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|ShortSummary = After discovering [[Kara Danvers (Arrowverse)|Kara]]'s secret identity from [[Lex Luthor (Arrowverse)|Lex]] before she killed him, [[Lena Luthor (Arrowverse)|Lena]] fights Kara in a virtual simulation, and has built an [[Artificial intelligence|A.I.]] named Hope that she can talk to, as she no longer trusts anyone. [[Andrea Rojas (Arrowverse)|Andrea Rojas]] acquires [[CatCo]], replacing [[James Olsen (Arrowverse)|James]] as editor-in-chief, and decides to employ [[tabloid journalism]] to increase subscription numbers. [[Alex Danvers|Alex]] convinces Kara to tell Lena she is Supergirl at a party celebrating Kara's [[Pulitzer Prize]]. Suddenly, the party is attacked by a Phantom Zone prisoner known as Midnight, who was locked away by [[J'onn J'onzz (Arrowverse)|J'onn]] on Mars for aiding White Martian attacks years prior. Kara reconciles with and reveals her identity to Lena before using her new suit created by Brainy to stop a black hole Midnight opened and send her back to the Phantom Zone. While Kara shows more openness to Lena about her secret, Lena re-enters the simulation to vent; pledging to use Kara's trust to "fix mankind". James quits CatCo, refusing to support Andrea's [[sensationalism|sensationalist]] plans. It is revealed that Midnight was released by J'onn's brother [[Ma'alefa'ak J'onzz (Arrowverse)|Malefic]] who vows revenge against J'onn, but J'onn does not remember having a brother. Elsewhere, [[Eve Teschmacher (Arrowverse)|Eve Teschmacher]] returns to National City on [[Leviathan (DC Comics)|Leviathan]]'s orders and gets black-bagged.
|ShortSummary = After discovering [[Kara Danvers (Arrowverse)|Kara]]'s secret identity from [[Lex Luthor (Arrowverse)|Lex]] before she killed him, [[Lena Luthor (Arrowverse)|Lena]] fights Kara in a virtual simulation, and has built an [[Artificial intelligence|A.I.]] named Hope that she can talk to, as she no longer trusts anyone. [[Andrea Rojas (Arrowverse)|Andrea Rojas]] acquires [[CatCo]], replacing [[James Olsen (Arrowverse)|James]] as editor-in-chief, and decides to employ [[tabloid journalism]] to increase subscription numbers. [[Alex Danvers|Alex]] convinces Kara to tell Lena she is Supergirl at a party celebrating Kara's [[Pulitzer Prize]]. Suddenly, the party is attacked by a Phantom Zone prisoner known as Midnight, who was locked away by [[J'onn J'onzz (Arrowverse)|J'onn]] on Mars for aiding White Martian attacks years prior. Kara reconciles with and reveals her identity to Lena before using her new suit created by Brainy to stop a black hole Midnight opened and send her back to the Phantom Zone. While Kara shows more openness to Lena about her secret, Lena re-enters the simulation to vent; pledging to use Kara's trust to "fix mankind". James quits CatCo, refusing to support Andrea's [[sensationalism|sensationalist]] plans. It is revealed that Midnight was released by J'onn's brother [[Ma'alefa'ak J'onzz (Arrowverse)|Ma'alefa'ak]] who vows revenge against J'onn, but J'onn does not remember having a brother. Elsewhere, [[Eve Teschmacher (Arrowverse)|Eve Teschmacher]] returns to National City on [[Leviathan (DC Comics)|Leviathan]]'s orders and gets black-bagged.
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Supergirl
Season 5
Promotional poster
Starring
No. of episodes5
Release
Original networkThe CW
Original releaseOctober 6, 2019 (2019-10-06) –
present (present)
Season chronology
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Season 4
Next →
Season 6
List of episodes

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, and consist of 22 episodes. 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)T13.218020.97[2]
903"Blurred Lines"Eric Dean SeatonLindsay Sturman & J. HolthamOctober 20, 2019 (2019-10-20)T13.218030.92[3]
914"In Plain Sight"David McWhirterJay Faerber & Jess KardosOctober 27, 2019 (2019-10-27)T13.218040.95[4]
925"Dangerous Liaisons"Alysse Leite-RogersRob Wright & Daniel BeatyNovember 3, 2019 (2019-11-03)T13.218050.78[5]
936"Confidence Women"[6]Shannon KohliDana Horgan & Nicki HolcombNovember 10, 2019 (2019-11-10)TBAN/A
947"Tremors"[7]Andi ArmaganianJ. Holtham & Katie Rose RogersNovember 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)TBAN/A
958"The Wrath of Rama Khan"[8]TBATBATBATBATBD
969"Crisis on Infinite Earths" episodeUnknownUnknownDecember 8, 2019 (2019-12-08)[9][10]TBAN/A

Melissa Benoist will direct the seventeenth episode of the season.[11]

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.[23] Jessica Queller and Robert Rovner serve as the season's showrunners.[24]

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.[25] 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".[26] 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."[27]

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.[28] This is Brooks' final season;[29] his last appearance was in the episode "In Plain Sight".[30] Azie Tesfai, who was introduced as Kelly Olsen in the fourth season, was promoted to the main cast for the fifth season,[31] as was Andrea Brooks, who recurred as Eve Teschmacher since the second season.[32] They are joined by new cast members Julie Gonzalo playing Andrea Rojas and Staz Nair playing William Dey, an original creation for the series.[33] 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.[19]

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.[24] 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.[16]

Filming

Filming began in late June 2019 at Vancouver.[34] The seventeenth episode of the season marks Benoist's directorial debut.[11] Filming is expected to last until April 14, 2020.[28]

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.[35] The crossover will take place over five episodes–three in December 2019 and two in January 2020.[36]

Broadcast

The season began airing in the United States on The CW on October 6, 2019.[37] It is set to run for 22 episodes.[38]

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] 0.2 0.92 0.6 2.19[39]
2 "Stranger Beside Me" October 13, 2019 0.3/1 0.97[2] 0.3 0.84 0.6 1.81[40]
3 "Blurred Lines" October 20, 2019 0.2/1 0.92[3] 0.3 0.78 0.5 1.70[41]
4 "In Plain Sight" October 27, 2019 0.2/1 0.95[4] TBD TBD TBD TBD
5 "Dangerous Liaisons" November 3, 2019 0.2/1 0.78[5] TBD TBD TBD TBD

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