《女超人》第一季概述：何去何從

　　在《超女》的季中末集中，簡(jiǎn)直就是剛離油鍋，又入火海。Cat Grant發(fā)現(xiàn)了Kara的真實(shí)身份，但是她沒(méi)有向大眾曝光，而是向Kara道謝了。但是當(dāng)這個(gè)負(fù)擔(dān)從Kara身上卸下來(lái)的時(shí)候，氪星人在城里發(fā)起了大范圍的攻擊。超女不得不面對(duì)Non(Chris Vance飾)- 他的能力至少與超女的姨媽相當(dāng)，但是對(duì)于殺死超女不會(huì)有一絲猶豫。

　　其中一些演員和制作者坐下來(lái)和記者們談起了一些這個(gè)同樣擁有鋼鐵之軀的超女將來(lái)會(huì)發(fā)生的事情。主要出品人Ali Adler和Andrew Kreisberg與Melissa Benoist，Calista Flockhart，Chyler Leigh，David Harewood，還有Jeremy Jordan一起說(shuō)起了前兩集發(fā)生的事情會(huì)怎樣貫穿本季剩下的那幾集。

　　從很多方面來(lái)看，Cat Grant都是Kara生活中最危險(xiǎn)的一個(gè)女人，尤其是現(xiàn)在她還知道了Kara的真實(shí)身份。她不僅僅擁有讓Kara的生活變的一團(tuán)糟的能力，她還能讓輿論大眾與超女針?shù)h相對(duì)，把Kara作為超級(jí)英雄的生活也搞的一塌糊涂。Benoist很喜歡這個(gè)緊張點(diǎn)，“她們之間的關(guān)系永遠(yuǎn)都會(huì)像坐過(guò)山車一樣，這也是我最喜歡的地方之一，”她說(shuō)。“這段關(guān)系一直在發(fā)展當(dāng)中，并且甚至存在著一點(diǎn)母親似的指引作用。她們倆也都缺少安全感。”

　　Flockhart對(duì)于這段關(guān)系的起起落落則有一點(diǎn)不一樣的看法。“Cat能夠看到Kara的特別之處，”她說(shuō)。“她沒(méi)有用直接給出建議的方式提出了建議，而且她甚至是用她獨(dú)有的比較刻薄的態(tài)度來(lái)指使Kara該做什么不該做什么的。沒(méi)有人知道為什么Cat能做到這點(diǎn)，我覺(jué)得是因?yàn)镃at太擅長(zhǎng)這樣了，并且她也太聰明了。她能夠自如地將建議轉(zhuǎn)化成不像建議的方式來(lái)讓別人采納。”也是，像這么一個(gè)能夠用眼睛來(lái)使汽車爆炸的人你還能用其他什么方式來(lái)指引她呢?

　　由Cat那個(gè)秘密的兒子而引出的啟發(fā)是一定會(huì)對(duì)Kara產(chǎn)生影響的。“我喜歡這么發(fā)展，有時(shí)候，超女在工作中得到的幫助越好，Kara的平凡生活就會(huì)越痛苦，”Benoist說(shuō)，“當(dāng)Cat見(jiàn)到Adam的時(shí)候，必定會(huì)對(duì)她的生活造成非常巨大的影響，甚至影響到Cat的公司。”

　　Flockhart則深入到了更陰暗的一面。在漫畫(huà)中，Adam Grant這個(gè)角色在更年輕的時(shí)候就死了，然后她就被吸引著去探索Cat Grant生活中的陰暗面了。“她酗酒，然后結(jié)婚了，就戒了酒，接著她的兒子就死了，她也就離婚了，又染上了酗酒的毛病。非常的黑暗，”她笑著說(shuō)。“我覺(jué)得這點(diǎn)特別的棒。”

　　我們會(huì)繼續(xù)看到Alex作為一個(gè)地球人對(duì)于Kara產(chǎn)生的巨大影響以及對(duì)整部劇的影響。在陪練房里的氪石讓Kara意識(shí)到Alex是與她平等的甚至是她的上級(jí)。所以在這段關(guān)系里存在的不僅僅是姐妹之情。Leigh最喜歡的部分就是Kara和Alex的關(guān)系。“就是在我們僅僅能夠單純地做姐妹的時(shí)候，比如當(dāng)我們?cè)陂w樓里的時(shí)候，當(dāng)我們嘴里塞了滿滿的披薩或者是冰激凌的時(shí)候，”她說(shuō)。“這讓我覺(jué)得很真實(shí)，很特別。”

