DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW 6.7

RECAP - DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW  6.7:  "Back to the Finale Part II"

Who says you can't have a happy ending sometimes?  As our Goofball Time Travellers, it seemed like it wasn't going to happen...and they almost screwed the pooch again...but thankfully, their amazing Captain manages to find a way to ensure things get set right.  This week brought to an end a storyline that seemed to meander a little bit, and didn't seem to go anywhere until the last couple of episodes, and THIS one has been the best of Season 6 so far.  Sara faces off with Bishop as he mounts his plan to clone the human race, while the team seems to be mourning the loss of her, as Spooner had repeated what the Amelia alien had said to her about the death of Sara.  But our team somehow rises up to see if they can find a way to prevent her death from happening....and it all starts with Behrad.  Time is what they do best...and that's what our hemp hero decided to use this week. 

To start off....Sara is in shock when she sees her lifeless body.  Bishop informs her that there was no cure from the attack by the Amelia alien, and thus knocked her out, so that he could put her into a cloned body---one merged with an alien.  He feels that this is the way to help ensure the survival of the human race---by merging them with aliens.  This doesn't sit well with Sara, and she wants her body back, or a new cloned body.  Bishop refuses, and has her taken away, because HE has a new cloned body.  He plans on cloning more until he's gotten the entire universe molded to his whims.  He feels that with many clones of Sara, he can have his army for conquest. And he doesn't like that she's resisting, so, he's going to have her destroyed, and he'll keep tinkering until he gets her the way he wants her.  Meanwhile, Mick and Kayla come out of the pod after their little tryst, and she goes to charge the fuel cell, and gives Mick until the 3rd sun of the planet sets to find Sara and bring her back, otherwise she's taking off without them.  And he eventually bumps into Gary, and he finds out where Sara is. 

While all this is going down in a galaxy far away, the team....especially Ava...is in deep mourning for the loss of Sara.  While Nate tries to console her, she's just too depressed to be of much use.  Nate says that they'll stick together no matter what, because it's what Sara would want.  But amongst the crew, someone was missing:  Behrad.  While they think he went to his room to light up and smoke a few....it turns out, he bailed on the team, after working out on a white board about how to get Sara back, and the words "BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II" is circled.  The team is then privvy to the fact that Behrad has taken it upon himself to warn or stop Sara from being abducted from the concert in London that night in 1977, so they know they have to stop him before he screws up the timeline even further.  They all arrive, and they all know they can't interact with Sara, because they were with her that whole night----except Behrad, who had left to light a doobie around midnight or so, and wasn't by Sara's side at tht time, so he feels he has the perfect window to warn her about what's to happen.  While several members of the team try to see if they can find a way to interact with Sara and distract her just enough to avoid being abducted, they fail.  Ava comes across them, but it's Ava that timeline, and she knows they're messing with time, and she orders them to stop it.  As they feel they're ready to give up, Behrad has an idea.  He'll load a mannequin with explosives, while dressing it like Sara, in hopes that he can get that abducted instead of Sara.  Zari does her best to dress it up for him, and then they try to go put the plan to work.  Of all the people who DOES interact with Sara, that wasn't there that night...it's Spooner.  She talks about having something inside of her that could hurt her new friends, but Sara assures her that they would help her.  Sara mentions proposing to Ava, but says she's got the same anxieties...and Spooner uses Sara's own words to reassure her all will be well. 

Back on the alien planet, Mick finally finds Sara, who plans on cloning a new body of herself that doesn't have an alien with it in order to plant herself back into it.  However, Bishop, who was drugged, has now been downloaded into the mainframe, and he plans on uploading into the system...allowing himself to clone himself...and anyone else...anywhere in the universe.  Sara had planned on blowing up the generators to stop him.  She plans on staying back as Gary, Mick and the others leave.  But Mick refuses to let her go.  She worries about what she's become, and Mick says all he sees is his Captain...and his old friend.  That's enough for Sara to tell Gary to blow the generators, and they do, before Bishop can finish his upload. They escape Bishop's little bunker, and make their way to Kayla's ship.  Nurse Ava and the guards will stay behind....they're trained in survival, and they'll be fine.  They warn Sara about the alien nightstalkers, who will attack them once things go dark.  So, they have to fight their way through the monsters, as they get to the ship, but when they arrive, Kayla has gone.  As Sara and Gary feel Kayla left them for dead, Mick doesn't believe so.  So, as they're on the run from the nightstalker aliens, Kayla returns to help the team out.  She lands, and starts attacking back, and the team makes it to the ship, but it looks like Kayla doesn't make it...appearing to sacrifice herself to save Mick and his friends...as they get on the ship, and take off, hitting hyperspace as they head home. 

Behrad was in the right position to get to Sara and stop her from being abducted back in 1977, but she got too distracted by him, and she was kidnapped anyway.  The team returns to the ship fairly down. They can't change the past, and they have to accept Sara is gone.  Ava is watching Sara's proposal on TV again and again, but the file becomes corrupted.  When Ava asks Gideon what's going on, Sara speaks up.  Ava is in disbelief in at first, but they eventually reunite.  Later on, as Sara rejoins the team, and everyone is overjoyed to see her, they're about to leave for home, but Sara takes that time to stop and formally propose to Ava....who is overanxious to say "yes".  But she does, and the mannequin with the fireworks goes off, creating a nice little moment as the team cheers on their Captains on their engagement.  

