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No. of episodes 19
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Original network The CW
Original release October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06) – May 17, 2020 (2020-05-17)
List of Supergirl 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 consisted of 19 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 was originally planned to have 22 episodes, later brought down to 20. Filming began that June, and production was shut down in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the season with only 19 episodes.

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, LaMonica Garrett, who previously appeared as a guest actor in the fifth annual Arrowverse crossover and the fifth season, and new cast members Julie Gonzalo and Staz Nair. Former series regulars Jeremy Jordan, Chris Wood, Odette Annable, and Sam Witwer return for the series' 100th episode.

Episodes

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See also: List of Supergirl episodes
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No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code		 U.S. viewers
(millions)
88 1 "Event Horizon" Jesse Warn Derek Simon & Nicki Holcomb October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06) T13.21801 1.26[1]
89 2 "Stranger Beside Me" David McWhirter Dana Horgan & Katie Rose Rogers October 13, 2019 (2019-10-13) T13.21802 0.97[2]
90 3 "Blurred Lines" Eric Dean Seaton Lindsay Sturman & J. Holtham October 20, 2019 (2019-10-20) T13.21803 0.92[3]
91 4 "In Plain Sight" David McWhirter Jay Faerber & Jess Kardos October 27, 2019 (2019-10-27) T13.21804 0.95[4]
92 5 "Dangerous Liaisons" Alysse Leite-Rogers Rob Wright & Daniel Beaty November 3, 2019 (2019-11-03) T13.21805 0.78[5]
93 6 "Confidence Women" Shannon Kohli Dana Horgan & Nicki Holcomb November 10, 2019 (2019-11-10) T13.21806 0.84[6]
94 7 "Tremors" Andi Armaganian J. Holtham & Katie Rose Rogers November 17, 2019 (2019-11-17) T13.21807 0.79[7]
95 8 "The Wrath of Rama Khan" Marcus Stokes Lindsay Sturman & Jess Kardos December 1, 2019 (2019-12-01) T13.21808 0.87[8]
96 9 "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One" Jesse Warn Story by: Robert Rovner & Marc Guggenheim
Teleplay by: Derek Simon & Jay Faerber		 December 8, 2019 (2019-12-08) T13.21809 1.67[9]
97 10 "The Bottle Episode" Tawnia McKiernan Story by: Derek Simon
Teleplay by: Nicki Holcomb & Jen Troy		 January 19, 2020 (2020-01-19) T13.21810 0.84[10]
98 11 "Back From the Future – Part One" David Harewood Dana Horgan & Katie Rose Rogers January 26, 2020 (2020-01-26) T13.21811 0.81[11]
99 12 "Back From the Future – Part Two" Alexis Ostrander Rob Wright & J. Holtham February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16) T13.21812 0.65[12]
100 13 "It's a Super Life" Jesse Warn Story by: Robert Rovner & Jessica Queller
Teleplay by: Derek Simon & Nicki Holcomb		 February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23) T13.21813 0.66[13]
101 14 "The Bodyguard" Gregory Smith Story by: Lindsay Sturman
Teleplay by: Emilio Ortega Aldrich & Chandler Smidt		 March 8, 2020 (2020-03-08) T13.21814 0.67[14]
102 15 "Reality Bytes" Armen V. Kevorkian Dana Horgan & Jay Faerber March 15, 2020 (2020-03-15) T13.21815 0.68[15]
103 16 "Alex in Wonderland" Tawnia McKiernan Story by: Rob Wright
Teleplay by: Jess Kardos & Mariko Tamaki		 March 22, 2020 (2020-03-22) T13.21816 0.65[16]
104 17 "Deus Lex Machina" Melissa Benoist Story by: Lindsay Sturman
Teleplay by: Katie Rose Rogers & Brooke Pohl		 May 3, 2020 (2020-05-03) T13.21817 0.61[17]
105 18 "The Missing Link" Avi Youabian Dana Horgan & J. Holtham May 10, 2020 (2020-05-10) T13.21818 0.62[18]
106 19 "Immortal Kombat" David Harewood Story by: Derek Simon
Teleplay by: Emilio Ortego Aldrich & Nicki Holcomb		 May 17, 2020 (2020-05-17) T13.21819 0.65[19]

Cast and characters

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See also: List of Supergirl characters

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Main

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Recurring

Guest

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"Crisis on Infinite Earths"

