# Supergirl Season 3
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 9, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379 "2017-10-09T13:01:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/1 "2017-10-09T13:01:39Z")
The Girl of Steel returns tonight.
[CW Official trailer](https://youtu.be/irH6gtcR4Dk)
Some casting news: Odette Annable joins the cast as this season’s Big Bad, Reign Kara’s mother Alura will played by (former Lois Lane) Erica Durance, replacing Laura Benanti.
When we last saw Supergirl, she had just defeated evil Queen Rhea and her entire Daxamite army by getting Lena Luthor to release toxic lead fumes into the atmosphere of National City. Unfortunately, the lead was toxic to her boyfriend Mon-el as well, so he also had to evacuate the planet. The last we saw of him, he was flying his little spaceship when it got sucked into a portal or wormhole.
Is Mon-el coming back? Is he going to bring the Legion of Superheroes with him? I’d love to see Saturn Girl walking around National City.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/2 "2017-10-09T15:11:43Z")
Just having the Big 3 from LSH would be a kick, and the powers are simple and easy to CGI.
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### Author:  [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/3 "2017-10-09T15:36:51Z")
Who would be the Big Three in the Legion? Braniac 5, Saturn Girl, and - I dunno - Lightning Lad?
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### Author:  [@KatieCats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KatieCats)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/4 "2017-10-09T17:17:42Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#):
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> Who would be the Big Three in the Legion? Braniac 5, Saturn Girl, and - I dunno - Lightning Lad?
Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad and Cosmic Boy.
I read a few weeks ago that someone has been cast as Saturn Girl.
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### Author:  [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/5 "2017-10-09T17:40:17Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#):
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> Some casting news: Odette Annable joins the cast
Cool. I liked her in _House_ and especially in _The Astronaut Wives Club_.
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> Kara’s mother Alura will played by (former Lois Lane) Erica Durance, replacing Laura Benanti.
That kinda sucks. I was sorry when they killed off Astra because I like Benanti and playing only the Alura hologram greatly reduced her presence in the show.
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### Author:  [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/6 "2017-10-10T05:26:09Z")
Can someone remind me who does and does not know her secret identity these days?
Alex, Wynne, James, and J’onn know it, presumably along with some number of DEO redshirts.
Maggie? Cat? Lena? President secret-alien? Anyone else?
As usual, I love Melissa Benoist, and wish the everyone in the show wasn’t so stupid all the time.
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### Author:  [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2017, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/7 "2017-10-10T06:43:42Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#):
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> Can someone remind me who does and does not know her secret identity these days?
Maxwell Lord knows.
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### Author:  [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2017, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/8 "2017-10-10T08:19:34Z")
This is getting to be bad pattern on these CW shows. After the first couple of seasons, they change the characterization of the protagonist and the mood of the show changes, not for the better. Here we’ve got angsty Kara Danvers. Last season on _The Flash_ we had angsty Barry Allen. Season Four of _Arrow_ we saw [del]angsty[/del]happy Oliver Queen. Here’s hoping we don’t see much of Kara being mopey. Maybe her dream-mother will knock some sense into her.
Adrian Pasdar plays the smarmy CEO/politician/top brass really well. He’ll make a good foil for Lena Luthor. When he unveiled his plan for buying CatCo, I knew that Lena was going to buy it herself. (Speaking of Lena, Katie McGrath’s accent was all over the place.)
I’m glad they’ve figured out a way to get Calista Flockhart to make more appearances on the show. Every episode should have some Cat Grant snark.
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### Author:  [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/9 "2017-10-10T13:07:27Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#):
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> This is getting to be bad pattern on these CW shows. After the first couple of seasons, they change the characterization of the protagonist and the mood of the show changes, not for the better. Here we’ve got angsty Kara Danvers. Last season on _The Flash_ we had angsty Barry Allen. Season Four of _Arrow_ we saw [del]angsty[/del]happy Oliver Queen. Here’s hoping we don’t see much of Kara being mopey. Maybe her dream-mother will knock some sense into her.
