Last Night's TV: The Voice, DWTS, Supergirl, and More (SPOILERS!)

VIEW IN BROWSER THIS ISSUE: The Voice, Dancing With the Stars, Supergirl, Fargo, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend TOP MOMENT OF THE NIGHT Leaving on a Midnight Train to Lives NBC BECAUSE: Even the most ardent of Voice lovers with the most elaborate of Blake-and-Adam shrines in their closets can admit that season 9 has been a bit of a snore. But Monday night's final Knockout round before the Lives changed all of that with a slew of promising performances, most especially from Regina Love who straight up killed, resuscitated, and still gathered the insurance money on "Midnight Train to Georgia." Definitely take the time to watch this one... just make sure you have room to express yourself in the form of diva arms. READ OUR RECAP Supergirl CBS WHAT HAPPENED: "This sounds like a job for Supergirl!" That may be so, and an adorable sentiment when coming out of Melissa Benoist's mouth, but as EW recapper Chancellor Agard points out, there's "a rather steep learning curve when it comes to being a superhero," and Supergirl's second installment on Monday night had its titular hero making plenty or mistakes. After Kara accidentally pours a little (okay, a whole 18-wheeler's worth) of oil into the bay during a rescue mission, the city has already turned against her. But at the first hint of a whine from Kara in defense of Supergirl, Cat accidentally gives some much needed advice: "Every woman worth her salt knows that we have to work twice as hard as a man to be thought of as a half as good." This second episode is all about differentiating Supergirl as her very own superhero, one that knows that she needs help and a whole team -- cue Team Supergirl montage -- behind her to ever hope to take on killer bugs or defeat evil aunts. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: With that "S" emblazoned on her chest -- for the Kryptonian phrase that means "stronger together," of course -- in the classic red-on-blue, it would be impossible for Supergirl, both the show and hero, to avoid comparisons to the cousin that came before her. But something that has challenged those telling Superman's story is his invincibility; it's hard to show growth as a character when someone is impenetrable. USA Today points out that what's already making Supergirl stand out is how it's "turned Kara into a character that is almost more human than the actual humans around her... she has plenty to learn, and that's 100% OK. Heroes, just like the rest of us, don't show up in the world fully formed." That's right. They show up in pods from outer space as teenagers who have been hanging out in suspended animation for 24 years. Duh. READ OUR RECAP Dancing With the Stars ABC WHAT HAPPENED: It's like Annalise Keating said last week on How to Get Away with Murder: "Juries love a secret baby." Except this is a show about getting away with sequins, not homicide, so there wasn't so much a jury as there was a squealing/crying audience, and the progeny in question wasn't so much a secret as it's sex was revealed via a shiny box full of blue balloons: It's a (BACKSTREET) boy!!! That's right, Nick Carter learned that he'd be having a son with his wife, who he'd chosen as the inspiration for his contemporary routine, on the same night he and Sharna nabbed their first perfect score. Carlos and Bindi showed out as well -- shirtless and in a cute Grace Kelly impression, respectively -- but it was Nick who owned the night in what Bruno called, "a love poem perfectly visualized through dance." Oh Bruno -- you're a love poem perfectly visualized though dance. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: That perfect score also earned Nick immunity from the next round, which as Yahoo TV describes it, is "a brutal series of Dance Offs that required all seven remaining couples to learn not two but four separate styles this week. Four! That's the same number of toenails Bindi Irwin has superglued back onto her feet since Week 1." And they're not kidding about that toenails thing -- someone needs to check on young Bindi! But it was Andy Grammer, with all his toenails intact after dancing an emotional tribute to his mother, who was sent packing. As you may recall, if Andy had made it to the Finals, his partner Allison would have been six months pregnant... so it's probably okay that these two take their leave now from the particularly fertile season of DWTS. READ OUR RECAP Fargo FX WHAT HAPPENED: Nostalgia: it's not just for '90s kids. EW recapper Kevin Sullivan says that one of the great successes of Fargo's second season has been, "watching how the writers weave together the many story lines both narratively and thematically ... every episode, we begin to see more emotional overlap in stories that are connected but haven't collided at full speed yet." On Monday, that overlap comes with the characters all over Fargo feeling a deep injustice that things just aren't the way they used to be. Dodd's understanding of the way the world works boils down to something he heard as a child: "Kill the king; be the king." That's the way of war, and so it's Dodd's reckless actions that ultimately lead to Floyd Gerhardt declaring the only possible solution to their family's little Kansas City problem: You guessed it -- war. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Oh yes, a storm is brewing, and while it revolves around the Gerhardts and their unruly offspring, the future is looking ominous for all parties involved. The A.V. Club picked up on Fargo's longing for the past too, but there's something more than just nostalgia at play here: "You want to believe the life you used to have, when you were younger and the world made sense, was better than what you have now ... They call it 'nostalgia,' but nostalgia's too nice, too neat. I'm not sure if an appropriate word exists for the process, but if there is, it sounds closer to drowning." Drowning would surely describe how Ed and Peggy Blomquist feel right about now, as they stare down the barrel of what they've done and Hahnzee stands outside their door, a particularly unmelted belt buckle in hand. READ OUR RECAP One More Thing... You'd Be Crazy Not to Watch The CW ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS SING: If you're one of those freaks who likes to laugh, then you should be watching (and singing along to) Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Yeah, it's super weird, but the songs in Monday's episode were titled, "Settle for Me" and "Sex With a Stranger," and Rachel was inspired to lead a better life by a butter commercial. Who knew a TV musical could be so relatable? READ OUR RECAP Also Check Out... Recommended by Copyright © 2015 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved. WANT MORE? To subscribe to any of EW.com's email products, please click here. PRIVACY POLICY Please click here for our privacy policy. For further communication, please click here Your California Privacy Rights Entertainment Weekly Customer Service ATTENTION: CONSUMER AFFAIRS 3000 University Center Drive Tampa, FL 33612-6408 You are receiving this email because you are a friend of Entertainment Weekly. To unsubscribe from these updates, please click here.