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Can Supergirl Time Travel? & 9 Crazy Things You Didn't Know About Her

Supergirl may be one of the biggest heroes in DC Comics, but we bet you don't know everything about her.

Supergirl  is one heroine who truly stands out from the crowd, and her incredible powers are a major reason why. The first time comic book readers ever saw her? She was included in  Action Comics #252   for the very first time in May of 1959.

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Most recently,  Melissa Benoist is the actress to take on the heroic role on television but prior to her small-screen version of the character, Laura Vandervoort was the face a lot of people recognized from her time on Smallville  as Supergirl in seasons 7 through 10. There is a lot to uncover about this DC heroine -- including whether she can time travel or not!

10 Supergirl Was A Sorority Girl In College

In Action Comics #318  from November of 1964, it is revealed that Kara has graduated from Midvale High School. She did a great job keeping up with her academics because she won herself a four-year scholarship to college.

The university she attended was called Stanhope College and she decided to join a sorority called Alpha Lambda sorority during her time as a student.

9 Supergirl Can See The DNA Of Human Beings

Supergirl can easily tell people apart without even seeing their faces or hearing their voices. How? She is able to read DNA using her X-Ray vision. The way human beings come together under their skin is made possible with DNA and she uses that to her advantage.

If a group of human beings have their backs turned to Supergirl, she isn't concerned at all. She can easily decipher who each person is on a genetic level.

8 Power Girl And Supergirl Are The Same Person From Different Earths

Although Power Girl  and Supergirl are definitely two different characters, they are also almost the same person. Long story short -- a cosmic accident led the two heroines into being in the same universe at once. Power Girl is Kara from Earth-2 and Supergirl is Kara from the Earth-1.

Another difference these two have is based on the spelling of their names. Kara Zor-El comes from Earth 1 and goes by Supergirl while Kara Zor-L comes from Earth 2 and goes by Power Girl. Of course, these are not the only two versions of Supergirl, either. Like most heroes, there are multiple versions of Kara, including Matrix, Linda Danvers, Bizarro Supergirl, and more.

7 Supergirl Accidentally Gave Her Cat Superpowers

Supergirl was doing experiments with kryptonite and didn't remember to properly dispose of everything after she was done. She left kryptonite out for her cat to get into. Thus, Supercat was born.

After gaining new powers her cat, Streaky, was able to exhibit similar abilities that Supergirl has. Her cat suddenly had super strength, amazing vision, speed, and the ability to fly.

6 Matrix Supergirl Replaced Supergirl For Over A Decade

Supergirl was cloned for over a decade which sounds crazy, even for comics... but it is true. Lex Luthor replaced the real Supergirl with Matrix Supergirl between 1988 and 2002.

The only reason this was possible is that it occurred in an alternative universe where Clark Kent passed away in his childhood. On top of having all of Supergirl's known superpowers, the Matrix clone also had the power of telekinesis, complete invisibility, and she could shapeshift.

5 Supergirl Was Once Part Of The Red Lantern Corps

In 2007 the Red Lantern Corps , a group of anti-heroes, made their debut. Being part of this scary group means wearing a red ring that causes the wearer to exhibit fierce powers based on how angry they are.

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Supergirl is the type of heroine who feels real emotions and rage is one of those emotions! Seeing her lose her cool and give up all control to her rage while wearing the red ring makes for an interesting storyline.

4 Supergirl Went On A Date With Comet, The Horse

The first time comic book readers saw Comet the Super-Horse, it was in a "Superboy" comic back in 1962. His origins? He first existed in ancient Greece as a centaur but due to the curse of a witch named Circe, he became a regular horse with superpowers.

Comet got romantically involved with Supergirl after he was able to turn into his human form under the name of "Bronco" Bill Starr.

3 Supergirl Once Died In 1985

Back in 1985, Supergirl didn't actually survive one of the battles she was part of. In the DC comic "Crisis on Infinite Earths", Supergirl dies trying to protect her cousin -- Superman.

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Anti-Monitor is the villain they are up against and in a dramatic turn of events, Supergirl is not ultimately able to survive against him in her attempt to keep her cousin safe.

2 Supergirl Hid Behind The Name Linda Lee Danvers

In Action Comics #252  from May of 1959, Superman decides the best and smartest thing to do is to place Kara in an orphanage. He instructs her not to reveal her powers to anyone and she agrees. While she is there she takes on a new name.

Linda Lee Danvers is the name Kara chooses. Instead of rocking her normally blonde hair, she wears a brunette wig to keep her identity completely hidden.

1 And Yes, Supergirl Can Time Travel

In Action Comics #255, a comic from the 1950s, Supergirl traveled through time to access the 21st Century. In the story, she experiences what life is like in the future but the depiction of the 21st Century is far from accurate.

In the story, Supergirl tries to prevent a probe from crashing into an orphanage. *Spoiler alert* but she isn't actually the heroine who ends up stopping the probe! Her ability to travel through time is the highlight of this particular comic book story.

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A stellar Supergirl time travels back to high school

Sprock yeah! It turns out all it took to kick this season into high gear was a time travel trip back to 2009. “Prom Night!” is an absolute pleasure to watch—an hour that delivers all the zippy, big-scale, open-air fun this more dour, claustrophobic season has been missing. And it’s also an episode that really rewards long-time Supergirl fans. Particularly those with a lengthy memory of the show’s many dangling plot threads. Brainy taking off his personality inhibitors in season five? Nia’s fractured family drama from season four? Kenny Li’s deeply upsetting death from the season three Midvale flashback episode? It all gets addressed here, and all for the better.

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Ahead of tonight’s time-hopping adventure, I revisited Supergirl ’s first teenage flashback episode, “Midvale,” and it’s remarkable just how much “Prom Night!” improves on the formula. While “Midvale” felt like well-cast, well-intentioned filler (Alex and Kara returned home and reflected on a formative teen sleuthing experience while processing their respective Maggie/Mon-El breakups), “Prom Night!” plays a much more meaningful role in this season’s storytelling. Part of that is because Brainy and Nia are there to tie the past-set story to the main season throughline. But it’s also because “Prom Night!” prioritizes character-centric storytelling over episodic villain-of-the-week plotting. That’s been an overall strength of Supergirl ’s final season. And it’s a huge asset to the relaxed but focused pacing of the first part of this two-part adventure.

“Prom Night!” locks into the really fun idea that Brainy and Nia are basically the teenagers of the Super Friends family. So, naturally, high school is the perfect place for them to process their respective emotional arcs. Still frustrated by her inability to interpret her dreams, Nia longs for her mom’s guidance while bonding with teen Kara over their unique experiences as young superpowered women who’ve suffered great losses. Brainy, meanwhile, realizes that his new inhibitor-free personality is sort of like being a hormonal teenager . And like many an anxious, over-achieving high schooler, he buries himself in extracurriculars to cope.

There’s so much sitcom-y humor in “Prom Night!” that could fall flat on its face if Jesse Rath and Nicole Maines weren’t so great at selling it. Supergirl delivers an honest to joke “wassup” joke in the year of our lord 2021, and it genuinely made me laugh! Rath and Maines deftly handle the goofy comedy of Brainy and Nia posing as formalwear-loving aliens named Brandon and Brenda who’ve inadvertently crash landed in Midvale. But they’re also able to bring real dramatic weight to Brainy and Nia’s respective arcs too. The confidence of this episode stems directly from their great central performances. And if this doesn’t inspire The CW to give them their own spinoff series, I hope they at least get to become players on Legends Of Tomorrow after Supergirl is done.

The guest cast is equally great too. Eliza Helm does an uncanny Calista Flockhart impression as a young Cat—aka “CJ”—Grant, who arrives on the hunch that a secret superhero is making Midvale “the luckiest town in America.” And w hile I’m not sure that Cat’s age or career trajectory make much sense here (the pilot takes place only six years after this episode is set), it feels right that Supergirl should celebrate the haughty, dogged spirit of one of its most formative characters, even without Flockhart there to do it herself. Plus you can always handwave away any of the timeline weirdness as part of the Crisis reset.

In fact, that’s exactly what Supergirl does in one of its smartest, most unexpected storytelling choices. While the first “Midvale” episode centered on Alex and Kara solving Kenny Li ’s murder at the hands of a corrupt local sheriff, in the post-Crisis timeline, Kenny lived and went on to become Kara’s high school boyfriend. It’s a clever retcon of a storyline that always felt just a little too dark for Supergirl ’s sunny world. And it’s pretty remarkable that in just a single episode, humble, smart, supportive Kenny (Peter Sudarso) manages to emerge as the best love interest the show has ever given Kara. While teenage Kara presumably won’t accept his offer to stay in Midvale and do their superheroing out of a homemade Barn of Solitude, if Supergirl ultimately settles on a present-day Kara/Kenny endgame, I wouldn’t be mad about it.

Rightfully so, however, the teen relationship at the heart of this episode is the one between Kara and Alex. Like the last “Midvale” episode, “Prom Night!” digs into the central conflict of their close sisterly bond. When the Danvers took Kara in, their entire family structure shifted around her. Jeremiah lost his life protecting his new daughter’s secret identity, while Eliza encouraged Alex to make Kara her biggest priority. Alex resents being suddenly thrust into the pressures of older sibling responsibility, while Kara resents being guilt-tripped over something she never asked for—especially when her Earth family tends to downplay her galactic perspective and literal superpowers in favor of treating her like a little kid who need protecting.

It’s a great, nuanced conflict beautifully portrayed by Olivia Nikkanen and Izabela Vidovic. Supergirl is smart to let both young women have valid points of view as they argue in the way that only sisters can. While there’s some strong effects work and action throughout this episode—including a really fun truck rescue sequence—the most explosive scene is Alex and Kara’s fight about which one of them is more mature. As with a lot of things in “Prom Night!” , it’s mostly just set-up for next week’s climatic conclusion. But, even so, zeroing in on Kara and Alex’s tense teenage years helps makes their present-day bond feel even more earned.

