DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW 6.13

 

RECAP - DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW  6.13:  "Silence of the Sonograms"  

It appears as if Sara Lance's worst nightmare won't go away---and he's come back to cause even MORE trouble.  We find out this week just who's returned for more trouble, and it's going to now effect EVERYONE on the team.  Meanwhile, John Constantine continues to battle his own dark aspect of himself, as the dark magic continues to dominate him, and it's caused concern for Zari.  Meanwhile, Mick is getting closer to his due date with the eggs Kayla implanted into his head, and who knows what's going to happen when he gives birth.  And Ava...well...her and Sara are still trying to plan a wedding around all of this.  So, how did it all play out this week?  Let's see.....

Sara's shocked look took on a whole new life of its own this episode, as Bishop returned.  Sara had THOUGHT he was destroyed in his lab, but thanks to Kayla---looking to survive and get off the planet after being abandoned---made a pact with Bishop by downloading the last bit of data on him onto a drive, and simply installed it in Gideon when she fixed the hyperdrive.  Sara, naturally, puts him in the containment field, but the problem is....for HER anyway....he's going to play his mind games with everyone on board.  She orders Spooner to keep tabs on him, and if he gets out of line---to shoot him.  The first domino to fall, naturally, is Ava.  Ava wants a crack at trying to outwit him to see what his long term plans are.  As much as Sara isn't really FOR it, she believes in Ava enough to let her try and find out what Bishop's long term plan is.  He begins to play on Ava's emotions----especially when it comes to her indecisiveness about the wedding plans, and when it comes to family----being a clone, Ava didn't have one....a fake family.  Bishop spends this episode actually helping Ava with planning the wedding, as well as figuring out who she is---with Sara's help, of course.

While Bishop is playing puppet master to Ava, with Sara and Nate playing actual chess, thinking Ava's playing the chess game with Bishop, he's had his ear to the ground in other things....such as the issue with John.  Zari has a chat with John about stabbing the demon in the game, and found out it was him.  John hasn't been real forthcoming with her, and she's taken notice.  She goes to Astra to see what it is he's hiding, and they assume he drank from the fountain, but the only one who'd know for sure was Spooner.  So, they ask her, and she can't remember.  Zari asks Astra to cast a spell to help Spooner recall her memory, and she does.  She says the fountain cast aside John.  But then he took a bottle out and drank from it....and it helped him kill the soldiers coming after them.  So, they make a beeline for the Constantine house, and they manage to find his flask.  Astra smells the contents, and says it's blood---and John is playing with some VERY dark magic.  Zari confronts him, and says he has a choice:  her or the bottle.  She loves him, and he does her.  He says he'll kick the addiction, and locks himself away upstairs in order to ride out the craving.  He says he's never known who he was without magic.  Zari tells him that she can be herself around him.  As she leaves to get him some tea, he gets confronted with the darker part of himself...who mocks and taunts him about who he really is, and can't shake him.  

On top of all of this----Mick is going  into labor with the eggs Kayla implanted in his head.  While she's bailed the ship...since they arrived back on Earth, she got HER ship, and took a powder, Gary's been helping Mick prep for childbirth.  However, there's a snag:  unless they find a way to get nutrients TO the eggs swirling about his head, they'll start to attack Mick's brain and eat it...thus killing him.  Bishop DOES offer a way to help him, with a mixture that they put in Mick's hear to help ease the pregnancy along (though Sara, with her half-alien DNA now, drinks it like a smoothie).  

Sara had Gideon scan Bishop, and---as Bishop confessed---this is the last version of him available.  There was a part missing when he got regenerated, and he's 100% human.  He keeps stringing Sara and the team along, professing that he's changed his tune, and wants to get to know them, because he's never had any real friends for family...and that the one thing he's learned is humility.  It turns out to be total garbage, because he manages to override all of Gideon's orders given to her by Sara....as it turns out, he's got 6% of Sara's DNA in him....so now he has her abilities, and can think like her as well.  He takes control of the ship, and locks the halls down, just as Mick is going into labor, and they need to get him to the medbay.  Sara tries to fight him, and falls to him.  He makes his way to the medbay, and ends up delivering Mick's babies himself....through Mick's nose.  But in the process...he takes Mick's comlink.  He ends up showing everyone the healthy eggs, and Mick's hair falls out, and it looks as though HE will be back to his normal self soon.  Bishop then decides to put himself back into containment...as a "show of faith" to Sara.  Thing is...he's still playing the entire team, as he's gotten to know them, and he's now turned his focus on to John.  

