Elseworlds, Part 2
- Episode aired Dec 10, 2018
- TV-14
- 42m
Still trapped in each other's bodies, Oliver and Barry head to Gotham City with Supergirl to find out why their reality changed and cross paths with the mysterious Kate Kane.Still trapped in each other's bodies, Oliver and Barry head to Gotham City with Supergirl to find out why their reality changed and cross paths with the mysterious Kate Kane.Still trapped in each other's bodies, Oliver and Barry head to Gotham City with Supergirl to find out why their reality changed and cross paths with the mysterious Kate Kane.
- Rene Ramirez
- (credit only)
- Dinah Drake
- (credit only)
- Roy Harper
- (credit only)
- …
- Emiko Queen
- (credit only)
- …
- Laurel Lance
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaNora Fries is played by Stephen Amell's wife Cassandra Jean Amell.
- GoofsEven in the chaotic history of Arkham Asylum, it would never make sense to place an unlocked lab/weapon storage facility in the hallway amidst prisoner cells.
- Quotes
Oliver Queen: Barry, there's something I'd like to discuss before we go.
Barry Allen: What's that?
Oliver Queen: That you probably shouldn't go.
Barry Allen: What?
Oliver Queen: Oliver Queen is a public figure and an infamous vigilante. If you are in Gotham City, you're attracting the type of attention that we don't want.
Barry Allen: No. If Gotham can handle the Batman, it can handle the Green Arrow.
Oliver Queen: The Batman's an urban legend.
Barry Allen: Wait. You don't believe Batman's real?
Oliver Queen: He's an urban legend concocted by the Gotham police department to scare criminals. I'm the original vigilante, Barry!
[Barry laughs]
Kara Danvers: Okay, if you guys are done fooling around...
Barry Allen: Actually, you know what? Could you pull that thing up? Because, unlike you, my identity's not public, and I'd like to keep it that way.
Oliver Queen: This isn't your real face!
Barry Allen: It might end up being my real face if we don't sort this mess out, so could you?
[Oliver lets out a frustrated sigh, but pulls the Flash mask over his face]
Oliver Queen: Happy?
Barry Allen: Ecstatic.
Kara Danvers: Apparently, you guys aren't done fooling around.
[speeds off with Barry]
Oliver Queen: Well, I guess I'm running alone.
[speeds off after them]
- ConnectionsReferences Freaky Friday (1976)
For one, the "need" to reference Batman surprisingly got old after awhile. I was far from impressed by Ruby Rose' Batwoman. They neither gave her enough to say or do, and her performance was rather wooden, something that is not so shocking at all. But I will say Blake Neely's score for her scenes was great. I genuinely love hearing what he comes up for these heroes on a week to week and year to year basis, and this Crossover is proving to be more great work from him. But my other issue with Batwoman is that she just doesn't feel like a natural presence in Gotham city. It feels forced that Bruce/Batman "left" Gotham because it "got bad". Does anyone really want to watch a Batwoman show based in Gotham that references but never actually shows Batman?
The trip to Arkham Asylum also was a bit of a letdown, at least in terms of Easter Eggs and the brief appearance by Stephen Amell's wife as Nora Fries. It was fun seeing Merlyn and Thawne back and fighting the opposite heroes. But if that's really all we get of John Barrowman this year, I will be pretty disappointed.
It follows along similar beats as last night's episode (including a scene between Felicity & Oliver that felt eerily similar to last night's moment between Barry & Iris) and i wasn't feeling the scope of the crossover as much tonight. My expectations may be too high for these things, but here's hoping tomorrow night caps it off well.
7.7/10
- ThomasDrufke
- Dec 11, 2018
Details
- Runtime42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD