As we saw at the end of last episode, Supergirl’s powers were drained after her battle with the Red Tornado, leaving her as mortal as the rest of us. The main storyline of “Human for a Day” has neither the depths nor the heights of the b-story, but it suffers from the same unevenness. Now, I’m just so thrilled at the idea of having the Manhunter on my television screen every week that it’s hard for me not to be satisfied, even if the road to get him there was difficult to travel.
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To be honest, if Henshaw’s secret had been anything other than that he was the Martian J’onn J’onzz, I was prepared to write this series off entirely, precisely because of the Henshaw/Alex Danvers (Chyler Leigh) story. To make matters worse, after Jemm was defeated, Henshaw went into a long and convoluted wrap-up of his back story that, while solving the b-story mystery of the last few episodes, had me nearly bored to tears. The attempt to add an Alien-like feel to the encounter didn’t really work, and a cool, though admittedly C- or D-level DC character, Jemm (Charles Halford): Son of Saturn (created by Greg Potter and Gene Colan in 1984), was wasted. Yet another personality-less alien poses a threat and has to be taken down, this time without Supergirl’s help. The set up in this episode that led to the revelation was also pretty tedious. I can’t help but wonder if the general viewing audience came away as thrilled, however, especially after the last few episodes in which Henshaw has come off as a bit of a misogynistic jerk, treating Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) like a child rather than like the super-powered hero that she clearly is. It was still a thrilling moment for this long-time fan of the character.
I can’t say that I was surprised that Henshaw turned out to be the classic DC character, The Martian Manhunter (created by Joseph Samachson and Joe Certa way back in 1955), because online speculation was already rampant that this was the case. In “Human for a Day” the end of the episode provides a big twist in the story of Hank Henshaw (David Harewood).
The Flash will often save a big reveal for the final scenes, pumping a bit of adrenaline into the viewer that ramps up the excitement for the next episode, and leaves the impression that the preceding hour was even stronger than it actually was.
In this case, the best thing about the episode is saved for the very end, a trick that has proved extremely successful over at CW’s The Flash. There’s a lot to like in this week’s episode of Supergirl, “Human for a Day.” Unfortunately, there’s also a lot to dislike, leaving me, your humble reviewer, in something of a quandary.įirst up, the good stuff.
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