　　那個(gè)火星獵人，他的秘密在一集之前剛被揭露，他也會(huì)在本季的下半部分當(dāng)中有很大的戲份。J’onn J’onzz是最后一個(gè)火星人，至于他的同胞是怎么死的，這個(gè)故事會(huì)在第11集進(jìn)行詳述。“對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)那是用情非常深的一集，只要想到種族滅絕，還有人被活活燒死就情不能已，”Harewood還說(shuō)道，他們?cè)谂臄z這集的時(shí)候剛好是在巴黎事件前后，所以讓拍攝的時(shí)候感情更為投入了。

　　向那些不了解火星獵人的人介紹一下，他的能力與超人相當(dāng)，在某些方面甚至要超過(guò)超人。“有趣的是，”Adler說(shuō)，“他的能力是那么強(qiáng)大，我們終于有機(jī)會(huì)運(yùn)用這個(gè)之前一直隱藏著的優(yōu)勢(shì)了。”這意味著我們很快就能看到他以那個(gè)巨大綠色的形象帶著滿滿的榮耀感與氪星人戰(zhàn)斗了，不過(guò)也會(huì)帶著些許的心痛。畢竟J’onn隱藏自己隱藏得太久了，當(dāng)然這是迫不得已的唯一方法。“在即將到來(lái)的一集當(dāng)中，”Kreisberg說(shuō)，“Alex會(huì)鼓勵(lì)他好好運(yùn)用他的能力。她會(huì)說(shuō)，‘你和Kara之間有什么區(qū)別?’他會(huì)回答，‘你的妹妹看起來(lái)像個(gè)啦啦隊(duì)隊(duì)長(zhǎng)，而我看起來(lái)就是個(gè)怪物。’”

　　老Winslow Schott(喜歡超女的小宅男的爹)會(huì)在一月份回歸的劇集當(dāng)中首次出場(chǎng)。這個(gè)玩具人和他的兒子截然不同，Jordan不覺(jué)得在將來(lái)他會(huì)變的邪惡，至少這個(gè)變化不會(huì)很快到來(lái)。“不過(guò)我也不能完全排除這種可能，畢竟我也不清楚這個(gè)系列的詳細(xì)計(jì)劃走向，”他說(shuō)。“我們可能會(huì)看到Winn的另一面”當(dāng)他和他的父親碰面的時(shí)候。“可能這一面一直都深深地埋在他的表象之下，印在他的血液里。”

　　這部劇從一開(kāi)始的時(shí)候就引起了特別龐大的觀眾群的關(guān)注，不過(guò)Adler說(shuō)這對(duì)他們來(lái)說(shuō)不是一件壞事。“比如說(shuō)，舉個(gè)例子來(lái)看，如果有個(gè)女總統(tǒng)，那么她的一舉一動(dòng)都會(huì)受到審查，我保證是這樣。但是在最后，她還是會(huì)好好的當(dāng)著總統(tǒng)，所以這對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)真的不算是一個(gè)問(wèn)題。”現(xiàn)在，在半季播出之后，Adler的說(shuō)法是“更為關(guān)注的是她是Kara而不是她是個(gè)女性。”Kreisberg也呼應(yīng)了這個(gè)說(shuō)法。“既然這部劇已經(jīng)播出了而且評(píng)價(jià)有好有壞，我們就能夠在這個(gè)問(wèn)題‘是什么讓我們這么開(kāi)心?’提出的時(shí)候，回答‘一直都是我們的超女之星。”

　　《超女》將在1月4日，周一晚8點(diǎn)CBS臺(tái)回歸。

　　It was out of the frying pan and into the fire on the midseason finale ofSupergirl. Cat Grant has discovered Kara’s secret and, instead of exposing her, she thanks her. But while that burden is lifted off of our heroine’s shoulders, the Fort Rozz Kryptonians stage a full-scale assault on a National City mall and Supergirl must face Non (Chris Vance) — someone at least as powerful as her aunt, but with no qualms about killing her.

