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Legends of Tomorrow: River of Time

“River of Time” is the next installment of Legends of Tomorrow, and the team is having more than their share of problems. They have captured Vandal Savage, and he’s on the ship, which is both good and bad. Rip has decided the best way to proceed is to bring Savage to the Time Council, which is probably not a good idea. And the team itself is fragmenting, several of them thinking that anywhere but Vanishing Point, home of the Time Masters, is a good destination.

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Arrow: Genesis

Star City is looking at some dark days (or Darhk days if you like puns). Laurel is dead and her secret as Black Canary revealed. Damian Darhk is on the loose. HIVE’s Genesis plan is moving forward. And Team Arrow is short on powers, especially ones to counter Damian’s magical abilities.

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Flash: Rupture

The STAR crew is trying desperately to cover for Barry losing his powers in “Rupture.” Cisco has come up with a pretty clever toy to let the Flash seem like he’s back in action throughout the city. It’s a little rough on Barry, but since he already feels so guilty about giving up his powers, he’s not complaining. Wells is his usual cheerful and supportive self, dismissing their efforts as “Hoodlums and Holograms,” and trying to convince everyone to try his plan- recreating the accident that gave Barry his powers in the first place.

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Gotham: Azrael

One thing I’ll give the writers of Gotham: they’ve taken one of Batman’s most obscure foes (I’d lay money no one that doesn’t read the comics had heard of Hugo Strange before this season, and even some that do might not have) and made him not only a menacing threat, but possibly the source of many of Batman’s later foes. The series has definitely had its problems, but I think this was one of their better episodes, and they even tried to address some of those flaws. If the rest of the series can hold at this level of quality, I’d be a lot more of a fan of the show.

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Legends of Tomorrow: Leviathan

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow are forced into an increasingly desperate situation. They have run out of options, and are going up against Vandal Savage at the height of his power, just before he takes over the world and kills Rip Hunter’s wife and son. So the Waverider takes the team to London in 2166 just in time to fight the man who can’t die and conquers the world when he has an army behind him. Wouldn’t want it to be easy, right?

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Arrow: Canary Cry

“Canary Cry,” is the title of what is essentially the eulogy for Black Canary, Laurel Lance. It’s one of their darker episodes, and with this series, that says something. At least they finally tie in the flashbacks a lot more tightly than they have been lately. There are some good performances as the cast deals with loss and a few other surprises as the episode unfolds.

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Flash: Back to Normal

At the end of “Versus Zoom,” Barry made the really bad choice of giving his powers to Zoom in order to save Wally’s life. Now, he is “Back to Normal.” They do a contrast of Barry’s morning routine, when he had his powers and now. He’s clearly missing his powers. I don’t know what he expected to happen when he made that deal with Zoom.

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Gotham: Pinewood

Bruce Wayne finds out some more secrets in “Pinewood,” the eighteenth episode of Gotham’s second season. We see a good bit more from several other cast members, and get quite a few surprises. There are also a few things that seem out of character to me, but we’ll get there.

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Flash: Versus Zoom

“Versus Zoom” is the most recent episode of Flash, and things are getting ugly. The beginning is an interesting comparison of histories. Barry’s past is recounted, with the death of his mother, being taken in by the Wests, and the love and support he got. Over on Earth 2, a young Hunter Zolomon sees his father return from war, kill his mother, and is dumped into an orphanage, clutching what will later become a very familiar helmet. Vaguely similar beginnings that go down very different paths.