All around, “Prom Night!” uses this season’s unusual production limitations as a springboard for creativity. After several episodes filled with needlessly complicated Phantom exposition, it’s a relief to see Supergirl strike a lighter, jazzier tone this week. Guardians Of The Galaxy -esque alien hunters Mitch (Matt Bara m) and Professor Naxim Tork (Chris William Martin) are low-key antagonists who can provide both action and comedy without pulling too much focus from the more compelling character-centric stuff. The episode’s only downside is that it’s really just half a story. But whether or not next week’s resolution sticks the landing, “Prom Night!” gives me a lot of hope that Supergirl can still deliver surprises in its final season. And that’s “wassup.”

Stray observations

• So, are Nia and Brainy still dating? It’s weird how uncertain I am about. Hopefully next week’s prom-themed episode clears things up!
• I wasn’t sure how to feel about Nia singing “9 To 5” at first, but in the end, Nicole Maines’ earnestness (and lovely voice!) totally sold me on it.
• Similarly, the scene of Nia and Kara excitedly showing off their powers during a sleepover was pure, unfiltered Supergirl joy.
• At one point teen Alex says something along the lines of “we need help and we need weapons,” and that’s some great character continuity.
• It’s a nice, if somewhat inexplicable, touch that Alex has a “Midvale” license plate while Cat has a “Metropolis” one. I guess cars are licensed by cities, rather than states, on Earth Prime.
• “There’s nothing women love more than physics well applied.”

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Brainiac-5 and Nia time-travel to 2009 Midvale to get a sample of Kara's DNA. Brainiac-5 and Nia time-travel to 2009 Midvale to get a sample of Kara's DNA. Brainiac-5 and Nia time-travel to 2009 Midvale to get a sample of Kara's DNA.

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• Trivia This is the first episode in which Melissa Benoist doesn't appear. It is also the first in which Peta Sergeant (Nyxlygsptlnz) since becoming a series regular. With Benoist's absence, this means that there is no cast member has been present in every episode of the series. However, Kara Danvers still appears, played by Izabela Vidovic as her 2009 self, and thus remains the only character to be in every episode of the series.
• Goofs When she talks to Alex at the college, mistaking her for Eliza, CJ calls her "Dr. Danvers", but there's nothing on Eliza's faculty badge that identifies her as such, and as an outsider from Metropolis, it's unlikely that CJ even knows that Eliza possesses a doctorate degree. When CJ Grant talks to Alex and mistaking her as Eliza Danvers she calls her "Professor". Second is that before starting talk she looks at her badge on which is written Midvale College, Eliza Danvers, Professor, ID number: 12588985, Expiry Date: 12/04/2010.

Brainiac-5 : There's nothing women like more than physics well applied. That and a modicum of emotional vulnerability.

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What to Watch on Tuesday: Supergirl time-travels back to 'Prom Night!'

Young Cat Grant makes her Supergirl debut, The Resident picks up after a big departure, and Chad gets super into K-pop.

The Resident

HOW/WHEN & WHERE TO WATCH: 8 p.m. on Fox

On the heels of Mina's (Shaunette Renee Wilson) departure last week, the folks at Chastain Park Memorial will deal with a tornado in "After the Storm" — as if the entire city of Atlanta needed a good, cleansing cry. The thunderous storm also served as the catalyst bringing Devon (Manish Dayal) and Leela (Anuja Joshi) closer together, who quickly tend to an emergency with limited resources and no access to help. But did that matchmaker really make a love connection or are they better suited as friends? Speaking of Mina, both Nic ( Emily VanCamp ) and AJ ( Malcolm-Jamal Warner ) are trying to find happiness in her absence but are finding it a challenge. Time may heal all wounds but there's a lot left to unpack in her absence once the rain has subsided. Cain ( Morris Chestnut ) has problems of his own to deal with without the lingering Mina/AJ drama, including new challenges sent his way by Voss the Boss ( Jane Leeves ), who has made it clear she isn't going to make his life easy. Plus there's still the matter of a surgeon operating while needing more practice and possibly more physical therapy before returning to work and risking lives ... which has to catch up to him eventually, n'est-ce pas?! The pot is boiling hot and is about to overflow on The Resident , but when the water is boiling that's where you'll find some of the season's most dramatic moments. —Rosy Cordero

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HOW/WHEN & WHERE TO WATCH: 9 p.m. on The CW

The Flash and the Legends aren't the only heroes who get to time travel. In this week's Supergirl , titled "Prom Night," Brainiac-5 (Jesse Rath) and Dreamer (Nicole Maines) travel back to Kara ( Melissa Benoist ) and Alex's ( Chyler Leigh ) hometown in the year 2009 to acquire something that will help bring Supergirl back from the Phantom Zone. There, they end up crossing paths with a young Cat Grant (Eliza Helm), who is on the hunt for a story. "It's got a real delightful, fun tone to it that's kind of different from the rest of the stories we're telling in this first half [of the season]," says co-showrunner Jessica Queller. "The actress, Eliza, really hit it out of the park and channels Calista [Flockhart]." —Chancellor Agard

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• Supergirl star Melissa Benoist on the trauma Kara will endure in isolation
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HOW/WHEN & WHERE TO WATCH: 10:30 p.m. on TBS

Chad (Nasim Pedrad) has already lied about having sex over summer break (resulting in it almost happening for real...if not for some absinthe and a vape), taken a sword to school where some chaos ensued (and discovered something heartbreaking in the process), and created the most awkward of situations at his mom's ex-boyfriend Ikrimah's house (involving thing that are better seen that read about). Now, the high school freshman continues his quest to be cool by joining the Asian Appreciation Club, where he discovers K-pop. After quickly becoming obsessed, he leads the other club members in learning a dance for a school assembly. And, as you can probably figure out by now, it doesn't go as planned. Chad may regret everything he does — or, he should — but you won't regret watching this must-see comedy. —Gerrad Hall

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Hear more on all of today's must-see picks, plus a clip from tonight's episode of Supergirl , in EW's What to Watch podcast, hosted by Gerrad Hall.

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Chopped: Martha Rules — Food Network

Prodigal Son — Fox

Delilah (season finale) — OWN

Mixed-ish — ABC

Big Sky — ABC

FBI: Most Wanted — CBS

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The list of Arrowverse shows that haven’t done time travel is shorter–much shorter–than the list of shows that have. This week, it’s Supergirl ‘s turn. As our heroes try to track down Kara Zor-El, trapped as she is in the Phantom Zone, they realize that to get ahold of her Kryptonian DNA, they have to go back to a time when she was physically vulnerable–when she encountered Kryptonite in High School. Okay, sure.  Spoilers follow for  Supergirl Season 6, Episode 5, “ Prom Night .”

“Prom Night”

The premise for this episode is patently absurd. Even moreso than most Arrowverse shows, yes. The team needs to build a Kara Tracker, and for that they need some of her DNA. So do they go scan her apartment for loose hairs or discarded skin cells? No. They have to time travel. So do they go back to a time when Supergirl was Supergirl and would’ve been able to make sense of her friends needing her DNA? No, they go back to when the Danvers girls were in high school.

Between Flash going back to the 1990s and Supergirl to the early-mid 2000s, I’m starting to wonder if the writers were maybe working through something.

So while Alex, J’onn and Lena are staying in the present day/present time, Brainy and Nia make a daring attempt to get Kara’s DNA from pre-Supergirl Kara Danvers. The former characters appear for a little bit at the beginning of the episode, but for all intents and purposes, this episode is all “A” story, no “B” story. We shift perspectives a little here and there, but it’s just with Brainy and Nia in their time travel adventure.

Brainy and Nia’s Excellent Adventure

This episode has two major strengths going for it. The first is the Brainy/Nia duo. For as much as the last season has been a struggle, the writers have done a good job of bringing both of these characters into the main cast. Brainy felt like a re-casting of Jeremy Jordan’s Winn Schott, and casting Nicole Maines as Nia could’ve been simple stunt casting, but both the actors and characters they play are genuinely interesting.

For Brainy, the trouble is that he’s used to being relatively disconnected from his emotions and is in the rather high-stress situation of trying to use his time-traveling ship to time travel again. The last time he did that, they ended up 12,000 years off-course. So he’s still learning to cope with having feelings and having to do it in an especially difficult spot. Nia, meanwhile, is growing more and more powerful but still struggles with interpreting her abstract visions. Back in time, she knows she’s in a place where her mother is alive, and gives into the temptation to call her. Nevermind the fact that she’s trying to make a call from a 2021 mobile phone a full decade before the phone would exist.

The second strength is in the “youth” casting. This episode features three younger faces for main characters. Kara and Alex are once again portrayed by Izabela Vidovic and Olivia Nikkanen respectively, but a younger version of Cat Grant enters the fray as well, played by Eliza Helm.

All three look believably like younger versions of their adult counterparts. Vidovic and Helm especially do a good job of mimicking Melissa Benoist and Calista Flockhart. Either the actors are great studies, or they worked closely with their older equivalents, but there are all these little moments, ticks, and idiosyncrasies, that really drive home the feeling that these are the characters rather than just younger actors. It’s genuinely impressive and almost enough on its own to carry the episode.

This is the first of a two-part episode that completes a couple weeks from now, so I’m reticent to judge it  too harshly. The plot is pretty silly; the justification for going back in time is weak, and it once again feels–right now–like a distraction from the main plot. Filler in the final season.

There are some great moments throughout, though. At this point in her life, Kara was pretty sheltered; Alex was wholly focused on protecting Kara and, by extension, her family’s privacy and safety. Young Kara meeting Brainy and Nia is fun and sweet–Nia ends up sleeping over at Kara’s, and the two talk about having powers and coming from doomed planets, and it feels like Kara is for the first time talking to someone who fully understands her.

