Supergirl: Kara’s Journalism Will Put Aliens in Harm’s Way

CBR

By Sam Stone

Published Oct 26, 2018

Plot details for Season 4 of Supergirl reveal Kara's journalistic efforts at CatCo unintentionally expose extraterrestrial residents to xenophobes.

Fear and xenophobia have been strong, relevant themes within Season 4 of Supergirl on The CW and the Girl of Steel's alter ego as Kara Danvers is about to learn the consequence of giving National City's extraterrestrial residents increased exposure.

The plot synopsis for the fifth episode of the season, titled "Parasite Lost", reveal that Kara will begin to write a series of articles through her work at the news outlet CatCo to help give extraterrestrials on Earth a platform of increased visibility to mitigate humans fear of them. While successful in some regards, it unintentionally exposes the subjects of the articles to violent xenophobes.

SUPERGIRL

“Parasite Lost” — (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) (TV-PG, V) (HDTV)

THE POWER OF THE PEN — Colonel Haley (April Parker Jones) makes a surprising decision regarding Supergirl (Melissa Benoist). Kara writes s series of articles highlighting aliens in National City in the hopes that humans will stop being so fearful of them. Unfortunately, the article puts some of the aliens in harm’s way. David Mcwhirter directed the episode written by Maria Maggenti & Aadrita Mukerji (#405). Original airdate 11/11/2018.

With themes of acceptance in the face of fear, Supergirl will have to defend those that cannot defend themselves from prejudiced hate as tensions between extraterrestrials and humans once again enters the forefront of the series.

Airing Sundays at 8 pm ET/PT on The CW for its fourth season, Supergirl stars Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers, David Harewood as Martian Manhunter, Mehcad Brooks as Jimmy Olsen, and Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers.