Supergirl "City of Lost Children"
After a confrontation with a victim, James questions whether
Guardian can inspire the city like Supergirl. Suddenly, a telekinetic alien
begins an attack downtown, beginning a hunt down for the woman. James becomes
involved in the investigation and discovers the woman’s son Marcus. Because
Marcus is unresponsive to everyone at the DEO, James attempts to bond with him
to learn more about his mother. However, as James shows Marcus around CatCo,
Marcus begins an attack on the building, forcing Supergirl to bring him back to
the DEO. Meanwhile, Lena continues to work with Rhea on constructing a portal
that could lead Rhea back to Daxam. However, the particles used in the portal
are revealed to be influencing the mental state of the telepathic aliens,
forcing them to attack. When Kara discovers the particle influence, she
contacts Lena, only to be surprised to hear Rhea’s voice.
Rhea threatens the safety of Earth in revenge for Kara
taking Mon-El with the use of Lena’s portal. James finally helps Marcus open up
and lead James and Winn to his mother. Unfortunately, they discover a room of
telepathic aliens who all soon become susceptible to the changing particles of
Lena’s portal as Rhea activates it. Despite the threat of the alien attack,
James manages to calmly reach out to Marcus who calms the other aliens
telepathically. Using the signal, Mon-El, Kara, and J’onn track Rhea to the
location of the device. As Kara tries to destroy the gate, Rhea uses White
Martian technology to trap J’onn is his own mind, and Mon-El confronts his
mother at gunpoint. Knowing he could never kill his own mother, Rhea reveals
that she has used the gate to prepare an invasion of Daxam forces on Earth.
Notes
- James and Winn reference Batman as Clark’s “frenemy” who also wears a mask.
- The Phorians could be a reference to the Euphorians, a telepathic and telekinetic alien race from the Green Lantern comics.
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The Flash "Cause and Effect"
Savitar reveals himself to be a time anomaly from Barry’s
actions and quickly speeds off after a brief fight with Barry. Back at STAR
Labs, Barry informs the team of his discovery, leading Cisco to come up with an
idea to use a device erase Barry’s short-term memory to affect or possibly
erase Savitar. The device erases Barry’s memories which affects Savitar but
also gives Barry total amnesia. Unfortunately, this comes on the day Cecile
requires Barry to testify against the criminal Heatmonger in court. Cisco, Julian,
Joe, and Iris attempt to help Barry through the process, but he ultimately
fails in his testimony, forcing the judge to dismiss the charges. In the
meantime, Iris spends more time with Barry to help jog his memory as HR spends
some time with Tracy to help complete a device to stop Savitar. Suddenly, the
team at STAR Labs is confronted by Killer Frost who reveals that the effects on
Savitar has also caused Wally to lose his powers.
With Killer Frost’s help, the team begins reconstructing the
machine to regain Barry’s memories as Barry practices his speed. After the
testimony fails, Heatmonger takes to the street and begins burning an office
building, pushing Barry to act unprepared. However, thanks to Cisco’s machine
and an encouraging reminder of his true self from Iris, Barry regains his old
memories, and he and a newly-powered Wally take down Heatmonger. With Savitar
also regaining his memories, Killer Frost once again leaves STAR Labs despite
the pleas of her friends, though she shows some reluctance. Tracy reveals that
she has finished the Speedster trap for Savitar but admits that the power
needed for it would be more than what’s available in the Sun, the same power
source currently being kept by King Shark.
Notes
- Savitar is revealed to be a time remnant, a concept first introduced in the season two finale.
- In the comics, Heatmonger is a villain from New Earth, but she is actually a woman.
- Tracy’s weapon is the same one used by HR in Barry’s vision of the future.
- Cisco references the warning from future Barry given to the team in Legends of Tomorrow, revealing it to be referring to Savitar.
- Cisco references his hate for spin-offs, even though The Flash itself is a spin-off of Arrow.
