Not to mention the fact that David Slade is directing, and basically everything he does looks like someone vacuumed the colour out of it. I mean, the end result is fantastic looking, but it makes you wonder if he has long-standing beef with the colour wheel or something.

I'm kind of hoping that they break the usual penny dreadful mould and don't unceremoniously kill off the Big Bad at the end of the season. I mean, Lucifer got two seasons to be the puppet master, Dracula should get his fair share too.

I think it's possible for her to both hate her mother and believe in what Lucifer's selling independent of that. Especially considering that he's been indoctrinating her since she was five and he's probably promising her a position as one of his top apocalyptic death-lords.

I love that the look she gives him after he says that is a mixture of "aw, that's so sweet" and "been there, done that".

IMO, they've been actual friends since "MIA". Shaw-hunting is just a really good friendship-building exercise, I suppose.

The only part of the "Root on horseback" thing that disappointed me was that it wasn't Shaw riding away with her before the act break.

I don't think those are Samaritan operatives, based on the episode synopsis. I think they're just regular gang members.
I'm pretty sure they're bringing back "The Voice" from "Last Call". Which is… fine, I guess? He didn't really make an impression on me, but I suppose, if they make it a really fun episode I'd be okay…

Frankly, I'm just glad that we had as much Reese as we did. I remember reading an interview a while back in which the showrunners implied that they were going to end "If-Then-Else" with Reese's death, before Sarah got pregnant and saved them from having to do that.

Totally. I actually liked it a lot more on the second watch because I had that confirmation, so I could really focus on and appreciate all the subtle things that the writers were doing.

On what basis are you stating that? Buffy and Angel, while fun shows, were definitely dark and dealt with a whole host of adult themes. Hell, quite a few of the main characters spent centuries wandering the globe, butchering people for sport . Not to mention the fact that Buffy and Angel were more risqué in general…

"…this episode gave me major Whedon vibes…"

So, I'm actually a little later to the AV Club POI party than I would like to be, partly because of the mix-up with the scheduling, but mostly because I don't live in America. But, now that I'm here, HOLY SHIT. What an episode to jump in on! If you had told me four years ago, when I was just getting into this show,…

Did they ever actually say when Zolomon started serial killing? Or how? Or even when he was caught? For all we know he was Lectering it and posing as a benevolent, well-educated scientist who rose above his shitty circumstances.

See, this is why I can't wait for them to introduce the Question. He's one of the few DC superheroes that has a disguise that's genuinely great.

"How could Barry be such a good superhero mentor for Kara, and such a crap superhero himself in this episode"

To be honest, both the time wraith and time remnants are either the product of the writers not taking into account the wider universe that they're in, or the Time Masters being terrible at their job.

To be fair, we've been using ECT for decades at this point, and we still don't fully understand why/ how it works IRL. So, it's plausible that even a technologically advanced society could still be using it to treat mental illness.

Yeah, that one episode where Barry took down Bane was the shit, yo.

Because then Goyer would make more money, and I think after BvS no-one wants that anymore.

Man, I hope he was. I mean, it would certainly explain her reaction. If getting a goddamn space-puppy doesn't make you go "oh my god", then you are a heartless monster that deserves to rot in the Phantom Zone.