　　Some of the cast and creators sat down with reporters to talk about what’s next for the Woman of Steel. Executive producers Ali Adler and Andrew Kreisberg joined Melissa Benoist, Calista Flockhart, Chyler Leigh, David Harewood, and Jeremy Jordan to talk about how the events of the last two episodes will resonate through the rest of the season.

　　In many ways, Cat Grant is the most dangerous woman in Kara’s life, especially now that she knows who Supergirl really is. Not only does she have the power to make Kara’s life miserable, but she can also turn public opinion against her alter-ego, making her superhero life unmanageable too. Benoist loves that tension. “Their relationship is always going to be a rollercoaster and that’s one of my favorite things about it,” says the star. “It grows, and there’s this kind of almost maternal mentorship about it. They both have insecurities.”

　　Flockhart sees their ups and downs a little differently. “Cat sees something special in Kara,” she explains. “She gives her advice without giving her advice and sort of tells her what to do by being nasty and suggesting it in her way. Nobody really gets that, but I think that’s because Cat is so good at it and so smart. She can manipulate that advice in a way that it doesn’t sound like advice.” How else can you mentor someone who can blow up cars with her eyes?

　　The revelation of Cat’s secret son will definitely have an effect on Kara. “I like to think that, sometimes, the better Supergirl gets at her job, Kara’s personal life kind of suffers,” Benoist says, suggesting that there may be sparks between the two. “When she meets Adam that’s definitely the wrench in the machine of her life, in terms of CatCo.”

　　Flockhart has a darker take. In the comics, the character of Adam Grant dies much younger, and she was drawn to the idea of exploring that grimmer version of Cat Grant’s life. “She was an alcoholic, and then she got married and sobered up, and then her son died and she got divorced and then she became an alcoholic again. It’s pretty dark,” she says with a chuckle. “I think that’s pretty awesome.”

　　We will continue to see Alex be a strong grounding influence on Kara and the show as a whole. There’s the literal metaphor in the sparring room where the kryptonite reminds Kara of the ways in which Alex is her equal and even her superior. But there’s more to the relationship than sibling rivalry. Leigh’s favorite parts of the series center on that Kara-Alex relationship. “The scenes that we get to just be sisters: where it’s in the loft where we’re stuffing our faces with pizza or ice cream or whatever it is,” she says. “There’s a reality to that, that I think is very special.”

　　Martian Manhunter, whose own secret was exposed just an episode before, will be explored a great deal in the second half of the season as well. J'onn J'onzz is the last Martian, and the story of how his people died will be told in episode 11. “It was a very emotional episode for me, just thinking about the whole idea of genocide and people being burned alive,” says Harewood, adding that they shot the episode “around the same time as the Paris attacks,” making it all the more emotional.

　　For those who don’t know the character, Martian Manhunter’s powers are equal to and — in some respects — exceed those of even Superman. “What’s fun about that,” says Adler, “is that he’s got such tremendous powers so we finally get to use to our advantage all of these things that we’ve had to keep [hidden].” Which may mean we’ll see him in action in his full, green glory against the Kryptonians soon, but not without a little heartache. J'onn has been hiding for a long time — and for good reason. “In an upcoming episode,” says Kreisberg, “Alex is actually encouraging him to use his powers. She says, ‘What’s the difference between you and Kara?’ And he said, 'Your sister looks like a cheerleader, and I look like a monster.'”

　　Winslow Schott, Sr. will make his first appearance when the series returns in January. The Toymaster is completely unlike his son, and Jordan doesn’t see a possible future in villainy happening anytime soon. “I can’t really rule it out because I don’t know what the big plans are for the whole series,” he says. “We’re gonna see a different side of Winn” when he meets his father. “Maybe it’s deep below the surface. It’s clearly in his blood.”

　　The show has had a tremendous amount of attention from the beginning, which Adler said is not a problem for them. “If say, for example, there were a female president, every move she makes will be scrutinized, I promise. But at the end of the day, she’ll just have been the president, so it really doesn’t matter.” Now, half a season in, Adler said the talk is “less about her being female and more about her being Kara.” And Kreisberg echoes the sentiment. “Now that the show is out there and people have commented — both positively and negatively — we’ve been able to just go, 'Well, what’s making us happy?'” And that, he says, “Is always what’s our guiding star.”

　　Supergirl returns Monday, Jan.4 at 8 p.m. on CBS.