- Barry references the name Bart, a shout-out to Barry Allen’s grandson Bart Allen.
- Without his memories, Barry suggests The Streak as a hero name, the original name given to him in season one.
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "The Return"
Coulson and May fight off various Ivanov androids in the
underwater Russian site as the remaining SHIELD team maneuvers around his forces
on the Zephyr. Free of his restrictions, Ivanov sets off torpedoes to take down
the site, killing Coulson, as the team race to rescue their friends. Meanwhile,
Aida adapts to her emotions, taking Fitz to an undisclosed location to learn
them, but Fitz convinces her to help the others as a sign of empathy. Though
Aida cannot stop Ivanov without his restrictions, she manages to rescue Mack’s
body as he remains in the Framework, taking them all to the destroyed base.
Simmons, however, ices both Fitz and Aida as the team struggles with how to
deal with the two. The conflict becomes worse as Talbot and the military
confront Coulson and the others upon learning about the infiltration within
SHIELD and Mace’s death.
Aida speaks to Fitz who reveals to her that while he cannot
forgive himself for the things he did in the Framework, he still has feelings
for Simmons, setting Aida off on an angry rage. The team try to fight off Aida,
but her new abilities gained from the Framework prove to be too powerful
against them as she kills the military soldiers. In a last effort, the agents
escape on the Zephyr to regather their forces. Finally alone, Fitz and Simmons
reconcile their relationship as Coulson and Daisy discover that Elena has
plugged herself into the Framework to rescue Mack. From an undisclosed
location, Aida returns to Ivanov as they develop new plans to change the world
and make the agents suffer. As Talbot examines the base, the portal begins to
spark to life, bringing back the Ghost Rider with a fiery chain. Meanwhile, in
the Framework, Elena wakes up strapped to a table in a burning building.
Notes
- Coulson references the Inhuman Gordon with Aida’s new teleportation powers.
- Fitz and Simmons reconcile with the same familiar touch from the season two episode “Shadows.”
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Arrow "Honor Thy Fathers"
At City Hall, Oliver receives a package containing a corpse
buried in concrete. Dinah and Lance soon discover that this body was a
politician murdered by Robert Queen fifteen years ago, much to Oliver and
Thea’s shock. Meanwhile, Dinah and Curtis investigate the return of Derek
Sampson, and Rene prepares for a custody hearing for his daughter. They soon
discover Sampson to be working with Chase as Oliver finds a USB drive
containing video proof of Robert inadvertently causing the death of the
councilman. Though Oliver and Thea are dismayed to learn about their father’s past
actions, Felicity reminds Oliver that despite Robert’s past, he still inspired
Oliver to help save the city. Now, he needs to move on from his father’s legacy
and live up to his own. Five years ago, Anatoly and Oliver travel back to Lian
Yu and prepare a plan an alibi for Oliver to be rescued.
Felicity locates Sampson’s chemical agent in an applied
sciences division named for Robert, and Oliver once again dons the Green Arrow
suit to confront Prometheus while the team stops Sampson and his gang. Though
Chase taunts Oliver for both of them living under their fathers’ legacies,
Oliver fires back that Chase is only upholding the legacy of a man who
abandoned him. Defeated, Chase asks Oliver to kill him, but Oliver chooses to
capture him instead, bringing him to justice. In honor of Robert’s memory,
Oliver gives Thea Robert’s last video dedicated for her and gives a press
conference confirming Robert’s role in the death but reaffirming Robert’s role
in serving the city. Meanwhile, Rene chooses to miss his custody hearing,
believing his fight for his daughter to be too traumatizing for her to face. Five
years ago on Lian Yu, Oliver is knocked out by Kovar who followed him to the
island. Locked up in his cell, Chase secretly relishes in listening to Oliver’s
speech, hinting at more to his plan.
Notes
- Robert’s video for Thea from the season three episode “The Return” makes an appearance.
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