Category Archives: The Flash

CW DCU Discussion: January 30-February 1, 2017

Supergirl: “We Can Be Heroes”
A tighter episode than last week’s sees Supergirl, Mon-El, and Guardian work together when Livewire escapes from prison. Or was she kidnapped?

The Flash: “Dead or Alive”
As Team Flash plot to change Iris’s future, Vibe battles a metahuman bounty hunter for the life of H.R.

Legends of Tomorrow: “The Legion of Doom”
The villainous alliance faces challenges from within as the heroes try to save Rip and history.

Arrow: “Second Chances”
Ollie teams up with Talia al Ghul, Felicity attempts to free Diggle, and the Team encounter the new Black Canary.

CW-DCU Discussions: “Borrowing Problems from the Future,” “Raiders of the Lost Art,” and “Who Are You?”

I have to admire Legends of Tomorrow for completely embracing the crazy. This week, the Legends face off against the Legion of Doom in 1967 over the spear that pierced Jesus’s side– in order to save the career of George Lucas!

Seriously. That was the plot.

A rather grim scene involving the still-living Rip Hunter ends the ep on a different tone.

Meanwhile, on Flash and Arrow….

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CWDCU Discussions- Supergirl: “Changing” and The Flash: “Shade”

Supergirl and her allies face down a version of Power Parasite, with elements of Lovecraft and Environmentalism. James Olsen, whose comic-book career has had him play superhero more than once, makes his first appearance as obscure DC superhero, The Guardian.

On The Flash, Alchemy plots something diabolical, Wally wants to become Kid Flash, Caitlin reveals her powers, a new metahuman casts shade, and the new Harrison continues to irritate. And why is Barry’s new labmate not around? Could he be….?

Here’s the place to discuss this week’s first half of CWDC Universe shows.
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DC Television Discussion: Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow

Supergirl: “Survivors”
The Maid of Might uncovers an alien Fight Club, and we learn something about Miss Martian that won’t be too surprising to comic-book fans, but which may mean something different in the DC TV-verse.

The Flash: “Monster”
Cisco has suspicions about the new Harrison, as the Flash meddles with a mystery that wouldn’t be out of place on Scooby-doo (though the monster itself has a sort of “Alien meets Cloverfield” design). Caitlin gives her mother’s advice the cold shoulder.

Arrow: “Targets”
Church, shockingly, learns the Arrow’s identity, and Ollie must take desperate actions.

Legends of Tomorrow: “Abominations”
The Legends battle zombies during the Civil War. Does anyone else feel like the episodes this year have premises generated by a game of Mad Libs?

Supergirl: “Welcome to Earth” / The Flash: “The New Rogues”

Supergirl guards the endangered American President (Lynda Carter), Mon-El (Chris Wood) awakens, and Renee Montoya Maggie Smith (Floriana Lima) joins forces with Alex Danvers. We learn that this Earth is very familiar with aliens, M’gann M’orzz (Sharon Leal) reveals herself to fellow Martian J’onn J’onzz, and Snapper Carr (Ian Gomez) continues to have no appreciable connection to his comic-book namesake.

The Flash and Jesse Quick (Violett Beane) join forces with an old Rogue (Wentworth Miller) against a couple of new Rogues, Mirror Master (Gray Damon) and Top (Ashley Rickards). Meanwhile, the team interview for a new Harrison Wells and Caitlin Snow lives up to her name.

Discussion below:

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Flash: “Magenta” Arrow: “A Matter of Trust” Legends of Tomorrow: “The Justice Society of America”

The Flash teams up with Jesse Quick to take on a metal-warping metahuman with anger issues.

Two of Ollie’s new recruits act on their own and, in the process, knock a drug dealer into one of those vats of mutagenic goop lying around the DCU. The team must come together to take on the resulting new metahuman, as Ollie deals with his implausible second life as mayor and Diggle faces imprisonment.

The Legends encounter the Justice Society of America.

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Flash and Arrow Discussion: “Paradox” and “The Recruits”

The new seasons of Arrow and The Flash continue, with Barry’s actions affecting both universes. “Paradox” is marked by angst and soft reboots, but it does feature appearances by the actual Jay Garrick Flash and the sinister Dr. Alchemy. “The Recruits” showed us Ollie’s past orientation into the Russian brotherhood and his present-day testing of some new recruits. Ragman puts in an appearance– a clear signal that anyone in the DCU might turn up– and Diggle finds himself bound for trouble.

Comments? Reviews? Easter Egg sightings?