She removed the florb capacitor before handing it over to The Rifle. So the gun wasn't operating at full power.

As always, I don’t care what excuse they dream up, I am always down for more Carl Lumbly. I think Myrnn telling J’onn that Malefic was still in National City was J’onn’s mind making sense of the psychic episodes he’d been having.

His reaction to finding out Sophie had what Scott Pilgrim would call a sexy phase was...not great.

Intellectually I knew it was Julia, but I was really hoping it was Kara wearing the suit.

Sophie: the worst

Oh probably, they really should have had Luke hack the building’s HVAC system and evacuate the cyanide gas that way.  It would have kept the “death bed” confession that was so important to the scene, but wouldn't have been quite as ridiculous.

She asked for permission to go off on a special assignment to track down Batwoman at the top of the episode so that would explain why nobody was worried that she wasn’t around.

I had a hearty guffaw at Veronica Mars alumnus Julie Gonzalo saying she and Lena used to be friends, probably not a deliberate joke, but I’ll take it as one anyway,

Has Sophie ever been a barista?

Sophie is the worst and I hope the show recognizes that and banishes her to the same island Maxwell Lord and Lucy Lane are living on.

Speaking of Burton references, there was also the Mayor Cobblepot shoutout. I enjoyed how the Executioner was radicalized, but I highly question the physics of that death trap.

As the science documentary Avengers Endgame clearly stated multiple times, Back to the Future was bullshit.

that is super cool, and speaks to the advantages of hiring queer actors to play queer roles. Lewis knew immediately the importance of William having a second chance to come out to his dad, and we’re all the better for it because that was a beautiful scene.

Masterful.

It occurred to me watching the episode that they had to bring the kids back to 2019.  With both Felicity and Curtis off the show they needed someone to be the “person in the chair” and William is the most tech-savvy member of the main cast.  That does nothing to detract from the fact that this episode was also…

Look, I just keep waiting for Kamilla to mention her sister Tahani, is that too much to ask for show?

Yes, but don't ask me when.

Yes, there was a story about Jeremy Jordan coming back for an arc this season, maybe post-crisis?

I'm sort of certain they did a course correction on Reign, and dropped Serena in her place as the overall season big bad.

Kara brought Alex to Barry and Iris’s wedding so she’d meet Sara, because that’s what good sisters do, facilitate hookups with sexy, time traveling bisexual assassins.