Well, the TV season is done, more or less. Just some long winded thoughts on my shows:

Spoilers for Arrow season seven )

Spoilers for The Flash season five )

Spoilers for Supergirl season four )

Spoilers for Legends of Tomorrow season four )

- So, for the crossover, it's across all five shows, though the first three episodes will air in December 2019 and the last two in 2020. I'm disappointed that Legends of Tomorrow is getting pushed back to a mid season premiere, but at least they are a part of the crossover this time. Seems strange that they're splitting it like that instead of airing it across an entire week, but maybe it's so big, they need the extra time to do special effects or something. And I would honestly love it if they visited other Earths that were old DC TV shows, like Smallville Earth or Lois and Clark Earth. They did it with 1990 The Flash, so it's not a stretch. Oh, and it's cool that they're bundling the CW-DC shows next season. Supergirl and Batwoman on Sundays and The Flash and Arrow on Tuesdays.

And now to the non CW-DC shows...

Spoilers for Star Trek: Discovery season two )

- The Orville: Renewed for season three! It's still weird how much I like this show. I guess it's because it feels like the Star Trek show I'm used to (i.e. TNG). Season two was a definite improvement over season one. They dialled back on the stupidity of the jokes and they focused more on the characters. I'm also game for more guest spots from Star Trek alum. I laughed so hard when they had not one, but two doctors in one episode (The Doctor and Phlox).

- The Rookie: Also renewed! I watch mainly for Nathan Fillion, but it's not a bad show on its own.

iZombie and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are still going. Last season for iZombie but I'm not sure how it's going to end. Meanwhile, on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., stuff is happening, though it's not super clear why. There's also the matter of the elephant in the room:

Spoilers for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season six and Avengers: Endgame )

The only new show I'm interested in seeing right now is Batwoman, but honestly, I haven't seen what the other networks are offering.
I'm a little sad that this year's crossover was less integrated than last year's. Instead of the Super Friends Power Hour, they went back to having each part be a somewhat regular episode of each show with some very special guest stars. Though, my understanding is that the scheduling from "Crisis on Earth-X" nearly broke everyone, so I get that the producers would want to make things a little easier this time.

With that being said, "Elseworlds" was still pretty crazy and a whole lot of fun.

Spoilers for The Flash 5x09, "Elseworlds, Part 1" )

Spoilers for Arrow 7x09 "Elseworlds, Part 2" )

Spoilers for Supergirl 4x09, "Elseworlds, Part 3" )

It only seems fair to discuss Legends of Tomorrow's winter finale as well.

Spoilers for Legends of Tomorrow 4x08, "Legends of To-Meow-Meow" )

Well, that's it for the DC-CW for the year. I do believe that Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow won't be back until April. :-( But a lot to look forward to in 2019.
All of the CW-DC shows are finally back!

Which premiere came out on top? Well, The Flash had some time travel shenanigans in the form of Nora, Barry and Iris' daughter from the future, Supergirl had some timely political commentary, and Arrow had Ollie in a super max prison, but you know what Legends of Tomorrow had? An honest to goodness unicorn. And not just any unicorn. A unicorn that gored people and ate their hearts. Yeah, you really can't top that. But let's talk about the shows one by one:

Spoilers for The Flash season five )

Spoilers for Supergirl season four )

Spoilers for Arrow season seven )

Spoilers for Legends of Tomorrow season four )

I look forward to the crossover in December. Going off the pictures the actors have posted to social media, it's going to be crazy.
- Well, Supergirl is done for the season. I was actually able to watch the last three episodes while on vacation. Since I was in Europe, I had access to European Netflix and all of the CW shows are available to watch on there.

Spoilers for Supergirl season three )

And now that all of the Arrowverse shows have finished, whose finale came out on top? Yeah, it's still Legends of Tomorrow. I suppose after that, it's Arrow and then a tie for last place between The Flash and Supergirl.

- Oh, and The Expanse finished its last season on SyFy. I hope Amazon gives the show a bit more money for the budget; they'll definitely need it when adapting the next book.

Spoilers for The Expanse season three )

- That seems to be it in regards to my TV shows. Luke Cage is back, but that's on Netflix, and thus, outside of the usual TV season. I guess now I have time to do more knitting...
Looks like most shows are on their winter break now, so I thought I would get a few thoughts down.

