Honestly, since writing this post, I ended up souring slightly on Season 1 at the end. Without getting spoilery, I just didn’t feel like it stuck the landing in its last couple episodes or so. Berlanti’s shows are at their best when a season has a great villain to play off of (Flash Season 1, Arrow Seasons 1-2), and not as good without it. Supergirl gave us a couple good villains, but never a great one, and I felt like that showed at the end.

Nevertheless, I’m also quite hopeful for a Season 2. Like you said, we haven’t had a superheroine like this. Until recently, we haven’t had many superheroines period, but at least there are a few getting supporting roles in movies and shows. Even of the three comic book-type shows I watch starring a woman, Supergirl is still unique. Agent Carter is more of a spy show, though a very fun one. Jessica Jones was a dark examination of pathos, often great, but “superhero” feels like an inapt descriptor for it. Supergirl, though, never wavered in presenting her as a true throwback hero, like a Christopher Reeve for the modern day. Benoist’s Supergirl is just a truly good person who also happens to kick ass, and I think it’s awesome that we have that — and hopefully will continue to. Just three days after Batman v Superman hit theaters, Supergirl did a crossover team-up episode with Grant Gustin’s Flash coming in, resulting in the most unabashedly delightful episode of television I saw this year. I’m ok (to an extent…) with superhero movies being a bit darker, but it was a wondrous antidote for me to still see a show that was ok with making superheroes actually be FUN.