When I started watching Supergirl on CBS in 2015, I was watching it really for the cast, and for the potential that it had to join the Berlanti created Flarrow-verse (Flash/Arrow). In the year and some change the show has been on the air, after one season on CBS and now its second airing on The CW, I can say that my motives for watching this show have completely changed, and I am not 100% sure why

First of all, I have to comment on the cast. Between Melissa Benoist, Jeremy Jordan, Mechad Brooks, David Harewood, and Chyler Leigh, all of the main actors on this show are at the top of their game. Adding in Christopher Wood, Floriana Lima, Tyler Hoechlin, and all of the Season 2 actors makes the show not only more enjoyable, but more complex and wonderful. Going into this show I only knew for sure of Melissa (from Glee) and Jeremy (from Newsies, and other projects). I knew they both had it, but I didn't know the rest of the cast, so I didn't know if they would or could pull it off. I feel ashamed for ever doubting it. All of these actors, and I mean all of them, are wonderful and their characterizations seem consistent. I love it.While the plots can seem a little laborious at times, the writers do a great job of letting Kara have her moments, along with Supergirl having her own moments. No matter the episode or the situation, Kara seems to try to be true to herself and to what she thinks is right, and if that means making the unpopular choice, then so be it

If it wasn't enough to have a great cast, and more often than not, great storylines, I love the subtle, and sometimes not so subtle, commentary the show makes on society. The most obvious of them being Alex Danvers' relationship with Maggie Sawyer. This is a plotline from Season 2 and I love it. I find it so important, especially today, that we show LGBTQ+ relationships on TV because it is the most consumed media. It is important that we show these communities that we see them and that they are valid, and Supergirl is working toward that goal with Alex and Maggie's relationship. Also Alex's coming out was so wonderful. It was clear the things she was feeling, and I'm not sure whether to congratulate Chyler or the writers. The whole process of her coming out was amazing and it was so worth it.The other thing that I think the show comments on, but in a subtle way, is racism. This whole show is about aliens. I think using aliens as the different ones puts things into a really unique perspective, because it is really clear who is different. The subtle ways in which the show makes comment on racism is so wonderful because it is subtle, but also blatantly obvious. Having a thing like an Alien Registration Database is something that at least to me, is a blatant taking of rights. It is clear that not everyone trusts the aliens, and yet they all place their faith in Supergirl, who is also an alien. The message this show sends is one of acceptance. No matter who we are or what we look like, each of us has something that makes us different. Whether external, like some of the aliens, or internal, like Kara, Kal (Clark), and Mon-El, each of us is different from others, and it is time we put aside the differences and start to see the similarites.

I also love how awkward everyone is. I see myself in a lot of these characters and that is always really nice because it shows me that it is possible for me to have the things that these characters have, despite my own social awkwardness, and general life awkwardness. Winn and Kara both are exciteable, and yet focused. They make nice compliments to themselves and to each other, and they are both characters I look up to, because they are me, or they display the parts of me that I still find it hard to accept. If they can live their lives, then so can I.

In short, Supergirl reminds me that I may be alien, but that might just be the thing that makes me who I am.