secrets.

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18
"Ace Reporter"
Armen V. Kevorkian
Paula Yoo & Caitlin Parrish
April 24, 2017 (2017-04-24)
T13.20168
1.80[49]

Lena invites Kara to a press conference being held by her former boyfriend Jack Spheer, who unveils Biomax, a new nanobot technology that can heal human ailments. After the conference, Kara is approached and told the human trials of Biomax were faked, but her source is killed by the nanobots before she is told more. Kara and Mon-El crash Lena and Jack's dinner date and take Jack's keycard for his office, discovering footage showing Jack injecting Biomax into himself. Kara later shows the footage to Lena, who confronts Jack and discovers he is being controlled by his CFO Beth Breen via the side effect of the nanobots, loss of free will. Supergirl then turns up to save Lena, but when the former is trapped by the nanobots, Lena is forced to deactivate them, killing Jack in the process. Breen is incarcerated and Snapper rehires Kara at CatCo for providing the Biomax story. Lena is visited by Rhea. Meanwhile, Winn brings Lyra onto the team with him and Guardian, causing tensions that lead to Lyra leaving the team. James returns her to the team with the condition that she follow his instructions.

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19
"Alex"
Rob Greenlea
Eric Carrasco & Greg Baldwin
May 1, 2017 (2017-05-01)
T13.20169
1.75[50]

Alex is abducted by a person who demands the release of Peter Thompson, a man serving a life sentence for several felonies. The kidnapper is identified as Rick Malverne, Thompson's son and also a childhood friend of the Danvers, having deduced Kara's alter ego on his own. Rick is captured and taken to the DEO. Alex sends a location to Winn, but when Kara rushes to the coordinates, the trap triggers an alarm, causing water to start filling Alex's cell. While the DEO and Kara refuse to negotiate with Rick, Maggie tries to break Thompson out of prison before being confronted by Kara, who convinces Thompson to reveal Alex's location. Kara and Maggie manage to rescue Alex in time and Alex and Maggie profess their love for each other. J'onn decides to wipe Rick's memory. Meanwhile, Rhea gives Lena the schematics of a high-tech device for transporting matter. Lena soon deduces that Rhea is an alien and becomes angry, but Rhea manages to convince her to continue working with her.

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20
"City of Lost Children"
Ben Bray
Story by : Robert Rovner
Teleplay by : Gabriel Llanas & Anna Musky-Goldwyn
May 8, 2017 (2017-05-08)
T13.20170
1.88[51]

James becomes discouraged with being Guardian when he realizes that those he helps are afraid of him. The DEO investigates a Phorian woman who uses her telekinetic powers to cause rampage. James tracks down her son, Marcus, who refuses to speak with anyone but James, who spends time bonding with him. With Rhea's encouragement, Lena completes the matter transporter, which Rhea activates, causing Marcus to nearly destroy the office with his powers. Afterwards, the DEO discovers Rhea and Lena's involvement and that Marcus's mother's "attack" was unintentional on her part. Marcus leads James and Winn to his mother, who is with a large group of Phorians. Rhea reactivates the transporter, causing the Phorians to lose control. James manages to calm Marcus, who in turn calms the others. Kara, J'onn, and Mon-El attempt to shut down the transporter, but are unsuccessful. Mon-El confronts Rhea, but hesitates to kill her. The transporter brings a massive fleet of Daxamite ships to conquer Earth and transform it into "New Daxam". Rhea then teleports herself, Mon-El, and Lena to her ship.

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21
"Resist"
Millicent Shelton
Jessica Queller & Derek Simon
May 15, 2017 (2017-05-15)
T13.20171
1.93[52]

The Daxamites launch a full invasion of National City, killing and arresting civilians. They also attack the DEO, but Alex and Winn manage to escape. Mon-El learns that he has to marry Lena in order to unite the people of Earth with Daxam. On Air Force One, Marsdin and Cat contact Rhea and demand their withdrawal, but the Daxamite fleet fires on them. Kara saves Cat and they discover that Marsdin is an alien, a refugee from the planet Durla. She tasks the DEO with destroying the Daxamite mother ship with a special cannon. Hesitant to do so, Kara turns to Cadmus for a way into the ship. Cat and Winn stage a distraction, inciting a civilian riot against the Daxamites, while Kara, Hank, and Lillian use a Phantom Zone projector to board the ship. Alex and Maggie regain control of the cannon, while the Luthors escape and try to disable the projector. Having predicted that, Supergirl is able to send Mon-El to safety and goes to confront Rhea, who reveals that she has taken control of Superman and has him attack Kara.

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22
"Nevertheless, She Persisted"
Glen Winter
Story by : Andrew Kreisberg & Jessica Queller
Teleplay by : Robert Rovner & Caitlin Parrish
May 22, 2017 (2017-05-22)
T13.20172
2.12[53]

Rhea used Silver Kryptonite to manipulate Kal's senses, causing Kara to appear to be General Zod. Kara eventually overpowers and takes him to the Fortress, where a recovered Kal finds a way to end the invasion. Kara challenges Rhea to Dakkam Ur, a rite in which two leaders duel and the loser concedes the war, accepted by Rhea. Lillian, Lena and Winn build a device to disperse lead into the atmosphere. As lead is lethal to Daxamites, it would make the planet uninhabitable to them. With Mon-El's approval, Kara tells the DEO to use it if she loses. During the duel, Rhea resumes the invasion. M'gann returns with other benevolent White Martians and J'onn awakens to join the battle. Rhea claims the invasion will not stop even if she loses, so Kara launches the device, killing Rhea and forcing the fleet to leave. Kara puts Mon-El in a pod and sends him away from Earth. Cat reassumes her position at CatCo and Alex asks Maggie to marry her. In deep space, Mon-El's pod is drawn into a wormhole. In flashbacks to Krypton's destruction, an unknown faction sends another infant to Earth in order to "reign."