Meanwhile, John is back home getting thrashed about the room by his darker half.  John says he's done with it all, tosses the flask and pulls out his comlink, and is ready for anything the demon throws at him.  So, after getting beat down and tossed about more.  John finally drinks from the flask to try and battle his other self...but then we see that he is gone, with his darker self now in control, and he takes the comlink, and begins to chat with Bishop...who has plans for the both of them.  Meanwhile, Sara and Ava realize that he suckered them all, and now have a HUGE problem on their hands.

Well...we should've known Bishop wasn't QUITE done in this storyline as yet...and his annoyance has now reached a tad bit more sinister level---especially now that he's got part of Sara's DNA in him, he knows how to prey on the other members of the team.  He got Mick's comlink, and I STILL think he'll use the eggs to spawn more soldiers.  He played Ava like a fiddle, and despite her own strengths---her main weakness has ALWAYS been that she's a clone...not a real human.  And despite everything her and Sara have gone through and built...she still has those doubts, and Bishop used them to exceptional ability.  He now can access everything Sara can, and can fight as well as Sara can, so it puts her at a disadvantage...because she has to fight herself in a sense.  

As for John....his issues are only getting worse.  His addiction to the blood potion given to him to get his magic back, as allowed the darker part of his personality to take over.  John has always been the one guy who walked that fine line between good and evil, light and dark, Heaven and Hell.  He's extremely flawed, and has NEVER found out the kind of person he CAN be without magic----but Zari seemed to be the one that might be able to give him a glimpse into a life without it.  He does love her.....but is that love more than the love of magic?  As for Zari---she's never felt like her REAL self until she hooked up with John.  But as I have stated before---this love CANNOT last, and WILL not last.  John Constantine is a being who can harness both good AND evil...and keep that balance.   But in that process...love, passion, romance, relationships....they are NOT for him.  This romance is doomed to fail....because it HAS to.  For John to be "normal"...he has to have magic....and he has to be that being who walks between two worlds....to keep said balance.  With the dark aspect in firm control, it's going to create havoc for the team.  THIS is where Astra REALLY needs to step up.  This is the moment that she has been preparing for.  She is going to play  a key role in getting John back to where he needs to be.  

This episode, and the final two of this season, will be the best this season has produced.  This show has kind of plodded along, although the Bishop story has kinda laid in the background, and now taken full root towards the end...but now the team is faced with a dire situation, and I feel the comedy will be a bit less.  John's soul is on the line, as well their own futures, and that of the universe if Bishop continues to play mad scientist.  Just the thing Sara and Ava need before heading down the aisle.  But...what would the Legends be without a rocky road on the way to some happiness?  

What did YOU all think of this week's installment?  How do you see things playing out, knowing that we're closer to the permanent departure of Constantine, and Mick's eventual departure as well?  Subscribe and leave a comment below.

Until the penultimate episode.....Time is on our side. 

SUPERMAN & LOIS 1.15

RECAP -  SUPERMAN & LOIS  1.15:  "The Last Sons of Krypton"  

Our first season of Superman & Lois has been QUITE a ride...both with the action and the drama.  The journey The Man of Steel and his family took us on was intriguing, and now we have reached the end of this first arc for The Kents, and I'm excited to see what the future holds for the Super Family of Smallville.  So, now that Tal-Rho...Morgan Edge...has fully become the Eradicator, he is set to carry out the plans of reshaping Earth into the new Krypton...and he's going to use Superman's son, Jordan, now possessed by the essence of Tal-Rho's father, Zeta, to help him in his quest.  It's up to Superman and Steel...along with the DOD...to quell the threat.  How did our heroes fare?  Let's find out....

With Leslie Larr in custody once again, Superman and Lois are distraught, as they have no idea where Jordan is, and what Edge has done with him.  John has his AI computer scanning for both Jordan and Edge, but nothing.  He orders it to continue the search, and widen the range.  Leslie mocks them and says that they'll never stop Tal and his plan as she's led away.  Superman promises his wife that he won't give up until they get their son back.  He tells John to stay behind while he continues the search.  Meanwhile, Sara has brought her parents to help out Jon and General Lane, who has a serious injury.  Sam isn't interested in getting help, but Kyle insists he get looked at.  Sarah asks Jon why Edge would take Jordan.  Meanwhile, Lois catches up with the guards that have Leslie in custody, and Lois wants to know what Edge did with her son.  Leslie taunts her, and says that she can't stop what's coming...and neither can Superman.  While Leslie continues to rub salt in the wound, Tal and Zeta...now in Jordan's body, are ready for their final phase of the plan to change Earth into Krypton.  

