Lena and Lex battle for control of Luthor Corp. Meanwhile, Supergirl and the team are faced with a challenge unlike anything they've ever dealt with before and it brings Alex to her breaking point. Knowing how dangerous this makes her brother, Lena enlists the entire team – Alex, J'onn, Dreamer, Kelly and Brainiac – to help, but Supergirl realizes that the only way to truly stop Lex is to sacrifice herself.Īs the stakes with Lex are raised higher than ever before, Lena must decide how far she is willing to go to stop her brother.

After beating Leviathan, Supergirl turns her attention to Lex who has used the Obsidian platform to brainwash half the world to love him and follow him at all costs, no matter what horrible things he does. Mehcad Brooks as Guardian (James Olsen)Īs Brainiac lays close to death after trying to stop Lex, Supergirl and team soar in to save him, engaging in an epic battle with Gamenmae.Sharon Leal as Miss Martian/Megan (M'gann M'orzz).David Harewood as Martian Manhunter/John Jones (J'onn J'onzz).Jesse Rath as Brainiac 5/Barney Fife (Querl Dox).Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor & Elizabeth Walsh.Chyler Leigh as Sentinel (Alex Danvers).Melissa Benoist as Supergirl/Kara Danvers (Kara Zor-El) & Overgirl (Kara).As Kara struggles to navigate her relationships and her life as a reporter, her heart soars as she takes to the skies as Supergirl! Cast Main Cast She's joined in this pursuit of justice by her sister, Alex, her mentor, Martian Manhunter and her friends Brainiac-5, Dreamer and Lena Luthor. Now, Kara balances her work as a reporter for CatCo Worldwide Media with her work as Supergirl, keeping National City and the Earth safe from sinister threats. Years later, Kara was living in National City and still concealing her powers, when a plane crash threatened Alex's life and Kara took to the sky to save her.

Kara grew up in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex, and learned to conceal the phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin, Superman, in order to keep her identity a secret. Twelve-year-old Kara escaped the doomed planet Krypton and was sent to Earth where she was raised by a foster family. SUPERGIRL is an action-adventure drama based on the DC character Kara Zor-El.

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