With Crisis about to begin, quick thoughts on the season.

Oh, I think they're all on top of their game, but you know me, huge optimist; always looking on the bright side of things.....


Honestly, I see flashes of potential with Batwoman, but it didn't start off well and I'm not sure if they'll be able to right the ship or not. As I noted in my latest Batwoman post, whichever episode it was; they had a lot going for the Beth/Alice storyline, but it was poorly paced and executed. Having Kate immediately jump to the conclusion Alice was Beth was a terrible idea. I get the soap opera comparison, but that can be a hard thing to avoid at times. I love the show A Million Little Things, but it gets pretty soap opera-ish. I don't care as much because they do it so effectively, the land the dramatic and comedic elements deftly enough, but it can be a fine line to walk.

Supergirl.....I have less of an issue how they portray Supergirl as I do with how they're currently portraying Lena. It's just profoundly stupid for this to be her response to finding out about Kara.
And then trying to do the Leviathan/Rama Kahn story at the same time, particularly with both stories coming to ahead simultaneously, just made the whole thing seem like a mess.

I can't say I've been terribly fond of the stories on The Flash or Arrow this season. A lot of the episodes felt like weak filler, especially with the upcoming Crisis consciously weighing on both shows. Having both Oliver and Barry anticipate dying during Crisis has felt redundant on it's own, but then making that a central focus of the characters on either shows, I feel, kills any sense of anticipation or climax for the audience. Especially since, for one thing, obviously Barry's not going to die; at least not for keeps. He might die during the event, but if he does, he'l invariably be brought back by the conclusion of the crossover. As for Oliver, I'm like 50-60% sure he's probably not going to die either, in large part because they have been so hamfisted about it. And then I realized Arrow still had at least 2 episodes left after Crisis; and it seems unlikely Stephen Amell doesn't appear in the last few episodes of the series. Hopefully though, if he does survive Crisis, they don't end up having him die a few weeks later in the very end of the series...

I'm afraid I never got into Black Lightning. I watched the first handful of episodes, but fell behind and just had no interest in getting caught up.