'Supergirl' Season 4 Air Date, Plot, Characters: How Will Kara Defeat the Ideals of Agent Liberty?

“Supergirl” Season 4 is going to be quite the metaphor for real-world events as Kara (Melissa Benoist) is set to take on villains who wield fear and twisted ideals rather than swords and blasters. These villains will come in the form of Mercy Graves (Rhona Mitra), her brother Otis (Robert Baker), and Agent Liberty (Sam Witwer), Den of Geek reported.

All three of these antagonists have one thing in common: unity against aliens. And with the racial and political divide in the States, this theme is a great representation of what is occurring in the country. While “Supergirl” Season 4 will have Kara exchange blows with these villains at some point in the installment, her greatest challenge is convincing people that the ideals being spread by Graves and Liberty are wrong.

This is doubly true for Agent Liberty as he’s written as someone who is capable of easily convincing people that his cause is just. And while Kara can undoubtedly beat the living daylights out Liberty as he’s only human, her strength will be useless when it comes to battling his ideals. After all, twisted beliefs and misplaced philosophies can only be beaten by sound logic and rational thought. How will Kara banish the ideals of Agent Liberty in “Supergirl” Season 4?

While there’s no real answer to this just yet, one of the things she can do is allay the fears being spread by Agent Liberty. This villain is being billed as someone who preys on the fears of the population, stoking what they don’t understand into hatred and violence. As such, Kara can represent the opposite of fear, which is hope. But this is easier said than done and the Kryptonian will have to think of ways in “Supergirl” Season 4 to achieve this goal without resorting to her strength alone.

It goes without saying that the theme of “Supergirl” Season 4 is quite an intriguing path to take. When co-showrunner Jessica Queller was asked why they took this avenue, she said that a symbol of hope is needed in today’s climate.

“Robert [Rovner] and I, at the beginning of the season, thought that it would be very empowering for us to kind of look at the issues we’re all dealing with through the lens of Supergirl, who’s such a hopeful character and represents compassion and help and hope for all,” Queller explained. One of the things that they didn’t want, however, is to be “didactic” about “Supergirl” Season 4. The showrunners further explained that their goal is to have their audience empathize with both sides in order to reach an amicable understanding. This is certainly quite the installment for “Supergirl” Season 4, which will undoubtedly produce headlines once it premieres on Oct. 14.