The townsfolk have gathered at the DoD headquarters, and they are restless.  They want answers, and won't leave until they do.  Chrissy Beppo then asks the question Sam is going to have to be forced to answer:  Edge was not captured.  Sam tells them no.  And the town wonders if he will be back, and what he will do.  They don't have to wait long, because Edge has appeared in the sky above them.  While Superman has flown out into space just above the Earth...and tries to listen to Jordan...and screams out his name.  He then hears Jordan all out to him.  He then flies out to a volcano, where he finds Jordan.  They hug, and he asks Jordan what happened, but Jordan doesn't know, all he remembers is the accident.  But then Jordan powers up and blasts his dad with heat vision.  Zeta then appears and he says that Jordan has been eradicated.  He keeps beating down Superman, and Superman doesn't fight back.  Zeta tells him that Jordan was the perfect vessel for his plan---because of his unique DNA.  Zeta wonders why Kal-El won't fight back....after all, he was willing to sacrifice his own son Tal in order to rebuild Krypton.

Steel is back in Smallville, and he knows that Edge is about to attack the town, and it's time for him to step up and bring him down.  As Steel tries to do all he can to hold off Edge, Superman is still trying to get to Jordan, but Zeta keeps beating Superman, and tells him that there is nothing Kal-El can do to stop them.  Edge starts using his powers to make more Kryptonians, and General Lane and Lois start telling the townsfolk to get out of there, as Edge's new subjects take off with him.  Sam then tells Lois and Chrissy to start getting the word out to the townsfolk to get out and evacuate for their safety.  Chrissy and Lois get to work, as well as the Cushings.  Sarah asks Sam about finding Jordan, and Sam assures her that they have the best lifeform looking for her boyfriend.  

Clark is distraught, because he can't help Jordan, and wonders what more he can do to stop Zeta and Tal from completing their mission.  Lois says that Clark has shouldered a lot, and it's time for him to let THEM help him.  She tells him to worry about stopping Edge, and SHE will handle finding a way to save Jordan.  She says they can use the machine they had to reach Jordan, and try to pull him out of the darkness, like when Clark was taken over by Zod.  She says she's helped Jordan battle his darkness his whole life, and believes in the boys.  So does Clark....because they are so much like their parents.  

Chrissy is getting the word out, and the Cushings are ready to bail town, and Lana calls her mother to let her know to keep Sophie there until they arrive.  Jon comes in with all the weapons he took from John Henry, and Sam brings in more weapons, and the equipment to help Lois try and get Jordan back.  She says she has this, and tells her father to go save the world.  Then Jon is handed a weapon, and is told to back his mother.  If Jordan doesn't come out of it, Jon will have to blast him.  John Henry powers up his hammer, and it's loaded with the energy set up to take Edge down.  But it's only good for one shot, and it has to be a direct hit, so there's no way they can afford to miss.  Superman and Steel take off to face down Edge and his soldiers before he initiates his master plan.  Both men face off against the Eradicator's soldiers, and fare as well as they can.  One gets Superman into a choke hold, and then Zeta shows up...just ready to deliver the killing blow, he's blasted by Steel with some Red Kryptonite...just enough to stun him.  This allows Superman to get free of the soldiers, and it allows John Henry to grab Jordan and deliver him to the Kent Farm.  

With Jordan now back at the farm, Lois puts on the headband, and puts the other one on Jordan as well.  Zeta says that there is no way Lois will be able to find him.  Jon is ready in case anything happens to his mother, and she heads into Jordan's mind.  She sees all of Zeta's memories.  At this time, John Henry has rejoined Superman, and they start to witness the Eradicator begin to expand his powers and starts blasting the townsfolk, and they flee, trying to seek safety.  Zeta keeps mocking Lois, saying that he'll never find Jordan...but he can find HER.  Jordan wakes up as Jon approaches...wanting his brother to fight and come out of this.  It looks like Jordan is okay, but he fools Jon, and it's Zeta, as he grabs Jon by the neck, and he lifts him up...hovering as he chokes Jon.  In Jordan's mind, Lois does find Jordan, and urges him to fight. He must fight harder than he ever has before.  Jon, even with the life being choked out of him...tells his brother that he loves him.  That seems to snap Jordan back, and he fights off Zeta.  Lois comes out of the trance, and she and the boys are safe, as Jordan is back.  

With the soldiers of the Eradicator taken down, Superman and Steel begin their assault on the Eradicator himself.  John Henry's armor is failing, but he keeps going, even though his AI is telling him that he has to get back to Earth.  As Superman and Eradicator continue to battle, John Henry powers up the hammer, and it throws it directly at the Eradicator.  It finds it's mark.  The Eradicator goes down, and John Henry falls back to Earth, his systems done, and on his way to dying.  But just before he hits the Earth, he's saved by Clark.  Edge has fallen to Earth as well, but crash lands.  Leslie...in her cell once again...can feel the failure of the Eradicator's plans.  Edge, weakened, said that all he ever wanted was a family----and Kal looks at him and says he DID have it...they were brothers. 

