Gotham: Executioner

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.

Legends of Tomorrow: Compromised

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.

Arrow: So It Begins

Following Church’s death at the blades of Prometheus, Green Arrow is trying to find out what’s become of Church’s phone. His phone keeps moving all over the city, leading Green Arrow and Spartan on a merry chase. Bizarrely, Spartan’s helmet is now see-through, so you can clearly make out his facial features. I’m not sure how that’s an upgrade. I hope that wasn’t something Cisco did. They are finally led to a spot where fire spells out, “SO IT BEGINS,” both an ominous warning and this week’s title.

Gotham: Blood Rush

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: Crossfire

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.

Luke Cage: Manifest

“Manifest” is the seventh Luke Cage episode. It starts off with an amusing scene of Zip trying to do a gun deal. Cage walks up, and everyone runs off to his, “Do I even have to say it?” Zip makes an ominous comment and then runs off after his clients while Luke makes short work of the guns.

Legends of Tomorrow: Abominations

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.

Arrow: Human Target

The writers are really going deep in the DC archives this season. Wild Dog is an obscure character, even if this is a different version, and Adrian Chase isn’t exactly well known. Now they dig up another one who most people don’t know about, even if did have his own show for a while. This episode is the DC CW-verse premier of the Human Target, also the title of the episode.

Agents of SHIELD: Good Samaritan

The jumping back and forth between time periods bit on tv shows is getting a bit old in my humble opinion. Yes, I admit I might be a bit sick of Flashback Theater on Arrow. But, credit where it’s due, Agents of SHIELD is at least being amusing with their titles. “Back In The Day,” and “Now,” are the settings. As makes more sense as the story goes on, this one is called “Good Samaritan.”

Supergirl: Survivors

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.”