Honestly...THIS was, by far, THE best episode of the season.  We had a plot that had a dangerous precedent to it, a villian with delusions of grandeur, and the leader of the team reunited with them.  The show had a nice pace, and I was glad that it was Sara that was able to take down the major villain.  Sure, she DID have help, but it was cool that the villain was defeated, and she FINALLY got home.  Of course, it appears we lost Kayla in the process, so not sure how Mick will feel about it, but he's happy (for HIM, anyway), to have Sara back.  We need to take note of all the quiet moments between Sara and Mick, as he will be gone at the end of this season. They are the OG's, and once Mick is gone...Sara is the ONLY ONE tying this show to its beginnings.  But we DID get our first interaction between Sara and Spooner...and that was cool.  And, of course, FINALLY got her and Ava together again, and that was a great romantic moment.  

Some of the other things we caught in this show as Zari finding out that both John and Astra have no magical powers, and they faked it.  Zari wasn't pleased he lied to her, but she's okay being the super-hero of the couple for now.  Behrad tapped into his inner Doc Brown with the idea to try and snag Sara before she gets abducted in 1977, and he was both goofy, but also despondent about Sara being gone.  I like how Nate stepped up as a leader when Ava was just down for the count.  

I'm glad we finished off the Bishop storyline, and that Sara is back with the team.  Hopefully, things pick up the last half of the season, and send Mick out on a high note.  They still have other aliens they need to capture that are floating about the timeline, and it'll be great to see Sara back in the mix, leading the team.  

So...what did YOU guys think of the this installment?  Glad that Sara and Ava are reunited?  Glad Sara is back leading the team?  Subscribe and leave me a comment below.  

Until then....Time is on our side.  

SUPERMAN & LOIS 1.10

 

RECAP - SUPERMAN & LOIS  1.10:  "  O Mother, Where Art Thou?"

Revelations galore are what we get in this week's installment of The Man of Might and his reporter wife.  As Morgan Edge has finally shown his hand, and revealed his master plan.  Plus, we find out the REAL story behind the business mogul/supervillain.  And it's a bomb that's dropped on Kal-El's world.  As the family now has to rally together in order to face the threat of a total world takeover by Edge and his newly created Kryptonian Army.  And the boys are there for Sarah as well, when she begins to worry about her dad Kyle.  So, things have culminated into this one moment, and let's see how things unfolded in Smallville.  

We picked up from last week, when Superman met Morgan Edge out in the desert, where Edge revealed his master plan of taking over the Earth:  by re-creating Krypton.  As it turns out, Edge IS a Kyrptonian who also crash landed on Earth.  In fact, as Edge further reveals to Superman, he was the FIRST to land on Earth from Krypton, before Kal-El and Kara.  He landed in the English countryside (which accounts for the accent), and that he was sent their by his father to help restart the Kryptonian race in the wake of Krypton's destruction....but that's not even the BIG shocker laid on the Last Son of Krypton:  Edge...or as he reveals his Kryptonian name---Tal-Ro.  His mother was Lara----yes....Kal-El's mother.  It turns out, that prior to Lara marrying Jor-El, Tal-Ro's father and Lara were matched up, and he was created in a chamber from their DNA.  But their mother spurned his father for Kal-El's.  His father never got over that.  He's been spending time using the X-Kryptonite to revive their people, and when they are awakened, he's going to need Kal-El by his side, so that they can bring Krypton back to life.  Superman isn't down with it, and he attacks.  They both fight, but Edge gets the best of Supes, and then gives him time to make his choice.  With that, he disappears. 

Back at the Cushing household, Sarah is hashing it out with her mom about the excuses she makes on behalf of her dad, who keeps letting her down. Lana is trying to reason with Sarah, but it goes unheard.  Lana is worried what happened to Kyle, so she goes to get answers.  When she DOES talk to him, she wants to know what went on, and whether or not he started drinking again.  He tells her that she lied to him about the job Edge offered, and that he didn't believe in her.  She wasn't sure what the job entailed, and that he took it anyway.  She wants to know what went on with the job training, and he told her about how he was taken someplace, and put into a machine.  While Lana is trying to get more out of Kyle, Lois and Clark are discussing the reveal he got from Edge.  Lois has been worried about Lana, and has been trying to contact her, but to no avail.  Once Clark fills Lois in on what and who Edge is, she encourages him to head to The Fortress to get some answers from his father, Jor-El.  So, Clark departs for the Arctic, and Lois decides to pay the Cushings a visit.  When she arrives, and Kyle sees her, he instantly goes into Kryptonian mode and attacks both Lois and Lana.  However, General Lane arrives with the DoD to subdue Kyle with K-Gas, and capture him.  Lana is confused, and Lois explains to her what's been going on.  

Clark and Lois go over everything Morgan Edge as been doing to Lana, and how Edge has turned her husband, and many OTHER citizens of Smallville, into Kryptonians.  Lana said she had been asking Kyle how he got his powers, and he explained about a machine somewhere in the warehouse district, and they manage to find it on a map.  They also discover that there was a prominent scientist, Dr. Donovan, who had been assisting Edge with the conversion of the townsfolk to Kryptonians.  Smallville was the most likely candidate because of the townsfolk have been long exposed to the X-Kryptonite in the mines and all over town where it's been buried. 

