The silliness of naming The Elongated Man reminded me of Norm Macdonald’s “Origin of the Fantastic Four” from one of his comedy albums:

Barry having a conversation with Iris at a superspeed so fast that it seems to stop time makes would seem to make no sense. While the speed force might amplify Barry’s thought processes, it doesn’t do the same for Iris. Is Barry generating some sort of speed force bubble that lets her think and talk at the speed of…

I suppose the obvious answer for Barry’s incarceration would be for him to create a time remnant to stay in the cell while he’s away, but maybe we’re supposed to think the Savitar storyline gave Barry a distaste for create duplicates of himself who could seek revenge later, thus planted a psychological seed for the…

“He’s been pounding pineapple juice to keep everything sweet.”

I guess I don’t see it as an ending but a trait of a character that will continue on. But given how ingrained the idea of the regeneration being a chapter change, I would think a mid-season regeneration would be more like a major character death mid-season on Game of Thrones.

I thought it rather clever how they snuck in a First Doctor adventure during the events of The Tenth Planet, but I’m not too familiar with the early stuff and haven’t had a chance to check the specifics of that episode, but I’ll assume for now they didn’t contradict anything (given how they were using clips from the…

Yep, certainly the death of his wife will come into play in whatever election scenarios they’re going to run into in the next two years (and probably should have dealt with by now given the timeline established in the pilot).

As Alex was leaving that “I Love You” voicemail to the president, they might as well have started flashing “she’s about to die” across the screen, as obvious and telegraphed as that was.

Didn’t someone question why the Krill were still religious despite their advanced technology? That’s why the admiral (the same one in this episode, if I recall), sent Ed on the mission to steal their holy book so they could understand the contradiction.

I liked how their justice system evolved based on how Kelly healed the girl. So they cut people and she saves the ones who are worthy, and thus not guilty. Obviously supposed to be an analog to the witch trials, where they’d throw the accused in water as a test — survive (by knowing how to swim) and you’re proved to…

The “Star Trek” episode this most resembles is Voyager’s “Blink of an Eye,” one of their better episodes despite it being very similar to a novel called “Dragon’s Egg” (if not an outright ripoff). That episode was much more high-concept, though, and was basically Voyager finds a weird planet where time runs really…

Blasphemy!

well, the Diggle absense actually makes the most sense story wise, since it’s the reason Oliver has to be Green Arrow again just in time for the Crossover.

Yep. I’m sure the network could have just presented it as an event miniseries, but it gets more mileage by splitting it into four episodes and assigning each part to one of the shows. Assuming the crossover gets a ratings boost, the network can then claim this ratings boost as part of sweeps and raise the ad rates of…

Well, they said there was no STAR Labs and Barry couldn’t find his or his pals’ doppelgangers, but that doesn’t preclude their existence on Earth-38.

I get that folding this into the existing infrastructure of the shows and their respective budgets probably saved a lot of red tape at the network, not to mention the fact that each show gets credit for the ratings of its installment during sweeps, which could bump up ad revenue later in the year. But for the sake of…

So, let’s see, the heroes find themselves trapped on a parallel Earth controlled by an oppressive political ideology. They align with rebel forces that need to break into a military stronghold that happens to be controlled by the evil doppelganger of one of the heroes, so they infiltrate the base by having the good…

So, the X plan is a bit vague still. Thawne seems to think it’s about expanding Earth-X power across the realms. Then there’s all that stuff about Kara-X needing a new heart, which I guess Thawne thinks is a secondary plan that is clouding Arrow-X’s judgment?

I too avoided the Arrowverse at first. It coming so quickly on the heals of Smallville, I wanted some separation from that genre, I suppose. I watched Supergirl’s first season and the Flash crossover was fun enough to convince me to check it out. So I started to binge-watch but was only through the first couple…

I can’t believe it took Sara sauntering up to Alex at the bar for me to realize the crossover potential between them (given Alex’s relatively recent status) — and had a hearty chuckle upon the realization that, yeah, they’re totally gonna have a lesbian hookup.