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1
"Girl of Steel"
Jesse Warn
Story by : Andrew Kreisberg
Teleplay by : Robert Rovner & Caitlin Parrish
October 9, 2017 (2017-10-09)
T13.20651
1.87[54]

Kara has been dreaming of Mon-El and has become obsessive with her vigilantism, ignoring downtime with others in her life. Lena and James oppose industrialist Morgan Edge regarding his plan for waterfront housing estates. James is running CatCo with Cat serving as White House Press Secretary and Snapper on sabbatical. Kara quits CatCo, believing she needs to prioritize being Supergirl and pushing away Alex, who is making plans to marry Maggie. Edge hires criminal Bloodsport to attack the unveiling of a Supergirl statue by the waterfront with a submarine, forcing Kara to go underwater to stop them. When she passes out, her dream of Mon-El rallies her and she stops the attack. In order to nullify Edge's attempts to buy CatCo and silence it, Lena buys it herself. Kara decides to return to CatCo and rejoins her friends. Meanwhile, Samantha Arias, a woman whom Alex helped at the waterfront, wakes up after a dream with a disturbing creature.

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2
"Triggers"
David McWhirter
Gabriel Llanas & Anna Musky-Goldwyn
October 16, 2017 (2017-10-16)
T13.20652
1.76[55]

Kara battles a powerful metahuman bank robber called Psi, who can evoke her victims' deepest fears, forcing Kara to struggle with her memories of Krypton's destruction and her guilt over Mon-El. After Winn's psychic dampener fails, Kara finally overcomes her fear and arrests Psi. Lena decides to run CatCo personally, taking James by surprise and creating friction with Kara, who initially has difficulty separating work and their friendship. Samantha Arias's daughter, Ruby, deliberately puts herself in danger to test whether her mother has superpowers; however, she is rescued by Kara. Samantha begins to question who she is and her origins, and becomes Lena's replacement at L-Corp, acting as its CFO. Alex learns that Maggie seems to not want children. J'onn receives a telepathic summons from M'gann, urging him to come to Mars immediately.

45
3
"Far From the Tree"
Dermott Downs
Jessica Queller & Derek Simon
October 23, 2017 (2017-10-23)
T13.20653
1.76[56]

J'onn tells Kara and Alex about M'gann's message, and she convinces him to take Kara for help. The two journey to Mars in his spaceship, encountering M'gann and the "resistance". They found J'onn's father, M'yrnn, who is being coerced into giving the White Martians the location of the Staff of Kolar, a psychic weapon that can defeat the resistance. J'onn rescues M'yrnn, who initially believes J'onn is a White Martian in disguise. Eventually, Kara convinces M'yrnn to let J'onn prove his identity. Having acquired the location, the resistance defeats White Martian operatives. The recovered staff is entrusted to J'onn, who returns to Earth with M'yrnn and Kara. Meanwhile, Eliza throws Alex and Maggie a bridal shower. Alex convinces Maggie to invite her father, who comes but still can not tolerate her homosexuality. She tells him that she no longer needs him because she now has a family who accepts her. However, she confirms to Alex that she does not want children.

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4
"The Faithful"
Jesse Warn
Paula Yoo & Katie Rose Rogers
October 30, 2017 (2017-10-30)
T13.20654
1.82[57]

The night Kara first revealed her powers and became Supergirl, a grieving passenger, Thomas Coville, is inspired by her. In the present, Kara attends an ostensible self-help group with Winn and James and discovers a "cult" made up of people she previously saved. Led by Coville, they worship Supergirl and follow Kryptonian God Rao's teachings. Those who wish to join initiate disasters so Supergirl will save them and Coville recognizes Kara in her alter-ego. The group plans to blow up a stadium filled with people, which Kara tries to stop. She finds Kryptonite inside the bomb, which she uses to wound herself and disillusion the cult. Alex gets rid of the Kryptonite and, with Coville's help, pushes the bomb into the deep hole created by Kara's heat vision, where it detonates. The explosion causes a being in a vessel to awaken. Coville advises Kara to follow Rao to find her path. Meanwhile, Samantha has a vision of a monstrous creature in her home, telling her she soon will "reign". Alex reveals to Kara that while Maggie does not want children, she does.

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5
"Damage"
Kevin Smith
Eric Carrasco & Cindy Lichtman
November 6, 2017 (2017-11-06)
T13.20655
1.87[58]

Several children are diagnosed with lead poisoning. Morgan publicly blames Lena's lead device which repelled the Daxamites, causing the public to turn on her. She attempts to give a speech to defend herself, but ends up getting shot at. Kara and Sam investigate, discovering that all the affected children attended a public pool laced with a chemical which causes the same symptoms, and the manufacturer is owned by Morgan. Lena confronts Morgan alone. She is knocked unconscious and imprisoned inside a plane with barrels of the chemical, on a collision course to the city's water supply. Lena manages to get a message to Supergirl, who rescues Lena, secures the barrels and destroys the plane. Morgan, however, covers his tracks. Maggie and Alex realize that even though they love each other, they must let each other go because they disagree on having children. Alex lets Maggie know how much she has helped Alex to become happy and accept herself. Maggie, in turn, lets Alex know how stronger she grew as a person. They part tearfully, with Maggie bringing everything full circle: "See you around, Danvers". Sam discovers that she was shot during the attempt on Lena, but was not injured.

