Previously: Dean Cain isn’t dead!
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World’s Finest
Samantha: Yaaaaaaaaay it’s the Supergirl/The Flash crossover episode!!!!!! I watch The Flash, over on Supergirl’s new home, The CW. I enjoy it A LOT more than Supergirl. It’s my favorite currently airing tv show, even if the season 2 finale DID enrage me. ANYWAY I’M EXCITED.
Catherine: Good that you’re keeping your expectations in check here, Sammy.
Samantha: Shoot for the moon!!!!! Or maybe Saturn!!!
After the previouslies, Siobhan is laying on a table at the DEO, having her blood drawn. Supergirl tells Winn that she’s not from Fort Ros or Krypton. The conversation shifts to how poorly winning back the city is going. Supergirl even helped a family assemble an Ikea table, and it’s still not enough to make up for when she wore knee length pencil skirts. (M: It’s too much to forgive.) (C: We still need time to heal.) A doctor comes over to let them know that Sibby emitted a sound frequency so powerful, it broke her fall. I think. Also, she’s completely human. The thing is, I watched this episode when it aired and I cannot at all remember anything about what Siobhan is. I was too busy squealing over Barry, I guess. Sibby snarks like a brat (and not like a super cool Snark Lady) and storms away.
Marines: They literally just drew her blood and she’s upset that no one can help her. CALM DOWN, SIOBHAN.
Catherine: So, for the nerds, the doctor that tested Siobhan to see wtf is wrong with her was Dr. Hamilton. Dr. Hamilton is basically Superman’s doctor in the comics and really cool and also a dude. So it was awesome that they changed the character to a woman in this. First time I’ve seen that happen and a really neat change, I felt. I hope she comes around again.
Samantha: I hope everyone understands the restraint that is me not throwing 7 Hamilton gifs in here right now.
Winn catches up with her, and she’s pissed that he didn’t tell her he knew Supergirl. He promises that he’s not abandoning her, and then she starts hearing some high frequency shrill noises. She kind of monotone tells Winn that she needs to go and pushes past him. It’s down to bad everything that I can’t tell if she’s in a trance or just being a bitch. She pauses at an open doorway, where Lucy is interrogating Livewire about some elctricity crimes that have been happening lately. Oh wow, right, Lucy. Livewire insists that she has bigger fish to fry (Cat and Supergirl) and then puts on a fancy light show for no reason.
Mari: Samantha, what else is there to do in a toilet-less cell?
Catherine: She does have Netflix, don’t forget.
Samantha: Cat Co. In Cat’s office, she and Kara open a pink box filled with very pretty cupcakes. Then Cat starts talking to Kara about how much Kara wants a cupcake but only gazes longingly from afar…. It’s pretty much just innuendo bait for Katy’s ship. (C: YEP! THANK YOU FOR THE TASTY KIBBLE, SHOW!) I mean, in reality it’s Cat telling Kara to go after Jimmy. Kara protests that he said he needed time and Cat tells her to make him jealous. Also to read, “my 1998 guide to finding love entitled, The Lighthouse Technique: Shine Your Light and Let Him Come to You.” Omg. (C: The woman has such a way with words.) Kara goes for a cupcake and Cat grabs her arm because she is NOT sharing.
Out on the street, Siobhan keeps having screechy headaches where she sees flashes of something, too quick to be made out. She goes kind of dead eyed again and heads into Cat Co. Winn wants to know wtf she’s doing here since she was banned but Sibby can’t hear him over the screechy trance. She pushes him hard into a wall. Lol.
Catherine: Kara/Cat flirting AND Winn getting physically hurt? Have the writers finally started reading my letters?
Samantha: Cat tells Kara to call security but Trance Siobhan ain’t got time for that. She tells Kara that she ruined her life and banshee screams her out of the window. Logistics of Supergirl getting knocked over by a sonic scream? (M: None!) (C: *something something comic book physics*.) She unconsciously falls out the window when suddenly, A RED BLUR appears out of nowhere and flashes her to safety way outside of the city. YAY.
They stop, Flash wearing a weird contraption on his chest, and the front of Kara’s sweater is on fire. Kara nonchalantly pats it out and Flash is all, “You don’t seem that bothered that you’re on fire?” She tells him that he didn’t need to save her but he thinks she would have gone splat if he hasn’t.
Mari: I’ve never seen Flash but Gustin is already so charming and they’ve got this sweet, slightly awkward thing going for both of them and OMG HAVE BABIES.
Catherine: I was preparing myself to argue about why I ship them but I should’ve guessed that we’d all be in this boat together. Chug chug! Is that a boat sound??
Samantha: Who cares yay all of us on the ship!
Kara takes off in flight, throwing her clothes at Barry in the process. *wink wink*. (Honestly, my boyfriend ships them even harder than I do. He started it.) Also, have we talked about how apparently Kara wears a cape under her outfits?