In the aftermath, we see Superman giving an interview to Chrissy about who Morgan Edge really is, and what his plans were with the mines.  He informs them that he's no longer a threat, and that he knows that Smallville will recover---he believes in the citizens.  

With the crisis behind them, the town tries to get back to normal, and it's party time.  The Cushings are hosting, and Lois presents Chrissy with a check, as they have sold their brownstone in Metropolis, and Lois wants to buy half the paper with Chrissy.  Lois is interested in being partners, and Chrissy agrees.  Sam and John Henry talk, and he says that he's stepping away from active duty to spend more time with the family.  He feels that they'll find a suitable replacement---maybe John Henry.  Lois approaches him, and offers him a place to stay in Smallville, but he decides that he needs to go out into the world, and find a life of his own.  And he can't stay, because every time he looks at Lois...all he sees is his wife.  He doesn't know what happens next, but he might get in touch with his sister.  No matter where he goes, the Kents just want him happy.  We see Jon playing video games with his teammates, and then Tegan shows up....and things look bright for her and Jon.  Elsewhere, Sarah and Jordan finally admit their love for each other.

Clark is happy that his best friend Lana is staying in Smallville, and she's happy as well.  Later on, we see the Kents out by a tree, where they bury the crystal that had held the essence of Jor-El.  Clark says that when he was growing up, he had felt different and alone.  Jor-El had showed Kal-El all the answers to his questions, and how to fit in to this world.  He was grateful for what his father taught him.  

John is about ready to take off, doing a last check over everything, and taking a look around.  As he's about to say his farewell to the Kents, they both get a warning about something incoming fast.  Both Clark and John race out to the front of the farm, where they see a ship crash land to the ground.  As the smoke clears, the ship opens, and a young woman steps out...John recognizes her, and it's his daughter.  She has arrived on this Earth, and they both embrace.  But then she notices the Kents...specifically Lois...and calls her "Mom" as the show ends...leaving the Kents in shock. 

This was a solid ending to a first season.  They wrapped up the story in a nice bow, and while the threat of The Eradicator and Zeta is gone....we still have Morgan Edge and Leslie Larr alive and ready to cause more trouble should they escape.  But at least for NOW...we can bury any chance of a Krypton come back.  And it was also great that Clark allowed Lois and the other people in his life lend a hand...showing him--and us--that they too can handle the dangers that face our superheroes when they need to.  To ME...it's the boys themselves...Jordan and Jon...stepped up the whole season and delivered as amazing characters.  They faced each threat with courage and strength, and proved they are every bit the product of two exceptionally strong people....Lois & Clark.  We got to see General Sam Lane go from being a hardcore soldier to a man who realizes that he has a family who needs him as their father and grandfather, respectively.  It will be interesting to see how much of a role we'll see Sam Lane in next season.  We got to see the Cushings go from being incredibly dysfunctional to a tight family unit when their backs were against the wall...and a great little bit of redemption for them.  It's also good to see that the boys have managed to find love lives, and that'll create not only some sweet moments, but also---possibly---some funny ones, and there will ALWAYS be drama involved---especially when it comes to the secret that the boys MUST maintain about their father.  

Lois AND Chrissy running the paper will continue to build on THEIR dynamic ....I just hope we see more than THEM at the paper.  It's like the Central City Citizen---we only have TWO staff members:  Iris and Allegra.  Need a staff for these papers.  It lacks depth when you show these places, and the buildings seem empty or too small.  Have to make it feel REAL.  

John Henry now has a chance to go out on his own, have his own adventures, and we can help develop HIS story outside of Smallville.  But it looks like his story is going to stay in Smallville for at least the forseeable future, what with John's daughter is now on this Earth, and this will complicate things now that she sees her mother---Lois---in the flesh...but will be heartbroken to find out that this is NOT the Lois Lane of her Earth.  But this will be and interesting story nonetheless.

Anyway...what did all of YOU think of this show AND this season?  Leave me your thoughts and opinions by subscribing and commenting below.

Until next season, gang....Up, up, and away!  

STARGIRL 2.2

 

RECAP - STARGIRL  2.2:  "Summer School - Chapter Two" 

School is now in session in Blue Valley.  As Courtney serves her "sentence" for not studying and passing her classes (her own damn fault for NOT paying attention to her school work instead of spending more time being Stargirl), we have a new visitor in town, as Green Lantern's daughter has arrived.  We also still haven't seen just WHO it is Rick Tyler is taking care of in the woods (we are under the impression it's Solomon Grundy, but we haven't a clue yet), Beth is dealing with the dissolution of her parents' marriage, and Yolanda is still suffering from PTSD in the aftermath of the final battle between the JSA & ISA.  Pat now has a nosey mechanic named Zeke who's looking to upgrade S.T.R.I.P.S.E.Y., and Barbara is just trying to keep the family unit together.  And then there's Cindy Burman---now in possession of Eclipso, and she's out to recruit her new team of Injustice, Unlimited. 

