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Supergirl – Season 5, Episode 2 Stranger Beside Me

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Supergirl – Season 5, Episode 2

Stranger Beside Me

Aired Oct 13, 2019

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Supergirl, Alex and Brainiac thwart an alien attack while William investigates Kara; J'onn J'onzz and Kelly use Obsidian tech to solve a problem.

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Caroline Siede

AV Club

10/14/2019

B-

"Stranger Beside Me" lays out some interesting ideas and themes for the season to explore, it just doesn't entirely function as an episode in its own right.

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Sara Netzley

Entertainment Weekly

10/14/2019

B

Supergirl's second episode of the season puts several plotlines in the oven to bake, and we'll no doubt see them crisp up to a golden brown as the weeks march along.

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Monita Roy Mohan

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Feb 17

Yes, the show is called Supergirl, but sometimes its strongest scenes lie in the non-super moments. This episode certainly highlights some of the issues that regular folk face at work.

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Jonathon Wilson

Ready Steady Cut

Feb 17

3/5

“Stranger Beside Me” maintains this season’s high standards of petty theatrics.

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Sarah Little

TV Fanatic

10/14/2019

4.2/5

It will be interesting, yet devastating, to see how far Lena will go before Kara is forced to stop her.

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Kayti Burt

Den of Geek

10/14/2019

Supergirl is at its best when it is highlighting carefully-constructed relationships on the show, and the father-daughter relationship between Kara and J'onn is one of the best-earned dynamics on the series.

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Synopsis

Supergirl, Alex and Brainiac thwart an alien attack while William investigates Kara; J'onn J'onzz and Kelly use Obsidian tech to solve a problem.

Director: David McWhirter
Executive Producer: Greg Berlanti, Allison Adler, Andrew Kreisberg, Sarah Schechter
Screenwriter: Dana Horgan, Katie Rose Rogers
Network: CBS
Rating: TV-PG (V)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date: Oct 13, 2019

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