Mari: Maybe it’s a cape you can make really small and put in your pocket. *cough*
Catherine: This has been bothering me for 15 years, welcome to my hell.
Samantha: Flash is shocked and takes off after her on the ground. Kara is just as bemused by him and lands again. She’s all “I’m Supergirl, what’s your excuse?” And he’s all “Say who now?” and it’s ADORABLE. They continue to be confused by each other and how they haven’t heard of the other. Flash admits he’s been working on his speed and didn’t mean to run them out into the middle of nowhere. Barry names some other CW heroes and at Kara’s ignorance seems to work out what’s happening. He takes off his mask and properly introduces himself: Barry Allen, Fastest Man Alive, Stuck On Wrong Earth.
Catherine: No dude, same. I have no idea how they’re gonna explain this. TBH I was a little disappointed that they went with the alternate earths thing to explain this. Superhero’s aren’t always hanging out in each other’s business. We get it. No need for a ton of explanation for why they only see each other during sweeps. Also I WANT them to see each other during sweeps, dangit! I want team-ups!
Samantha: There definitely will be team-ups now. The CW lives for crossover superheroes. I just dunno how they’re going to explain it. Here’s the new Superhero Fight Club:
He introduces himself to the lesser men standing in the room and Kara tells the lesser men about Barry being from another Earth. Winn is pretty pumped and fills Barry in on Kara being an alien. Barry is pretty excited about that and goes to a conveniently placed white board to try to explain Multiverse. Also, Jimmy has jealousy grouchy face and IDC. Barry tells them that there’s a whole bunch of different Earths vibrating at different frequencies, which is what hides them from one another. Barry traveled fast enough to open a breach (thanks for avoiding the word wormhole guys) between two of the earths. Jimmy wants to know how he traveled that fast and Barry demonstrates his powers by flashing out and then back with ice cream. Kara adorably goes, “Yes!” at the icecream.
Mari: That face! Some of her finest acting to date. I hope Flash didn’t steal that ice cream, though. That’s just rude.
Samantha: I think Barry would leave money behind.
He gives his backstory: he was struck by lightening the same night a particle accelerator exploded, giving him speed powers. Jimmy is less than impressed but who gives a shit. I am always less than impressed with you, Jimmy. Barry also explains that jumping universes was an accident and he’s stuck here until he figures out how to get home. But first, he needs food because he burns through like a gazillion calories. Kara grins and asks if he likes donuts. They’re adorable together and leave, while Winn laughs at Jimmy for being jealous.
Catherine: I found this scene incredibly adorable and it was one of the reasons I liked this episode. I’m not sure if the actor playing Barry is just better than what we’ve been dealing with over here or if it’s the writers but there was a very noticeable uptick in the quality of this episode. It was a lot funnier and less annoying than normal.
Samantha: Kara heads over to her desk with Barry in tow. Cat is like, “Hey, you’re alive and also there’s a new superhero.” Kara, Barry, Winn, and Jimmy all troop into her office to look at the photo of The Flash running up the building. Cat labels him as competition but Kara protests. Cat tries on sidekick and Barry protests that he’s definitely more of an equal. Cat glares at him and Barry says, “Speaking was the wrong choice, I see that now” and I giggle. Then Cat tells the 4 of them that:
And I giggle some more.
Mari: That’s too perfect. That’s how you do “kids these days” jokes without bringing up millenials.
Catherine: Everyone got great lines in this episode, but this was probably my favorite.
Samantha: She demands to know who the newbie is and all 3 of them claim him as their cousin. He properly introduces himself and says he’s just a good friend. Cat assigns Jimmy the task of getting a clear picture and Kara the task of not talking about what happened to the news until she says so. She gives herself the task of naming this new hero. “The Whoosh or The Red Streak or The Blur.” Barry pipes up with a “how about The Flash?” and this happens:
Cat kicks the boys out of her office and tells Kara that James seems jealous. Honestly I can’t believe Cat cares this much about this dumb relationship. (M: Especially because her son is way better.) (S: So much better.) (C: It’s pretty hard to believe.)
Siobhan heads into a witchy shop that looks like a place where Catherine and I would spend too much money. (C:WORD.) Her aunt is the proprietor and as Sibby asks for help, Aunty tells her that The Banshee is calling out to her. Cool. Okay.
Cut scene to them sitting at a table with a crystal ball. Aunty is using this banshee character for why Siobhan and her family are awful people. Apparently back when their family was in Ireland they stole from a banshee and she cursed them. So, they were always awful people? (M: Nice try, blaming a curse.) The curse is triggered when someone wrongs them. So, no one has wronged Siobhan until now? Lucky girl. I would have been triggered in 5th grade. Her aunt casually tells her that she murdered her husband and that Sibby has to murder who wronged her to get it to stop. If she doesn’t, her powers will grow but her soul will be destroyed. Excuse me, JKR taught me that murder also destroys one soul. Siobhan wonders how she can kill Kara with Supergirl protecting her and then lands on she has to kill Supergirl first. Convenient. I like this episode less when Grant Gustin isn’t in a scene.
