Episodes
We Discuss: Phantom Zone confusion J’onn being a jerk Alex and J’onn’s feels Lena and Brainy’s murder plans Lex and Lena great story Kara bringing hope Nyxly being suss Post Crisis stress Editor: David Schaub Host Trish Matson with David Schaub.
Published 04/28/21
We Discuss: The Trial of The Century Lex being Lex Lena being clever Lillian being complicated Brainy training Nia poorly Andrea failing at journalism Alex and J’onn character assassination Silas being great The Phantom Zone being messy and Kara bringing hope Editor: David Schaub Host Trish Matson with David Schaub.
Published 04/21/21
We Discuss: Whether this is a finale or premier. So much plot. All the personal moments. Lex being his own worst enemy. The ephemeral nature of comic book deaths. Our hopes and dreams for the final season. Editor: David Schaub Host Trish Matson with David Schaub, Alan Yu and Brianna Taeuber.
Published 04/11/21
During Supergirl’s hiatus, the Supergirl Supercast takes a small dip into the “Pilot” of Superman & Lois! We Discuss: how this show does/doesn’t fit into the CW; how little Lois has to do; the CW Drama; speculating about all the big baddies, and our general feels about the show. Edited by Trish Matson Host Trish Matson and David Schaub.
Published 03/02/21
We Discuss: Lena!!! Brainy needing a win. Dreamer paying attention. Kara’s ONE mistake and her inability to hold a grudge. Believing in great editing. Alex’s “disguise”. The power of imagination. Heat vision surgery super-science. Lex saving people. The remaining Leviathan mysteries. Editor: David Schaub Host Trish Matson with David Schaub and Alan Yu.
Published 06/05/20
We Discuss: Lena’s response to failure Lex’s EXTRA vindictiveness Nia’s dream interpretation failures M’Gann and J’onn’s great heroism Brainy’s life hitting bottom Librarian Samwise’s wisdom Kelly and William’s Flailing Alex’s future costume Jarhanpurians’ strangeness Lena and Kara’s great last scene and the power of USB flash drives Edited by David Schaub Host Trish Matson with David Schaub and Alan Yu.
Published 05/20/20
We Discuss: This great little kinda-clip episode; How EVERYTHING is Lex’s fault; Earth-Prime’s impressive Lillian; Chekhov’s pysanka? Disappointment with Lena’s characterization; Unexplained mice; Lex’s tipping point and future fall; Eve cruelty; Sad VR; Season finale production discussion. Edited by David Schaub Host Trish Matson with Alan Yu and David Schaub.
Published 05/14/20
We Discuss: The good guys having no idea who the bad guys are; VR being dangerous; Insane bug management, which is getting worse? Alex failing to cope, and forgetting the last episode; Alex strange unhealthy fantasy choices; William not doing his job? VR Complexities; Kelly’s priorities; This season’s wonderful complexity. Edited by David Schaub Host Trish Matson with David Schaub.
Published 03/29/20
We Discuss: How shockingly dangerous Obsidian Platinum is (thanks Leviathan); Alex fighting her magic martian weapon; J’onn & Alex PIs on the case; The nice parallel real and VR investigation; Kelly being shocked by Obsidian Platinum sucking; Kara’s failing to understand the trans community; The cops being presented TOO positively; Brainy being conflicted, but helpful; Nia & Yvette carrying the episode, and doing it well. Oh, and news about Kara and Alex’s Dad! Edited by David...
Published 03/22/20
We Discuss: Alex coping with not having a gun, or powers, or an army; Lex being helpful, and failing to kill anyone; Lex and Brainy’s plan being surprising, and overly complicated; Lena making progress, and not understanding why her mind altering is considered mind control; Lena testing unethically, and failing; Lex and Gemma continuing to spar; The baddie attempting to try to stop Obsidian Platinum’s launch; and when getting into a relationship, how many dates before you tell them you have...
Published 03/18/20
We Discuss: Mxy’s rules; Why it should have been pre-crisis; Kara’s apologies to us for being horrible to Lena; Fun re-creations of previous seasons’ scenes; Choose your own adventures where all the endings sucks; Revealing secret identities only mattering in “fake timelines”; Kara giving up too easily; Whether the right lesson for Kara was: “I was right all along”. Edited by David Schaub Host Trish Matson with David Schaub.
Published 03/03/20
We Discuss: Kara learning that lying is bad; William and Kara almost starting to date; Technology is SCARY; Wonderful complex manipulations between Lena, Lex, and Leviathan; Obisidian Platinum is so high tech… it’s magic; ghost in the machine Evil Winn fights Good Winn; Winn’s closurer; Brainy and Alex butting heads pushes Alex over the edge; Mr. Mxyzptlk! Edited by David Schaub Host Trish Matson with David Schaub.
