Firestorm's also up there, and could pose a real challenge for Kara if they a) remembered that transmutation power they finally manifested at the end of last season and b) were informed of the existence of kryptonite.

Since the Dominators and Thanagarians exist in both the Earth-1 and Earth-38 universes, it's not outside the realm of possibility that Krypton-1's Kara Zor-L will arrive older and with a somewhat different body type at some point.

We can always hope it's Shayera Thal instead.

Though J'onn doesn't do the mindlink so far in "Supergirl". (He brainwiped a security guard last season, and since then has been so guilty that he hasn't really used his telepathy except for an attempt with another Martian.

The movies probably were the issue, with Berlanti's overall success with the TV franchise giving them the extra persuasive power to get limited access to Superman that they couldn't before.

Including the reference to Starling rather than Star City.

"Or if not just bring in two ordinary kids and a dog for… some reason."

"Gee, Barry, maybe you and your friends with super-powers should get together here more often. Maybe make it some sort of regular team, or squad, or league…"

I really don't want them to canonize the Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex (or vice versa) thing. It doesn't fit given that Kryptonians have been having relationships with humans for seven-plus decades, we know Lois and Clark are a thing, and in any case the show isn't going to want to put every human off the table less…

The Peter David Supergirl comic was good, but there was no reason other than marketing for that character to be Supergirl. Her origin via the Matrix Supergirl was pure plot device, and she had no other connection to Superman or Krypton. Her few interactions with Superman to try to help justify it were always a…

Yeah, that's a problem with analogizing species to race, at least till you get to Star Trek levels of cosmopolitanism. If Krypton doesn't have other species living on the planet (or is prepared to quarantine them in the event of an invasion) and only uses the virus for defense, there's really not much to criticize.

Though odds that whatever they do to repel the Dominators actually makes it impossible to nuke the planet from orbit, rather than simply repelling them from Earth's surface and preventing them from getting whatever they want here? (And maybe destroying their ship(s) so they'd have to send another one.)

And Chandler and Joey at least had plausible sources of income— Chandler had a corporate job as a transponster ("that's not even a word!"), albeit one that let him spend an awful lot of time in Central Perk, and then Joey had his soap opera gig.

They have the advantage that unlike Superman, there's already an established reason Lex never shows up: he's in prison.

FWIW, it's since been acknowledged in dialog in so many words on "Arrow" that first-season Ollie was effectively a serial killer. But yeah, I prefer my superheroes more superheroey.

Though it's a shame Alex isn't going to get to meet Sara.

Clark is established to have been in a relationship with Lois for years on this show. Pace Niven, it's just not a problem.

The Fortress is pretty well stocked. I'm guessing that Kelex is reparable.

I liked the movie, but the vision sequence after she discovers the boats made me really wish for a high-budget realistic drama about a migration during the original Polynesian expansion. Showing a slice of how they successfully navigated and settled the Pacific across incredible distances without iron, literacy, or…

But the fact that she's sole heir to a hereditary monarch in a region where a fragile peace is kept via marriage alliances is highlighted at the beginning, then left entirely unresolved. Personal self-determination is great, but maybe not if a bunch of farmers with no choice in the matter are going to die over it.