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6
"Midvale"
Rob Greenlea
Caitlin Parrish & Jess Kardos
November 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)
T13.20656
1.89[59]

Kara and Alex arrive at Eliza's home to help overcome their griefs, but they quarrel instead. Ten years prior, while attending Midvale High School, Alex and Kara did not get along, until a mutual friend, Kenny Li, was murdered. A photograph on his laptop revealed their teacher was in a relationship with Alex's best friend. Kara sent the remaining encrypted files to Chloe Sullivan for decryption. After a murder attempt on Alex and Kara's lives, the teacher was arrested, but Alex discovered an alibi for him. Kara decided to cease looking into Kenny's death after a conversation with Noel Neill, an F.B.I. agent who strongly resembles Alura (in reality, a disguised J'onn). Alex went to the sheriff for help, just as Kara learned that the sheriff was involved in drug dealing and was Kenny's killer. Kara saved Alex from being killed by the sheriff. The sisters bonded and Kara decided to not use her powers again, taking Agent Neill's advice to embrace her new home. In the present, after recalling their first adventure together, the sisters reconcile and return to National City.

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7
"Wake Up"
Chad Lowe
Gabriel Llanas & Anna Musky-Goldwyn
November 20, 2017 (2017-11-20)
T13.20657
1.92[61]

Kara, J'onn and Winn investigate a crashed spaceship detected beneath National City. They find Mon-El and occupied stasis tanks aboard. They take him back to the DEO; when he attempts an escape, a suspicious Kara locks him in a cell. Mon-El convinces Winn to take him back to the ship, where the life-support systems are unstable. Kara follows them. Mon-El explains that his pod went through a wormhole, bringing him to the 31st century where L-Corp had developed a cure for Daxamites' allergy to lead centuries before. While seven months had passed for Kara, Mon-El experienced seven years in the future. One of the tanks begins to malfunction; Mon-El cannot break it open, so Kara frees its occupant: Mon-El's wife, Imra.[60] J'onn decides to rent an apartment for him and M'yrnn to live together, taking the first step to restore their bond. After discovering another superhuman ability, Sam visits her foster mother and learns of her Kryptonian origins. She later travels to the "Fortress of Sanctuary", where a holographic artificial intelligence reveals that, while Sam's motherhood was unexpected, her Kryptonian physiology is enhanced and she is destined to become the Worldkiller. Despite Sam's resistance, her alternate persona – Reign – is triggered from her subconscious.

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8
"Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1"
Larry Teng
Story by : Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheim
Teleplay by : Robert Rovner & Jessica Queller
November 27, 2017 (2017-11-27)
T13.20658
2.71[62]

On a parallel world, Earth-X (Earth-53), a Nazi regime rules the planet where an archer, Dark Arrow, is the Führer, and personally hunts the resistance forces. Dark Arrow seizes a temporal gateway from the Freedom Fighters members including James' parallel universe doppelgänger, a device that allows interdimensional travel to other universes; he schemes to invade parallel Earths with the device to spread his reign so that it may last. Kara and Alex travel to Earth-1 to attend Barry Allen's wedding with Iris West. Alex meets the Legends' leader Sara Lance / White Canary, taking the first step to recover from her break up with Maggie. The wedding ceremony is interrupted by Earth-X Nazi invaders, led by Dark Arrow, his Kryptonian-powered wife Overgirl, and his partner Prometheus. After Kara defeats and injures Overgirl during the fight the Nazis retreat, and Alex and Sara capture Prometheus to interrogate. As Overgirl recuperates, she, Dark Arrow, and a yellow-clad speedster regroup and discuss their next move, Dark Arrow and Overgirl are revealed as parallel universe doppelgängers of Oliver Queen / Green Arrow and Kara, and the yellow speedster is Barry's nemesis from the 22nd century Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash.

This episode begins a crossover event that continues on Arrow season 6 episode 8, and concludes on The Flash season 4 episode 8 and Legends of Tomorrow season 3 episode 8.

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9
"Reign"
Glen Winter
Paula Yoo & Caitlin Parrish
December 4, 2017 (2017-12-04)
T13.20659
1.81[63]

Samantha wakes up at home with no memory of being in a Kryptonian fortress, but finds she is oddly tired. A mysterious Kryptonian symbol, unknown to Kara, appears throughout National City, and Thomas Coville later explains to her that it is a mark of a great evil from Krypton deliberately forgotten from its society. Mon-El and Imra explain how their ship came from the future, and how the former founded the superhero team, the Legion. As Kara hosts a Christmas get-together at her apartment, Sam becomes Reign, who, as a masked vigilante, attacks random people around National City, including Edge. Reign's rampage damages Supergirl's reputation due to her having the same powers and similar physical attributes. Lena and James begin a relationship after an assassination attempt on Lena by Edge. When Kara decides to face Reign, they fight throughout the city; in the process, Kara discovers that Reign is stronger than her. Though the fight clears Supergirl's name and reveals another Kryptonian in National City, Reign eventually overpowers Kara and drops her off a building, requiring emergency medical care from the DEO. On Christmas Day, Ruby runs downstairs to find her mother, but Sam does not seem quite right.

