I agree. Besides the trite possibility The Shade faked his death, he could’ve simply been thinking (incorrectly) that he was indeed actually dying, after having never had to exert himself that way while severely injured.  Maybe pulling a couple of virtuous people from the shadowlands (sorry, Cindy, for now I’m only…

Setting aside the regular observations by other fans here that Barbara has been something of a villain magnet both seasons, I didn’t perceive Cindy being an insincere Eddie Haskell type toward “Mrs. Cleaver” but instead simply couldn’t hide how easily she responds to a little genuine mothering.

So The Shade’s definitely popping back next week, right? His creepy top-hatted shadow and “Baaaarrrbaarraaaaa” couldn’t have just been a weird one-off scene.

Beth & Jennie searching the school was a flashback & happened at the same time as The Shade’s rescue of Courtney, Cindy, & Dr McNider last episode

Hm, the team got back together a little too easily for my liking after so decisively fracturing.

I’m glad that Max is the getting the proper screentime and adventures that he deserves.

Now that Dr. McNider is back... CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GO GET THAT POOR OWL?

Dr McNider explained that time worked differently in the shadow-lands, which is why  he hasn’t aged 

I’m disappointed that the Shade was killed off. Hopefully it isn’t permanent and he just shadows back into existence. I’m also embarrassed it took me this long to realize they recast MacNider. 

This is the episode where Courtney became a superhero for me. Not an apprentice hero, not a junior superhero waiting to mess up and learn, but an actual bona fide full fledged Superhero.

I’ve been starting to suspect that if someone has to die or become trapped in the shadow realm in order to keep Eclipso at bay forever, it’s going to be Grundy sacrificing himself--evoking the very likeable Grundy of Robinson’s fantastic Starman monthly of the 1990s.

The lack of Grundy was disappointing, but there was a ton to like about this one. It looked beautiful, the writing was stellar, and the performances were fantastic across the board. Shade will obviously be back, but he was fantastic in this episode, giving his last effort. I’m loving this season, and seeing it follow…

Hoo-boy, this episode was damn good!

That’s a difficult feat to accomplish with all the Covid restrictions, really kudos to the show for pulling that off! 

When baby Eclipso got Courtney to say she hated him he broke out an evil little smile and disappeared as if he won something. Maybe a way to tap into Courtney’s dark side and use it against her or turn her? Only two episodes to find out. Of course this is a CW show so it could mean absolutely nothing.

I think Swift watching “The Picture of Dorian Grey” is our clue about the second Shade. In the story, one Grey ages and decays while the other prospers. I think the Shade we saw evaporate was the decaying model while the real one is recovering somewhere unexpected and will show up in the nick of time.

We never saw Beth or Jennie again after the group split up to follow the two Shade signatures, so I’m assuming we’ll find out what the other one was next week. Though I thought it was pretty obvious that it was Eclipso since he has the same energy as The Shade. I don’t know why the JSA didn’t think of that.

I hope The Shade is not DEAD/ dead. That scamp. He might very well have just faked his own death

I'm really loving the cameo return of characters from season one. 

Yeah, I like that they’re always reminding us that it’s, in fact, a documentary (Nadja even said it out loud), unlike shows with similar setup that just forget about it after three episodes and keep it going in style only.