Spoilers for Supergirl season three )

Spoilers for The Flash season four )

Spoilers for Legends of Tomorrow season three )

Spoilers for Arrow season six )

Spoilers for Star Trek: Discovery season one )

Spoilers for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season five )

And there were a couple of shows that finished their season, too:

Vague spoilers for Inhumans )

Vague spoilers for The Orville season one )

I'm currently trying to catch up with Runaways, but it's been kind of slow so far so I haven't felt the need to binge it. Also, it airs on Showcase here in Canada so airs weekly rather than being available all at once like on Hulu. I may have more thoughts later. In the spring, iZombie is back and there's also Black Lightning. I don't know if I'll check it out. If it's good, maybe I'll watch it later.

Whew, that was a long post. Clearly I watch too much TV. :-D
I know it's not fair to compare DC TV shows to DC movies, but damn, the CW DC shows knocked it out of the park with this year's crossover. They pretty much put Justice League to shame. It does help that the crossover was basically a three hour movie split into four parts. That's a lot of time to cover a number of plot points for a good chunk of the characters.

But what I loved the most was how none of the installments felt like an hour of any particular show. Like, they didn't start the story with Kara and eventually moved on to Barry and then Ollie and then the Legends. They all get introduced in the same montage. That was the element that was lacking in last year's crossover. I hope they adopt this model for every major crossover going forward. Sure, it was probably a scheduling nightmare for the producers and the actors, but the end result was worth it.

Spoilers for "Crisis on Earth-X" )

Not to be undone, but Marvel released the first trailer for Avengers: Infinity War a day after the crossover was done. Coincidence? Or calculated timing to steal some of DC's thunder? ;-)
Well, the TV season is pretty much over. Sure, there are some summer series, but they aren't as plentiful.

Spoilers for Supergirl season two )

Spoilers for The Flash season three )

Spoilers for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season four )

Spoilers for Arrow season five )

Spoilers for Legends of Tomorrow season two )

Whew, that was a lot of TV to talk about. Lots to look forward to next season, too. Marvel is finally expanding its network TV presence with Inhumans, Gifted, Runaways, and Cloak and Dagger and the CW-DC verse is adding Black Lightning as well. I'm not sure if I'll check out everything, but it's nice that there are so many options.
I was feeling a bit under the weather Tuesday, but "Duet" helped to cheer me up immensely. The Flash has been a bit dire this season, so this musical crossover was a well needed shot of levity. Because everything is better when Barry and Kara get to hang out. They are, after all, Super Friends. :-)

Spoilers for The Flash 3x17, "Duet" )

Should they do another musical after this one? I don't know if it should be an annual thing, but I won't say no to more crossovers. :-)
- We had all day training today, but we spent the last two hours doing team building. Instead of doing something boring in the office, my manager arranged to do escape rooms with the group. I had never done an escape room so it sounded kind of fun. Yeah, reading about an escape room and actually doing one are two very different things. Out of the three groups, only one managed to escape. My team and another just gave up even after we were given extra time. You really need to be a lateral thinker to make your way through these things but even with hints, there were things I never would have thought of. Plus we were constantly unlocking pad locks, which got so repetitive. With that said, I think I would like to do another escape room, but maybe something a little easier to ease me in. I'm good with trivia, but I don't have the patience for puzzles. I usually turn to Google when I have to do one in any of the Assassin's Creed games.

- A new Doctor Who season ten trailer dropped today and there was one thing I noticed:

Mild Doctor Who season ten spoiler )

Just a month to go now!

- The musical crossover with The Flash and Supergirl is next week! I re-watched "Worlds Finest" the other day and I can only hope that this crossover just builds from that. Kara and Barry are just so cute together. I know Grant Gustin and Melissa Benoist sung a lot on Glee, but I never watched Glee, so I Googled some videos of them and wow, they're really good. At least, they sound good to me; I'm not exactly a great judge. The producers even commissioned some original songs, so that should be fun. What I really want to see is Barry and Kara doing a duet in their superhero costumes, but going off the pictures that were released, I don't think we'll get that. Alas.

Well, as long as we get a .gif that tops Kara's ice cream moment from "Worlds Finest", I'll be happy.