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10
"Legion of Superheroes"
Jesse Warn
Derek Simon & Eric Carrasco
January 15, 2018 (2018-01-15)
T13.20660
2.17[64]

Two days after Kara’s defeat by Reign, the DEO and the Legion use the latter's technology to heal Kara from her injuries. This saves her life but she remains in a coma. The Legion’s Coluan member, Brainiac 5, enters her mind to try to wake her. Though Sam continues her life with Ruby after spending Christmas Day with her, Reign takes control over her sporadically without Sam's knowledge, and Ruby remains unaware of her mother's divided personality. Reign continues her rampage throughout National City, leading to a series of confrontations with the DEO and the Legion. Ultimately, Kara emerges from her coma and joins them when Reign seeks to destroy a prison facility. Kara injects Reign with a concentration dose of liquefied kryptonite, forcing the latter to retreat. Prior to Kara's awakening, J’onn, who disguised himself as Kara to cover for her, advises Lena on her new relationship with James; Lena sees that James is not trying to distance himself from her because of her family, but she is afraid to be with him, and they become closer afterward. Kara takes steps to move on from Mon-El after her near-death experience, and develop a friendship with Brainiac 5. As Reign recuperates in her fortress, she learns that there are other Worldkillers like her, and Coville joins her.

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11
"Fort Rozz"
Gregory Smith
Gabriel Llanas & Anna Musky-Goldwyn
January 22, 2018 (2018-01-22)
T13.20661
2.07[65]

Samantha gets ready to go on a trip, leaving Alex to babysit Ruby. The DEO learns that a priestess with knowledge of Reign's true mission is imprisoned in Fort Rozz, which is now drifting near a blue star, which not only strips Kara of her powers but also emits a unique type of radiation fatal to males. Unable to take any of her usual allies, Kara forms a team consisting of herself, Imra, Livewire, and Psi to conduct the search. Reign is informed of their mission and goes to intercept them. Alex helps Ruby confront a girl who cyberbullied her. The team is able to locate the priestess, but Reign kills her after she reveals the existence of two other Worldkillers, Purity and Pestilence, to Kara. Livewire sacrifices herself to save Kara's life, while Psi uses her powers to drive off Reign. Imra's ship begins to drift into the star, but Winn, communicating through the Voyager 2 probe, is able to save the vessel. The team returns to Earth, with Kara repaying Psi's assistance by asking the DEO to give her better accommodations. Mon-El comforts her over Livewire's death, considering it to be redemption for her villainous past. Prompted by a nightmare caused by Psi's influence, Samantha asks Alex for help with her "missing time". A woman named Julia Freeman is struck by a runaway car, and is seemingly killed. However, she effortlessly moves the car off her chest, revealing herself to be a Worldkiller.

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12
"For Good"
Tawnia McKiernan
Story by : Robert Rovner
Teleplay by : Cindy Lichtman & Alix Sternberg
January 29, 2018 (2018-01-29)
T13.20662
2.11[66]

Lena is poisoned by an unknown hitman; James pursues him, but the hitman is shot down by an unseen sniper. Kara takes Lena to the DEO, where, using her powers and Alex's medical knowledge, they are able to stabilize her. Lena and Kara gatecrash a party held by Morgan Edge, where Lena tells him that she knows he tried to kill her, and that her mother wants revenge. A drone controlled by Lillian attacks Morgan, prompting him to admit he tried to kill Lena, before Supergirl arrives. Lillian appears, wearing Lex's exoskeleton and wounds Supergirl with a kryptonite blade. Kara and Mon-El engage in combat with Lillian until Winn hacks the drone to fire on Lillian and disable the armor. Edge tries to escape, with the recorder containing his confession, but is stopped by Guardian, allowing Lena to retrieve the recorder. Sam fears she has a brain tumor due to her memory losses and has Alex runs tests on her, but the tests come back normal. Winn, J'onn and Mon-El deduce that the Worldkillers are genetically modified to be stronger and more able to blend into the human race than conventional Kryptonians. Suspecting the Worldkillers arrived on Earth around the same time as Superman and have secret identities, Winn discovers four possible women, including Julia Freeman, whom Kara identifies.

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13
"Both Sides Now"
Jesse Warn
Jessica Queller & Paula Yoo
February 5, 2018 (2018-02-05)
T13.20663
2.12[67]

Supergirl and the DEO converge on Julia Freeman’s home; initially she seems normal, but her alter-ego, Purity, takes over and fights them before being subdued. Sam, on sick leave from L-Corp due to her amnesiac episodes, decides to spend time with Ruby by taking her ice skating. However, Reign takes control over Sam after Purity's capture, and abandons Ruby to deal with the DEO. Ruby calls Lena after finding herself alone. Through Purity, Supergirl suspects that each of the Worldkillers’ personality is split, including Reign, therefore in order to stop them they need to reach their benevolent sides. When Purity escapes, despite the heroes' attempt to recapture her, Julia regains control but Reign abducts her to the Fortress of Sanctuary to complete her transformation. When repairing the Legion's ship, Mon-El confides to J'onn that he still loves Kara despite also loving Imra, and he did not marry her on his terms. Imra confesses to Mon-El that she and Brainiac 5 have a secret agenda on their mission. At L-Corp, Reign briefly takes control over Sam in front of Lena.