Similarly, Brainy ends up in some mostly off-screen hijinks when Kara’s boyfriend, Kenny, takes him to the high school science lab so that he can build a 3D printer. While Kenny is in class, Brainy gets wrapped up in participating in glee club and baseball among other things, and is beginning to discover the ways teenagers cope with stress. This makes a lot of sense because while Brainy is clearly an adult, his experience with  feeling things  is quite fresh.

The big bad for the episode is a sort of classic golden/silver-age villain in terms of archetype: the zookeeper. It seems like every alien, mutant, or otherwise special superhero team encountered one of these at some point; an alien who wants to capture the hero and put them in a sort of galactic menagerie. The character looks like something out of an episode of the original Star Trek series with blue skin, flowing white hair, and an open vest.

The villain is silly, and the actors who play Naxim and his assistant Mitch (seriously, Mitch) both ham it up appropriately, equal parts menacing and ridiculous, and I’m hoping they’re as much fun as they seem like when they inevitably encounter SuperKara.

Again, this is a weird episode–going for a two-parter centered around teenage versions of characters seems like a weird move. The strong cast makes it enjoyable to watch, though, even if it does feel a bit like filler.

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SUPERGIRL is an action-adventure drama based on the DC character Kara Zor-El, (Melissa Benoist). Twelve-year-old Kara escaped the doomed planet Krypton and was sent to Earth where she was raised by a foster family. Kara grew up in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex (Chyler Leigh), and learned to conceal the phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin, Superman, in order to keep her identity a secret. 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. Now, Kara balances her work as a reporter for CatCo Worldwide Media with her work for the Department of Extra-Normal Operations (DEO), a super-secret government organization whose mission is to keep National City – and the Earth – safe from sinister threats. As Kara struggles to navigate her relationships and her burgeoning life as a reporter, her heart soars as she takes to the skies as Supergirl. Based on characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, SUPERGIRL is from Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg Berlanti (“The Flash,” “Arrow”), Sarah Schechter (“Arrow,” “The Flash”), Robert Rovner (“Private Practice,” “Dallas”) and Jessica Queller (“Gilmore Girls,” “Gossip Girl,” “Felicity”).

Timeline of Earth-38

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The timeline of Earth-38 is a series of significant events listed in chronological order. The timeline is always in a constant flux when a person with access to some form of time travel goes backwards in time and changes events, creating a new timeline from that moment onward. This universe was destroyed by the Blight in the 31st century; after the Anti-Monitor Crisis , there is no known way to alter its timeline from the existing timeline.