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(though nothing brings me more happiness than seeing Kara proclaim her love for stolen ice cream gifted to her by her new speedster BFF)
TV shows are pretty much on a break for the winter. I thought I would get a few thoughts down.

Spoilers for Supergirl season two )

Spoilers for The Flash 3x09, "The Present" )

Spoilers for Arrow 5x09, "What We Leave Behind" )

Spoilers for Legends of Tomorrow 2x08, "The Chicago Way" )

And jumping comic book universes, over on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ...

Spoilers for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season four )

I'm actually glad that my TV shows are on a winter hiatus. It gives me time to watch other things I've been meaning to watch. But soon we will have new Doctor Who and Sherlock to watch. :-)
So the CW finally had its mega crossover. Will they do one every year? Probably. I mean, how can you not, right? I just hope the next one is a proper four show crossover. Supergirl kicked things off in a way, but at the same time, not really. Her episode was more of a teaser.

And that's my main gripe. Each part felt like it was an episode of whatever show was airing on each night rather than being one continuous episode of the CW Superfriends. For one week, they could have dropped some of the B plot stuff. On the other hand, I can see why they had to include some of the ongoing stuff from each show. It probably helped with scheduling and it enabled the writers to fill out the full 45 minutes. Plus, Arrow had it's 100th episode thrown in there, too, so they had to work around that.

With that said, what we got was still awesome. I think the sheer delight of seeing all of the heroes together outweighs some of the weaker plot points.

I'm going to break down the episodes by show; it's just easier that way.

Spoilers for Supergirl 2x08, "Medusa" )

Spoilers for The Flash 3x08, "Invasion!" )

Spoilers for Arrow 5x08, "Invasion!" )

Spoilers for Legends of Tomorrow 2x07, "Invasion!" )

I think, overall, the crossover was a delight to watch. Did it make sense a lot of the time? No, but it's a comic book show, so it's a given that some stuff won't make sense. I don't know how they're going to top this one next season. What's bigger than an alien invasion? Maybe they'll tackle the infamous "Crisis on Infinite Earths"? It'd be a nice way to merge Earth-38 with Earth-1.
All four CW superhero shows are back so I'd thought I would post some thoughts:

Spoilers for Supergirl 2x01, "The Adventures of Supergirl" )

Spoilers for The Flash 3x01 and 3x02 )

Spoilers for Arrow 5x01 and 5x02 )

Spoilers for Legends of Tomorrow 2x01, "Out of Time" )

Whew, that's a lot of DC content. Add on Gotham and Lucifer and DC is killing it on TV. I really need some Arrowverse icons...
- I have access to Netflix for the short term, allowing me to watch Luke Cage without resorting to "alternative means". I have to say, Netflix is a dangerous thing. So many shows you could watch. No wonder people like to binge watch; everything is all right there. To my great delight, all of the Star Trek shows are there, so I can potentially watch all of TOS season three without having to get the DVDs out from the library. I also saw that they have many of the old Power Ranger shows, VR Troopers, and Beetleborgs, all which made up a large part of my youth. It's very tempting to see if they are as cheesy as I remember.

In the mean time, I'm slowly making my way through Luke Cage. I'm not loving it as much as Jessica Jones, but it could be the pacing of the season. The arc feels very much like a slow burner. I do appreciate that they worked in Luke's classic superhero costume from the comics. That costume is pure 1970s, so kudos to the writers for finding a somewhat organic way of working it in.

- I started reading a really cute web comic called Shattered Starlight. The story follows a young woman who used to be something akin to a Sailor Scout from Sailor Moon, only it's ten years after her heyday. Now she has to deal with day to day things, like work and rent, and resist the urge to use her magical powers (one of which is an astral hockey stick!). It's set in Montreal, which is cool, and that was part of the reason that I started to read it. It's a work in progress, with the artist posting a page every week, so you'll easily work your way through the archive of pages, but I think it's well worth the wait to see what's coming next.

- The Flash and Arrow are back this week, followed by Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow next week. The CW released an awesome promo for all four shows:


This makes me very excited for the giant crossover they have planned for later in the season. I know the tone won't be exactly the same, but it's still great to see Kara finally interacting with the rest of the superheroes.
- Totally not a surprise, but the CW is planning a massive crossover for all of the Berlanti-verse shows. A four night event of super heroics. Cue the ice cream gif:


Wild speculation about the mega crossover )

If this crossover happens around episode 8, then that coincides with Arrow's 100th episode and this would be a fine way to celebrate.