The boys are trying to console Sarah, as she is worried about her dad.  As the DoD is moving into town to prepare for Edge's attack, they finally fess up to Sarah---sort of---about what's happening.  She doesn't want her last memory of her dad being that of a fight.  They also agree to take her to see her Dad.  At first, they meet resistance from General Lane, but his grandson Jon pulls him aside, and says that he needs to act like a grandfather for once...instead of a military man.  Because despite ALL his best intentions, everything he tries to do RIGHT blows up in his face.  He relents, and lets them in.  Once Sarah sees her dad in a cell with  Kryptonite running through it to keep him subdued, she tries to reach him, but the Kryptonian within him says he's gone, and that he's going to kill all of them.  As they get Sarah out of there, Kyle says that he plans on killing Jon first.  

The DoD did find the machine Dr. Donovan and Edge were using to convert the townsfolk to Kryptonians, and they arrest him, and want to know how to reverse the effects of the Eradicator machine.  He says he only knows so much, and that the only one to be able to reverse it was the one who created it:  Lara.  Superman is taken aback, because he knows that the ONLY way to stop Edge's plan is to bring his mother back.  Once at the base that the DoD has set up in town, Lana is taken aback at seeing Superman in person.  Lois had still wondered why Edge would give Superman time to think, when he's much more ruthless than that.  All involved realize that Lara must come back in order to find a way to reverse the effects of the machine.  Lana volunteers, because she says she's been here the longest, and has been exposed like everyone else.  Lois and Superman refuse, but Lana says that she's let this town down, and she won't allow it to fall because of Morgan Edge.  So, while Lois and Clark confer on whether or not it's a good decision, they give her time to think.  Lois encourages Clark to talk to her, and give her a pep talk.  I think Lois was also kind of nudging Clark to tell her that he was Superman....but instead, he tries to offer her comfort and confidence.  I think she senses something, but passes it off as him being an optimist.  

Lana goes through the process, and comes out of the other side of it as Kal-El's mother, Lara.  She is overjoyed to see her son, and is proud of what he's become, and that he had a family that loved and raised him.  She talks about how her and Edge's father, Zeta, were matched, but she ended up leaving him for Jor-El, because she fell in love with him.  She also says the Eradicator Machine was NOT created to supplant a race, and that Zeta got delusions of grandeur about it.  They effects CAN be reversed, but they have to get EVERYONE exposed to be put through the machine again.  Edge calls for Kal-El, and Lara urges him to go...and Lois urges him to reason with him as a brother.  Superman and Edge meet.  Edge discusses how he was hunted, captured, and tortured as he grew up until he escaped.  He believes he was charged with a mission, and that's to bring back the Kryptonian Race.  He won't fail his mission.  He tells Kal-El that he doesn't understand what it's like to lose a world, as Earth is all he's ever known, while he knew Krypton was dying.  Superman tells him he will fail in his endeavor, and Edge thinks otherwise....as he has called upon his army from all over...as they've been flying from all over town to answer his call. He gives Superman a choice:  Us or Them.  Superman says that there IS no "Us" or "Them". Superman flies off, and takes the army with him, as they give chase to him.  He races towards the Eradicator Machine with them, and says that there is no way to get that many people to the machine, and Superman says they need a bigger power source...so he offers himself.  Everyone is NOT in agreement with that, but Superman insists it's the only way.  He'll be drained of power for awhile, but there is no other option.  He races in, grabs the device, and he flies off overhead, as he uses his heat vision to activate the device...the army is chasing him, using their own heat vision.  Edge witnesses this, and urges them to break off the attack, but they don't listen.  There's a huge blast, and we then find all of Edge's army all back to normal, as the townsfolk are returned to their human selves.  

Lois checks on Lana, who sees her return to normal.  All the townsfolk are okay, but disoriented.  Sarah goes to see her dad, as it appears Kyle is now back to normal.  But there is no trace of Superman.  It turns out Superman made it back up to the Arctic north, and landed just outside the Fortress...falling to Earth, now powerless for the time being.  Not too far behind, we see Leslie Larr and Edge...who managed to avoid the blast, and still kept their powers.  Leslie asks him about the plan, and he said they're without an army....for now.  But being just outside the Fortress, it appears Edge has a backup plan to still make his mission succeed. 

This episode moved pretty quickly, and I was a bit surprised as to how the plan of Edge's with the Smallville townsfolk elevated, then was resolved so quickly.  I was expecting more of a build, and have the final battle for everyone happen in the season finale, but judging from the END of the episode, Edge has a Plan B...and I feel we may STILL see Kal-El get twisted and turned against Earth, as he is now powerless for the time being, and will be susceptible to Edge and Leslie Larr's powers.  And with the Kryptonian knowledge at the Fortress at his disposal, Edge can still execute his master plan...on a much lager scale.  So, the battle isn't won yet.

I give credit to the kids for being brave in the face of danger...but that's becoming something of a normal thing for the boys.  Jon REALLY stepped up this episode by giving it to his grandfather once again.  These boys do NOT get enough credit for the smarts they have.  And it also fortifies this trio as friends that will come in handy in the future.  Sarah expressing regret over the fight with her dad, and then seeing him as someone else allowed her to have a little catharsis at the end.  That despite all his flaws...he's still her dad...he still loves her, and she loves him. 

I thought it was such a sweet moment for Clark to have with Lara.  The look of wonder in her eyes, seeing her grown up son, and watching him be the hero, it was a great performance by Emmanuelle Chriqui to give us as Lara---her facial expressions, and her stoicness as Kal-El's mother...as well as her usual great performance as Lana---wanting to step up and be a better person than she has been.  I HAD hoped that when Superman was talking to Lana, that he'd tell her who he really is, or that Lana would've told HIM, having known for a long time....but they didn't go there.  Which is a bit disappointing.  These two are best friends, and we honestly don't see that enough on this show. It's something I DO hope they explore down the road. 