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• J'onn J'onzz  is born. [1]
• J'onn J'onzz marries M'yri'ah J'onzz . [2]
• White Martians  wage war with and exterminate the  Green Martians , including J'onn J'onzz's family . This leads to J'onn J'onzz escaping to Earth . [1] [2] [3]
• J'onn J'onzz arrives on Earth after escaping from [Mars]]. [1] [2]
• J'onn J'onzz meets a Shaolin Monk who teaches him meditation. [4]
• Dominators invade Krypton . They kidnap, experiment on, and kill Kryptonians before they either leave or are driven out. [5]
• Kara Zor-El is born. [6]
• Kal-El is born. [6]
• The House of El sends their two youngest members, Kara and Kal-El, to take refuge on planet Earth right before their planet's destruction. [6]
• The planet Krypton explodes. Shortly after Krypton's explosion, Kara Zor-El's escape pod gets stuck in the Phantom Zone for the next twenty four years, with her not ageing during this time. [6]
• Krypton's debris showers on its sister planet , causing multiple casualties. Prince Mon-El escapes aboard a Kryptonian pod. [7]
• Making it to Earth safely, Kal-El is discovered by the Kents, a kindly human couple who raise him in Kansas as their son "Clark Kent." [6]
• The U.S. government, realizing they aren't alone in the universe, begins creating an agency whose purpose is to monitor alien threats. [6]
• March 29, Maggie Sawyer is born. [8]
• Winn Schott is born. [9]
• Alex Danvers is born. [10]
• Kal-El's upbringing and the lessons of his adopted parents provide him with strong moral values, so he decides to use the fantastic powers he gained on Earth from its yellow sun to do good, fight evil, and protect the innocent. [6]
• Kal-El  meets scientists Eliza  and Jeremiah Danvers , who help Kal-El explore his powers. [6]
• Lena Luthor is born as the result of an affair between Lionel Luthor and Elizabeth Walsh . [11] [12]
• Clark remains proud of his dual heritage, taking seriously both his humanity and his Kryptonian legacy. To preserve the memory of his home planet and provide him rest from his adventurous life, over the following years, he maintains a Fortress of Solitude at the North Pole. [13]
• Lena Luthor is adopted by the Luthors. Lex makes her feel especially welcome in the new family, and her father Lionel considered her his favorite. [11] [12]
• As an adult, Clark moves to Metropolis and, after saving a plane from crashing, becomes a superhero publicly known worldwide as Superman. In his secret identity, he begins working as a reporter for the Daily Planet , where he meets;  Lois Lane , with whom he falls in love at first sight, Cat Grant , who developed romantic feelings for him, Perry White , his irascible but fair-minded boss, and Jimmy Olsen , with whom he becomes close friends, eventually entrusting him with his secret and giving him a special signal watch so that he can contact him in case he ever gets into trouble and allowing him to take the first photo of Superman, which wins a Pulitzer Prize. [6]
• During his career Kal-El comes head to head with numerous supervillains, such as Ben Krull/Reactron - with whom he is caught in a stalemate with as neither one is able to defeat the other, resulting in several encounters over the years. [14]
• In his early days as Superman, he also makes a few mistakes that make some people in Metropolis annoyed by his antics; however with time, he becomes extremely loved by both the citizens and the world. Despite Clark's heroic acts, many people are secretly terrified of Superman, not because he has god-like powers, but because they are afraid of what he might do if he ever loses control of his temper. [13] [15]
• Under an undisclosed circumstance, Superman worked with Bruce Wayne/Batman , a "masked vigilante with tons of gadgets and lots of demons" who has a habit of frightening the very people he's trying to protect and is considered a "nut" by many, but eventually became one of his closest friends, or "frenemy", to the point that they revealed their secret identities to each other's and were known as the "World's Finest". [4]
• Superman also befriends the brilliant billionaire industrialist Lex Luthor , CEO of Luthor Corp . Initially, the two decide to work together to end the threat of alien invasions, but Lex's methods are far crueler than Superman's and, although he tries hard to trust his friend, defending him against accusations of others and continuing to give him several chances to atone his wrong deeds, this ultimately results in a falling out between the pair. Shortly after this, Lex comes to believe that Superman himself is the cause of alien terrorism, as his presence attracts them, and declares war on his former friend, becoming his greatest enemy. One of their duels involved Superman thwarting an attempt on Lex's part to trigger a fault line in California with an "earthquake machine." [4] [11] [12]
• At some point, Superman has at least one encounter with J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter - whether or not this encounter ends in a fight is unknown, but it is enough for him to call J'onn "the most powerful being on Earth." [16]
• Over the years Clark begins a steady romantic relationship with Lois Lane. [11]
• December:  Kara Zor-El 's pod crash-lands on Earth. She is discovered by her cousin, who wants her to have a human childhood like he did. As a result, Superman leaves her with the Danvers  family, knowing they will help her to understand her powers as they did with him. [6]
• Over the years, he keeps in touch with his cousin and invites her to see the  Fortress of Solitude several times, though she rejects the offers as she thinks it will remind her of Krypton. [13]
• Kara takes Alex out flying, and they are spotted. Later that evening, Director  Hank Henshaw  arrives at the Danvers' house and attempts to take Kara back to the DEO with him. Jeremiah makes a deal with Henshaw to come and work for him in exchange for Kara remaining with the family. [10]
• Director Henshaw leads a team including Jeremiah Danvers , to South America to capture an alien fugitive from Mars named J'onn J'onzz. Jeremiah befriends the alien and defends him from Henshaw, seemingly at the cost of their lives. A month later, J'onn begins masquerading as "Hank" and assumes his place as the D.E.O. director. [16]
• At some point, Superman becomes aware of J'onn's deception and later on, he helps the D.E.O. uncover an alien asteroid composed of an emerald-green Kryptonian xenomineral . J'onn nicknames it "Kryptonite" and resolves to store it in the D.E.O. as a contingency, which enrages Superman. This leads to the pair falling out, though despite this Clark still keeps J'onn's secret. [11]
• Lena Luthor meets  Jack Spheer and begins working with him to try and find a cure for cancer and other diseases using nanotechnology. [17]
• Alex Danvers is personally recruited into the DEO by "Hank Henshaw". [16]
• Lena Luthor and Jack Spheer enter into a romantic relationship. [17]
• Kara Danvers is hired at CatCo . [16]
• October:  Kara Zor-El, now Kara Danvers , meets James Olsen at CatCo. While on a blind date she sees on the news that Flight 237, the one her sister Alex Danvers is on to go to her conference in Geneva , is going down. She reveals her powers by saving the plane from crashing, becoming the superheroine known as Supergirl. [6]
• November:  An oil spill disaster takes place. [13]
• Kara learns that her Aunt  Astra  is alive and leading the prisoners of Fort Rozz . [13]
• Cat Grant interviews Supergirl. [13] [14]
• Kara defeats Ben Krull . [14]
• Maxwell Lord unveils his new train. [18]
• 25th:   Leslie Willis becomes the villain known as Livewire and attempts to kill Cat Grant for firing her. [10]
• December:  Kara solar flares after fighting Red Tornado. [15]
• An earthquake hits National City. [19]
• Alex learns the truth about J'onn J'onzz. [19]
• Cat Grant is hacked. [20]
• Astra is captured by the DEO and Non and his followers attack  Lord Technologies . [20] [21]
• Kara learns the truth about J'onn J'onzz. [21]
• January: Winn's father,  Winslow Schott Sr. , escapes from prison and attempts to use his son in his evil schemes. [22]
• February:  Senator Miranda Crane visits National City and is attacked by a White Martian. [3]
• Adam Foster comes to National City to see Cat. [3]
• Maxwell Lord unleashes  Bizarro  on National City. [23]
• Kara is trapped in a dream world created by the  Black Mercy . [24]
• Alex kills Astra while defending "Hank"/J'onn J'onzz, but lets "Hank" take the blame. [24]
• Supergirl defeats the Master Jailer . [25]
• March: Alex tells Kara the truth about Astra's death. [26]
• Kara is infected with  Red Kryptonite , and J'onn exposes himself to stop her. [27]
• April:  Colonel James Harper  tries to take J'onn and Alex to  Project Cadmus , but they are rescued by Lucy Lane and Kara. [16]
• May:  Barry Allen  accidentally arrives on this Earth  in time to save Kara after an attack by  Siobhan Smythe/Silver Banshee . He helps her defeat Silver Banshee and an escaped Livewire before she helps him return to  his universe . [28]
• Non and Indigo activate Myriad to turn National City's citizens into their own army. [29]
• Supergirl, with the help of Martian Manhunter , stops Myriad,  Non , and Indigo . [30]
• A mysterious Kryptonian pod lands on Earth. [30]
• Superman comes to National City to help save the  Venture . [11]
• In the wake of Lex Luthor being sentenced to 37 consecutive life sentences, Lena Luthor takes over as CEO of Luthor Corp  and moves to National City . This ends her relationship with Jack Spheer, who tries to make her choose between the company and their relationship. [11] [17]
• Lena Luthor renames Luthor Corp  L-Corp , hoping to make a better name for herself and the tarnished Luthor reputation. [11]
• June:  Project Cadmus announces themselves and threaten all the aliens in the world. [31]
• President Marsdin  visits National City to sign the Alien Amnesty Act. [32]
• Alex meets Maggie Sawyer . [32]
• July:   Supergirl takes down Veronica Sinclair and her alien fight club. [7]
• Alex admits that she might be gay to Maggie. [33]
• Alex comes out as gay to Kara. [34]
• August: Lillian Luthor captures Kara and Mon-El. They are later rescued by Jeremiah Danvers. [4]
• November:  Supergirl stops the Medusa virus  and arrests  Lillian Luthor . [35]
• Alex and Maggie begin a relationship. [35]
• Barry Allen  appears and asks for Supergirl's help against the Dominators . [35]
• December:  Supergirl saves Izzy Williams from Roulette's human trafficking ring on Maaldoria . [36]
• Livewire is kidnapped from prison and eventually released by Kara. [37]
• Armek  comes from Mars to try and force  M'gann M'orzz  to return home and face White Martian justice. [38]
• February:  Lillian Luthor is tried and attempts to escape and frame Lena, who is later exonerated. [12]
• 13th:  Mxyzptlk, an imp of the Fifth Dimension , proclaims his love to Kara, who later tricks him and banishes him back to the Fifth Dimension. [39]
• Kara rescues Jeremiah from Project Cadmus but discovers that he is a traitor and working for them after he steals the alien registry. [40]
• March:  Supergirl stops a Hoshin Frigate from forcibly deporting a number of alien refugees, including Winn's girlfriend Lyra Strayd . [41]
• Kara discovers that Mon-El is the prince of Daxam and their relationship briefly ends. [42]
• The  Music Meister appears, abducts Supergirl, and goes to Earth-1 in search of Barry Allen . [43]
• Rhea puts a bounty on Kara's head and later kills her husband when he tries to oppose her. [44]
• March–April:  Lena asks Kara to attend a conference where Jack Spheer will unveil his big breakthrough in nano-technology, which has the potential to eradicate all diseases. When Kara sees Snapper Carr in attendance, she's inspired to tap back into her reporter skills and questions Jack on his discovery. Joe Watkins comes to her to talk to her to meet later in private. When they meet, he tells her that he was fired from Spheerical after he looked into the human testing records and found that there weren't any. He tells her that Jack Spheer is launching an unsafe product just before Kara hears a strange sound. The next moment, the car explodes. Kara manages to get out unscathed, but Joe is killed. [17]
• To save Supergirl and stop Beth, Lena overrides the Biomax system, killing Jack in the process. [17]
• Lena Luthor is visited by  Rhea , who tells her that she has come with a proposal. [17]
• April: Alex is kidnapped by Rick Malverne . [45]
• James helps out an alien boy named Marcus . [46]
• Cat Grant returns to National City after the Daxamites invade. [47]
• Supergirl stops the Daxamite invasion with the aid of Lena Luthor. [48]
• Kara sends Mon-El away to save his life. [48]
• Alex proposes to Maggie. [48]
• October:  Supergirl stops Morgan Edge from attacking the waterfront, and Lena buys CatCo. [49]
• November:  Samantha Arias takes over as acting CEO of L-Corp while Lena runs CatCo. [50]
• J'onn travels to Mars and discovers that his father is alive. [51]
• Kara learns that Thomas Coville has created a cult that worships Supergirl as a goddess. [52]
• Morgan Edge tries to frame Lena by making it seem as if her lead bomb has poisoned children. [53]
• Maggie and Alex break up due to their differences over wanting children. [53]
• Kara and Alex return to Midvale to recuperate from their breakups. [54]
• Mon-El turns out to be alive, having traveled back in time from the 31st Century with his wife,  Imra Ardeen . [1]
• Sam is awakened as Reign. [1]
• Kara and Alex travel to Earth-1 for Barry and Iris 's wedding, where they are attacked by Nazis from Earth-X  who want Kara's heart to save Overgirl . [55] [56]
• Christmas:  Kara battles Reign and is beaten into a coma. [57]
• Kara awakens from her coma and battles Reign a second time with the aid of The Legion . [58]
• January:  Kara travels to Fort Rozz with Imra, Livewire, and Psi . [59]
• February:  Morgan Edge is arrested after trying to poison Lena, and Lillian Luthor is arrested for trying to murder Edge in retaliation. [60]
• The DEO captures the Worldkiller Purity , but lose her to Reign when Julia, Purity's civilian persona, sacrifices herself to save Alex. [2]
• Winslow Schott Sr. dies, and Mary Schott comes back into Winn's life. [9]
• March: Lena confirms that Sam is in fact Reign. [61]
• A plague caused by Pestilence sweeps through the city, and Supergirl and her team work to stop it. Imra wants to kill Pestilence to save her future but is unable to do so because of Purity's arrival. Using Pestilence's DNA, the DEO is able to create a cure for the plague. [62]
• Kara learns that Lena has been holding Reign/Sam captive using Kryptonite, which causes a strain in their relationship. [63]
• Supergirl's team and the Legion battle the Worldkillers, and Purity and Pestilence are killed. [63]
• Patricia Arias is killed by Reign. [64]
• Coville's cult attempts to create another Worldkiller. [65]
• Supergirl discovers that Argo City and her mother survived Krypton's destruction. [66]
• Kara uses the Rock of Yuda Kal to split Sam and Reign, seemingly defeating Reign. [67]
• Kara returns home to Argo City, accompanied by Mon-El who needs to contact the Legion to pick him up. While on Argo, she realizes that Selena is part of the Worldkiller Coven , but is too late to stop Selena from returning to Earth and stranding her on Argo. [67]
• Selena's Coven resurrects Reign. Kara, Mon-El, and Alura return to Earth just as Selena's Coven begins terraforming the Earth. [68]
• The Legion returns to pick up Mon-El and help in the fight against Reign.
• Supergirl defeats Reign with the help of Sam, but doing so involves both traveling back in time and using the Harun-El . [69]
• Winn joins the Legion, Brainy joins the DEO, and Alura returns to Argo City. [69]
• Mon-El and the Legion return to the 31st Century. [69]
• A second Kara mysteriously appears in Siberia. [69]
• June: James is under investigation by the DA's office for his Guardian activities, but Lena sorts out a backroom deal to have the investigation dropped. [70]
• Nia Nal joins the CatCo staff as a cub reporter. [70]
• Camp David is attacked at President Marsdin's summit to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the Alien Amnesty Act. [70]
• Agent Liberty , using Mercy Graves and Otis Graves expose President Marsdin as an alien. [70]
• July:  President Marsdin resigns the presidency after being exposed as an alien. [71]
• Mercy and Otis Graves irradiate the Earth's atmosphere with Green Kryptonite . [71]
• Supergirl is placed in a  protective suit  created by Lena until the DEO can find a way to make the atmosphere safe for her again. [72]
• Supergirl is fired from the DEO after President Baker tries to force her into revealing her secret identity.
• Dreamer debuts as a vigilante in National City .
• Manchester Black forms The Elite .
• Manchester steals Brainy's Legion ring and uses it to stop Supergirl from destroying the anti-alien satellite. [73]
• Otis Graves is hired by Lex Luthor to kill James Olsen .
• Lex later escapes prison with Eve Teschmacher , betraying Lena.
• Lex is shot dead by Lena; but is subsequently revived by the Monitor to prepare for the upcoming Crisis . He also releases J'onn's brother Malefic from the Phantom Zone to prepare the former for the crisis.
• December 10: Argo City is destroyed by antimatter and so is the Solar system . Earth is evacuated ; three billion escape through transmatter portal to Earth-1 . Later, All Earths are destroyed by a wave of anti-matter . [74]

Erased future

• 25th century
• L-Corp develops a cure for lead poisoning, allowing Daxamites such as Mon-El to survive on Earth .
• A mass extinction on Earth destroys much of its history and the governments of Earth are in chaos.
• Mon-El arrives in the future and meets the Legion . [1] He marries Saturn Girl , forging an alliance between planets against Earth.
• The Blight , an evolved form of Pestilence , destroys various planets such as Winath and kills millions of people. This timeline was erased when the Worldkillers were defeated in the 21st century.

