Supergirl: The Complete First Season

CBS jumped into the DC Comics TV superhero business with Supergirl, starring Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers, aka Kara Zor-El, cousin of Superman. Raised as a normal girl by a loving family and taught to hide her powers, Kara lives like everyone else—and lands a job as assistant to Central City media mogul Cat Grant (Calista Flockhart)—until her human sister Alex's (Chyler Leigh) life is endangered and Kara makes a spectacular debut saving a crashing airplane. Cat christens her Supergirl, and takes it upon herself to shape Kara's media image while the fledgling hero learns to harness her powers with the help of Alex, a government agent, and Alex's boss (David Harewood), who has his own secret. Kara's trial by fire arrives when criminals from Krypton—including her own renegade aunt—escape their interstellar prison and attempt to conquer Earth with powers that are as great as Kara's. This series is on the sunnier side of the superhero TV spectrum, more like The Flash than Arrow, largely set during daylight in a gleaming city. But at this stage, it suffers a bit from superhero fatigue and has yet to carve out its own distinctive approach and defining identity. Presenting all 20 episodes from the debut 2015-16 season, extras include behind-the-scenes featurettes, deleted scenes, and a gag reel. A strong optional purchase. (S. Axmaker)