text: The fourteenth episode is set to air on April 16, 2018, to accommodate the airing of Legends of Tomorrow's third season in the same timeslot until April 9.[6]

text: Ratings[edit]

text: Season 1 (2015–16)[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)

1
"Pilot"
October 26, 2015
3.1/9
12.96[7]
1.3
3.97
4.4
16.92[68]

2
"Stronger Together"
November 2, 2015
2.2/7
8.87[8]
1.0
3.33
3.2
12.20[69]

3
"Fight or Flight"
November 9, 2015
1.7/5
8.07[9]
1.0
2.83
2.7
10.90[70]

4
"How Does She Do It?"
November 23, 2015
1.5/5
7.19[13]
0.8
2.26
2.3
9.45[71]

5
"Livewire"
November 16, 2015
1.8/6
7.77[14]
0.8
N/A
2.6[72]
N/A

6
"Red Faced"
November 30, 2015
1.6/5
8.02[15]
0.8
2.49
2.4
10.51[73]

7
"Human for a Day"
December 7, 2015
1.5/5
7.67[16]
0.9
2.32
2.4
9.98[74]

8
"Hostile Takeover"
December 14, 2015
1.5/5
7.28[17]
0.8
2.27
2.3
9.55[75]

9
"Blood Bonds"
January 4, 2016
1.9/6
8.75[18]
0.7
N/A
2.6[76]
N/A

10
"Childish Things"
January 18, 2016
1.8/6
8.77[19]
0.8
2.18
2.6
10.95[77]

11
"Strange Visitor from Another Planet"
January 25, 2016
1.8/5
7.90[20]
0.7
2.21
2.5
10.11[78]

12
"Bizarro"
February 1, 2016
1.5/5
6.68[21]
0.8
2.18
2.3
8.83[79]

13
"For the Girl Who Has Everything"
February 8, 2016
1.8/6
7.92[22]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

14
"Truth, Justice and the American Way"
February 22, 2016
1.5/5
7.25[23]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

15
"Solitude"
February 29, 2016
1.4/5
6.69[24]
0.7
2.16
2.1
8.85[80]

16
"Falling"
March 14, 2016
1.3/4
6.53[25]
0.7
N/A
2.0[81]
N/A

17
"Manhunter"
March 21, 2016
1.3/4
6.00[26]
0.7
2.07
2.0
8.07[82]

18
"Worlds Finest"
March 28, 2016
1.7/6
7.17[27]
0.8
2.47
2.5
9.63[83]

19
"Myriad"
April 11, 2016
1.3/5
6.12[28]
0.7
2.04
2.0
8.16[84]

20
"Better Angels"
April 18, 2016
1.3/4
6.11[29]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

text: Season 2 (2016–17)[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)

1
"The Adventures of Supergirl"
October 10, 2016
1.1/3
3.06[30]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

2
"The Last Children of Krypton"
October 17, 2016
0.9/3
2.66[31]
0.6
1.42
1.5
4.08[85]

3
"Welcome to Earth"
October 24, 2016
0.8/3
2.65[32]
N/A
1.37
N/A
4.03[86]

4
"Survivors"
October 31, 2016
0.6/2
2.22[33]
0.6
1.59
1.2
3.80[87]

5
"Crossfire"
November 7, 2016
0.7/3
2.47[34]
0.7
1.71
1.4
4.18[88]

6
"Changing"
November 14, 2016
0.7/3
2.35[35]
0.6
1.42
1.3
3.85[89]

7
"The Darkest Place"
November 21, 2016
0.9/3
2.61[36]
0.5
1.35
1.4
3.98[90]

8
"Medusa"
November 28, 2016
1.1/4
3.53[39]
0.8
1.76
1.9
5.29[91]

9
"Supergirl Lives"
January 23, 2017
0.8/3
2.65[40]
0.5
1.48
1.3
4.13[92]

10
"We Can Be Heroes"
January 30, 2017
0.7/3
2.35[41]
0.5
1.40
1.2
3.75[93]

11
"The Martian Chronicles"
February 6, 2017
0.7/3
2.43[42]
N/A
1.38
N/A
3.81[94]

12
"Luthors"
February 13, 2017
0.8/3
2.52[43]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

13
"Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk"
February 20, 2017
0.7/3
2.24[44]
N/A
1.30
N/A
3.54[95]

14
"Homecoming"
February 27, 2017
0.7/3
2.17[45]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

15
"Exodus"
March 6, 2017
0.7/3
2.16[46]
0.5
1.28
1.2
3.46[96]

16
"Star-Crossed"
March 20, 2017
0.6/2
2.07[47]
0.6
1.43
1.2
3.50[97]

17
"Distant Sun"
March 27, 2017
0.7/3
2.21[48]
N/A
1.28
N/A
3.49[98]

18
"Ace Reporter"
April 24, 2017
0.5/2
1.80[49]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

19
"Alex"
May 1, 2017
0.5/2
1.75[50]
0.4
1.26
0.9
3.00[99]

20
"City of Lost Children"
May 8, 2017
0.6/3
1.88[51]
N/A
1.19
N/A
3.07[100]