References [ ]

• 1 Oliver Queen
• 2 Barry Allen (Earth-1)
• 3 Eobard Thawne

The Flash: How Does Time Travel Work In the DC Movie?

Answering the questions batman's pasta couldn't..

Warning: Full spoilers follow for The Flash movie.

The Flash is the latest in a long line of blockbuster movies to deal with the concept of time travel. And one thing that hasn’t changed since the days of Back to the Future and Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure is that time travel gets very confusing, very quickly. Even Michael Keaton’s Bruce Wayne and his bowl of pasta could only do so much to straighten things out.

So how does time travel work in The Flash? What exactly is a fixed point in time? And what happened to characters like Keaton’s Batman and Sasha Calle’s Supergirl once Ezra Miller’s Barry restored the timeline? Let’s try and settle these questions once and for all.

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Making Sense of Batman’s Pasta Metaphor in The Flash

The Flash relies on Keaton’s Bruce Wayne to illustrate the rules of time travel by using a bowl of pasta as a visual aid. Essentially, reality exists as a mass of different strands of time (or noodles of pasta) that flow alongside each other and sometimes crossover or intersect. With so many strands flowing in and out of one another, it’s all but impossible to know where one timeline begins and ends. That’s why Barry’s trip back in time is so dangerous. He’s meddling with forces his mind can’t fully comprehend.

The movie makes it clear that time travel doesn’t have a linear effect on the timeline. A time traveler doesn’t simply create a branching timeline when they change a historical event. Rather, their actions reverberate forward and backward across time, causing rippling changes in both directions, past and future. That’s why Barry’s trip back to 2001 caused changes that extend back even further, such as bringing Keaton’s Batman into his world and causing Kara Zor-El rather than Kal-El to crash on Earth. Move one pasta noodle in the bowl and the other noodles twist and warp alongside it.

The DC Timeline: What Are Fixed Points?

The Flash’s use of time travel also hinges heavily on the concept of fixed points in time - events that happen the same way in all timelines and can’t easily be altered. Barry becoming the Flash is a fixed point. A Kryptonian coming to Earth is a fixed point. Bruce Wayne’s parents being murdered is a fixed point. Even though Barry altered time, these key events still happened, if not in quite the same way as in the original timeline. This concept is similar to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’s “canon events,” which explains why nearly every version of Spidey was bitten by a radioactive spider and mourns the loss of a loved one like Uncle Ben.

Alternate Universes vs. Alternate Timelines

One concept the movie perhaps doesn’t convey as clearly as it should is the idea that alternate universes and alternate timelines are not the same things. The DC Universe exists as a myriad of possible timelines, each created when a key event happened differently and one noodle becomes two. The comics refer to this bundle of timelines and possibilities as Hypertime.

The DCEU - or DCU or whatever you want to call this universe now - has at least three different timelines where Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton and George Clooney’s Batman sprang into existence. We never get a firm explanation for why there’s so much potential variation in terms of Batman’s appearance, yet Aquaman is apparently the same in every timeline. Perhaps a lot depends on when the Waynes meet and get married.

The multiverse, on the other hand, is something different. The worlds of the DC multiverse don’t exist as a jumbled mess of pasta noodles, but as a more orderly structure where each version of Earth vibrates at a different harmonic frequency. Timelines can sometimes be radically different from one another, but ultimately they’re bound by the same basic rules and series of events. There’s no limit to how different alternate universes can be from one another. They might have alternate versions of characters like Flash, Batman and Superman, or those characters may not exist at all. Each alternate universe has its own set of timelines and its own fixed points.

Barry doesn’t actually travel to another universe in The Flash. He sees other universes in the climax when he races through the Chronobowl and catches glimpses of Christopher Reeve’s Superman, Adam West’s Batman and the others. But those other universes remain separate and distinct from Barry’s own. He merely creates a different timeline when he races back in time and steals the can of tomatoes, one that draws in fragments of other timelines and distorts into something new. And he eliminates that timeline when he goes back and fixes his mistake, though the ending with Clooney’s Bruce Wayne makes it clear Barry hasn’t fully restored his original timeline.

Was Michael Keaton’s Batman From the Tim Burton Movies?

The distinction between alternate timelines and alternate universes raises some interesting questions about the nature of Keaton’s Batman in The Flash. Why does the movie treat so many other classic cinematic heroes - Reeves’ Superman, West’s Batman, Helen Slater’s Supergirl, Nic Cage’s Superman (though he never really got the chance to be classic), etc. - as denizens of alternate universes but Keaton’s Batman is instead part of a divergent timeline? Does this mean the world of Tim Burton’s Batman movies doesn’t exist as its own, distinct universe?

Past DC stories indicate that the Burtonverse does indeed exist as a separate branch of the vast DC multiverse. According to a map featured in Dark Crisis: Big Bang , both Keaton’s Batman and Reeves’ Superman exist on Earth-789 of DC’s comic book multiverse. The Arrowverse’s Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover, meanwhile, suggests that the Burtonverse is Earth-89 in DC’s live-action multiverse and features a cameo from Robert Wuhl’s Alexander Knox .

However, The Flash argues that the Burtonverse is merely an alternate timeline within the scope of the DCEU, not its own, distinct universe. This kind of discrepancy is nothing new for DC. In the past, Frank Miller’s iconic graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns has been treated as both an alternate future timeline and a separate universe. Perhaps we should assume the Burtonverse exists in more than one form - both as its own branch of DC’s vast multiverse and a potential alternate timeline that intersects with Barry Allen’s own timeline.

So when it comes to the question of whether Keaton’s Batman as seen in The Flash is the same character as the one from 1989’s Batman and 1992’s Batman Returns, the answer seems to be open to interpretation. It could all be the same Batman, or there could be another version of Keaton’s Bruce who exists independently of the DCEU and its tangled timelines. It’s left to fans to decide which is true.

The Fates of Batman and Supergirl

In the climax of The Flash, the two Barrys hit a major roadblock when they discover that Batman and Supergirl’s deaths are another fixed point in time. No matter how fast he runs, Barry can’t stop his new friends from being brutally killed during Zod’s attack. That truth is what ultimately drives Past Barry insane, as he spends decades in the Speed Force trying to prevent the inevitable and morphs into the Dark Flash.

This is what prompts Present Barry to finally accept that some things can’t be changed and undo his time meddling. He restores the DCEU to how it previously existed (give or take one Bruce Wayne), but we never actually see Calle’s Supergirl or Keaton’s Batman after that point. The film doesn’t definitively reveal what happened to these characters after the timeline was fixed. Barry fixing his mistake means that he untangled the timelines he previously fused together. Presumably, Kara and Bruce are back in their original realities as if nothing happened. They may not have any memory of meeting the two Barrys in the first place.

Unfortunately, this also means Kara is almost certainly doomed. Unlike her cousin, who spent a lifetime absorbing the sun’s yellow radiation, she isn’t strong enough to fend off Zod’s forces, even with Batman and two Flashes backing her up. There’s no reason to assume she’d fare better without them as allies. In her normal timeline, Kara is likely destined to always fail against Zod, assuming she ever even breaks free from the prison on her own.

As for Batman, his fate may depend entirely on whether his and Kara’s timelines were meant to be separate or not. If the arrival of the Kryptonians in 2013 is an inevitable part of his reality, then Batman is probably also destined to die defending Earth. But if his regular timeline was never meant to have Kryptonians or speedsters at all, then we can assume Keaton’s Bruce simply lives out the rest of his days eating pasta in Wayne Manor. We’ll leave it up to you as far as which is the better fate for this lonely hermit of a Batman.

How the Batgirl Movie Fits In

Making things more confusing is the fact that both Calle and Keaton were once expected to have recurring roles in the DCEU. DC had been developing a Supergirl movie starring Calle , while Keaton was reportedly being positioned as a Nick Fury-esque figure appearing in several future DC movies . That includes the now-canceled Batgirl movie and the upcoming Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Clearly, the intent was originally to have both characters survive the events of The Flash and remain in play even after Barry repaired his timeline.

Based on what little we’ve seen of Batgirl, it seems Keaton’s Batman was meant to be an aged mentor to Leslie Grace’s rookie Barbara Gordon , almost akin to a Batman Beyond movie without the futuristic setting. It’s worth noting that Warners was at one point developing an actual Batman Beyond movie starring Keaton as well. But we know the film wasn’t set in the Burtonverse, as it featured J.K. Simmons reprising the role of Commissioner Gordon. Instead, Batgirl appears to have been set in a post-Flash DCEU where Keaton’s Batman has permanently replaced Affleck’s Batman.

But now Warner Bros. Discovery is moving in a completely different direction with the DC line, and the Batgirl movie isn’t likely to ever see the light of day . The Flash will probably be the last time we see Michael Keaton wearing the cape and cowl. It’s just as well the film gives the Caped Crusader a fitting sendoff.

For more on The Flash, check out every cameo in the new DC movie and learn how Keaton's Batman went from flop to phenomenon .

Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter .

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“I, Tonya” director Craig Gillespie is in talks to direct the upcoming “ Supergirl ” film at Warner Bros.’ DC Studios.

The film, titled “ Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow ,” is based on the DC comics run of the same name by Tom King and Bilquis Evely. It’s set to shoot later this year, after James Gunn’s “Superman” wraps filming. “House of the Dragon” breakout Milly Alcock will star in the titular role.

Alcock won the role after an extensive casting process during which Gunn and co-CEO Peter Safran flew multiple actors, including Meg Donnelly, to Atlanta for onscreen auditions on the “Superman: Legacy” set.