We see Cindy's stepmother to start the show drinking and smashing things all around the house, and getting ready to bail, until she answers the door, and it's Cindy, with Eclipso, and she ends up having Eclipso possess her stepmother.

We cut back to the past, where we see Jenny, who's an orphan, being let go from the orphanage because she's no longer a minor, but before she leaves, she's given this tin that possesses some objects in it given to her by the head of the orphanage, Mrs. Ordway...a picture of her and her brother Todd...and the GL ring.  She looks at it, and it powers up, attaches itself to her hand, and then leads her off.  In present day, in the wake of destroying the downstairs portion of the Dugan household, Jenny and Courtney apologize for the damage, and Jenny says she's the daughter of Alan Scott, and that grabs Pat's attention.  When they inquire who that is, he says that he was Green Lantern.  Jenny finds out that Pat was Stripsey, and is pleased to meet him.  She hopes that he can teach her how to use the ring like he taught Courtney how to use the staff.  Courtney isn't convinced that Jenny is who she says she is, but Pat wants Court to give her the benefit of the doubt. As Jenny crashes in Courtney's room, she sees the pictures of the Dugan family, and takes out the pic of her and her brother Todd.  The next day, Jenny has made breakfast for everyone, and Pat says he's taking Jenny to the garage to help her learn how to use the ring, and Court wants to go, but she's got school.  At school, Courtney fills Yolanda in about Jenny, and her doubts, and wonders why Yolanda is in summer school, and Yolanda said her parents enrolled her to keep her out of trouble.  Also in summer school class is Isaac Bowen...who's not real thrilled to be there.

Rick is SUPPOSED to be in school as well, but he's out in the forest, picking up the mess of the food he left for whatever he's taking care of out in the woods.  He leaves some more food out, and keeps looking back, as the mysterious figure is hiding in the bushes looks on.  Rick gets a call from Beth, who tells him to head to Pat's garage, they have a new superhero in town, and she wants him to check it out. Once at the garage, we see Zeke putting on the flamethrower on S.T.R.I.P.S.E.Y., and Pat actually likes the improvements, and Zeke takes his leave, as the kids gather at the garage to meet Jenny.  Pat tries to see what the issue is with the lantern and how Jenny can make it work by opening it up.  However, the lantern blasts him. He wonders just HOW Jenny can use the ring, considering that when GL had it, he had to charge it once every 24 hours.  He gives her the basics of how the ring works.  So, Jenny focuses on what she wants, and manages to create a car.   Meanwhile, Courtney complains to Yolanda about why Pat and everyone is taking Jenny's word at face value...though she does make killer pancakes. 

We go back to Cindy's stepmom, and we see her cleaning up the mess she had made earlier, and we hear Eclipso in her head saying she almost got away, but didn't.  She said that the only thing she can do is kill her stepdaughter to be free.  She takes a knife and sees that she must kill Cindy. Pat is disappointed in her. Pat wants to know why Courtney is all up in Jenny's business, and understands that Courtney didn't have her father, but she still has a family.  Jenny is still trying to FIND hers.  Courtney admits that she feels like a fraud around Jenny....because she feels she's perfect, and Courtney herself isn't. Pat asks Courtney to give Jenny a chance, and then gets a call from Barb.  He then takes off and tells Courtney to fix things with Jenny.  When she asks where he's going, he tells her he'll handle it.  When Jenny comes back, Courtney does her best to apologize to Jenny, and says that Jenny is perfect because she has real super powers, and that she's got it all....but all this does is upset Jenny because she's upset because she knows he DOESN'T have everything, and she was hoping that the ring would help her find her brother, but it hasn't, and she lashes out, and strikes the lantern.  They all look in shock, as the lantern is powering up more and more.  They realize that it's going haywire, and they need to see if they can contain it.  

