@victorczon ehhhh I disagree. I've loved these episodes. There's a reason why it's once again considered a new show starting over at season 1. The 2005 series is indeed dead. It has officially ended. So has the 1963 series. Each series kind of has its own ambiance and theme.
The 2023/2024 series has only just begun and Nguti is killing it.
I'm getting totally lost here. What is going on with this show? Going nowhere slowly :snail:.
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@davezn its really not that hard to understand
I'm getting totally lost here. What is going on with this show? Going nowhere slowly :snail:.
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@davezn What do you mean? It's not complicated, and there's a bunch of stuff happening this week that isn't introspection, so those who've complained that things were moving too slowly should be happy for a change. I thought it was great; love to see the Brotherhood of Evil from earlier in the season combine with Gomez's Madame Rouge and become relevant again. What happened to Cliff was horrifying. Jane/Kay, too.
I don't really like how drastically the writers made tali change. It doesn't feel natural.
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It’s not changed , she’s getting older
Good riddance! I know I won't miss you.
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@chelentano hated it enough to watch all the way to the final episode? Hmm.
Good riddance! I know I won't miss you.
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Random name calling cuz OP didn't like a show. Be better.
So I saw the comments here before I watched the episode, and found it rather amusing how the only commentators complaining that it was too focused on misogyny and too "obvious" etc. were all men. I still decided to give them the benefit of the doubt and watched it with an open mind.
I'm going to give a minor spoiler outside of a tag here since one of the other commenters failed to use a tag and I feel their comment needs to be explained as it had absolutely no context. Dana did not suddenly have a personality change and decide to break the law. The FBI can hold a suspect for a certain time and she chose to keep one in holding, not because he was an ass, because she felt it warranted it. As the episode summary explains "a serial bomber appears to be targeting Wall Street’s elite" and the suspect is one of those elite with a connection to at least one of the victims. It's not a huge leap in logic to realise that it's safer to keep him in custody - and oh what do you know? He was the last victim. But of course, if you see things from a 'femnazi' perspective the female supervisor must be abusing her power rather than trying to protect a male who makes her skin crawl.
Yes the theme of misogyny is strong from the beginning; the first suspect is a complete misogynist and it isn't toned down at all. I wouldn't say it's overdone or too obvious, because in my experience there are actual men like that in the world, especially in business. They do actually speak like that. Then Dana is immediately usurped from her position as profiler (she's a former profiler but always acts as the team's profiler until now) by her bosses who bring in a special profiler for this case; there's absolutely no need for it and yet this type of thing happens to women every day. It could be argued that this was an important case, but there's been plenty of those and they've not pulled in another profile until now.
I do think that this was sloppy writing. If they had built up a reason for Dana to be replaced on this case as profiler rather than just wanting to have a male character to question her actions by profiling her and assuming that she is treating a misogynist a certain way just because she's been treated that way through her career. The male profiler is not badly written; he's a man who considers himself more qualified than his female boss and chaffs at it and attempts to undermine women at any turn. The problem is that Dana is confident enough in her position to put him in his place - I'm sure some people would say she got angry, but let's be honest, so would any male character if their authority was questioned by a guy who literally walked in the door 2 minutes ago.
At the end of the episode, Maggie saves the misogynist's life by moving a bomb and the male profiler apologises to Dana, she doesn't make a fuss. She doesn't laud it over him how he was a complete ass the entire time, how he needs to change his attitude etc. He just offers his hand (something she pulled him up on previously) and she takes it, shakes it and walks away.
The FBI agents, men and women, all acted professionally as usual.
Dana remained on target, profiling the perpetrator and did not focus just on the one person. She used the guy in custody for information but did not have tunnel vision at all. Maggie and OA also have a conversation about how gender politics in the workplace aren't clear cut and I think that sums it up pretty well.
TLDR: A bit of sloppy writing regarding the introduction of the other profiler but basically the previous commenters here just didn't like seeing themselves mirrored on TV.
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@justgeekingby I like your interpretation. I did feel Dana owed a better explanation that "because I can". However her every move was under question & it gets frustrating at a certain point. That's also realistic writing, she's not perfect and will also make the same mistakes her male counterparts do - ruling without elucidating reason, just relying on hirerachical power.
We’re haters if we don’t act like this is the best episode, probably. But Supergirls preachy episodes aren’t when it is the most watchable. I am sure more are coming though. Since Melissa Benoist is pregnant.
They’ll probably bring James back too and have another lesson about racism. People watch shows to escape from reality. Not be reminded of it constantly.
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Boo hoo. Some of us like our TV shows to have some depth and not just be escapism.