Edge being the illegitimate child--of sorts--to Lara is something that, while surprising, isn't TOO surprising.  It was honestly the only play the writers had.  It pits brother against brother, and they feel that it gives the story an extra amount of weight to it...as one brother...abused and tortured, did NOT receive the love and nurturing the other got.  Edge is about restarting the race, and making humans suffer for HIS toil...whereas Superman...having been RAISED on Earth, despite being born on Krypton, will fight for the world that has become his.  Now, with Clark powerless...it makes me wonder if he'll be manipulated into becoming Edge's main weapon, and whether or not the prophecy of John Henry Iron's world becomes reality on this one.  

Either way, we're in for a wild ride the last 3 episodes of this season, and I look forward to what is gonna happen.  How about you?  What do YOU think and feel about what transpired this week?  Subscribe to the blog and leave a message below.  

Until next time....Up, up and away! 

THE FLASH 7.13

 

RECAP - THE FLASH  7.13:  "Masquerade" 

It's a new era for Team Flash, as they now push on without their heart-and-soul, and all-around Vibe-tastic companion, Cisco Ramon.  Cisco has left the keys to the STAR Labs engineering kingdom to Chester P. Runk.  And Chester is excited to bring his own flare to the team, while honoring what Cisco had done.  We also have Joe...no longer a cop...still investigating Kristin Kramer, who's now assumed command at the CCPD in the wake of his resignation.  Joe knows something is off with her, and he's digging up everything he can about her....with Cecile's help.  And as for our super-couple---Barry and Iris have finally decided that it's time to start a family.  But this week....we have two people who face their own trial and errors...can they make it through?  Let's see how these two fared

Starting with Chester---who's now remaking Cisco's workshop into his own when Caitlin pops in.  He tries to get her to groove to his new sound system, but it shorts out.  He goes to get some parts from the storage facility when he hears a strange noise, and sees a fallen part on the ground.  He then unfortunately stumbles upon Barry and Iris---who're in the midst of a little baby making hanky panky...and they awkwardly try to make excuses for being there.  Both leave, and Chunk wonders why Cisco didn't warn him about these things.  

Cecile and Joe are at home, and Joe has been investigating Kristin Kramer, trying to get more background on her---since most of her military record is redacted, and classified. She tells him that he should follow a lead she got, and he's out the door...though he feels something is a tad off with her.  As he goes, we see that the Psycho Pirate has taken over Cecile's mind, and she's locked in a white room that looks like it's from a sanitarium.  Cecile is cowered in the corner. When Barry left STAR Labs, he was answering a call from Cecile.  It was about a case she was working on, but Barry feels they've been down this road before with another case.  It was just a ruse, however, as Psycho Cecile used her powers to whammy Barry, and trap him in Cecile's mind, to get him out of the way, so she could execute her master plan.  She then brings Barry back to STAR Labs, where Caitlin surmises that he's in a coma.  Chester suggests Cecile try to read his emotions...but she fakes it, and says she can't get a read....but she gets an image....of a gold mask.  Chester recognizes that from one of Cisco's files....that Psycho Pirate had a gold mask.  But according to Caitlin, he's locked up in Arkham.  But it turns out that during the Arkham breakout, the original Pirate was captured once again, and the mask was taken from him, and given to the Central City Museum.  According to legend, the mask is seeking a new host, and is feeding off of someone's mind.  We all know that's Cecile.  Cecile then suggests why don't they try to get it from the Museum.  If it'll help save Barry.  The longer Barry is in his coma, he will die in the real world.  So far, Psycho Cecile's plans are working. 

Cecile keeps influencing Chester to see if he can come up with a plan to get the mask out of the museum...for Barry's sake (she lies), and he says he's called in a favor for help:  Sue Dearbon.  Apparently, Ralph is busy, and she also found a good excuse to check in on Central City.  Chester then goes over the plan to obtain the mask with Sue, and there are some roadblocks:  guards.  Chester suggests Cecile could use her powers to emotionally push them to do something else in order for Sue to grab the mask.  Cecile plays her part, and agrees to go on the mission with Sue.  Chester thinks he's got it all figured out, and planned down to the minute detail, but Sue feels that something is off...and it just seems too smooth a plan.  The plan is going smoothly for the most part, as Sue breaks into the vault where the mask is, and easily works her way around the laser beam security using some nifty dance and acrobatic moves....something she learned from dance class, apparently.  Cecile then stumbles her way in, and she gets the guard to go away with her powers.  It's then things go wrong, as Psycho Cecile grabs the mask, puts it on, and manages to mind control Sue into subduing herself with a knockout dart.  She then takes off, ready to wreak havoc on the  city with her powers.  Later on, Sue manages to get back to STAR Labs, and they discuss everything that went down, and Sue immediately roasts Chester for not listening to her when she had her suspicions.  Chester feels guilty when he realized that Psycho Cecile preyed upon his fears about replacing Cisco, and took advantage of him.  He feels he failed, and doesn't deserve to be a part of Team Flash, and he bails.  