21
"Resist"
May 15, 2017
0.5/2
1.93[52]
0.5
1.29
1.0
3.22[101]

22
"Nevertheless, She Persisted"
May 22, 2017
0.6/2
2.12[53]
0.5
1.19
1.1
3.31[102]

text: Season 3 (2017–18)[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)

1
"Girl of Steel"
October 9, 2017
0.5/2
1.87[54]
0.5
1.25
1.0
3.12[103]

2
"Triggers"
October 16, 2017
0.5/2
1.76[55]
0.4
1.23
0.9
2.98[104]

3
"Far From the Tree"
October 23, 2017
0.5/2
1.76[56]
0.4
1.02
0.9
2.78[105]

4
"The Faithful"
October 30, 2017
0.5/2
1.82[57]
0.4
1.14
0.9
2.96[106]

5
"Damage"
November 6, 2017
0.5/2
1.87[58]
0.5
1.14
1.0
3.01[107]

6
"Midvale"
November 13, 2017
0.5/2
1.89[59]
0.4
1.06
0.9
2.95[108]

7
"Wake Up"
November 20, 2017
0.5/2
1.92[61]
0.5
1.25
1.0
3.17[109]

8
"Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1"
November 27, 2017
0.9/3
2.71[62]
0.7
1.72
1.6
4.43[110]

9
"Reign"
December 4, 2017
0.5/2
1.81[63]
0.4
1.13
0.9
2.94[111]

10
"Legion of Super-Heroes"
January 15, 2018
0.6/2
2.17[64]
0.4
1.24
1.0
3.41[112]

11
"Fort Rozz"
January 22, 2018
0.5/2
2.07[65]
0.5
1.14
1.0
3.21[113]

12
"For Good"
January 29, 2018
0.6/2
2.11[66]
0.4
1.21
1.0
3.32[114]

13
"Both Sides Now"
February 5, 2018
0.6/2
2.12[67]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD


document_title: Shere Khan

question_text: who played shere khan in the original jungle book

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text: Shere Khan

text: The original Jungle Book stories[edit]

text: Shere Khan was depicted by Kipling as being born with a crippled leg and derisively nicknamed Lungri (The Lame One) by his mother.[2] Despite this setback, the Shere Khan character is arrogant and regards himself as the rightful lord of the jungle.[7] The only creature who looks up to him is Tabaqui, the cowardly, despised golden jackal.[8]

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text: In "Mowgli's Brothers", Shere Khan's failed attempt to hunt humans causes a human "cub" to stray from his parents. When Shere Khan discovers the infant, it has been adopted by Indian wolves, Raksha and Father Wolf, who have named the child Mowgli. Mowgli is accepted into Akela's wolf pack and protected by Bagheera and Baloo. Furious at losing his kill, the tiger swears that the boy will be his some day. While Mowgli is growing up, Shere Khan infiltrates the wolf pack by promising the younger wolves rich rewards once Akela is deposed. When the young wolves manoeuvre Akela into missing his kill, the pack council meets to kill and replace him. Shere Khan threatens to take over their hunting territory if the wolves do not give him Mowgli. Having been warned by Bagheera, Mowgli attacks Shere Khan and his allies with a burning branch and drives them away. Akela leaves the pack to become a lone hunter. Mowgli goes to the human village but swears that he will return one day with Shere Khan's skin.

text: Shere Khan also appears in the story "How Fear Came", which is set between the first and second halves of "Mowgli's Brothers," and probably sometime after "Kaa's Hunting". In this story the tiger comes to drink from the river just after having killed a human purely for sport, prompting Hathi the elephant to tell the story of why tigers, out of all the animals in the jungle, are allowed to hunt humans for pleasure at certain times. This story, in which Mowgli appears mainly as an observer, may be seen as a direct ancestor of Kipling's Just So Stories.[9]

text: In "Tiger! Tiger!", Mowgli is adopted by Messua and her husband and learns human ways. In this short story, Mowgli learns the villagers have heard of the lame tiger, which has a price on its head, but believe it is lame because it is the reincarnation of a money-lender who was injured in a riot. When Mowgli scoffs at these fanciful tales, the villagers decide to put him to work herding buffalo. He then meets his wolf friend Grey Brother, who tells him that Shere Khan is still planning to kill him. Grey Brother forces Tabaqui to tell him where and when Shere Khan is planning to strike; he then kills the jackal. With the help of Akela, Grey Brother and Mowgli trap Shere Khan in a narrow canyon and incite the buffalo to stampede him to death. Mowgli then sets out to fulfil his promise by skinning Shere Khan, but he is interrupted by the village's elderly chief hunter Buldeo, who wants the tiger's hide for the reward. Mowgli calls Akela, who pins Buldeo down while Mowgli finishes removing the hide.