Pretty sure we’re done with angsty Kara - although it was dream boyfriend not dream mom. Her showing up at the bar should be her returning to her sunny self.
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### Author:  [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/10 "2017-10-10T15:06:09Z")
After 5 decades as a comic book fan, one might think I’m able to look past these two things, but I still can’t:
1. Power level fluctuations - the missile knocked out Supergirl? She can’t breathe underwater? She clocked the bad guy hard and didn’t turn him to goo?
2. I know physics and engineering only matter when it is important to the plot and are routinely ignored for dramatic effect, but one cannot lift a submarine like that.
Mind you, despite getting my suspension of disbelief constantly broken by superhero books and shows, I keep going back. But it does annoy me.
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### Author:  [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/11 "2017-10-10T15:50:11Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#):
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> After 5 decades as a comic book fan, one might think I’m able to look past these two things, but I still can’t:
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> 1. She clocked the bad guy hard and didn’t turn him to goo?
The Kryptonians have always had exquisite control over the power of their punches - she punched him just hard enough to send him flying 100 yards (IIRC what her sister said). Now, how he was able to get up from that and run away is a separate question (but is a standard trope/problem in any action movie/series).
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### Author:  [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/12 "2017-10-10T15:54:57Z")
Oh, I know. But it still bothers me, and has for a very, very long time. Someone strong enough to lift a submarine just has to flick you with her finger, not punch.
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### Author:  [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/13 "2017-10-10T20:56:13Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#):
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> Oh, I know. But it still bothers me, and has for a very, very long time. Someone strong enough to lift a submarine just has to flick you with her finger, not punch.
Yeah, but other than last night’s show, Kara has always worried about other’s feelings. She doesn’t want to embarrass the mooks by beating them with one finger or [her right thumb](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dka54jH9po), so she pretends she has to work at it.
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/14 "2017-10-10T22:04:27Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#):
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> 1. I know physics and engineering only matter when it is important to the plot and are routinely ignored for dramatic effect, but one cannot lift a submarine like that.
Where did she put it? And how much money was the bad guy expecting to make from his redevelopment project that he could afford a submarine as part of his plan?
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### Author:  [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/15 "2017-10-10T23:58:06Z")
It was only a two-day rental, but the damage fees are going to be killer.
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2017, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/16 "2017-10-11T10:48:25Z")
She should have flown the sub and laid it on a beach in North Korea. That would have taken care of those guys.
Nice to have Cat back. Hope the show uses her to take some subtle digs at Kelly Ann Conway.
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### Author:  [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2017, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/17 "2017-10-11T11:29:15Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#):
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> She can’t breathe underwater?
It was already established back in Season 1 that Supergirl can’t breathe in space, so why would being underwater be any different. Agree about the submarine, though.
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/18 "2017-10-11T11:56:57Z")
The computer that Winn uses is getting pretty annoying. Like all television computers, it has no mouse. A series of keystrokes at lightning speed gets you anything you want. And of course it clicks and whirs when it displays your information.
I thought it was kind of hokey that the team instantly recognizes parts for a cloaking device. What did they do in their previous jobs, work in a cloaking device shipping center?
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### Author:  [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/19 "2017-10-11T20:34:42Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#):
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> It was already established back in Season 1 that Supergirl can’t breathe in space, so why would being underwater be any different. Agree about the submarine, though.
I’ll give you the breathing. I barely remember these episodes a couple of days later. Even then, I’d expect her to be able to hold her breath for a significant period of time.
I would love to see someone say something like [Reed Richards said about Gladiator](http://pm1.narvii.com/6311/b4d63e9ae5a5737a2385e343547eaba00fbe5c45_hq.jpg) when ridiculous feats of strength are performed.
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### Author:  [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-3/798379/20 "2017-10-17T01:02:34Z")
Lena just told _Kara_ that she thinks Kara’s issues are about Mon-El. Anyone else catch that? Probably just a slip in the writer’s room, but still, as much as they played up the Cat Grant “does she know or doesn’t she” ambiguity…
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