Supergirl and her Super Friends return for one final season of saving the world from evil in Supergirl: The Sixth and Final Season. As the fifth season of the series came to a close, viewers were left on a bit of a cliffhanger. Lex Luthor (Jon Cryer) had become like a god thanks to Leviathan, and using his Obsidian Platinum VR planform, he had managed to brainwash half the planet into becoming his loyal super-fans. Now he was planning to use the platform to eliminate all of his non-believers. Lex had tricked Brainiac 5 (Jesse Rath) into thinking he was helping him take down Leviathan, not knowing of Luthor’s true, sinister plans. The new season picks up immediately where we left off, with Brainy seemingly trapped on a ship with the Leviathan-controlled computer system trying to poison him. As the sixth season opens, Supergirl (Melissa Benoist), Dreamer (Nicole Maines) and the rest of the team arrive just in time to save Brainy, and then work on stopping Lex Luthor, with the goal of eliminating his powers and exposing the truth about what he’s been up to to the rest of the world. However, during the ensuing face-off, Kara ends up being sent to the Phantom Zone, without her powers, and with seemingly no way to escape.
For the first third of this final season, we follow team Supergirl as they try to find a way to rescue Kara from the Phantom Zone. However, in the process they accidentally allow a Phantom to escape, which starts to wreak havoc on National City, causing people’s nightmares to come true. Now they must track down and stop the Phantom, while also trying to rescue Kara and take down Lex Luthor, who still has a lot of tricks up his sleeves to avoid paying for his crimes. Meanwhile, Supergirl desperately looks for some way out of the Phantom Zone. But while she is there, she meets her father Zor-El (Jason Behr), and befriends a depowered fifth-dimensional imp named Nyxlygsptlnz (Peta Sergeant)—a princess who was unjustly sent to the Zone by her father. They join forces to look for a way out together, but Nyxly may not be as innocent (or powerless) as she had claimed to be.
The final two thirds of the season find Supergirl and her crew in a race against Nyxly to find seven Totems—Courage, Humanity, Truth, Destiny, Love, Dreams and Hope—before Nyxly can combine these to form the AllStone, and use it to wipe out humanity. To make things even more challenging, Nyxly has joined forces with one of Supergirl’s nemeses. Meanwhile, CatCo’s ratings are in a slump, and Andrea (Julie Gonzalo) is eager to fix that, so she gives William (Staz Nair) and Kara an ultimatum to do more revealing stories on the Super Friends, but Kara feels conflicted and begins to doubt her double-life, and if she can really help people as Supergirl while also pursuing her dreams to be a reporter.
While this final season of Supergirl is entertaining, I wouldn’t consider it the best of the six. In the final stretch, it feels very lather, rinse, repeat, with the team locating and going after after each new Totem, only to face off with Nyxly before proceeding to the next. The battles and fights also tend to be repetitive, often somewhat-confusing messes of different-colored power streams coming from various characters in brightly-colored costumes, with lots of grunting and squinting to show how much effort is being exerted. Someone eventually falls down or transports away in order to let you know who won the fight. That said, the flying and special effects generally look pretty solid. However, when the team faces off against some big creature—such as a giant cat, a trash monster, or a dragon—it feels very CG or video game like. The season works better when it comes to the non-action scenes and character growth. Over the course of the season, many of the characters are given their own personal story arcs to help close out these characters, resolve any lingering issues, and help them move on to their post-series futures, whether that be tying up relationships such as Dreamer and Brainy, or Alex and Kelly, or characters making decisions about their professional futures. The season also makes a fun trip back in time to visit a younger Kara at her high school prom.
