Far from the Tree
- Episode aired Oct 23, 2017
- TV-14
- 42m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.9K
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Maggie reaches out to her estranged father when Eliza throws her and Alex a wedding shower, while Supergirl joins J'onn on a personal mission.Maggie reaches out to her estranged father when Eliza throws her and Alex a wedding shower, while Supergirl joins J'onn on a personal mission.Maggie reaches out to her estranged father when Eliza throws her and Alex a wedding shower, while Supergirl joins J'onn on a personal mission.
Katie McGrath
- Lena Luthor
- (credit only)
Odette Annable
- Samantha Arias
- (credit only)
Chris Wood
- Mon-El
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen confronting the White Martians, Kara claims that she missed "a left turn at Albuquerque", referencing a classic line by Bugs Bunny.
- GoofsDuring an argument, Maggie's father mentions the border wall being built to keep Mexicans out of the country. This is obviously a reference to the real-life presidency of Donald Trump, but within the show's continuity, his comment doesn't make sense: in "Resist", the penultimate episode of season two, it's revealed that President Olivia Marsdin is literally an alien from outer space, and earlier in the season in "Welcome to Earth", she signed an executive order offering aliens such as herself full citizenship if they so desired it. If she's that tolerant of extraterrestrials, it seems unlikely that she'd be so intolerant of legal aliens as to resort to such an extreme action in foreign policy like building a wall on the border.
- Quotes
Alex Danvers: I don't know why I thought throwing a lesbian wedding shower would curb mom's cheesy antics.
Kara Danvers: Nope. Gay, straight, whatever, Eliza will not be stopped until she digs up every bridal shower game since the beginning of time. You know what? You're gonna love Bridal Bingo.
Alex Danvers: Kill me now.
- ConnectionsReferences Herr Meets Hare (1945)
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Back to Mars
In the same way that this season of Arrow is about fatherhood, tonight's episode of Supergirl dove deeper into that vein. Instead of focusing on Kara and Alex's father, who has been a recurring character, we got to see both Jonn & Maggie's father. For what it's worth, I'm glad we were able to see them, both impressed and both are two characters I would like to see going forward.
It wasn't perfect, including some typically cliché CW-ish family drama, but I enjoyed the change of formula tonight. Maggie thought inviting her disapproving father to her bridal shower, which turned out to be a predictably bad decision. While Jonn traveled back to Mars to help M'gann with an emergency, which turned out to be relating back to his father who was remarkably still alive. I'm not entirely sure whether or not either of the fathers will make more appearances this year, as I would probably prefer only an episode here and there, instead of a full-blown supporting role (I'm looking at you Arrow Season 4 with Felicity's parents).
No matter the turn out, both David Harewood and Floriana Lima were noticeably really strong tonight. A particular take with Maggie at the dinner table in which she describes what happened between her and her father was an impressive showcase of Lima's emotional range. Harewood also had several opportunities to show his range, in which he succeeded one after the other.
I understand this review barely goes into plot details, but I wasn't too fond of the overall Mars based story with white martians and M'gann. I'm always more interested in how this show displays true character emotion. Tonight, that was a major strong suit, even if the overall plot was lackluster.
7.6/10
It wasn't perfect, including some typically cliché CW-ish family drama, but I enjoyed the change of formula tonight. Maggie thought inviting her disapproving father to her bridal shower, which turned out to be a predictably bad decision. While Jonn traveled back to Mars to help M'gann with an emergency, which turned out to be relating back to his father who was remarkably still alive. I'm not entirely sure whether or not either of the fathers will make more appearances this year, as I would probably prefer only an episode here and there, instead of a full-blown supporting role (I'm looking at you Arrow Season 4 with Felicity's parents).
No matter the turn out, both David Harewood and Floriana Lima were noticeably really strong tonight. A particular take with Maggie at the dinner table in which she describes what happened between her and her father was an impressive showcase of Lima's emotional range. Harewood also had several opportunities to show his range, in which he succeeded one after the other.
I understand this review barely goes into plot details, but I wasn't too fond of the overall Mars based story with white martians and M'gann. I'm always more interested in how this show displays true character emotion. Tonight, that was a major strong suit, even if the overall plot was lackluster.
7.6/10
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- ThomasDrufke
- Oct 22, 2017
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