text: Mowgli believes this will end the matter since, in the jungle, quarrels are usually settled quickly, but when he returns to the village with the hide and the buffalo, the villagers drive him away, accusing him of witchcraft. Furious at being driven out of two 'packs', Mowgli leaves. That night he fulfils his pledge[clarification needed] by laying Shere Khan's hide upon the wolf pack's council rock and then dances upon the hide, singing. However, the consequences of Mowgli's actions in defeating Shere Khan continue to affect Mowgli and his adoptive parents. In the story "Letting In the Jungle" in The Second Jungle Book, Mowgli discovers that the villagers are preparing to burn to death Messua and her husband for harbouring a witch-boy, so Mowgli prepares to rescue them and take revenge on Buldeo and the villagers.[citation needed]

text: In film and television[edit]

text:
Shere Khan

Shere Khan as he appears in the 1967 Disney film

First appearance
The Jungle Book

Created by
Rudyard Kipling

Voiced by
George Sanders (The Jungle Book)
Scott McNeil (Adventures of Mowgli)
Roddy McDowall (Mowgli's Brothers)
David Hemblen (Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli)
Tony Jay (Disney appearances: 1990–2006)
Jason Marsden (Jungle Cubs)
Sherman Howard (The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story)
Corey Burton (Disney appearances: 2006–present)
David Holt (Jungle Book TV series)
Idris Elba (2016 film)
Benedict Cumberbatch (2018 film)

text: Disney versions[edit]

text: The Jungle Book and The Jungle Book 2[edit]

text: In Disney's 1967 animated adaptation of The Jungle Book, Shere Khan's voice was performed by George Sanders, while his singing voice was provided by Bill Lee. He was designed and animated by animator Milt Kahl. The inhabitants of the jungle fear him greatly;[10] mere news of his being in the vicinity compels the wolf pack to send Mowgli away. Man's gun and man's fire are the only things Shere Khan fears, and for this reason, he feels the urge to kill humans at every possible opportunity. Shere Khan first appears about two-thirds of the way through the film, where he eavesdrops on Bagheera asking Colonel Hathi to help search for a now-lost Mowgli and sets out to find and kill the boy. He later encounters Kaa just as he was going to eat Mowgli, but the snake denies any knowledge of the man-cub. Doubting Kaa's honesty, Shere Khan threatens Kaa into showing his middle by loosening his coils, inadvertently allowing Mowgli to escape after the tiger resumes his search.

text: In the climax, Shere Khan finds Mowgli, who refuses to run and instead stands up against Shere Khan, saying that he is not afraid. Impressed by Mowgli's bravery, Shere Khan, for his own amusement, gives him a ten-second head start to run away, but Mowgli still refuses and grabs a stick, intent on fighting the tiger. Shere Khan becomes annoyed and immediately attempts to attack Mowgli, who flinches in fear, finally understanding the true danger of the ferocious beast. Fortunately, Baloo arrives just in time and grabs Shere Khan by the tail. Mowgli then hits Shere Khan with his stick. Enraged, he chases Mowgli while dragging Baloo behind him, but the vultures manage to fly Mowgli to safety. Baloo proves such a strong opponent to Shere Khan that he decides to savage the bear, nearly killing him. Upon learning that Shere Khan is scared of fire, Mowgli grabs a burning branch from a lightning-struck tree, and the vultures distract Shere Khan long enough for Mowgli to tie the branch to his tail. Shere Khan panics and flees.

text: Shere Khan returned (and had more on-screen time) in The Jungle Book 2, humiliated his tail was tied to a burning branch in the original film. He has sworn to kill Mowgli for revenge. He first searches the Man Village, being chased off by the villagers, and then the jungle for Mowgli, being lied to by Kaa, who tells him that Mowgli is at the swamp out of fear, and being bullied by Lucky (voiced by Phil Collins), a new member of the vultures, who accidentally reveals Mowgli's whereabouts before Shere Khan violently attacks him for his jokes, causing the other four vultures to fly away in fear. Shere Khan and Mowgli ultimately meet again as Mowgli tries to reconcile with Shanti and Ranjan, who, unbeknownst to him, were cornered by the tiger at that very moment. Barely escaping, Mowgli hides in an abandoned temple surrounded by lava. Shanti, Ranjan, Baloo, and Bagheera hurry to save Mowgli. After Baloo and Shanti team up, they, along with Mowgli, confuse Shere Khan by banging three different gongs. Eventually, Shanti's gong collapses, giving away her hiding place. Shere Khan threatens to kill Shanti instead unless Mowgli comes out of hiding, forcing Mowgli to reveal himself. Shere Khan then chases the two of them, despite Baloo's efforts to slow him down. Mowgli and Shanti jump over a pit of molten lava and grab onto the head of a tiger statue. Shere Khan leaps across and corners the children. Before he can kill them, his weight causes the statue to fall with the three of them on it. Shanti and Mowgli are saved by Baloo while Shere Khan falls onto a stone slab in the lava pit, and the statue lands on top of him, trapping him inside its mouth. Lucky (who survived Shere Khan's thrashing) then appears and mocks him again. In The Jungle Book 2, Shere Khan was voiced by Tony Jay, who reprised his role for the Disney Afternoon series TaleSpin.

text: TaleSpin[edit]

text: Shere Khan's character was included in the 1990 Disney Afternoon series TaleSpin, cast as the wealthy mogul of a company called Khan Industries in the harbour city of Cape Suzette. He was a nominal villain who occasionally took enjoyment in driving small companies out of business to expand his own enterprise, but sometimes allied with the heroes when it suited him.

