A war is coming toSupergirlin season 4!

We see the big thematic question of the season: What is stronger, hope or fear?

co-showrunner Robert Rovner tells EW.

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Part of what interested us was really reflecting reporters and journalists as heroes.

There is so much division in our world.

I think that most of us who read the newspapers are grappling with these issues every day.

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Also, we really want to keep the show balanced.

I was going to answer your question: The hardest thing is solving world peace [laughs].

How do you get people to be kind to one another and listen to one another?

Its not about punching him, because hes just a human man.

Last season, Kara struggled to balance her human and Kryptonian sides.

Shes trying to be this beacon of hope, but she represents what people hate.

Do they view Guardian as someone who represents their cause because hes a human?ROVNER:Human exceptionalism.

They appropriate him as a role model to his chagrin.

Supergirlpremieres Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. on The CW.