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Gunn has previously teased that the new take on the superhero will be “much more hardcore” than previous interpretations of the character. “She’s not exactly the Supergirl we’re used to seeing,” he explained in 2023  when presenting the first 10 titles in the new DCU slate .

In the new iteration, Supergirl travels across the galaxy to celebrate her 21st birthday with Krypto the Superdog. Along the way, she meets a young woman named Ruthye and winds up on a murderous quest for revenge.

Gunn and Safran are producing. DC EVP Chantal Nong is executive producing. Ana Nogueira (“The Vampire Diaries”) is writing the screenplay.

Gillespie’s directing credits include “Cruella,” “The Finest Hours,” “Lars and the Real Girl,” and, most recently, “Dumb Money.” He is represented by CAA, Rumble Media and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.

Deadline was first to report the news.

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Could We Be Getting Our First Anti-Hero Supergirl?

DC Studios is turning to a director with the perfect combination of knowledge for the unique project.

Up until now, DC Studios has wisely focused on bringing in female talent for Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow so far: playwright Ana Nogueira will pen the script, and Kara Danvers herself will be played by House of the Dragon Season 1 star Milly Alcock . However, the studio recently announced that the film will be helmed by a male director — which seems like an odd choice at first glance, but one look at the filmmaker’s resume suggests that this he may be uniquely attuned to shepherd this Supergirl into a new era.

According to Deadline , Craig Gillespie is in talks to direct the upcoming Supergirl feature. Gillespie has an extensive history directing woman-led projects, helming the vastly underrated prequel Cruella and the Tonya Harding biopic I, Tonya . Gillespie also has experience in television, directing episodes of shows like Pam & Tommy and The United States of Tara .

Director Craig Gillespie is in talks to direct Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow .

That’s not the only thing that makes Gillespie a great (if male) choice for the role. An unfortunate truth of blockbuster filmmaking is that it often involves a lot of studio involvement. Still, Gillespie is used to that, as he’s directed multiple commercials including the Verizon Super Bowl commercial featuring Beyoncé early this year.

Gillespie seems to be drawn to projects about misunderstood women, be they puppy murderers ( Cruella ) possible hitman clients ( I, Tonya ), or even silicone ( Lars and the Real Girl .) This seems to signal that his take on Kara Danvers will have a similar edge. Will this be the first time we see Supergirl as a true anti-hero?

Even heroes can get fed up sometimes.

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow borrows its title from a comic run that shows Kara not as the bright-eyed heroine we usually see, nor the smartphone-toting modern woman we occasionally get. Instead, she’s disillusioned with her role, exhausted by her burden of constantly serving others.

There was no guarantee that the movie would take this element from the comics, but with Gillespie on board, it seems like the natural choice, to show a foul-mouthed Supergirl that may not be America’s Girl of Steel but still gets the job done in the end. Women are always expected to be super, so hopefully we will be able to see a Supergirl who struggles under the weight of that expectation — nothing could be more relatable.

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is expected to release sometime in 2027.

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The 32 Best TV Shows About Time Travel

Time traveling is a popular topic when it comes to all types of entertainment from books to films. But in recent years time travel has also become a popular theme in TV.

So let’s take a look at this list of the best time traveling TV shows and find out how each of them handles time travel and all the history that comes with it.

Doctor Who, BBC One (1963 – 1989, 2005 – present)

When it comes to time traveling and TV, probably the most notable name in this niche is Doctor Who  because this time travel series has been around for 39 seasons and is still going strong.

Hailing from British television channel BBC One, Doctor Who tells the tale of the Time Lord aka The Doctor, and his companions as they travel to different times and try to prevent evil forces from changing history and hurting innocent lives.

Once the Time Lord gets hurt beyond healing, he can transform into a new body and continue saving the world. Hence why at this point 13 (soon to be 14) different actors have played The Doctor.

Doctor Who is not only a huge part of the fabric of British popular culture but by now this time travel show has found its way into the hearts of many people all over the world.

It has inspired many spin-offs in the form of TV shows, comic books, movies, novels, you name it. But more than that, by now it has become an industry standard both when it comes to science-fiction television series and shows about time travel.

No wonder that Doctor Who continues to be successful after countless actor changes and plot twists.

Where to watch Doctor Who:

Timeless, nbc (2016 – 2018).

Another time travel TV series that has already become a cult classic and is adored by fans all over the world is NBC’s Timeless . And despite the turmoil that this show has gone through, it still is time traveling at its best.

Starring Malcolm Barrett, Matt Lanter, and Abigail Spencer as Rufus, Wyatt, and Lucy, Timeless  details the trio traveling to different times in an effort to stop their adversaries from rewriting history.

But as it later turns out, the conspiracy goes deeper than them just changing history. Since the people who our trio is chasing are traveling through time to take down a dangerous and all-powerful organization. The same one that helped build the time machine that Rufus, Wyatt, and Lucy are using.

And although Timeless went on for just two seasons (and a two-hour wrap-up movie), you should still check out the show because it’s not only entertaining but will make you think and want to know more about the events that each episode is exploring.

Where to watch Timeless:

Dc’s legends of tomorrow, the cw (2016 – present).

If you are a fan of superhero TV shows, then you will probably have heard about DC’s Legends of Tomorrow . It is a show that is a huge part of The CW’s Arrowverse. And has crossed over with shows like Arrow , The Flash , and Supergirl multiple times now.

And even if you don’t like the rest of the superhero series but do enjoy a good old time travel TV show, then I suggest you still give Legends of Tomorrow a watch.

The plot of this show is based around a team of superheroes that are traveling through time in their time machine christened the Waverider to prevent different catastrophes from happening. Both ones made by others and those created by the team’s previous adventures.

At the forefront, there are well-known DC heroes like Rip Hunter, Firestorm, The Atom, Kid Flash, Steel, and Vixen. Joined by some original characters like Caity Lotz’s White Canary among others.

One of the defining characteristics of Legends of Tomorrow is how fun it is. Because adjectives like unapologetic, witty, and entertaining are frequently used to describe this time travel series.

However, more than that, it adds an interesting layer to the whole Arrowverse universe. And above all, it is just a hoot to watch.

Where to watch Legends of Tomorrow:

12 monkeys, syfy (2015 – 2018).

Then there also is SyFy’s 12 Monkeys , which is a little darker take on time traveling. One that comes with mystery, drama, and apocalyptic stakes. But that doesn’t lessen how good this time travel TV series is.

Split between two timelines, 12 Monkeys centers on Aaron Stanford’s James Cole, who is tasked to travel back in time and stop the distribution of a virus that has the ability to end the human race as we know it.

In Cole’s real timeline, the year is 2043 and people are struggling to survive because of the terrible mutations caused by the virus. So Cole travels back to 2015 to find virologist Cassie Railly, played by Amanda Schull, that can help him stop the release of the virus and the organization that is behind it called The Army of the 12 Monkeys.

If you think about it, the post-apocalyptic setting and time travel really do go hand in hand. Because if you can go back in time to stop history from being changed, why not go back to change it if it prevents something terrible from happening?

And that is what this show explores. Beautifully combining elements of mystery, drama, and science fiction, to form a great TV show.

Where to watch 12 Monkeys:

Outlander, starz (2014 – present).

Want another show that mixes time travel with historical events and does it flawlessly? Then you should put Outlander on your must-watch TV show list!

The show starts in the 1940s when a combat nurse Claire Randall visits Inverness, Scotland as part of her second honeymoon with her husband Frank. Claire accidentally happens upon the standing stones at Craigh na Dun which transport her back in time to 1743.

To return to her own time she first has to survive 18th-century Scotland. And she does so by joining a group of rebel Highlanders from Clan MacKenzie and marrying one of the Highlanders, Jamie Fraser. But eventually, she falls in love with her new husband and aids the clan in evading British redcoats that are pursuing them.

Over the five seasons of Outlander that are currently out (with the sixth coming soon), we see Claire jump back and forth between the 20th and 18th centuries and her two families as she faces two pregnancies, wars, and much more. But eventually, Claire finds her way back to Jamie.

Where to watch Outlander:

Travelers, showcase (2016 – 2018).

Then we have Travelers , a joint venture between Netflix and Canada’s Showcase that will tick all of your time travel TV show boxes.

Set in a post-apocalyptic world , this show depicts the adventures of travelers – operatives who go back in time to prevent the collapse of society.

These travelers are transferred into the bodies of our current-day humans, who otherwise would die, to blend in with twenty-first-century people. And with the help of their artificial intelligence boss from the future, travelers carry out missions in order to stop many catastrophic events from happening.

Travelers is a great mix of sci-fi and drama, featuring a great cast and spine-tingling storylines. So if you love all that and love a good time-travel series, then look no further than Travelers .

Where to watch Travelers:

Dark, netflix (2017 – 2020).

Netflix’s first German original series was the science fiction series Dark , which mixes in some mystery drama with sci-fi: time travel, the apocalypse, wormholes, and parallel worlds.

Dark takes place in Winden, a fictional German town, and begins in 2019 after children begin to disappear from the town. As the show progresses, however, timelines jump drastically between as early as 1921 to as late as 2053.

As four families in Winden investigate the disappearances to reunite with their lost loved ones, they discover a wormhole beneath the local powerplant that allows them to travel between timelines, thus uncovering a generations-long conspiracy involving the town and their families.

Where to watch Dark:

The umbrella academy, netflix (2019 – present).

Netflix brings another to the list with The Umbrella Academy .

On October 1, 1989, 43 infants were suddenly born from unsuspecting women despite them not even being pregnant the day before.

7 of them were raised together as the Hargreeve siblings and trained in their respective abilities until their relationship became strained as teenagers and they drifted apart.

Now, as adults, they’re brought back together by the death of their adoptive father – and the threat of the end of the world, of course.

