Supernatural
This series was my constant companion during my trying graduate school years. Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) Winchester are thrown into a life of hunting supernatural beings after Sam's girlfriend and their mom Mary (Samantha Smith) are taken by the yellow eyed cross roads demon. They originally follow their dad John's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) lead, but quickly learn to tools of the trade. Through out it's historic 15 season run, we see the boys team up with an angel, Castiel (Misha Collins), King of the underworld Crowley (Mark Sheppard) and even a witch Rowena (Ruth Connell) as they take on demons, vampires, shapeshifters, Lucifer (Mark Pellegrino) and even God (Rob Benedict)! Carry on you wayward son.
The Flash
If the Arrow is dark and gloomy, the Flash is the opposite bright and more optimistic. Grant Gustin is the perfect Barry Allen. He brings a certain earnestness to the role, and much like the rest of the small screen Arrowverse actors and actresses, are light years ahead of their big screen counterparts. I rather have Gustin in the titular role in the upcoming Flash movie than with the troubled star Ezra Miller. With and amazing supporting cast, we see team S.T.A.R Labs take on the chief antagonist Eobard Thawn-Reverse Flash, played to perfection by Tom Cavanagh. Candice Patton is the perfect foil for Barry as Iris West, together with Jesse martin's inspector Joe West. This is my favorite DC series by far.
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
This gem of a series reinvents itself with each new season and always feels fresh and never dull, a rarity in the industry. I have to give mad props to the writers of the show. The series centers around a rag-tag group of so called heroes originally assembled by Rip Hunter to clean up the problems by time travel using a flying time machine, the Wave Rider. Our team consisting of stallwarts Sarah Lance -Caity Lotz, Ray Palmer -brandon Routh, Rory-Dominic Purcell, as well as a rotating cast of colorful characters like Zari-Tala Ashe, Ava Sharpe -Jes McCallen and Nathan -Nick Zano. No historical event is off limits as the writers expertly weave these into the show. As such we get to see our crew in all sorts of costumes and wacky situations. The series is certainly very unique and one of the best CW shows. Unfortunately the series got cancelled before we got a satisfying conclusion to the story.
Superman and Lois
This series is a brilliant take on Clark Kent-Kal El and how he juggles his duties as superhero and father. The CW accomplishes what none of the movie verse movies manages to do, explores the human side of Superman. Tyler Hoechlin, though not the archetypical Superman, does an amazing job opposite Elizabeth Tulloch. He is your relatable and down to earth Kal-El. The show opens with Clark moving his family back to his hometown, Smallville. We see how his teenage son Jonathan and Jordan deal being removed from all their friends. Things get even more complicated when Jordan starts developing superhuman powers like his pops. This series also explores the Tal Rho relationship,and we get to bizarro Superman and John Henry Irons. This series, now into its third season has a very cinematic feel to it. I just simply love the warmer color palette they use. It harkens back to the Christopher Reeves era, where everything was optimistic and full of hope.
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