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The pilot episode of the television series ''Supergirl'' premiered on CBS on October 26, 2015. It was written by series developers/creators Greg Berlanti, Ali Adler and Andrew Kreisberg, and directed by Glen Winter. The ''Supergirl'' pilot details the origins of Kryptonian Kara Zor-El, whose quest to follow in her famous cousin's footsteps would emerge while maintaining a mild mannered life as Kara Danvers. The episode received excellent reviews, especially for the performance of the series' star Melissa Benoist. It also became CBS' most watched new series of the 2015-16 television season, and the most watched new scripted series overall by Nielsen, with 12.9 million viewers tuning in and an estimated 19 million over the next week, once delayed viewing is tabulated. It also gave CBS its first successful series to target a younger demo in the 18-49 age group, which is favored by advertiser groups.〔("CBS' 'Supergirl' is this fall's most-watched series premiere " ) from ''Los Angeles Times'' (October 27, 2015)〕 ==Plotline== The story begins with the origins of Kara Zor-El, who is sent by her parents Alura and Zor-El from Krypton to Earth to watch over her cousin, Kal-El, but as she follows her baby cousin, her ship is knocked off course into the Phantom Zone by the explosion of Krypton. She remained frozen in time in the Zone for 24 years, until she miraculously escaped and crashed on Earth where her cousin, now much older after 24 years, rescued Kara from her pod. She is then taken to live with Eliza and Jeremiah Danvers, the scientists who helped Kal-El come into his powers on Earth and become the hero known as Superman. Twelve years later, Kara Danvers lives in National City and works as an assistant to Cat Grant, the head of the mega-media conglomerate CatCo. Despite her mild mannered life, Kara yearns to follow in her cousin's footsteps. Her adopted sister Alex, who stopped by her apartment to prepare for her flight to Geneva, thinks that Kara should continue to remain a normal person. After watching a news report on a plane that is about to crash, Kara realizes the plane is carrying Alex. She flies to the rescue and saves the plane. As news spreads of her heroism, Kara begins to wonder if she could become the hero her cousin is. Alex, however, worries that Kara has exposed herself to the world. The following day Kara is excited about how fast she has become popular while maintaining her normal identity. She later reveals her secret to her co-worker Winslow "Winn" Schott, who helps Kara perfect her abilities by testing out uniforms and handling police calls, and is dubbed "Supergirl" by Cat, who despite objections by Kara over the name, doesn't know about Kara's secret and only sees her as just an assistant, with Cat stating "What do you think is so bad about 'girl'? I'm a girl and your boss and powerful and rich and hot and smart. So if you perceive Supergirl as anything less than excellent, isn't the real problem you?" The news of Supergirl's actions attract the attention of Vartox, an alien responsible for the attempted plane crash, and had been waiting for the moment to challenge a Kryptonian survivor. He informs his commander that the plan worked. During a night flight, Kara is shot down by a tranquilizer containing Kryptonite and is brought in by Hank Henshaw, the head of the Department of Extra-Normal Operations, a government agency. It turns out that Alex works for DEO as well, and alerted Hank that her adopted sister had finally come into her powers. Hank informs Kara that when she landed on Earth, a ship containing the universe's worst criminals (most of whom were sentenced by her mother, Alura) crash landed on Earth as well. Kara tries to convince Hank that she can actually help round up the criminals, but Hank turns a deaf ear. The following day Vartox lures Kara to an abandoned plant for their first battle, and wins his match due to his greater powers. When she is rescued by Alex, Kara realizes she is not ready upon learn how Alex got her job with DEO through Hank. However, Alex later has a change of heart and convinces Kara that she should follow her cousin's footsteps, and receives a message from Alura to continue her mission. Kara and Alex returns to the DEO and informs Hank that she is ready to prove she can be a valuable asset by challenging Vartox once again before he uses his heat-generated ax to wreak havoc in National City. In their rematch, Kara bests the fugitive alien with her heat vision. Vartox then takes a sharp object forged from the heat vision and kills himself, but not before giving Kara a warning. Her actions convince Hank that Supergirl, with help from Alex, can be useful to the DEO. The following day, James Olsen a new photographer at CatCo who arrived from Metropolis, reveals to Kara that he knows her secret identity. He actually worked with Superman/Clark Kent at "The Daily Planet"—indeed, Superman sent him to National City to watch over his cousin. James passes on a gift: a cape made from Kal-El's baby wrappings. Meanwhile, in another part of the universe, the news of Vartox's death reaches his commander, revealed to be General Astra, Alura's twin sister and Kara's aunt, who represents a different Kryptonian House with the letter "O" on her shield. Astra has plans to take over the world and kill Kara so she can make her niece pay for her mother's sins. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pilot (Supergirl)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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