Ending a superhero series is a tough task. Not many of these Arrow-verse shows have had to do so thus far. There aren’t that many choices for the writers—you could kill off the superhero or have them abandon the city they have been protecting, but just because the hero is gone, that doesn’t mean crime is suddenly over. Or you could have the hero stay indefinitely, but then there may not really be any closure. I think the writers have found a somewhat successful way to close out this series, giving many of the characters a satisfying conclusion. Also, the epic, action-packed final battle brings back many fan-favorite characters from the past for some fun cameos.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s Blu-ray release looks and sounds great. The picture is pretty immaculate, with rich colors and details, and the effects are well integrated, even if some come off a bit too CG/video game. The audio track provides clear dialogue and makes excellent use of the stereo and surround channels to put the viewer in the middle of the action, providing an immersive viewing experience. The episodes are evenly spread across 4 discs, which are packed in a standard multi-disc HD keepcase with a cardboard slipcover. The bonus material consists of over 16 minutes of deleted scenes plus a fun 24-minute discussion with the cast. The release also includes a code to redeem a digital copy of the season on Vudu.
What’s Included:
- All 20 episodes of the sixth season:
Disc 1: “Rebirth”, “A Few Good Women”, “Phantom Menaces”, “Lost Souls”, “Prom Night”
Disc 2: “Prom Again!”, “Fear Knot”, “Welcome Back, Kara!”, “Dream Weaver”, “Still I Rise”
Disc 3: “Mxy in the Middle”, “Blind Spots”, “The Gauntlet”, “Magical Thinking”, “Hope for Tomorrow”
Disc 4: “Nightmare in National City”, “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”, “Truth or Consequences”, “The Last Gauntlet”, “Kara” - 1080p / Widescreen 1.78:1
- Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles: English SDH
- Digital HD copy of the season episodes (not entire crossover) redeemable via Vudu.
- A Farewell Tribute to Supergirl (24:14)
The cast gets together on the CatCo set to fondly look back at the past 6 years of the series. They share some fun and heartwarming stories while answering questions about how Supergirl impacted their lives, their favorite moments, their wildest scenes or stunts, the funniest moments, their favorite fan interactions, and what they will miss the most about working on the series. They discuss things like the karaoke episode, directing the series, working with one another, eating food on set, their “cape magic” videos, and more. There are also some outtakes from the special at the end. Participants include Melissa Benoist (“Kara Zor-El/Kara Danvers/Supergirl”), Chyler Leigh (“Alex Danvers/Sentinel”), David Harewood (“J’onn J’onzz/Martian Manhunter”), Katie McGrath (“Lena Luthor”), Jesse Rath (“Brainiac 5”), Nicole Maines (“Nia Nal/Dreamer”), Azie Tesfai (“Kelly Olsen/Guardian”), Julie Gonzalo (“Andrea Rojas/Acrata”), Staz Nair (“William Dey”), Mechad Brooks (“James Olsen/Guardian”), Jeremy Jordan (“Winn Schott/Computer Lad/Toyman”), Chris Wood (“Mon-El”) & Peta Sergeant (“Nyxly”). - Deleted Scenes (16:49)
Individual episode deleted scenes are available via the Episodes menu, and The Deleted Scenes main menu option on each disc will play all of the scenes available for the episodes contained on that disc.- 607 Fear Knot (4:40) – 5 scenes
- 610 Still I Rise (1:26) – 1 scene
- 612 Blind Spots (:22) – 1 scene
- 613 The Gauntlet (1:47) – 1 scene
- 615 Hope for Tomorrow (2:21) – 2 scenes
- 616 Nightmare in National City (1:39) – 1 scene
- 618 Truth or Consequences (2:25) – 3 scenes/li>
- 619 The Last Gauntlet (1:16) – 2 scenes
- 620 Kara (1:19) – 2 scenes
Episodes: (14:07:57)
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Final Thoughts:
The final season of Supergirl brings together the Super Friends for one final battle, to save National City and the rest of the world from some determined foes. The season does a nice job of providing closure for these characters as well as bringing back some old friends for the finale. However, it feels a bit repetitive after a while when it comes to the action and battles—they probably could have either shortened the season, or brought in a different villain for part of the final 13 episodes—and some of the effects aren’t quite up to snuff. That said, the Blu-ray release looks and sounds great, and includes a small but entertaining assortment of bonus material (the cast reunion special is a lot of fun). It’s worth checking out for fans and long time viewers of the series.