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Production

Development

On January 31, 2019, The CW renewed Supergirl for a fifth season.[41] Jessica Queller and Robert Rovner serve as the season's showrunners.[42]

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.[43] 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".[44]

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.[45] This is Brooks' final season;[46] his last appearance was in the episode "In Plain Sight".[47] Azie Tesfai, who was introduced as Kelly Olsen in the fourth season, was promoted to the main cast for the fifth season,[48] as was Andrea Brooks, who recurred as Eve Teschmacher since the second season.[49] They are joined by new cast members Julie Gonzalo playing Andrea Rojas and Staz Nair playing William Dey, an original creation for the series.[50] Jeremy Jordan, who starred as Winn Schott in the first three seasons and was absent during the fourth, returned as a guest star for three episodes.[33][51] The female Brainiac 5 was played by Meaghan Rath, the real-life sister of Brainiac 5 portrayer Jesse Rath, at his suggestion.[52]

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.[42] Brainy is credited with creating a new microscopic motion-activator for the new suit that attaches to Kara's glasses, activating her suit's appearance when she removes them.[28]

Filming

Filming began in late June 2019 at Vancouver.[53] The seventeenth episode of the season marks Benoist's directorial debut.[54] Filming was expected to last until April 14, 2020.[45] On March 12, 2020, Warner Bros. Television shut down production on the series due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[55] with the series in the middle of shooting episode 20. Leigh stated she had two more days of filming on the episode. As a result, some of the material shot for episode 20 was incorporated into episode 19, rather than saving it for season six. Some new dialogue was also recorded by actors in their homes for episode 19.[56]

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.[57] The crossover took place over five episodes–three (including the Supergirl episode) in December 2019 and two in January 2020.[58]

Broadcast

The season began airing in the United States on The CW on October 6, 2019.[59] It was originally set to run for 22 episodes,[60] later brought down to 20. As production on episode 20 could not be completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 19th episode served as the season finale.[56]

Reception

Ratings

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[61]
2 "Stranger Beside Me" October 13, 2019 0.3/1 0.97[2] 0.3 0.84 0.6 1.81[62]
3 "Blurred Lines" October 20, 2019 0.2/1 0.92[3] 0.3 0.78 0.5 1.70[63]
4 "In Plain Sight" October 27, 2019 0.2/1 0.95[4] 0.3 0.83 0.5 1.78[64]
5 "Dangerous Liaisons" November 3, 2019 0.2/1 0.78[5] 0.3 0.80 0.5 1.59[65]
6 "Confidence Women" November 10, 2019 0.2/1 0.84[6] 0.2 0.74 0.4 1.58[66]
7 "Tremors" November 17, 2019 0.2/1 0.79[7] 0.3 0.75 0.5 1.54[67]
8 "The Wrath of Rama Khan" December 1, 2019 0.2/1 0.87[8] 0.3 0.77 0.5 1.64[68]
9 "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One" December 8, 2019 0.7/3 1.67[9] 0.4 1.00 1.1 2.67[69]
10 "The Bottle Episode" January 19, 2020 0.2/1 0.84[10] 0.3 0.78 0.5 1.62[70]
11 "Back From the Future – Part One" January 26, 2020 0.2/1 0.81[11] 0.2 0.66 0.4 1.47[71]
12 "Back From the Future – Part Two" February 16, 2020 0.2 0.65[12] 0.2 0.65 0.4 1.31[72]
13 "It's a Super Life" February 23, 2020 0.2 0.66[13] 0.3 0.76 0.5 1.42[73]
14 "The Bodyguard" March 8, 2020 0.2 0.67[14] 0.2 0.66 0.4 1.33[74]
15 "Reality Bytes" March 15, 2020 0.2 0.68[15] 0.2 0.66 0.4 1.34[75]
16 "Alex in Wonderland" March 22, 2020 0.2 0.65[16] 0.2 0.64 0.4 1.29[76]
17 "Deus Lex Machina" May 3, 2020 0.1 0.61[17] 0.2 0.62 0.3 1.23[77]
18 "The Missing Link" May 10, 2020 0.1 0.62[18] 0.2 0.64 0.3 1.26[77]
19 "Immortal Kombat" May 17, 2020 0.2 0.65[19] 0.2 0.58 0.4 1.23[78]

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the season holds an approval rating of 92% based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 7.62/10.[79]

Notes

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