While the kids are trying to figure out what to do with an out-of-control lantern, Pat heads to the diner to meet up with Richard Swift.  He gets to talking to Swift about classic cars and antiques, trying to gauge what this guy is all about.  As they make idle chatter, Pat, facing the window, sees the kids racing past the diner, with a green glow emanating from them.  He excuses himself, and races out of the diner to catch up with the kids.  Once in the park, Pat asks what's going on, and they say that the lantern's power is out of control.  Courtney realizes that it's Jenny herself powering the lantern...and her emotional state is the reason why.  She tells Jenny to try and control it.  As Jenny tries to, but the lantern ends up exploding....and a crater is in the middle of the area of the team, but it turns out Jenny was able to save them....but the power is completely HER.  And she can fly.  The next day, Courtney wakes up on the couch, and asks Barbara about Jenny, but her mother says that Jenny had taken off before they all got up.  Courtney goes down to the basement, and sees Pat going over a file from the JSA .  Courtney apologizes to Pat about her behavior, and Jenny made her realize that family is the most important, and she'll start putting them AND Courtney Whitmore first, and Stargirl second.  Pat's happy to hear that, but he tells her that they're going to need Stargirl sooner than later.  When she asks why, he tells her about Richard Swift...who's an old JSA enemy named The Shade...and he is BAD NEWS.

Cindy comes home, looking to get dinner from her mother, but her stepmother is waiting for her, and attacks her.  They fight a little, but Eclipso possesses Cindy, and ends up destroying her mother.  Cindy fights to regain control, and Eclipso said he did what he had to in order to protect Cindy, because her stepmother was going to kill her.  Cindy says she could handle herself, and that SHE is in control, and if Eclipso pulls that stunt again, she'll put him back where she found him. She then leaves the house as the episode ends. 

Another quality episode, as we got the introduction of The Shade to the canvas, as well as more background into Jenny's past, and why it is Courtney had issues with her.  Plus, we see just how destructive Eclipso can be, and Cindy got a taste herself of that power.  Plus, we know SOMETHING is out in the forest that Rick is taking care of...but we STILL don't see it.  I'm still convinced it's Grundy, but they're going to keep this under wraps for now.  

I do think it was a nice nod by the show runners to give the name of the head of the orphanage the name of Mrs. Ordway---in honor of former JSA artist as well as Infinity, Inc. writer/artist Jerry Ordway....who also created the character of Jenny Lynn Haden, as well as her brother Todd...for the comics.  Also love that they've been able to stay fairly true to Jenny's origin as far as the nature of her powers---with them NOT because of the power ring, but because she's a metahuman herself.  To see Courtney become envious of her...because she's sweet, kind, and grateful for what she's given...makes Courtney extremely suspicious.  Courtney seems out of character here, since she gave everyone else on her own team a chance, and became friends with them, even though everyone ELSE cast them out.  For her to dump on Jenny because she came from out of town, and no one really knows her, but takes her at face value, has got Courtney on edge.  But then again, Courtney's been a little TOO hyped about being a superhero, and LESS about being Courtney Whitmore.  She's put aside school and just being a daughter for being Stargirl.  And hopefully it's taken Pat and Barbara trying to make her understand that...while being a hero is a wonderful thing...you're STILL just a normal person under the mask...and that person has a life of her own.  Seeing the struggles Jenny has had---not having her father around, and not being able to find her brother...growing up in an orphanage...having powers hasn't made her life better.  She's still lonely, and has no family to speak of.  So, with her powers now cemented in the wake of the lantern being destroyed....she now has the ability to go find her brother Todd.  

We didn't really dive more into Beth or Yolanda's issues this week...they took a back seat so that the show could focus on Jenny, and how she comes to terms with her powers, and getting to know the team.  But I am sure the show runners WILL address those issues in the near future.  And we also know Mike wants to get in on the action, now that he's aware of everything that's going on.  I'm also still convinced Zeke is someone MUCH MORE than what he says he is.  And it appears either Pat LIKES what Zeke has done, or just can't bring himself to tell Zeke the absolute truth.  But I'm hoping we find out more about HIM as the show moves forward.

We finally met yet another old member of the ISA in The Shade.  He certainly carries himself like a villain, even making Barbara creeped out when they met.  What he wants with The Wizard's old equipment is interesting, and it makes me wonder if there's OTHER ISA equipment laying about that he's got an eye on....and what's his purpose with it?  Either way, both Barbara and Pat are aware that this guy is bad news.  

Cindy got a REAL good taste of just how nasty and powerful Eclipso is.  At first, Eclipso just effected her stepmother, forcing her to try and kill Cindy, only to take over Cindy for a short time, just enough to destroy her stepmother.  As much as Cindy likes to THINK she's in charge...Eclipso has his own plans...and she's honestly got NO IDEA what she's gotten herself into.  But interested to see just WHO she starts trying to recruit next.  We DID get to see Isaac Bowen this week, and he's in that emo/anger stage in the wake of his mother's death...so I'm sure HE won't be hard to convince to join the cause against the JSA.  I'm curious as to when she'll try to recruit Mike Dugan, though.  See how she can try and turn him against the family.  

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Until then....Keep your eyes on the stars.

DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW 6.12

 

RECAP - DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW  6.12:  "Bored On Board Onboard"  

The Legends spend this week jumping from one game to another, as it's time to head back to Earth from their bowling adventure, only to have more obstacles thrown in their way.  We also get a return of someone we've not seen in a few episodes, and left with a cliffhanger for the next episode at the end.  We also see John continue to struggle with the dark magic he's been messing with.  So, with that in mind, we'll see just how much trouble our time travelling heroes get into this week...

Tensions were running high this week, due to the fact that the jump drive aboard the Waverider was damaged in last week's adventure, because John used his nifty new magic to manipulate the ship to jump to the point in space where the cosmic alley was.  So, in an effort to conserve energy for the long trip home (which amounts to about 3 days, roughly), all electronic devices were shut down to conserve power enough to get back to Earth.  We see Ava and Sara going over their wedding planner, where there was discussion about who they could invite to the ceremony, and Ava split guests up into 4 groups:  A,B,C, & D.  Somehow, Barry Allen makes the "D" list, and Ava's thinking is that IF Barry and Iris show up, chances of the wedding being crashed by a supervillain seems to be a 100% guarantee.  Even as they tell everyone to park the electronics on board, they're still debating guests, including Ava's fake parents, and Black Siren Laurel Lance, with whom Sara refers to as her sister from another world.  We see John and Zari upset because John barged into Behrad's yoga session and ruined the chi of Behrad, and they got into a spat.  Behrad's been looking at John a little differently the last couple of weeks, as he's seen a change in John.  

The team is bored, and Sara decides that they need to break things up with a little game.  Now, Gary had an idea for a board game earlier, but everyone blew him off.  Turns out, it's the best option for the team to pass the time until the ship arrives back on Earth.  They each choose characters, and Gary begins to set the stage, but John---still bored---decides to spice things up by casting a spell, transporting the team (except Gary and Mick...who was preoccupied elsewhere), back to his house, but everyone's decked out in costume according to their characters they've chosen.  The rules of the game are simple:  defeat the beast by finding out WHO the killer is, and they return back to the ship.  So, in much the theme of those "murder mystery" events, this is what the team is now involved in.  Gary is wondering where they're at, but begins to set the stage for the game by moving the pieces around, and being the narrator for the game.  

However, Gary gets interrupted by Gideon, who sends out an alert about another ship in the vicinity, and Mick, obviously annoyed, wants to blast the ship out of the sky.  However, he doesn't have authority to do so, and he misses the chance to destroy it.  The ship docks above the Waverider, and its passenger arrives aboard the Waverider:  Kayla.  She managed to avoid death on the alien planet that was inhabited by Bishop, and she isn't overly happy that she was abandoned by Mick.  She wants her ship, but it's back on Earth, and they have to take the long way back, because the jump drive is damaged.  Kayla offers to help fix it, so she can get what she wants.  So, before her and Mick go to work on the jump drive, Gary warns Mick to NOT trust Kayla, and to NOT let her know he's pregnant---she'll eat his head AND the babies.  Mick, not too enthused, goes to help Kayla.  

Back at the game, the team is eating dinner, getting into their roles.  There's some light bickering when the game claims it's first victim:  Ava.  The detective of the group is the one who gets bumped off, and she has to excuse herself from the game, as the rest of the team throw accusations as to whom the killer is.  Ava isn't allowed to talk as she leaves, and Behrad would just as soon leave the game, because he has no interest in playing, though he DOES accuse John.  However...things get real as Nate is stabbed from behind----for real.  He's dead, and no one saw who the killer was.  John just wanted to liven up the game a bit, but now it's taken a dark turn.  As they now have to take this game seriously---they know they ONLY way for the game to end is to solve the mystery...otherwise, they're stuck in this loop for good.  Sara then goes to check on Ava, with whom she finds has been killed for real.  And before Sara can take point and lead the team, she is also killed when the lights are knocked out.  When they come back on, everyone looks at their player cards, and Spooner shows hers that says that EVERYONE is going to die.  Spooner at this juncture takes the lead, and says that they're going to find out who the beast is, and kill him.  Her and Astra head upstairs to find it, while John is weak from his magic, and Behrad and him argue some more, and Zari is caught in the middle between her brother and her boyfriend.  John says he's heading into the attic to prevent anymore issues.  Brother and sister talk, and he apologizes, but he just feels that something is off with John as of late.  Zari admits that she actually loves John.  He's never seen her like this, and feels she needs to let him know.  