Back in Cecile's head, Barry is trying to find a way out, because he knows if they die in her mind, they die out in the real world.  Cecile seems extremely afraid to get out, and is helpless against the fear.  Barry makes an attempt to escape, but another version of Cecile in a straightjacket pops up, and it's Psycho Pirate, trying to prevent Barry from leaving...zaps him once again, and he winds up back in the cell.  He realizes this is a sanitarium, and Cecile confesses it's one in Houston, Texas.  She had a stay there when she was in law school, because she studied so hard, and didn't come home when her mother got sick with cancer.  Her mother ended up dying without her being there, and that has weight heavily on Cecile the whole time.  She felt guilty and ashamed, and decided the only way to deal with it was to lock it away, and focus on her work.  It got her to where she is at, but she never really coped with the loss of her mother.  Barry let's her know that he understands all too well about what it's like to feel hopeless and helpless when losing a mother.  But he says she can escape this realm, but only if she finally confronts her guilt and fears.  When he DID ask how she got there earlier, she did mention she wound up there after the lightning strike, but that was two weeks ago.  So, they definitely have to find a way out...and Cecile HAS to do it.

In the real world, Chester is in his workshop when Iris pops in, and tries to give him a pep talk.  He said he never wanted to replace Cisco, just work WITH him.  And he doesn't feel like he belongs on Team Flash.  Iris disagrees, and says that they all make mistakes, and that he can't feel guilty about it.  Chester said he hardly knows them, and she says that while Cisco was the lynchpin, it took time for all of them to get to know each other.  He then said he'd work harder to up his game, and it's then he gets a revelation.  The chair he's in with the speakers...amplify.  He says he knows what Psycho Cecile's plans are to keep Cecile has a host for a long while---The Thinker's Chair in the basement of the building.  Just then, Psycho Cecile has found the chair, and sits in it---activating it, ready to amplify her powers. He says he's got a crazy idea, but Iris says crazy will work at this point.  He has her run interference, blasting her and distracting her while he executes his plan.  So, Iris plays hit and run with Psycho Cecile, as she tries to destroy her. 

Back in the Dreamscape, Barry and Cecile try one more time to face down Psycho Pirate...and know that the portal will open, but only when Cecile faces her fear.  Pirate takes out Barry again, because his powers don't work...only when Cecile can overcome Psycho Pirate that she would escape.  Cecile DOES manage to overcome he fear and guilt...not allowing the death of her mother haunt her anymore...and they destroy the Pirate in her head...this allows Barry's powers to activate, and they make good on their escape back to the real world.  At that moment, as Psycho Cecile tries to kill Iris, and protect herself, Chester leaps from out of nowhere with a katana blade, and impales the back of the chair...shorting it out, and ending Psycho Cecile's threat.  At that moment, Barry wakes up, and Cecile comes back.  

Caitlin is seeing the mask to ARGUS in Star City, and Cisco is building a psychic proof shield around it, to prevent it from trying to take over a new host.  Sue apologizes to Chester, and she says that she's going to stick around Central City for awhile, and invites everyone to her place for a party.  Everyone agrees, but Cecile has to rain check, because she needs to clear things up with Joe.  Barry and Iris make sure that Chester comes along, but he DOES warn them NOT to be around the lab if they wanna get freaky.  Back home, Cecile informs Joe of everything that went down, and told her story to him.  He's understanding, and says that she should never fear of telling him anything.  They agree to no more secrets.  He fills her in on what he's been doing with his investigation into Kramer.  Turns out, she led her group into an ambush, and she was the only one to come out alive.  She set her platoon up to be killed by the metahuman.  Joe and Cecile realize that she's working for the enemy.  

I give TOTAL props to this episode to Danielle Nicolet---the woman was given a great story for Cecile, and she nailed it---both as Cecile and the Psycho Pirate.  She has GREAT facial expressions when she's being evil or mischievous.  She played her part to the hilt in this episode, and it was fantastic work.  Also, kudos to Brandon McKnight, who's really starting to develop Chester a lot better, and giving him some meat to chew on this episode.  Chester, of ALL of Team Flash...has the hardest adjustment:  he's STILL the new guy, and he has to get to KNOW these people better....and he's gotta live up to Cisco's reputation...and that isn't easy.  His first real mission, and it backfired....but he realizes that the team has his back, and that they'll be more mistakes.  But now he does realize the show is his...and when he DID need to step up...he did.  

How great is it to have Sue Dearbon back?  That was a surprise this episode, and it's cool that she's getting to feel and be a part of Team Flash for the meanwhile (at least until they cast a new Ralph), but it'll be interesting to see Sue's dynamic with the team.   And yeah...we're all laughing at Barry and Iris, as they are ALL over the place in the baby department.  We needed comical moments from them, and this is a good start.  Kind of miss the lightheartedness between Barry and Iris...too much has gone down, and they haven't had a breather---so, I'd really like to see more of THAT kind of chemistry between our married heroes.  And as for Joe's investigation----we ALL knew something was fishy about Kramer and her story---and Joe's hit a goldmine of info.  Now...how long before they're able to nail Kramer to a wall?  It's going to take something catastrophic before the exposure of Kramer happens, but when it does...who WON'T be cheerleading?  Woman's a bitch, and a traitor...simple as that. 

This was a good episode, and we needed this after the last storyline...which I wasn't a fan of.  Now, I'm hoping we can start kicking things into high gear before the season finale.  Godspeed is still around the corner.  And when does Frost get back?  We need her banter around the team.  

So, everyone...did YOU like what y ou saw this week?  Subscribe and leave a comment below...most interested in what YOU have to say on the matter of the Fastest Man Alive.  

Until next time....Keep on running! 

