Supergirl continues to provide fun and exciting episodes with its latest explosive installment.
Much to my disappointment, our favorite media queen was only a small part of this episode, and I found myself missing her presence a little bit. Cat Grant beat out Lois Lane for a media award, which was a very big deal, and so she’s out of town accepting it. The scenes we do get with Cat are great, and they allow for some further insight into her character. Cat’s mom gets another mention. She doesn’t seem to care about Cat’s award, and refuses to babysit Cat’s son, Carter. What a charming woman she’s being set up as. In terms of continuity, I think the information we learn in this scene actually works better following Kara and Cat’s conversation in Livewire than it would have preceding it. Knowing ahead of time how Cat feels about her mother allowed me to feel more of a connection to Cat, and definitely added legitimacy to Cat’s view of her mother as someone who doesn’t take much interest in her daughter’s life. Obviously there were a couple of moments that didn’t fit continuity, like Cat asking about Kara’s mom when she learned last episode that Kara’s parents died, but as a whole, the scene actually works well in the flipped story order. Fortunately for Cat, she is able to find a babysitter in the form of Kara, and we finally get to meet her son, Carter. Leave it to Cat to take Kara’s offer as some sort of manipulative favor to hold over Cat, when Kara is simply doing it to be kind. What’s even better is that Cat is proud of Kara for supposedly thinking that way. At that point, Kara, just take the compliment and move on. Don’t bother explaining your motivations. Despite Kara’s best intentions, the babysitting gig goes less than smoothly. She’s being pulled in too many directions, and ultimately Supergirl has to rescue Carter from the bomber on the train. While Cat is understandably furious with Kara for allowing this to happen, it doesn’t seem to phase Carter, as he is just thrilled that he got to meet his hero. It’s really difficult for Cat to not appreciate the fact that Kara (or rather Supergirl), in a somewhat twisted way, managed to break Carter, a previously quiet and shy kid, out of his shell. I found it amusing watching as Cat starts interviewing her own son to get more information from him about Supergirl. Mother and media mogul collide, which brings Kara to ask how Cat juggles both roles so easily. Cat’s answer is simple. “How do you juggle all of life’s parts? You learn. That’s how.” She doesn’t consider what she does to be some profound accomplishment. For her it’s very practical. She wanted to be Queen of all media, so she figured out how to do it. Then, when she was ready to add being a mother as well, she figured out how to balance both roles. Her approach was to do it in steps, and not try to take everything on all at once. That sounds awfully familiar to the advice she’s been giving Supergirl all along, doesn’t it? Clearly her method works. She’s pretty great at everything she has set out to do.
Much to my disappointment, our favorite media queen was only a small part of this episode, and I found myself missing her presence a little bit. Cat Grant beat out Lois Lane for a media award, which was a very big deal, and so she’s out of town accepting it. The scenes we do get with Cat are great, and they allow for some further insight into her character. Cat’s mom gets another mention. She doesn’t seem to care about Cat’s award, and refuses to babysit Cat’s son, Carter. What a charming woman she’s being set up as. In terms of continuity, I think the information we learn in this scene actually works better following Kara and Cat’s conversation in Livewire than it would have preceding it. Knowing ahead of time how Cat feels about her mother allowed me to feel more of a connection to Cat, and definitely added legitimacy to Cat’s view of her mother as someone who doesn’t take much interest in her daughter’s life. Obviously there were a couple of moments that didn’t fit continuity, like Cat asking about Kara’s mom when she learned last episode that Kara’s parents died, but as a whole, the scene actually works well in the flipped story order. Fortunately for Cat, she is able to find a babysitter in the form of Kara, and we finally get to meet her son, Carter. Leave it to Cat to take Kara’s offer as some sort of manipulative favor to hold over Cat, when Kara is simply doing it to be kind. What’s even better is that Cat is proud of Kara for supposedly thinking that way. At that point, Kara, just take the compliment and move on. Don’t bother explaining your motivations. Despite Kara’s best intentions, the babysitting gig goes less than smoothly. She’s being pulled in too many directions, and ultimately Supergirl has to rescue Carter from the bomber on the train. While Cat is understandably furious with Kara for allowing this to happen, it doesn’t seem to phase Carter, as he is just thrilled that he got to meet his hero. It’s really difficult for Cat to not appreciate the fact that Kara (or rather Supergirl), in a somewhat twisted way, managed to break Carter, a previously quiet and shy kid, out of his shell. I found it amusing watching as Cat starts interviewing her own son to get more information from him about Supergirl. Mother and media mogul collide, which brings Kara to ask how Cat juggles both roles so easily. Cat’s answer is simple. “How do you juggle all of life’s parts? You learn. That’s how.” She doesn’t consider what she does to be some profound accomplishment. For her it’s very practical. She wanted to be Queen of all media, so she figured out how to do it. Then, when she was ready to add being a mother as well, she figured out how to balance both roles. Her approach was to do it in steps, and not try to take everything on all at once. That sounds awfully familiar to the advice she’s been giving Supergirl all along, doesn’t it? Clearly her method works. She’s pretty great at everything she has set out to do.