- As for Legends of Tomorrow, which had its season finale this week...

Spoilers for Legends of Tomorrow 1x16, "Legendary" )

The CW just needs another DC superhero show on Friday and then DC would have total domination over the schedule. Something for next next season maybe?
First off, TV show renewals and cancellations:

- Well frak. ABC has cancelled Agent Carter. :-P Damn you! Please move the show to Netflix. I need more Peggy in my life.

- Incidently, ABC also cancelled Castle, which is a good thing since the show was going to suck without Beckett around. I wonder how they'll end the show. I read they filmed an extra scene just in case they didn't get a pick-up. Hopefully no one dies.

- Thankfully, Supergirl got renewed for another season. And it's moving to the CW! Crossovers galore! I think the show is also moving to Vancouver to take advantage of the low Canadian dollar. Makes sense. The Flash can do weekly wonders with a CW budget in Canada, so Supergirl can now follow suit. Now they just need to figure out how to incorporate Kara's world with Earth-1.

Moving on to general TV show thoughts:

- So Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. did have a reference to Captain America: Civil War.

Spoilers for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 3x20, "Emancipation" )

- Kevin Smith's episode of The Flash wasn't bad. I don't think I've ever seen any of his movies, so I don't know what his directorial style is like, but I didn't feel like the tone was out of place. There was a tad more humour, but given the situation, you can't help but joke.

Spoilers for The Flash 2x21, "The Runaway Dinosaur" )

- Oh, there was something from last week's Arrow that bugged me.

Mild spoilers for Arrow 4x20, "Genesis" )

- The description on my PVR for the latest episode of Legends of Tomorrow started off with the words: "Rip and Rory..." I'm sorry. I instantly pictured Rip and, well, Rory from Doctor Who. If you must, please refer to Heat Wave as Mick and not Rory. But this also gives me a germ of an idea for a Doctor Who/Legends of Tomorrow fanfic.
- One week to go to the comic book expo! I suppose I'm excited, but the expo doesn't feel as big as it was last year. We're the second biggest con in Canada (I think), so you'd think it would be easy to get guests, but maybe it's not worth it to come here when the Canadian dollar isn't so hot. We're not a huge city either, so we don't have as much to offer as say, Toronto.

Oh well, fewer guests to see is easier on my wallet. ;-) Unlike last year, I only have two autographs and two photo-ops to get; Billie Piper and Alan Tudyk. I think I have my cosplays worked out. I'm still debating whether it's worth it to dress up for the Thursday. But this is what I have planned:

  • Thursday: Ace. More specifically, Ace from "Silver Nemesis". There are fewer embellishments on the jacket so that means fewer things knocking around when I'm walking.

  • Friday: Femme!Four. I didn't end up getting that argyle sweater, so that's something to work on for next year. Friday is also parade day so I'm praying for good weather. It doesn't need to be hot and sunny. I just don't want any rain or snow.

  • Saturday: Rose from the end of "Doomsday". Time to put my wrist warmers to go use. I doubt Billie Piper is going to notice them, but at least one part of the outfit looks like its on screen counterpart.

  • Sunday: Kaylee. My photo-op with Alan Tudyk is Sunday, so that's the reason for the fandom change. I love this costume. It's so comfy.

Programming isn't up yet, but I have a feeling I won't be running from panel to panel as much, which will be nice.

- Just read that if Castle season nine goes ahead, Stana Katic won't be a part of it. Wha? She's the other half of the show. What's Castle going to do without Beckett? Will the show just be him running his P.I. business with Haley and Alexis? Sounds like none of the characters who work at the precinct are coming back, so it does seem like the writers are dumping the police side of things. The article cites for "budgetary reasons". So lame. I say don't bother to renew the show if half of the cast won't be there. Just let Castle have a dignified series finale and everyone can go their separate ways without things getting super awkward.

And how would Beckett bow out? She and Castle just got back together. Would they kill her off? Have her move away for another job? You can't have the character leave without it being really weird.

- Supergirl had its season finale and, I don't know, it felt like it was lacking something.

Spoilers for Supergirl 1x20, "Better Angels" )

I have this funny notion that CBS has more restrictions on Supergirl than the CW has on Arrow, The Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow. Like, "More human drama, less crazy superhero antics!"