text: 1994 live-action film[edit]

text: In the 1994 live-action film The Jungle Book, Shere Khan is presented as a more sympathetic character. In the film, Shere Khan does not kill for sport, and his sole goal is to protect the jungle from those who break "the laws of the jungle" (the most basic of which are killing to eat or to keep from being eaten), including humans who trespass with guns and kill animals for fun instead of food. At the beginning of the film, he sees two British guards and a hunter named Buldeo shooting animals for sport and becomes enraged at this. That night, he attacks the humans' camp in revenge for the animals' death and kills Mowgli's father, who was defending Buldeo, in the process. Shere Khan also kills a guard and a British sergeant named Claiborne, both of whom were responsible for the jungle law being broken alongside Buldeo. This event is what led Mowgli to be separated from civilisation and to live in the jungle to survive for all these years.

text: Shere Khan is not seen again until the second half of the film when he spots several hunters (led by Captain William Boone). He goes on to maul Lieutenant Wilkins (a henchman of Boone) to death. Following Boone's death by Kaa, Shere Khan and Mowgli meet face to face for the first time. Shere Khan is obviously distrusting of Mowgli and humans. He attempts to scare Mowgli away by roaring in his face, but Mowgli stubbornly roars back and stares Shere Khan down. Seeing Mowgli's courage, Shere Khan develops a new found respect for him, and begins to see him as a fellow "creature of the jungle". Because of this, Shere Khan spares Mowgli and allows him and his friend Katherine Brydon to leave peacefully.

text: Jungle Cubs[edit]

text: Shere Khan also appears in the 1996 Disney animated series Jungle Cubs, where he is a tiger cub. He is more a bully than a predator but is friends with the other characters. Shere Khan is voiced by Jason Marsden. The producers originally wanted Shere Khan to keep his British accent for the show, but later changed their mind, and Shere Khan ended up with an American accent, completely different from that of his adult version. The adult version of himself appears in the Jungle Cubs: Born to be Wild video (again voiced by Tony Jay), and in these cut scenes, he attempts to kill Mowgli when Mowgli, Baloo and Bagheera walk into his part of the jungle. Baloo and Bagheera try to reason with Shere Khan by recounting the "Red Dogs" story, in which they and the other animals saved Shere Khan's life, but Shere Khan refuses to listen and says to them. Baloo then throws a stone at a beehive and grabs Shere Khan by the head, letting go only when the beehive falls on his head. Shere Khan, with the beehive still on his head, runs away from the angry bees.

text: The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story[edit]

text: Shere Khan appears once again as a villain in the 1998 film The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story, where he is voiced by Sherman Howard and accompanied by his sidekick Tabaqui, who in this version is a spotted hyena.

text: 2016 live-action film[edit]

text: Idris Elba voices Shere Khan in the 2016 live-action film The Jungle Book.[11] In this incarnation, Shere Khan has several noticeable scars (sustained from fights with humans) including a blinded left eye. He also hates humans and views them all as a threat, much as his previous Disney incarnation does.[12] When interviewed regarding the character, Elba described Shere Khan as a creature "that reigns with fear" and that he "terrorizes everyone he encounters because he comes from a place of fear."[13]

text: Shere Khan first appears during the drought, when the animals gather to drink at Peace Rock, a watering hole where the animals maintain a water truce not to devour each other while quenching their thirst. Upon scenting Mowgli, he threatens to kill him as man is not allowed to live in the jungle. This causes Akela and his wolf pack to debate whether to have Mowgli leave. When Mowgli leaves the wolf pack with Bagheera, Shere Khan ambushes him en route and fights with Bagheera. Though Shere Khan beats and mildly injures Bagheera, Mowgli escapes with the aid of a herd of buffalo. During Kaa's attempt to hypnotise Mowgli, she reveals that Shere Khan himself is responsible for Mowgli being found by Bagheera, as he killed Mowgli's father (an event that left him with his facial scars and passionate hatred for humans). He later returns to confront Akela's pack and demand Mowgli is turned over to him, killing Akela by throwing him off a cliff when he learns Mowgli is on his way to the Man-village. He then assumes control of the wolves, confident that Mowgli will return. When Mowgli hears of Akela's death, he returns to face Shere Khan with a burning torch stolen from the Man-village; Shere Khan points out that he has accidentally started a wildfire in the process, and that the animals now have more reason to fear Mowgli than Shere Khan. When Mowgli throws away the torch, Shere Khan attacks Mowgli, but the combined efforts of Baloo, Bagheera and the wolf pack keep him distracted long enough for Mowgli to set a trap in the burning jungle nearby. During their battle, Mowgli lures Shere Khan onto a dead strangler fig tree and eventually defeats him by causing him to fall into a pit of fire to his death, ending his tyranny once and for all.

text: Other appearances[edit]

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Shere Khan appeared in the 1942 film adaptation by the Hungarian brothers, Zoltan and Alexander Korda, with the screenplay written by Laurence Stallings.
In the 1967 Russian animated short series Adventures of Mowgli, Shere Khan is voiced by Anatoli Papanov in Russian, and by Scott McNeil in the English-language version.
In the 1976 animated TV adaptation of "Mowgli's Brothers", all the male characters, including Shere Khan, are voiced by narrator Roddy McDowall.
In the 1989 Japanese anime television series Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli, Shere Khan is voiced by Shigezō Sasaoka in Japanese, by David Hemblen in the English dub, and by Nana Patekar in the Hindi dub.
In the 2010 Indian computer animated TV series The Jungle Book, Shere Khan is voiced by David Holt.
In the 2018 Warner Bros. live-action film Jungle Book, Shere Khan will be voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch.[14]

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