They’re forced to travel back in time but end up in different times and places, and must find each other again to stop the nuclear apocalypse.

Where to watch The Umbrella Academy:

Seven days, upn (1998 – 2001).

We know that the National Security Agency has its share of secrets, but what if one of those secrets was a time-traveling machine?

In UPN’s Seven Days , the plot centers on one such device made from alien technology found at Roswell.

The Chronosphere, as it’s called, can only be used in times when national security is at risk – the limited capacity of the device allows for just one human to go back in time by seven days in order to avert disasters.

Thus, when the White House is attacked, the NSA employs former Navy SEAL and CIA operative Frank Parker to go back and prevent it from happening.

Where to watch Seven Days:

Loki, disney+ (2021 – present).

Yes, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is one of the greatest gifts to the cinema of our time. Now, the MCU has expanded even further into the television medium and we’ve got a few series to accompany it!

One of those is Loki , which of course, centers on the God of Thunder’s mischievous adopted brother.

After the events in Avengers: Endgame , particularly his stealing of the Tesseract, Loki inadvertently creates another timeline that began in 2012, making him a “time variant” version of himself.

When confronted by the authorities, Loki is given two choices: face punishment and cease to exist, or travel through time to fix his own mess and the threat that has emerged.

Where to watch Loki:

Making history, fox (2017).

The thing about traveling back in time is, you have to be very careful that your actions in the past won’t affect the future (which is essentially your actual present).

Most of the time, that’s something you wouldn’t know until you go back to your time. In Making History , however, Dan Chambers travels back in time to right before the American Revolution and sets off a series of events that seriously mess up the future.

Being able to constantly travel between time periods, Dan recruits the help of history professor Chis Parrish to travel with him and ensure that the American Revolution still takes place.

Where to watch Making History:

Quantum leap, nbc (1989 – 1993).

The title of NBC’s sci-fi comedy-drama Quantum Leap is also the name of the time travel machine that accidentally sends its creator, physicist Dr. Sam Beckett, back into the past.

Now, he’s stuck – and not as himself, either!

Sam discovers that he jumped into the body of a stranger and because he’s still himself, doesn’t know all the details of his current identity.

With the help of his friend Al, who appears as a hologram only he can see, he must fix something that went wrong so he can jump in time again and eventually get back to his own body.

Where to watch Quantum Leap:

Quantum leap, nbc (2022 – present).

Speaking of Quantum Leap , in 2022 NBC revived the 1989 series into a more modern take on the cult classic.

In this new Quantum Leap , thirty years have passed since Dr. Sam Beckett vanished into the Quantum Leap accelerator, and the Quantum Leap project was put to rest.

Now the project is restarted with a new team, who tries to puzzle together the mysteries behind Beckett and his time-traveling machine.

So, we follow Ben Song, the lead physicist of the Quantum Leap time travel project, who gets lost in the past after leaping back in time.

As he tries to return to the present he is helped by his fiancée Addison Augustine, who appears to him as a hologram during each leap, and the team back in the present time.

Where to watch Quantum Leap reboot:

The way home, hallmark channel (2023 – present).

Among the newest time travel shows on this list is Hallmark’s The Way Home which has already been renewed for a second season.

The Way Home follows three generations of Landry women who learn that they can time travel after discovering a magic pond on their family’s farm in Port Haven.

When Kat and her daughter Alice return to Port Haven and are forced to move in with Alice’s estranged mother Del, the three women use time travel to uncover their family history, including what really happened to Kat’s little brother Jacob and whether they can prevent his disappearance.

Where to watch The Way Home:

Russian doll, netflix (2019 – 2022).

Netflix’s Russian Doll deviates from the traditional time travel theme of a willing traveler in one specific timeline because Russian Doll’s protagonist Nadia Vulvokov not only has absolutely no choice or control over her so-called time traveling, but hers is also a time loop.

She wakes up every day having to relive the day of her 36th birthday party in New York City; every time, she dies and comes back to the exact same moment.

Every time, Nadia scrambles to figure out what happens to her and tries to prevent her death, leading her to find Alan, a man who is experiencing the same time loop.

Where to watch Russian Doll:

Undone, prime video (2019 – present).

Undone may be an animated series, but it certainly isn’t geared toward younger audiences; though there is a touch of comedy, the series leans more towards the psychological drama genre and “explores the elastic nature of reality”.

The series follows Alma Winograd-Diaz right after she gets into a near-fatal car accident.

Right before the crash, she has a strange vision of her dead father, and right after it, she finds that she now has the ability to manipulate and move through time.

Using this newfound power, she travels between time periods to get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding her father’s death.

Where to watch Undone:

Voyagers, nbc (1982 – 1983).

Premiering back in the early 1980s, NBC’s Voyagers! Is set in a world where time travel already exists.

In fact, there’s already a secret society in place that trains its members, called Voyagers, to go back in time and make sure that historical events happen exactly the way they’re supposed to – otherwise it could affect the present in unexpected ways.

One such Voyager is Phineas Bogg, although he isn’t exactly the best at the job.

During an accidental trip to 1982, he meets the young Jeffrey Jones and ends up bringing him along on one of his missions.

Having lost his Guidebook, Phineas now needs to rely on the extremely smart Jeffrey to get history right.

Where to watch Voyagers!:

Fringe, fox (2008 – 2013).

Fox’s Fringe is a series that was well into the science fiction genre, with parallel universes, supernatural abilities, biotechnology, doomsday predictions, and of course, time travel.

The title is taken from fringe science, which is a branch that deals with scientific theories riddled with skepticism or even having been disproven already.

In Fringe , Special Agent Olivia Dunham is assigned to oversee the FBI ’s Fringe Division, which is run by Peter Bishop and his father Walter.

Together, the team uses both fringe science and Olivia’s knowledge in investigative techniques to explore the unexplained.

In the process, they discover a larger mystery involving parallel universes and alternate timelines .

Where to watch Fringe:

Time after time, abc (2017).

ABC’s Time After Time is based on the novel of the same name written by Kevin Williamson in 1979.

In addition to that, each episode takes its title from a line in Cyndi Lauper’s song, which was inspired by the film (and subsequently, the same book!).

In Time After Time , we are taken to H.G. Wells’ home in 1893.

During a dinner party, he reveals his time machine – right before his guest John Stevenson is arrested for actually being Jack the Ripper .

John escapes through the time machine and Wells follows him straight into the present: 2017. Thus begins a cat-and-mouse game as John attempts to gain control of the machine.

Where to watch Time After Time:

11.22.63, hulu (2016).

When you have anything with Stephen King involved, you know it’s going to be great.

Hulu’s eight-episode miniseries 11.22.63 is based on King’s novel 11/22/63 and is a science fiction thriller like no other.

Starring James Franco in the lead role, 11.22.63 follows Jake Epping, an English teacher from Maine .

His best friend Al reveals a time travel machine and asks him to take over the mission he’s been working on: to travel to the 60s and prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Will Jake be successful in changing a past that simply refuses to be changed?

Where to watch 11.22.63:

The 4400, usa network/sky one (2004 – 2007).

The 4400 is yet another slightly different take on the idea of time travel, in that there has been just one (fairly significant) shift forward in time, to the present.

Beginning in 1946, individuals who were easily overlooked or marginalized by society slowly began disappearing through beams of green light.

Now, all 4400 of them (hence the title) have been returned to the present day – without having aged a day and in some cases, even manifesting supernatural abilities like telekinesis, healing, and telepathy.

Tom Baldwin and Diana Skouris are assigned to investigate the phenomenon and find out why the 4400 have returned.

NOTE: For a fresher take on the show, you can also check out the reboot of the original series which is currently airing on The CW.

Where to watch The 4400:

Somewhere between, abc (2017).

When tragedy strikes our lives, we always wish there was something we could’ve done to prevent it.

In ABC’s Somewhere Between we meet Laura Price, a successful news producer with a great career, a loving husband who’s a district attorney, and a beautiful daughter named Serena.

However, her life changes when the serial killer she is helping the cops to catch kills Serena.

Distraught with grief , Laura attempts to complete suicide but is unsuccessful, instead waking up having time-traveled to a week before Serena’s death.

She teams up with Nico, a former SFPD detective who experienced the same reset and wants to find the real killer to change his brother’s fate as well.

Where to watch Somewhere Between:

Terra nova, fox (2011).

Terra Nova takes its viewers to both extremes of the time-traveling timeline.

The present-day is 2149, where overpopulation has threatened to deplete the Earth’s resources.

In an attempt to save Earth and mankind, scientists have found a way to travel back in time, sending groups of humans back to the Cretaceous Period to set up colonies.

Terra Nova focuses primarily on Elisabeth and Jim Shannon, and their three children, who have joined the 10th pilgrimage to Terra Nova.

They offer their expertise as a trauma surgeon and former narcotics detective and help those in charge with stopping those whose intentions go against the greater good.

Where to watch Terra Nova:

Frequency, the cw (2016 – 2017).

One concept in time travel is known as “the butterfly effect”, wherein one small change in time may have great effects elsewhere.

Frequency demonstrates this concept perfectly.

Raimy Sullivan is an NYPD detective who, after a strange weather phenomenon, discovers that she can communicate with her dead father through his old ham radio.

Believing he was a corrupt cop, she learns the truth and warns him of his murder, thus saving his life.

However, this has profound effects on the future – Raimy’s present.

Now, they must work together across time to save her father and preserve the present.

Where to watch Frequency:

Life on mars, bbc one (2006).

In many of the shows on the list so far, the protagonists experience a time loop that’s triggered at the point of their death.

It’s no different for Sam Tyler, the main character in the British series Life on Mars .

Sam is a Detective Chief Inspector with the Greater Manchester Police, but one day he accidentally gets hit by a car.

When he awakens, he’s in 1973 and working at one rank lower than he was: Detective Inspector.

