Pilot (Supergirl)
| "Pilot" | |
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| Supergirl episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Glen Winter |
| Story by |
Greg Berlanti Ali Adler Andrew Kreisberg |
| Teleplay by | Ali Adler |
| Production code | 276088 |
| Original air date | October 26, 2015 |
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The pilot episode of the television series Supergirl premiered on CBS on October 26, 2015. It was written by series developers/creators Greg Berlanti, Ali Adler and Andrew Kreisberg, and directed by Glen Winter.
The Supergirl pilot details the origins of Kryptonian Kara Zor-El, whose quest to follow in her famous cousin's footsteps would emerge while maintaining a mild mannered life as Kara Danvers.
The episode received excellent reviews, especially for the performance of the series' star Melissa Benoist. It also became CBS' most watched new series of the 2015-16 television season, and the most watched new scripted series overall by Nielsen, with 12.9 million viewers tuning in and an estimated 19 million over the next week, once delayed viewing is tabulated. It also gave CBS its first successful series to target a younger demo in the 18-49 age group, which is favored by advertiser groups.
The story begins with the origins of Kara Zor-El, who is sent by her parents Alura and Zor-El from Krypton to Earth to watch over her infant cousin, Kal-El. Krypton explodes just seconds after her pod takes off, knocking the pod off course and sending into the Phantom Zone. She remained frozen in time in the Zone for 24 years, until she miraculously escaped and crashed on Earth. Kal-El, who had by then gone on to fame as Superman, rescued Kara from her pod. He takes Kara to live with Eliza and Jeremiah Danvers, the scientists who helped him come into his powers on Earth.
Twelve years later, Kara Danvers lives in National City and works as an assistant to Cat Grant, the head of the mega-media conglomerate CatCo. Despite her mild mannered life, Kara yearns to follow in her cousin's footsteps. Her adoptive sister Alex, who stopped by her apartment to prepare for her flight to Geneva, thinks that Kara should continue to remain a normal person. After watching a news report on a plane that is about to crash, Kara realizes the plane is carrying Alex. Using her powers for the first time in years, she flies to the rescue and saves the plane. As news spreads of her heroism, Kara begins to wonder if she could become the hero her cousin is. Alex, however, worries that Kara has put herself in danger by exposing herself to the world. The following day Kara is excited about how fast she has become popular while maintaining her normal identity. She later reveals her secret to her co-worker Winslow "Winn" Schott, who helps Kara perfect her abilities by testing out uniforms and handling police calls, and is dubbed "Supergirl" by Cat, who despite objections by Kara over the name, doesn't know about Kara's secret and only sees her as just an assistant, with Cat stating "What do you think is so bad about 'girl'? I'm a girl and your boss and powerful and rich and hot and smart. So if you perceive Supergirl as anything less than excellent, isn't the real problem you?" The news of Supergirl's actions attract the attention of Vartox, an alien responsible for the attempted plane crash, and had been waiting for the moment to challenge a Kryptonian survivor. He informs his commander that the plan worked.
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