But the creative team tries to accomplish more than that in “Fort Rozz,” and despite their best efforts, the emotional moments with Kara and Livewire never fully crystallize, which is especially a shame given how sweet and charming Kara and Mon-El’s conversation afterwards is. If the Supergirl writers wanted to make this a Suicide Squad-like story in which Kara is forced to team up with her most formidable foes for the greater good, I could have enjoyed that on a purely fun, surface level. Livewire has always come off as more of a one-note villain, which is totally fine and could even potentially work in a storyline like this, especially when you also have Psi (played by the excellent Yael Grobglas from Jane the Virgin), who is also mostly there because she’s snarky and evil and has really awesome powers. She’s almost always angry and constantly throws out one-liners, but I’ve never found much depth in her, despite how many times Supergirl has brought her back and explored her relationship with Kara.

Ultimately, as a story and as a moment of growth and reflection for Kara, it all feels under-cooked.Īnd again, that all goes back to Livewire, who, despite Brit Morgan’s committed performance, has never fully clicked with me as a character. On paper, that’s right up my alley however, “Fort Rozz” lacks much of the power and substance that I was hoping to see from this episode, probably due to the fact that I think Supergirl never actually shows enough of Livewire’s rehabilitation to earn her redemptive sacrifice near the end of the hour. Tonight’s female-centric Supergirl features a women-only, outer-space mission to a Kryptonian prison, where Kara has no powers and must use and embrace her humanity in order to fight and survive. “Fort Rozz” is one of those classic TV cases where I absolutely love the concept of an episode but am disappointed with its execution.

Summary of supergirl season 3 episode 1