The selling point of Life on Mars , however, is that we’re left unsure if Sam’s predicament is due to his actual death, a comatose, or time travel.

Where to watch Life on Mars:

Always a witch, netflix (2019 – 2020).

Always A Witch (or Siempre Bruja in its original Spanish title) is a Colombian series that is set in both present-day Colombia and the 17th century .

The series follows Carmen Eguiliuz, a young 19-year-old witch who, after committing the crime of falling in love with a white man in 1646 colonial Colombia, is scheduled to be burned at the stake.

She gets a chance to escape to a new life when the mysterious wizard Aldemar makes a deal with her: he will save the man she loves if she travels into the future to find the woman who can break his curse.

Where to watch Always a Witch:

Beforeigners, hbo (2019 – present).

HBO’s Beforeigners is a Norwegian sci-fi crime drama series and the first Norwegian original from HBO Europe.

The title is a clever play on words centered on the general plot: a group of “foreigners” has suddenly shown up at a neighborhood in Oslo, and they are all from “before” times, or several different time periods in history.

Whether from the Viking period , the Stone Age, or the more recent 19th century , each of these ‘Beforeigners’ tries to integrate in modern-day Norwegian society.

One of them even partners with a detective to investigate first a murdered Stone Age woman, then a series of murderers tied to Jack the Ripper.

Where to watch Beforeigners:

Alice, sbs tv (2020).

Alice was a South Korean sci-fi series that aired in late 2020.

In the lead-up to the main plot, the show’s background is explained to its viewers.

Set in 2050, time travel is monitored by an agency called Alice, which sends its clients to the past to help find closure with deceased loved ones.

Alice one day sends two agents to 1992 in order to find the Book of Prophecy, but one of them disappears with the book and her unborn child.

In 2020, the child becomes a detective and in his investigation into his mother’s death in 2010, discovers the existence of Alice and time travel.

Where to watch Alice:

Live up to your name, tvn (2017).

Yet another South Korean time travel series , Live Up to Your Name initially takes its viewers some 400 years into the past, right in the middle of the Joseon dynasty.

There we meet Heo Im, a doctor of traditional Korean medicine who also specializes in acupuncture.

On one of his treatments of the king’s migraines, he made a mistake and was charged with treason.

Chased by the king’s soldiers, he’s shot with an arrow and presumed dead when he falls into the river – except he ends up waking up in present-day Seoul instead, where he meets cardiothoracic surgeon Choi Yeon-kyung.

Where to watch Live Up to Your Name:

My only love song, netflix (2017).

Our third South Korean series is Netflix’s My Only Love Song , which aired in 2017.

We start off in modern-day Korea where we meet Soo-jung, a talented and top-level actress.

However, it seems that the fame may have gotten to her head as she’s arrogant, and believes fame and money make the world go round.

When things don’t go her way on her new show, she winds up in a time-traveling van that takes her to the 6th century.

There, she meets a man much like herself in terms of arrogance, but his hidden soft spot and generosity towards the poor changes her perspective on her own life and self.

Where to watch My Only Love Song:

Signal, tvn (2016).

Signal is based on the 2000 American film Frequency , but another thing that sets this South Korean series apart from others is that the cases investigated in the series are also based on real-life crimes in the country.

Signal follows a cold case profiler from 2015 and a detective from 1989 simultaneously; they discover they’re able to communicate with each other through an old walkie-talkie.

Using this unique ability to provide much-needed foresight in investigations, they team up to both solve and in some cases, even prevent these horrific crimes.

Where to watch Signal:

Rooftop prince, sbs (2012).

Last but not least, South Korea brings its last time-traveling series to the table with Rooftop Prince , a comedy-drama filled with intrigue, mixed identities, and possible reincarnations.

Crown Prince Lee Gak from the Joseon dynasty accidentally time travels to 2012 with three others from his entourage, and their lives are thrown into a whirlwind.

He crosses paths with Se-na, who looks exactly like his recently deceased wife.

In the hopes of getting answers about his wife’s mysterious drowning, he assumes the identity of another man who he also looks exactly like and attempts to marry Se-na in this timeline as well.

Where to watch Rooftop Prince:

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You forgot The Time Tunnel, an Irwin Allen sci-fi show (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost In Space, Land of The Giants), all classic 60s sci-fi

Journeyman should also be on this list. It was only half a season on NBC but it wraps up to a satisfying conclusion.

Fantastic acting and interesting characters.

Glad someone else watched Journeyman. I thought I’d was a great spiritual successor to Quantum Leap.

Journeyman is one of the good shows u can watch but qunatum leap i watched and didnt like

Where is The Time Tunnel?????

Another show for your list is “Being Erica” (CBC, 2009-2011). Excellent writing, and very unique.

i was looking for this comment. such an underrated show

I concur. This was definitely a great one. It certainly provides a lot of food for thought.

Some of the information in the Doctor Who one is wrong. It started in 1963, it was only revived in 2005 (you put 2006), and it’s been going for 39 seasons, as of June 2022

Thanks for letting me know! I updated the article accordingly.

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Craig Gillespie In Talks To Direct ‘Supergirl’ For DC Studios

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EXCLUSIVE: Cruella and I, Tonya filmmaker Craig Gillespie is in talks to direct Supergirl for Warner Bros’ DC Studios , we can tell you first.

The plan is for DC to shoot the movie for Q4 after they’ve completed James Gunn’s Superman , which is shooting in Georgia for a July 11, 2025 theatrical release. DC bosses Gunn and Peter Safran are producing. DC EVP Chantal Nong is executive producing, we hear.

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Gunn said at a DC Studios presser early last year that in their Supergirl “we see the difference between Superman who was sent to Earth and raised by loving parents from the time he was an infant, versus Supergirl who was raised on a rock, a chip off Krypton, and watched everyone around her die and be killed in terrible ways for the first 14 years of her life, and then came to Earth when she was a young girl. She’s much more hardcore; she’s not exactly the Supergirl we’re used to seeing.”

The CAA-repped Gillespie has a specialty when delivering female-driven projects: I, Tonya scored an Oscar win for Allison Janney as Best Supporting Actress, and also notched a total of three Oscar noms including for Margot Robbie in the Best Actress category. His Cruella , a solo spinoff starring Emma Stone based on the 101 Dalmatians villain, was a big pandemic Disney+ and box office hit combined, grossing more than $233 million worldwide; the movie won an Oscar for Costume Design. Let’s also not forget Gillespie’s other female-driven TV series, Hulu’s Pam and Tommy, on which he received a Primetime Emmy nom for Outstanding Limited and Anthology Series.

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Arrowverse retcons supergirl's kryptonite cure post-crisis.

Supergirl's Midvale time travel episodes have revealed another source of power for the Girl of Steel, meaning Kara must spend time in the moonlight.

Among the many things that Supergirl's time-travel episodes, "Prom Night!" and "Prom, Again!" change is the way the Girl of Steel recharges after exposure to Kryptonite. In a short, almost blink and you'll miss it moment in "Prom, Again!", the Arrowverse reveals what could be yet another Post-Crisis reset or the revelation of making the moon a new way for Supergirl to recover after her power is drained.

The sun has been featured as a source of Supergirl's powers. Alura tells the young girl in the pilot that Earth’s yellow sun will give her great powers. Early episodes show Supergirl draining her energy either by overexertion or exposure to Kryptonite and the use of special DEO sun lamps to recharge her. Sun lamps were used when she was knocked unconscious and into the ocean while chasing a missile and after her first case of solar flare following her encounter with Red Tornado. In later seasons, time and again, Supergirl turns to the sun like on Slaver's Moon with a red sun, when she regains powers when her sister tosses a sun grenade her way. And despite being saved by a Kryptonite suit to limit her exposure in seasons 4 and 5, she could still be found using the sun to recharge her energy, even being under sun lamps after her brief exposure to Kryptonite initiated by Red Daughter.

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A new twist on the source of Supergirl's power emerged in "Prom Night!" After Alex removes Kryptonite shards from Kara's hand following her first encounter with the deadly green rock, the young Supergirl is still weak. However, she suddenly regains her strength and power after opening a door and stepping into the rays of the full moon shining outside. This is either a newly discovered second source of Supergirl's power or once again the Arrowverse's post-Crisis reset has chosen to rewrite her history. Either way, that short moment leaves fans with many questions and possibilities.

If this is indeed what is quickly becoming the new Arrowverse trope of blaming any retcon on the post-Crisis reset , it creates many problems going forward. The moon or moonlight becoming the only way for Supergirl to recharge after overexertion or Kryptonite exposure is fraught with complications. If this is a rewrite, then the aftermath of her Red Tornado encounter has been irrevocably altered to change the concept of the solar flare. The DEO will need to spend time creating moon lamps. Supergirl’s body clock may need to be switched from day to night so she gets more time in the moonlight. And of course, there are certainly issues with the strength of the moonlight due to the moon’s many phases.

Another avenue to explore is if this isn't a reset, why hasn't the moon been used as a restorative power source before? One theory for why using the moon as a sort of lunar Supergirl battery hasn't been used is that Alex, one of the world's foremost authorities on Kryptonian physiology, simply forgot that moment after her sister’s first exposure to Kryptonite. There is also the possibility that after Supergirl's first Kryptonite exposure, subsequent exposures have Kryptonite lingering in her cells blunting the moon’s effect. Or it could be something as simple as the show remembering basic science in that moonlight is just another form of reflected sunlight.

It would make sense for Supergirl to change the source of her power to be changed to the moon, after all the moon is often regarded as a feminine symbol of power. Regardless of the reason, this retcon of ways to combat Supergirl's exposure to Kryptonite just adds weight to the interest of fans for the much-desired Danvers sisters' Midvale prequel series .  Watching young Kara discover other superpowers and learning just what the young superhero can do would provide a multitude of story ideas for such a spin-off.

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