This week, the Legends go to “Outlaw Country,” as they return to the Old West and meet up with Jonah Hex yet again. Their visit to see him last time was one of the highlights of season one. This time, things go a bit differently, after Martin Stein takes his turn again with the opening narration. I’d really like to hear Mick Rory’s version of it. He’d either change the words or say something like, “This is stupid,” halfway through and stop.
Team Arrow this week is dealing with, “Vigilante,” which some might argue is a somewhat redundant title. Most of the main characters have been referred to as vigilantes themselves at one point or another, by themselves or by others. What they are dealing with is someone who seems to have very little problem with killing criminals. Then again Oliver started off that way, so maybe this is for contrast?
This week’s episode of The Flash starts off with Wally. He’s having very vivid dreams of being Kid Flash. While it’s great to see a live action version of the iconic Kid Flash costume, it’s a bit worrisome on the show. Joe is very worried that what’s happening with Wally is similar to what happened to Frankie Kane, and her dreams that led to her villainous Magenta persona. Wally argues that she was an evil split personality, and all he wants to do is help people. There’s definitely some tension between them about this.
There are a lot of things you don’t want to be doing in the opening of any sort of adventure/sci fi/superhero show. One of them is be in an isolated research station. That just never works out well. True to form, the scientist running an outpost dedicated to studying global warming gets a nasty surprise as most of his team become the designated redshirts in “Changing.”
Things take a turn for the GCPD in “Executioner.” Gordon is pursuing a lead he really doesn’t want to: Dr. Simon’s dying identification of Barnes as the killer. He and Lee talk about the murder at her party, and stay professional, which is nice to see. Gordon then goes to Bullock with his suspicions, who very understandably doesn’t want to believe that Barnes has gone bad. They finally agree to work the case together, but Bullock maintains he’s going to prove Barnes innocent. They both agree they hope he’s wrong.
The Legends of Tomorrow continue their round-robin turns on the introductory voice-over. This week, it’s Jax’s turn as the team deals with “Compromises.” The opening scene starts off as Damian Darhk in what seems like it should be an old Miami Vice episode. However, as the DEA rolls up and tries to make a bust, Darhk gets help from a villain we’ve seen with him before: Reverse-Flash, although so far he’s mostly avoiding his costume. The two of them are feeling each other out about a partnership that bodes ill for every hero in the CW-verse.
This week’s Gotham is called “Blood Rush,” which, given recent events, is a bit ominous. It was also the name of a weird semi-spinoff of Arrow that featured Felicity and Roy Harper, so I guess DC TV is reusing their titles. There are a lot of interesting twists and turns, and things are looking bad for one of our characters.
Supergirl’s newest adventure leaves a lot of people caught in the “Crossfire.” They manage to juggle a few different storylines in a way that made sense and actually worked. My only major complaint is that they seem to be ignoring some of their own history from first season, but that might be from the change in network and locale.
Ok, I try to take my reviews at least a little seriously. Every once in a while I can’t. This is one of those times. If you really loved Legends of Tomorrow’s “Abominations” episode, you might want to skip this. Personally, I think this was the worst episode of the season, the series, and the entire CW-verse, including those really shaky early Arrow episodes.
This week’s Supergirl is called “Survivors” and that’s the running theme in the episode. They hit you with that early as Mon-El is shown barely escaping the destruction of Daxam at the time of Krypton’s destruction. We learn that Mon was a Palace Guard, and everyone (except maybe Mon-El himself) seems to think it’s a good idea to keep him confined at DEO Headquarters for now. Especially with more of his background in this episode, I’m a bit disappointed they aren’t at least commenting on his sharing the family name with both Superman and Supergirl. Maybe they’ll get to that later. Hank then surprises everyone by leaving for “personal business.”
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