BATWOMAN 2.16

 

RECAP - BATWOMAN  2.16:  "Rebirth"  

Gotham is heating up, and it doesn't look like there will be ANY calm for the forseeable future. Even with the Crows now shut down, it won't stop Black Mask from continuing his vendetta against Jacob Kane.  He's gotten his Sionis back...in the form of Kate Kane.  But he plans on killing Kane...and his daughter Mary.  So, thanks to Alice...they've been warned.  Meanwhile, Luke is recovering from his near fatal shooting at the hands of Agent Tavarov.  But he's got much on his mind.  Batwoman continues her quest to take down Black Mask, and Alice is now on a quest to save Kate....and has her father in tow.  

This episode gave us a look at Luke going through some serious deep thinking about his life and his place in the world.  He's not exactly feeling it, being  a part of the Bat Team at this moment.  So much so, that when Batwoman tries to save a man from being killed by the returning Tatiyana to Gotham, he's not around when she needs him to alert the medics to get help for the poor guy who almost got gutted.  He pretty much told Ryan that he wasn't happy that she woke him up.  He didn't WANT to come back.  She and Mary decide to give him space, but he's really not feeling life right now.  This leads us to him meeting up with Tavarov in a bar after he finds out that Tavarov was released on bail.  While he's in the bar, he meets up with Tavarov, and they have words.  Luke is going on no fear in the moment, and decides to get into a poker game with him....all the while, this other man sits at the bar with him...chatting mildly, but keeping some sense of conversation with him.  The man eventually sits with him at the game, and watches Luke beat Tavarov, who was playing the house, and Luke knew the house cheated...so, he cheated back.  This gets him and Tavarov out in the ally, and they start to throw blows, and Tavaorov, being the former Crow and cop, easily handles Luke.  This brings out the other man, who we know is John Diggle.  Diggle breaks it up, and Tavarov threatens "Star City" with some violence, but John easily puts him down, and tells him to beat it.  John sits with Luke, and knows him as Lucius Fox's son.  Luke talks about how he was shot by Tavarov, and that in his subconscious, he saw his dad, and he didn't want to wake up.  He didn't want to be in a world where he was getting shot at, or anyone else for that matter.  Diggle talks about his dad dying overseas when he was serving in the Marines.  John says that Luke needs to take the anger he has and bottle it up, and use it for good.  John is in town to get a nurological scan (apparently, he's had some headaches, and we are wondering why).  But then we see the Bat Signal shining in morse code, asking Luke for help.  Diggle sends him on his way. 

Now, while Batwoman was dealing with Tatiyana, and wondering why SHE was back, Alice and Luke managed to kidnap Sersi Sionis (Kate), from her plush apartment out in Los Angeles, where Black Mask had set her up as some kind of model, and out of Gotham City prying eyes....along with a new PR gimmick to erase ANY of her insane past at Arkham.  Safiyah is in town to clear up some business, and she and Black Mask have been working together a little.  Safiyah asks how he got Sersi's face on Kate, he says that Alice did it.  Safiyah calls him and idiot, because Alice is Beth Kane...much to Roman's surprise. With Kate now with her sister and dad, they begin to try and reconnect her memory.  Kate does begin to show flashes of her past, as she imagines herself in a locked room, with Beth on the other side, letting her know she's there.  Ocean comes in with a box full of objects and things to jog Kate's memory.  He also takes the time to introduce himself to Jacob....he actually wants her dad to like him.  However, Tatiyana and Safiyah's goons crash the party, and while Alice gets Kate to safety, she's captured, along with Jacob.  Jacob is taken by Black Mask, who wants to avenge the death of his daughter.  So, the goons he had capture Jacob are actually cops on the take, who arrest him for aiding and abetting Alice---and Roman plans on ruining Jacob by exposing Alice as his daughter.  Alice herself is taken by Safiyah....who wants her island paradise back, because Alice burned hers to the ground.  

Batwoman and Mary are on the hunt for Tatiyana, and they come across another former victim of Sersi Sionis, due to the fact that Jacob finally told Mary that Kate is alive.  So, the search for Kate begins, as Jacob is now in jail...going to Metropolis in a transfer to keep him out of danger. He makes Mary promise to reunite her sisters.  And that he loves her and is proud of her.  That being said, Batwoman goes to check on the lawyer of Sersi's, only to find him dead, and his eyes gouged out.  Tatiyana is on the scene again, and her and Batwoman fight once more, but Tatiyana says this is not her fight, and bails. 

While trying to find Luke, and get him back to the Cave, because they need his help....Batwoman actually runs into Kate.  She takes her back to Wayne Enterprises, where Mary is overjoyed to see her, but Kate doesn't remember her.  Sophie soon arrives, and Kate remembers her, and they hug.  They try to get Kate to remember, but she's having a hard time.  They need Alice, but she's nowhere to be found.  Turns out, that knowing Tatiyana is in town, Safyiah must have Alice.  So...in order to get Kate back, Ryan decides to bargain with Safiyah for Alice with one thing---the Desert Rose.  Mary protests, but Ryan knows it's the right thing to do. With Alice captured by Safiyah, she sees the news report of her father's arrest, and he admits that she is his daughter, but for the public not to judge her, but look at HIS failures as a father.  So, Batwoman locates Safiyah, and offers her the plant...knowing it will restart her little island empire.  Batwoman says the plant was the only thing to tie her to her adoptive mother, but she's willing to give it to Safiyah in order to spare Alice...so that her friend can have her sister back.  Alice is freed, and she feels she's got it all...but Safiyah tells her she should know better.  Alice understands the ominous tone Safiyah took with her, and when her and Batwoman leave, Alice wants to go find Ocean.  She ditches Batwoman, and heads into the subway tunnel to their subway car to find Ocean.  She runs into Tatiyana, who is there to finally kill her off.  But Alice kills her instead.  She then reaches the subway car, where she finds Ocean...dead for real, this time. Safiyah's ominus warning coming true. 

