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Supergirl
Season 5
Promotional poster
Starring
No. of episodes2
Release
Original networkThe CW
Original releaseOctober 6, 2019 (2019-10-06) –
present (present)
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The fifth season of the American television series Supergirl, which is based on the DC Comics character Kara Zor-El / Supergirl, premiered on The CW on October 6, 2019. It is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with the other television series of the franchise. The season is produced by Berlanti Productions, Warner Bros. Television, and DC Entertainment.

The season was ordered in January 2019, and filming began that June. Melissa Benoist stars as Kara, with principal cast members Mehcad Brooks, Chyler Leigh, Katie McGrath, Jesse Rath, Nicole Maines and David Harewood also returning from previous seasons. They are joined by Azie Tesfai and Andrea Brooks, who were promoted to the main cast from recurring status in the fourth season, and new cast members Julie Gonzalo and Staz Nair.

Episodes

See also: List of Supergirl episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
881"Event Horizon"Jesse WarnDerek Simon & Nicki HolcombOctober 6, 2019 (2019-10-06)T13.218011.26[1]
892"Stranger Beside Me"David McWhirterDana Horgan & Katie Rose RogersOctober 13, 2019 (2019-10-13)TBAN/A
903"Blurred Lines"[2]Eric Dean SeatonLindsay Struman & J. HolthamOctober 20, 2019 (2019-10-20)TBAN/A
914"In Plain Sight"[3]David McWhirterJay Faerber & Jess KardoOctober 27, 2019 (2019-10-27)TBAN/A

The ninth episode, which is the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover, will air on December 8, 2019.[4][5] Melissa Benoist will direct the seventeenth episode of the season.[6]

Cast and characters

See also: List of Supergirl characters

Main

Recurring

Guest

Production

Development

On January 31, 2019, The CW renewed Supergirl for a fifth season.[17] Jessica Queller and Robert Rovner serve as the season's showrunners.[18]

Writing

Queller described the fifth season of Supergirl as the series' "Black Mirror season", with Rovner elaborating that "What we’re looking at is how technology is impacting the way people engage and giving them an escape not to engage. It seems like nowadays, everyone is kind of on their phones or not really present, and so we wanted to speak to that and kind of how it might be hard to live in the ugliness of what's going on, and how a character like Kara can try and help us overcome that." Melissa Benoist, who stars as Kara Danvers / Supergirl, said the season would be "a fight for [Lena Luthor's] soul", following Lex Luthor exposing to Lena that Kara, her best friend, is Supergirl.[19] Rovner said the rift between Kara and Lena was something the writers had been building towards for a number of years, with the fifth season serving as the "long-awaited payoff". Queller described "betrayal" as Lena's Achilles heel due to every member of the Luthor family having betrayed her in some way over the years: "She has to put on this protective shell, and the last person she thought would betray her was Kara, and that really hurts more deeply than any of the others".[20] The season also features the series' 100th episode; teasing this episode, Queller said, "Characters may reappear" while Rovner noted, "We want to treat the fans to an episode that serves the show's past."[21]

Casting

Main cast members Melissa Benoist, Mehcad Brooks, Chyler Leigh, Katie McGrath, Jesse Rath, Nicole Maines and David Harewood return as Kara Danvers / Supergirl, James Olsen, Alex Danvers, Lena Luthor, Querl Dox / Brainiac 5, Nia Nal / Dreamer and J'onn J'onzz respectively.[22] This is Brooks' final season, and he will leave the series in the mid-season finale.[23] Azie Tesfai, who was introduced as Kelly Olsen in the fourth season, was promoted to the main cast for the fifth season,[24] as was Andrea Brooks, who recurred as Eve Teschmacher since the second season.[25] They are joined by new cast members Julie Gonzalo and Staz Nair, the latter playing William Dey, an original creation for the series.[26] Jeremy Jordan, who starred as Winn Schott in the first three seasons and was absent during the fourth, returned as a guest star for a three-episode story arc.[14]

Design

The season introduces a new Supergirl suit which eschews the skirt seen in the older suit in favour of a full pant. Benoist and the showrunners said giving Supergirl pants was something they discussed since the first season.[18] Querl Dox is credited with creating a new microscopic motion-activator for the new suit that attaches to Kara's glasses and unleashes the suit when she whips off the glasses, resulting in Supergirl being fully-dressed in her costume.[10]

Filming

Filming began in late June 2019 at Vancouver.[27] The seventeenth episode of the season marks Benoist's directorial debut.[6] Filming is expected to last until April 14, 2020.[22]

Arrowverse tie-ins

In December 2018, during the end of the annual crossover "Elseworlds", a follow up crossover was announced titled "Crisis on Infinite Earths" based on the comic book series of the same name.[28] The crossover will take place over five episodes–three in December 2019 and two in January 2020.[29]

Broadcast

The season began airing in the United States on The CW on October 6, 2019.[30]

Reception

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of Supergirl season 5
No. Title Air date Rating/share
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 DVR
(18–49)		 DVR viewers
(millions)		 Total
(18–49)		 Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Event Horizon" October 6, 2019 0.4/2 1.26[1] TBD TBD TBD TBD
2 "Stranger Beside Me" October 13, 2019 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

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