- Speaking of The Flash, we finally got a reference to Barry's adventure to Kara's world.

Spoilers for The Flash 2x18, "Versus Zoom" )

- And lastly, the new Doctor Who Companion will be announced on April 23 at half time of a football match. Okay... I mean, an announcement is great, but why during a football match? The article doesn't offer a set time for the announcement, so we fans not in the UK will just have to keep an eye on the interwebs for any news. At this point, I will take any updates, no matter how big or how small.
- Teaser trailer for Doctor Strange was released. Spoiler alert: Benedict Cumberbatch plays the character with an American accent. Boo. I know, Stephen is American in the comics, but when you hire an actor like Benedict Cumberbatch, who has an amazing voice, you shouldn't force him to put on a bland, flat sounding accent. He only has a few lines in the trailer, so maybe it's not as bad as it seems, but I still wish they had put some English lineage in Stephen's background so they could justify having Benedict's natural accent.

As for the movie itself, it looks trippy, which seems to be in line with how psychedelic the comics were back in the day. I can't wait to see full on footage of Benedict in Doctor Strange's robes. They look so flowy.

- I finally finished season two of Daredevil. I didn't like it as much as the first season, to be honest.

Spoilers for Daredevil season two )

- Supergirl is heading into its finale (hopefully just season and not series). The first part is all set-up, so there are many scenes of Kara trying to get a handle on the situation.

Spoilers for Supergirl 1x19, "Myriad" )

And this isn't a spoiler, but the President of the United States in Kara's world is a woman. :-) Actually, the producers wanted Lynda Carter to play the President, but her schedule didn't work out, so I guess that's why the President is only on the phone. They said they want to work her in to season two, so just one more reason Supergirl needs to be renewed.

- I've already seen the new episode of Legends of Tomorrow airing on Thursday. Did I discover a TARDIS and take a trip into the future? Alas, no time travel was involved. CTV, probably having no room in its Thursday night lineup because of Grey's Anatomy or something, decided the air the new episode on Tuesday.

Spoilers for Legends of Tomorrow 1x11, "The Magnificent Eight" )

I would like more of these episodes next season, ones where the plot doesn't have any major ties to the seasonal arc. Maybe the team will defeat Savage, but then the Waverider is damaged, forcing them to randomly travel through time. Basically, I want the premise of Doctor Who but with DC superheroes. ;-)
I have yet to see Batman v Superman, but I'm sure it's nowhere near as funny and cute as the crossover Supergirl did with The Flash.

Spoilers for Supergirl 1x18, "Worlds Finest" )

I hope this wasn't a one time deal. I would love another crossover episode with Kara and Barry. I wonder if they would ever consider merging the multiverse so Kara could more easily have adventures with Barry and Ollie. Hey, they did in the comics once before (twice before?). Nothing stopping the Berlantiverse from doing their own version of "Crisis on Infinite Earths".
I got caught up in my knitting, so I haven't been able to get some thoughts down. My gosh, there are so many superhero shows on right now.

Mild spoilers for Supergirl season one )

Spoilers for The Flash, 2x11 "The Reverse-Flash Returns" )

Spoilers for Agent Carter, 2x03 "Better Angels" )

Spoilers for Arrow, 4x11 "A.W.O.L." )

Spoilers for Legends of Tomorrow, 1x02 "Pilot Part 2" )

When iZombie comes back from its winter break, that will be seven DC or DC imprinted shows on the air. That's nuts.
With most TV shows done for the winter, I just wanted to get some thoughts down.

Spoilers for Castle season eight )

Spoilers for Supergirl season one )

Spoilers for The Flash season two )

Spoilers for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season three )

Spoilers for iZombie season two )

Spoilers for Arrow season four )

Shows to look forward to in the new year:
- Agent Carter season two
- Legends of Tomorrow
- The X-Files revival

I'm super stoked for the return of Peggy but I'm also super excited for Legends of Tomorrow. I'm mildly interested to see the return of The X-Files, but I don't think I'll be able to watch it live. The Flash and Arrow will be on at the same time as Legends of Tomorrow so that's a lot of TV to watch in a week. Man, DC will be dominating the airwaves in the new year. With Supergirl, that's four straight days of DC content. If only their movies looked just as appealing...

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