Kate and Sophie try to connect, but Kate is still fuzzy, and needs a drink.  She tells Sophie where to get it---from her desk in her office.  When Sophie returns, Kate is gone.  Kate has gone back to Roman...stabbing his hand to the chair...wondering WHY that IF she is Sersi Sionis...that she has Kate Kane's memories.  Roman tries to play it off...but she's not buying it. Safiyah shows up, and says that Roman should tell her the truth---let the woman decide. Luke arrives back at the Cave, and Ryan tells him that she doesn't regret that she saved his life.  They hug, and it looks like they're closer now. Mary then let's Luke know that Kate is alive.

Sure, it's a jumbled way to recap what went on this week, but everyone had their story to tell.  First off...GREAT to see Diggle again!  I thought it was cool that he helped out Luke through his situation with being back among the land of the living...but angry about how he was treated, and how Tavarov walks around like he did nothing wrong.  Also thought it was nice that Diggle put Tavarov down without much effort.  Tavarov has ZERO idea just how badly Diggle could mess him up.  But what worries ME...is what in the hell is wrong with Diggle that he's in Gotham to get his head checked out?  What is THIS stemming from?  And is it something that we'll see on another show?  He DOES live in Metropolis now...so, maybe he'll figure it out with Superman?  I'm curious where THIS goes.

Jacob being arrested for Alice is bogus, but this goes to show how deep Roman's pockets run, now that he's practically exposed as Black Mask.  And we see now how close the working relationship betweeen he and Safiyah go.  But LOVE how she had to practically smack him upside the head when she told him that Alice was Beth Kane.  And we KNEW retribution was coming for Alice.  As much as she wanted Kate back, it wasn't coming without a price...and that price was her heart.  Her love for Ocean, as Tatiyana did Safiyah's brother in to prove a point to Alice...and for probably failing to get the Desert Rose back for her.  It took barganing with Batwoman---whom she has no quarrel with---to get a plant back...to start growing again. But Safiyah was going to nake Alice suffer.  And once she finds out that Tatiyana is dead at the hands of Alice...I've no doubt that Safiyah might sink her claws in to Kate...warping her mind MORESO after Roman and Enigma did their job turning her into Sersi Sionis.  

Speaking of Kate, it was pretty interesting how we see her battling the Sersi persona in her head while Alice, Jacob, and Sophie try to reach her.  She is now the trapped girl in the room, and Sersi is the psycho trying to keep her locked away.  So, the last two episodes will be very interesting to see just where Kate goes from here...and whether or not she can be saved.  Jacob confessing about Alice, and admitting his mistakes on the news was his one way of telling Alice he was sorry...and it didn't go unnoticed.  Alice actually took it to heart.  As much anger as she has had at her father....and how miserable she's made him...at the end of the day....that's her dad...and whether she likes it or not...she's still got a soft spot for him.  It was also something to note that while Kate did connect with Alice...she didn't get a chance with her father...and Mary seemed like a complete stranger to her.  But she instantly recognized Sophie.  So, how Kate battles Sersi for control of her mind and sanity will be the crux of everything going on in the next two episodes...aside from bringing Black Mask down. 

As for Luke....glad he was able to work through his issues a little...with Diggle's help.  What this means for him going down the road?  Hard to say...but hopefully, he'll be recommitted to the Bat Team from here on out.  They're going to need him....the big fight for Gotham is just ahead.

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Until next time...the Signal is OFF!

DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW 6.6

 

RECAP - DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW  6.6:  "Bishop's Gambit"  

Well, it seems that the quest to find Sara has hit a snag, as well as Sara herself trying to make her escape from Bishop and whatever HE has planned.  While the rest of the team is at John's, planning their next move, and hoping Mick finds Sara, our intrepid leader has been captured by Ava's creator, Bishop.  And Gary is out there somewhere, trying to figure out how to rescue her.  And...we have a powerless Constantine.  Things are looking up....right? 

Sara's attempt to kill Bishop didn't go exactly as planned, as she finds out that he cloned himself, so it doesn't matter what she does, he'll just clone himself again.  He says he's got the master plan to restart the human race...and make it BETTER.  And he needs Sara's help doing it. And whether she likes it or not....she WILL get on board.  At this time, Kayla and Mick arrive on the planet, and scope it out, and Kayla finds HER ship, but it's damaged, and she knows she needs a new fuel cell for it.  Mick is there to get Sara, and nothing else.  However, he ends up getting captured by the Ava squad, while Kayla just sits back...playing it smart and close to the vest.  She then sees Gary around the vicinity, and she sees him making a beeline for one of the fuel cells...calls out to the guards, and ensures that he's captured as well.  She had planned on stealing the Waverider, but it mysteriously takes off without them.  

