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Supergirl – Season 1, Episode 17 Manhunter

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Supergirl – Season 1, Episode 17

Manhunter

Aired Mar 21, 2016

Drama

Fantasy

Action

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J'onn J'onzz discloses the details of meeting with Kara and Alex's father, Dr. Jeremiah Danvers, and the takeover of Hank Henshaw's identity; Kara must decide whether to trust someone with her secret identity; Siobhan devises a plot against Kara.

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A change in format allows Supergirl to deftly balance multiple characters' origin stories.

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Melissa Benoist

Kara Danvers

Calista Flockhart

Cat Grant

Chyler Leigh

Alex Danvers

Mehcad Brooks

James Olsen

David Harewood

Hank Henshaw

Jeremy Jordan

Winslow "Winn" Schott

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Joshua Rivera

New York Magazine/Vulture

07/26/2018

4/5

All of the flashbacks are well done, and "Manhunter" is an exceptionally well-structured episode.

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Chancellor Agard

Entertainment Weekly

07/25/2018

Last week's incredibly fun episode left a few things dangling... Thankfully, "Manhunter" doesn't spread itself too thin trying to address all of these questions in 42 minutes.

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Allison Shoemaker

CBR

07/20/2018

Looking backward while racing forward might be risky if one is actually physically moving in space, but it's a pretty great way to tell a story - if you can pull it off. "Supergirl" can.

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Alyse Wax

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08/22/2018

And so the Silver Banshee is born.

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Allyson Johnson

The Young Folks

08/02/2018

7/10

The episode is busy enough not to dwell on it but at the start of the hour we're given a frank reminder that Kara did some damage to her public image last week.

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Andrew Husband

Uproxx

08/01/2018

"Manhunter" by definition operates as an episode almost wholly devoted to fan service.

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Synopsis

J'onn J'onzz discloses the details of meeting with Kara and Alex's father, Dr. Jeremiah Danvers, and the takeover of Hank Henshaw's identity; Kara must decide whether to trust someone with her secret identity; Siobhan devises a plot against Kara.

Director: Chris Fisher
Executive Producer: Greg Berlanti, Allison Adler, Andrew Kreisberg, Sarah Schechter
Screenwriter: Derek Simon, Cindy Lichtman, Rachel Shukert
Network: CBS
Rating: TV-14 (L|V)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date: Mar 21, 2016

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