The first season of the DC superhero drama , co-created by Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship, premiered on The CW on January 11, 2022 . It follows Naomi McDuffie, a confident, comic book-loving teenager in Port Oswego, whose world is upended by a supernatural event involving a "stunt" by Superman that triggers her own latent abilities. Plot and Character Arc ‘Naomi’ Recap: Season 1, Episode 12 “Ready Or Not”