The team has holed up at John's, and falling into their usual routines, much to the dismay of John.  John also is hiding the fact that he is now powerless, and needs Astra's help in getting it back.  Astra's training herself to learn magic, and she's improving little by little.  Ava uses whatever technology she can to get Gideon up and and running in the house, so that she can keep track of the timeline issues, while hoping Mick gets back with Sara as quickly as possible. She learns of a massacre at a mental institution back in 1956, and the woman at the center of it used the name Sara Lance.  Not leaving anything to chance, she grabs the troops, and they head back in time to find their resident alien----only to discover they've got Amelia Earhart.  They bring her back to John's, and Spooner and Behrad try the good cop/bad cop routine.  She tells of her past, and what happened to her.  She also mentions Sara briefly.  She also says that she would like to go back to her ship...and gives the team the exact location as to where it's at.  Ava and Nate go and find out that the ship she came in was the Waverider.  They try to get more out of her, but she can't remember much more.  John says there's a spell they can use to get more info, but it'll be up to Astra to cast it and control it.  Once they enact the spell, however, they discover that once Amelia got captured, she got experimented on.  The strain is hard on both Astra and Amelia, and the skin from Amelia, and she attacks.  They managed to keep her locked inside the lab once Astra breaks the spell, but Spooner can hear the alien in her head, and actually was able to communicate with it.  

While the team figures out their next move with the Amelia alien, Sara is being spied on, and blocks the camera.  But Gary somehow slithers his way through the pipes in the building, and comes through her toilet to try and rescue her.  He tells her that he found a fuel cell, and Sara orders him to go back out, and secure one of the fuel cells, so that they can get off the planet.  She has plans to end Bishop's plan once and for all.  So, when she chats him up, she puts on the charm, and says she's on board with whatever he's doing.  This makes him especially happy.  So, as he breaks down his plans to recreate humanity, we pick up to where Kayla had called out Gary, so that he'd be caught...leaving the fuel cell all to herself to get off the planet...which was her plan to begin with.  Gary is captured by the Ava guard, and taken to Nurse Ava.  He informs them of what's going on, and says that his Ava is a strong warrior, and that he takes orders from her.  He ends up having an effect on them, because now they're curious to know more about his Ava. 

Zari comes in to check on Astra and John, and John lies about his powers being fine....Astra covers for him, but they're wiped out after the spell.  Behrad is chatting with  Spooner, who's in fear of her powers growing...especially since she can communicate with the alien, and might turn out like it.  Behrad assures her she'll be fine.  The alien calls to Spooner, and she enters the lab to talk to it.  Spooner shows no fear towards it, and the alien says that Spooner has an alien in her too, and that it'll come out eventually.  The alien calls humans weak, and that the Amelia part of her is gone, and now it's just the alien.  The alien attacks Spooner, but Behrad uses his powers to fend it off.  Ava ends up killing her, and wanted answers about Sara's whereabouts....but according to Spooner...the alien said that Sara is dead. 

Sara is enacting her plan to end Bishop and dash his dreams of his new human race on the rocks, when she finds out Mick is on the planet to rescue her.  Bishop then lowers the force field, letting out all of the oxygen, and starting to kill anyone who needs it---including Kayla and Mick.  Some of the Ava Squad is also in danger, but thanks to Gary, he saves one or two of them.  Mick is trying to hang on, as Kayla is trying to drag the fuel cell to her ship to take off, when she all of the sudden can't breathe.  Mick catches up to her, and they share an oxygen mask to try and survive.  She wonders why Mick went after Sara, and why humans think it's worth the effort...he says that humans do suck...but Sara is different.  Next thing they know, is that the other life on this planet isn't friendly, and they're night stalkers.  So, Mick and Kalya hide in one of the ponds.  She admits she's a bit scared, but Mick says there's one way to deal with it....and they both get hot and heavy in the pod they hid in. 

Sara takes down Bishop, and drags him to his lab, where she plans on destroying all his work, and sees his body in a containment unit.  He tries to still convince her of his plan, but she tells him that every scar she's had is a reminder of what happened to her in her life...good and bad...and they make her who she is.  Bishop brings up the fact that he can't see any scars....at least not on THAT body, but points to the body on the table....which is that of Sara's....dead. Bishop manages to get one up on Sara, as she is in shock at the sight of her own body---dead from the wounds inflicted by the Amelia alien.

This is, arguably, the best show of the season.  We got to dig in a little more about Spooner, and who and what she might POSSIBLY be....but we DO know that she's going through some changes, and I'm curious to see what happens to her.  But the fact that she has a fear of becoming the very thing she's hated her whole life is throwing her world into a tizzy.  

As for Ava....she's crushed right now.  With Spooner delivering the Amelia alien news that Sara is dead, where does that leave her?  She still going on the mission to find her?  Just to bury her?  How will this effect her ability to lead?  They still have aliens floating about time, and they have to be able to stop it. 

Will John eventually get his powers back to full form?  Will Astra be able to help him?  It was great to see Astra chip in this week, and be more of a team player.  They're going to need her down the stretch her to deal with any threats that come by until John gets back to himself.  And how long will John be able to tolerate his mates crashing at his pad, and making it their own....essentially wrecking it. And it's breaking into his downtime with Zari.  

Will Gary manage to convince the Ava Squad to join up with him to overthrow Bishop before he puts his master plan to good use?  And what about Sara?  How will SHE cope now that she realizes she's a clone, and just saw her dead body.  And the other question we gotta know is this:  Just how hot and steamy was that little romp in the pod between Kayla and Mick?  We'll have to stick around find the answers.  And the best way for YOU to do that, is to subscribe to the page, and feel free to drop me a comment if you like----love to hear from ya!

 

Until then....Time is on our side.