DC TV Weekly #19

Supergirl 'Distant Sun' Review
So was this the writers plan all along? Make Mon-El kind of a jerk for the entire season and then redeem him in the end by...not being a jerk? As if that makes up for everything else? Oh yeah, let's not forget to mention that dating him has put a super huge bounty on Kara's head. This man must be like 12 Hugh Hefners in bed or else he really isn't worth the effort Kara. Dicks you around for 6 months and now his parents want you murdered, you can do better. Honestly if I gave a damn about the romances in this story this might actually ruin the season for me. But you know what does ruin at least this episode for me? Dumbass people. Mainly Mon-El's mother, she loves her son with all her heart, will do anything to get him back, and the best idea she can think of is attempt to murder his girlfriend, and when that fails murder his father instead...lady...you're dumber than a sack of hammers. In what world does someone come up with a plan like this? And don't say she was desperate or depressed or any bullshit like that, this was attempt number one. Have you tried talking to him? Coming to a compromise? Maybe he comes back to Daxam on weekends? No wonder Mon-El is a shitty character, his mother's plan makes less sense than the movie Primer. So um...yeah, a whole episode about dumbasses being dumbasses. 4/10.

The Flash 'Abra Kadabra' Review
Wally West, Kid Flash, hero of Central City, missing for half the episode, shows up with no explanation. Nit-Pick? Perhaps, but it bothered me. What doesn't bother me is the Master from Doctor Who being the villain of this weeks episode--I mean Abra Kadabra...totally no similarities between these time travel super intelligent evil goatee sporting super villains. Not that I'm complaining, I love the Master, and I love how Abra Kadabra was as cheesy as the name would suggest. Even throwing in some good drama, not just having a villain of the week. Kadabra knows Savitar's real identity, but won't tell The Flash unless he sets him free, creating good conflict and even having Barry ask if they can get away with being selfish just this once, considering how many villains they've put away (Wouldn't actually be the first time you've done it, but the scales are still in your favour). Then to top it all off, Caitlin gets slightly impaled and only seems to react by...wincing, and in the end turns back into Killer Frost because Killer Frost has healing powers (Since When!?). Honestly, a part of this episode felt very slow, maybe it was the lack of urgency in the moment with Caitlin's story, or the wasted time with Cisco and Gypsy's love life, but this episode just felt...unsatisfactory, it's hard to pinpoint what. I could still be in recovery over how great the musical was, but this was a very "okay" kind of episode. 6/10.

Legends of Tomorrow 'Doomworld' Review
Part of me feels like this could have been a one parter. I was expecting it to end with Thawne throwing the spear into the Plot Convenience-inator that Rip was just gonna show up with some time travel contraption, save the day, life goes back to normal. It woulda worked, especially seeing as that was the absolute lowest our heroes could have felt, the bad guy one, their friend was murdered, would have been a perfect climax for a last minute rescue. Don't get me wrong, the build up throughout the episode was great to sit through, I just question where they can go when it feels they blew their big scene too early, but only time will tell. The set up ironically felt too rushed, Mick seemingly switching sides because this life was boring, not because he realised his mistake, or cared for the crew, but this life wasn't satisfactory. Also Snart seems to be too evil. Yeah he's a bad guy, but he's always had a code of ethics, and he always seemed like one who was more in it for the chase than the prize, I can't imagine him even bothering with robbing banks if there's no one who's going to stop him. Seeing all of the Legends in terrible positions and slowly coming back together to take on the Legion of Doom (Btw, Legion of Doom HQ, awesome!). But I feel like if this really needed to be a 2 parter they could have expanded on the initial set up and then save the big climax for the next episode. I won't use that criticism too much against the episode as I don't know where it's going to go from here, but I'll give this episode a solid 7/10.

Arrow 'Disbanded' Review
To be fair, there was no way they were going to top last weeks episode, it was the best one Arrow has had in years. Which is not to say this was a bad episode by any means, but the drama and emotions were running so high, this week feels kind of stale in comparison. Half of the episode was spent with Oliver and Diggle arguing over whether the team was over, meanwhile Felicity was the only one actually making progress on the main story, and in the end she does. Which to be fair, that final shot of Adrian drenched in blood with an ironically cheerful song in the background was badass. Also Thea is missing again, cause, y'know, her brother going missing, tortured and then found isn't something that she might wanna be involved with at all. Furthermore I...hm, nope, that's it. Like I said, half the episode was people repeating the same arguments, so I can't really comment more than once. Guess that's not a good sign. I'm feeling like a 6, but...eh, what the hell, that last scene was good enough to get it to a 7/10.

-Danny