Back on board the Waverider, Mick has helped Kayla regenerate a new tentacle for her real body, as she was injured on the alien planet.  They use the printer to make a new one, thus sucking more power from the ship.  Kayla, unbeknownst to Mick and Gary, has placed some device near the jump drive, and she has fixed it to get them working.  When the printer is being used once again by the floating tentacle, Gary finds it in the medbay, and starts fighting it.  Kayla turns on Mick, and says that she's doing what she's doing because he left her for dead on the planet, and the person that saved her...she's doing it for him.  So, we see some human feet being printed, as Gary continues to fight Lefty the tentacle.  Mick eventually fesses up to Kayla that he's pregnant.  She's taken aback for a bit...removes his hat, to which we've seen a full head of hair on his head----she then uses a nerve pinch move to knock him out.  

Back at the game, John is in the attic, having tried using the potion to garner his strength...because his attempt to gain a quick exit out of the game for the team resulted in him being left weakened.  Even the potion he took wasn't helping.  The beast has since killed off Spooner and Astra , which Behrad had found when John and Zari found him.  But now John is trying to bring the beast to him....and then he appears.  In a black cloak and mask, they fight, and John rips off the mask....only to find the beast is:  John himself.  The beast says he is the dark aspect of John's personality that's caused him much pain and strife.  The beast then grabs John, ready to finish him off when Behrad and Zari bust into the attic, and Zari takes the fireplace poker Behrad gave her, and she stabs the beast in the back of the neck.  The team then magically appears back on board, as the game ends.  

In the aftermath, the team realizes that they've made it home, but they have to reboot the power on the ship to get things back running.  Ava and Sara find Mick.  He's alive, but out cold.  John is weak, and says he's going to crash at the house to recover.  Zari says she'll meet him later.  Behrad apologizes to John, and tells Zari that he's going to visit the parents.  Zari heads to John's with some food she prepared to help him heal, and he's out cold sleeping.  She then sees the back of his neck...where she finds a hole in it----in the exact spot where she drove the fire poker into the beasts' neck---and makes the connection. 

As Sara and Ava tour the ship, and Gideon gets rebooted....Sara hears some strange music coming from the medbay---and when she goes to peek in on the music....she's shocked at what she finds.  

This episode gave us a "Jumanji" kind of feel, except that there were no wild animals running about the ship.  It was a murder mystery that got real very fast.  But this was made to heighten the drama.  The stakes needed to be high...especially to give John's story continued weight.  His dark side is getting stronger and stronger.  John can't get rid of the potion now...he's addicted.  Try as he could when he got home....he couldn't part with it.  John's magic has defined him as a person.  And he's always walked that fine line between the light and the dark...keeping that balance.  But lately, he's leaning into the dark, and that's bad news for everyone on board, but it also serves as a way to gain John's mystique back as a serious character, dealing with much darker and more macabre things, and get him back to his original incarnation when his show was on the air.  Plus...it will help send him off from the team after this story concludes.  And while Matt Ryan will stick around, he'll be playing a much lighter character, and will put Constantine to bed.....for now.  And we now also have the backdrop of his relationship with Zari.  This adds a little more to this story, as Zari has come to terms with her feelings for John....with us KNOWING there is no happy ending for them.  There can't be.  He needs to go off on his own, and battle the demons that not only plague the earthly plane----but also within himself. And Behrad will continue to see it...and will be forced to protect his sister should John go rogue.

Elsewhere, we now know that Kayla is alive and well (well, we never really thought she was GONE, but wondered when she would reappear), but she got help escaping the planet----and we knew HE wasn't going to be gone before the end of the season.  Bishop IS back, and that's the feet we saw being printed before the end of the show.  And now with Kayla as his muscle, he's going to be able to carry out his plan...but he really wants Sara along for the ride, because SHE is still HIS prize.  HIS key to universal domination.  As for Kayla....now that she knows Mick is pregnant---what will this mean for them?  Will she kill him, or will she see a future with Mick?  And with her, is there a chance he takes off with HER at the end of the season, and this is a way to write Dominic Purcell off the show?  And will he be around for the birth of his grandchild?  We've got a lot of questions to answer before the season ends, and we're getting closer.

This season as kind of meandered along, but with THIS episode, it looks like we're about to pick up some steam, and the final arc of this story SHOULD be better.  We haven't quite gotten the comical aspects as we have in the past, and it's been toned back a little...or it just hasn't been as funny.  I DO like that they take the time to add some heavy storytelling in the form of drama on the show.  Can't be a superhero show without SOME stakes at hand.  Now, it looks as though we're getting it with Bishop back.  

What about YOU, kids?  What did YOU think of this episode?  What do YOU see panning out for the future of the Legends?  Will Ava and Sara have a wedding without villain interference?  And will it be blamed on Barry & Iris?  Laurel?  Who knows.  Subscribe and comment with YOUR opinions and theories.  

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