Published 02/27/20
We Discuss: Convoluted Lex plots; Brainy’s big feels; New secrets; Wynn not helping Nia, Some weak pep-talks; Nia reduced to punchy-punchy; What’s up with Acrata; Q-waves being beaches from the future; Our search for continuity; A new tower; And the woes of the internet and technology; Edited by David Schaub Host Trish Matson with David Schaub.
Published 02/06/20
We Discuss: post crisis multi-verse and memories strangeness new backstories so many unknowns chess games hopes Lena’s choices some good, some bad arguments economy of Brainys more lies and a bit about post-crisis Black Lightning Host Trish Matson with David Schaub.
Published 01/29/20
We Discuss: This wonderful hot-mess of a cross-over; Strange backstories; All the big fight setups; Viewer surrogate Ryan gets all the great lines; The need to save hell-scape Freeland; The soft-reboot consequences; Filler plots digressions that accomplish nothing; Comparisons with the comic. What’s with Superman’s memory Edited by David Schaub. Host Trish Matson with David Schaub.
Published 01/22/20
We Discuss: the multi-verse of multi-verses; the amazing cameos & references; the ridiculous plot machinations; the needs of the few winning; the Earth as the centre of the universe; the Black Lightning cross-over episode; the differences from the comic; and what will get rewound? Host Trish Matson with David Schaub.
Published 01/04/20
We discuss: Everyone being the hero of this episode Rama Khan being weak Kara arguing well, but not going far enough Lena trying to be good so much she’s bad Brainy being competent J’onn and Malefic doing great things Alex making the hard calls Andrea trying to fight back The Monitor being a helpful jerk Host Trish Matson with David Schaub.
Published 12/14/19
We Discuss: Kelly trying to breakup with Alex, but they talk successfully; J’onn and Vision Myr’nn successfully talking; J’onn and Malefic failing to talk, but maybe telepathy is working; After Lena’s reveal, Lena and Kara talk, but are entirely failing to communicate; Lena stealing Myriad; Brainy feeling less inhibited; Leviathan killing the dinosaurs; Rama Kahn, the earth bender, hunting Lena; The coming crisis… Host Trish Matson with David Schaub and Deanna Chapman.
Published 11/26/19
We discuss: Andrea & Lena’s childhood bonding. Lena’s screwed up family. Andrea’s poor choices when supporting her father. Andrea’s betrayal, kinda mirroring Kara’s. Shadow-walking killer Acrata’s reveal. Leviathan’s incredible capabilities and massive over reactions. Lena’s biological mom. DEO’s security failures. Lena’s plans. Host Trish Matson with David Schaub.
Published 11/18/19
We discuss: this episode only having half an episode of content; Andrea’s VR product being a bad Second Life clone; Kara’s bizarre secret keeping; Rip Roar’s plot and character being equally boring; water effects eating the episode’s budget; and the pros and cons of biohertz. Edited by David Schaub. Host Trish Matson with David Schaub.
Published 11/13/19
We discuss: Malefic’s complicated hunt; J’onn’s blame game; Nia & Kara’s investigations; William’s toxic jerk status; baddie-of-the-week’s 45 second plot; Kelly & James’ super corrupt hometown; Nia & Brainy’s further communication; James’ future; and some amusing props and set-dressing. Edited by David Schaub. Host Trish Matson with David Schaub.
Published 11/06/19
We discuss: Nia dealing with Brainy being too-much; Lena doing evil to stop evil, but needing Lex’s help; Kara & Kelly both failing to say NO to their needy friends; Malefic getting more powerful and being pissed off about the wrong things; J’onn finding out even more bad things in dream memory; William & Andrea are doing something, but who knows what; and there’s a baddie of the week, but she doesn’t matter much. Host Trish Matson with David Schaub.
Published 10/31/19
We discuss: Alex & Kelly almost killing each other, but not really; Brainy & Nia failing to communicate, and not being funny; Eve & Lena & Hope failing to “Do No Harm”; J’onn & Malefic stopping the pain by remembering; Lena & Andrea turning out to be competitors; Kara & William failing to figure each other out; and Nobody caring about the white martian Host Trish Matson with David Schaub.
Published 10/23/19
Our all-listener panel is back with Supergirl Season 5! We discuss: Lena & Kara drama Nia being the grown-up with Brainy The boring baddie of the week The future AR dystopia Unethical Journalism Bizarre corporate contracts Antimatter Super Science and some CW talk Host Trish Matson with David Schaub.
Published 10/13/19