Supergirl (HBO Max)

Supergirl is an American children’s television series created by DC Comics, and should air on HBO Max. It centers around a teenaged Kryptonian girl, Kara Zor-El, who lives with her foster parents and works as a high school intern for the Midvale Sheriff’s Department but also has an alter-ego as Supergirl. She tries to keep it a secret, but falls in love with her classmate, Jimmy Olsen, who also works as a police intern. He is in love with Supergirl and does not know that Kara secretly likes him and is actually Supergirl. She tries to find a way to balance between work and being a superhero, but it is not always easy.

Every episode has a new mystery that Kara has to solve and one or more bad guys whom Supergirl takes down. Kara’s not-so-smart boss in her internship always tries to solve the case on his own, but Supergirl usually ends up with the solution, much to his chagrin. Even so, he does manage to claim responsibility of letting Supergirl capture a bad guy on several occasions because she trusts her to the point that she cannot reveal herself.

Story
Set in the village of Midvale, Kara Zor-El, whose Earth name goes by “Kara Danvers”, is enrolled at Midvale High School where she takes up an internship at the Midvale Sheriff’s Department.

Kara is too shy to speak her mind. Especially the vainglorious and bossy sheriff Ronald Collins exploits this and forces her to do chores instead of police work. Kara’s co-intern is Jimmy Olsen, who is also her secret love interest, but she does not dare to tell him. The frustrating thing for her is that Jimmy is in love with her alter ego Supergirl. Kara lives with her adoptive parents, Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers, a pair of scientists who also run a convenience store.

When a robbery or other crime is committed, Kara says to herself “This looks like a job for Supergirl!” and changes into Supergirl before flying away to the scene of the crime. Although the Sheriff is not very clever, Kara, along with Jeremiah and Eliza, are quick to the point that something is not right. Eventually, Kara uses her superpowers as Supergirl to prevent injustice in her foster hometown. To make her presence known to supervillains, Supergirl’s standard phrase is “I am Supergirl, and you are a (…); and if there’s one thing Supergirl can’t stand, it’s (…).”, after which the type of villain(s) that applies is filled in, e.g., ‘imposter(s)’. After the villain is defeated, Supergirl changes back to Kara, while other characters remark the restoration of peace in their town which usually ends with a phrase “…thanks to Supergirl!”

Background
Nearly a year ago, Kara’s parents sent her to Earth from a dying Krypton to protect her infant cousin, Kal-El, but her spacecraft was knocked off course by the shockwave of Krypton’s explosion and sent into the Phantom Zone, where it stayed for 24 years. By the time the spacecraft crash landed on Earth, Kal-El had grown up and become Superman. Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers were tasked by Superman to raise Kara and teach her the ways of his people, the Kryptonians, on the condition that to not tell anyone about her identity. If their secret comes true, it means the end of Supergirl and crime in Midvale can prevail.

Kara Zor-El/Kara Danvers/Supergirl
The main protagonist. Typically energetic and strong-willed, Kara is shy and secretive to everybody around her, especially her love interest, Jimmy Olsen. She has the same superpowers as her famous cousin, Superman—super-strength, super-speed, X-ray vision, and the ability to fly.

Jimmy Olsen
The secondary main character and Kara’s love interest and well as her co-intern at the Midvale Sheriff’s Department. He serves in this series as a comic relief.

Jeremiah & Eliza Danvers
The third main characters and Kara’s foster parents who run a convenience store. Just like Kara, they are aware of any situation orchestrated by a villain.

Sheriff Ronald Collins
The fourth main character and a struggling Sheriff of Midvale who never solves not even one single case. Despite a tendency to suffer megalomania, he takes his job very seriously, to the point of occasionally letting his power go to his head.

Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman
A cousin of Kara and leader of the Justice League who inspired her to become a hero herself, even if it means becoming a hero of her own foster hometown.

Specials

 * A Supergirl Christmas

Production
The show mixes the superhero elements with an extra police procedural genre, such as the British television series Juliet Bravo, which stars a female police officer as the main protagonist.