The first photos from Supergirl‘s final season premiere — “Rebirth” — have been released by The CW.
The photos tease a showdown between Lex, who now has half the world under his control, and Supergirl and her team, as they struggle to free all the people under his influence. However, Lex is not the only foe Supergirl will be facing, as she will also have to take on Gamenmae.
Supergirl Season 6 will kick-off March 30, taking over the slot previously held by Superman & Lois, which is going on hiatus until May 18 “due to a COVID-related production interruption earlier this season,” according to The CW.
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The CW announced that Supergirl would end after Season 6 in September 2020. After the announcement, titular star Melissa Benoist said, “I’m so excited that we get to plan our conclusion to this amazing journey, and I cannot wait for you to see what we have in store. I promise we’re going to make it one helluva final season.”
It seems the series is trying to keep that promise, recently announcing that Eliza Helm will portray a younger version of Calista Flockhart’s Cat Grant in a flashback scenes. Flockhart is not currently set to return for the final season.
The full synopsis for “Rebirth” can be found below:
SEASON PREMIERE – As Braniac (Jesse Rath) lays close to death after trying to stop Lex (Jon Cryer), Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) and team soar in to save him, engaging in an epic battle with Gamenmae (guest start Cara Buono). After beating Leviathan, Supergirl turn her attention to Lex (Jon Cryer) who has used the Obsidian platform to brainwash half the world to love him and follow him at all costs, no matter what horrible things he does. Knowing how dangerous this makes her brother, Lena (Katie McGrath) enlists the entire team – Alex (Chyler Leigh), J’onn (David Harewood), Dreamer (Nicole Maines), Kelly (Azie Tesfair) and Braniac – to help, but Supergirl realizes that the only way to truly stop Lex is to sacrifice herself. Jesse Warn directed the episode with story by Robert Rovner & Jessica Queller and teleplay by Jay Faerber & Jess Kardoes (#601).
Supergirl stars Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers, David Harewood as Martian Manhunter, Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers, Nicole Maines as Dreamer and Jesse Rath as Brainiac-5. Season 6 premieres March 30 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.
Source: The CW
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