Supergirl's second episode at it's new home was mostly a continuation of what occurred in the season premiere. Superman was still around for this episode, but by the time he left at the end it felt like it was time for him to go. The opening montage of Superman and Supergirl helping people around the city, was a great reminder of the great sibling chemistry these characters have, but this is Supergirl's show. These episode did a lot that helped transition the show from CBS to the CW, but it's time for Supergirl to start figuring out what show it is going to be after the dust settles.
"The Last Children of Krypton" at least started to answer that question. Cat Grant is leaving, which means that those outstanding scenes between Cat and Kara, which have been a lot of the emotional backbone of the series so far, will not be present for majority of the second season. It's a shame, and I'm not sure Kara's new boss Skipper (played by Ian Gomez in a role that is almost the polar opposite of his beloved Cougar Town goofball Andy Torres) will be able to fill that role, especially given the gender gap. I'm willing to give that relationship time to establish itself though. The show will need to establish strong connections in Kara's personal life if it has any hope of continuing the momentum that it established over these two episodes.
Otherwise, it was a pretty standard outing for the show. Metallo gave the cousins from Krypton a much more worthy opponent this week than the army of drones they fought last week. So far the show has been able to keep the special effects standards up to par with the CBS episodes, and I would argue that the many fight scenes between the Metallos and our various protagonists were more impressive than just about any of the show's previous fight scenes. Now all that remains to be seen is how the show will handle the many impending changes on the horizon. If they handle them with the same care that they have handled these first two episode with, then it looks like Supergirl will have many bright days ahead.
Other Thoughts:
* James doesn't seem like an adequate replacement for Cat, but at least his new role will give his presence a little more meaning. These first two episodes functioned almost completely without him, so the show is going to have to do a lot to justify his continued presence on the show.
* After two episodes, it is very clear that "Winn DEO Tech Nerd" is a much better fit for the show than "Winn Kind of Unnecessary Catco IT Guy.
* For as much as the show seems to be banking on audiences being intrigued by the identity of this mystery man from space (Chris Wood), the show has done a pretty bad job of actually giving the audience a reason to care about that random storyline.
* The show has necessarily ignored a lot of the backstory established in season one, to make the transition to the CW easier, but how Cadmus transitioned from a secret government facility to a rogue anti-alien terrorist group probably could have used a little more explanation.
* Alex donning the anti-kryptonian suit from the end of season one makes sense, and was a smart way to keep her in on the action in this episode.
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