Catherine: Okay, I hate even paying this much attention to this but it’s Supergirl Fun Facts time with Aunt Catherine. So Siobhan is Silver Banshee. Something I probably should have guessed before now since they used the name Siobhan but I still have faith left in humanity so fuck me I guess.
Also, in the comics her last name is McDougal and she’s Scottish. Or vaguely Gaelic like all us god-fearing white girls. The story about how she gets her powers is similar in the comics. She was a woman scorned and all that. Although in the comics it was because she was passed over to lead her clan for her younger brother because she was a woman. Then she was sort of killed. It’s a long story. It’s way better than, ‘she was fired from her job for doing something stupid’ as an impetus for murder, though. In the comics she’s a reoccurring nemesis of both Superman and Supergirl and her thing is that she has a sonic scream that can knock them back and 80’s hair that’s just really unfortunate.
Samantha: Man, of course they would make it lame.
In her cell, Livewire hears some screechy noises before all the GLASS WALLS WTF of her cell shatter. Two DEO agents come in with guns but she takes them out with her Electric Slide. (C: HA!)
Cat Co. Kara gets a call from Lucy, filling her in on the break out. She heads into Cat’s office and tells her that she has to leave the country but Cat isn’t going to back down. She thinks that her and Supergirl will take Livewire down again. Cat’s unwavering faith in Supergirl is kind of sweet. (C: *cough cough* It’s also gayer than a May Day parade.)
Super secret office. Kara asks for Barry’s help fighting Livewire. They shake as smiley partners.
DEO. Barry is super pumped about the headquarters and the alien spaceship.
Samantha: I guess I was just so relieved to not have him whining I didn’t even notice the inconsistency.
He tells Lucy that his day job is CSI and asks to see the crime lab.
Falling Apart Building for Boring Baddies. FABBB for short. Livewire is pumped that her beer is already in a cooler for her and not at all suspicious. Siobhan shows up and proposes teaming up. “Like an evil Taylor Swift Squad?” asks Livewire. I mean…
She’s in but only after they give Sibby a makeover.
Mari: Are you serious? Sigh.
Catherine: How else will they get through waiting to be caught? Also, ew you guys, you’re never gonna be Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy. Stop trying.
Samantha: DEO. Jimmy is broody watching Kara laugh with Barry. Lucy comes over to call him out and to, idk, get closure? This is interrupted by Supergirl announcing that they found Livewire. Flash wrote an algorithm and it led to FABBB. Lucy wants to dispatch a team but Supergirl thinks that she and Flash can handle it. Flash is like “girl, how though?” Winn wants to build a new science thing to catch her in but Supergirl refuses to wait because she needs to create tension in this episode.
The duo arrive at the FABBB and banter about who was faster.
Livewire shows up and Flash starts running speed circles around her and then throws all the speed energy at her. (C: So glad you explained WTF that was.) (S: I’m sure they give it a more scientific explanation on the show but that’s my understanding.) This, obviously, just charges her electricity up more. No way, Barry is much smarter than this. Even I know that this is akin to rubbing your feet over the carpet for a shock. She electrocutes Barry for awhile while Supergirl watches? And politely waits until she’s done to try her heat vision but by then Siobhan has shown up? She’s going by Silver Banshee now and screams loud enough for blood to come out of Kara’s ears (the Kryptonians have red blood just like us!). She has a new look and it’s A LOT of face paint. I’m honestly not sure how it isn’t going to just melt right off her face.
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Mari: Sweetheart, that is way too high maintenance. You can’t even start being villaining until you put in your vanity contacts! How efficient could that possibly be?
Catherine: Honestly, like, I guess CGI wouldn’t have been better. But. Silver Banshee is just not good in live action. It just never works. She looks like the lead singer of a screamo band and Livewire doesn’t look any better. Although, for perspective, this is what she looked like when she was on Smallville in 2010:
Samantha: Nooooo thank you.
She whines with some bad dialogue and then blasts Supergirl backward. She whines some more about “that little blonde moppet, Kara Danvers.” You mean the blonde moppet who looks an awful lot like the blonde moppet standing in front of you?!?!?! Supergirl blows wind at them (C: LOL) with the aide of Flash and then the good duo take off.
Cat Co Balcony of Pretty Much Always Brooding. Barry and Kara are talking. She apologizes for rushing in to the FABBB. Kara explains about how the red kryptonite made her do horrible things and honestly, at this point, I can’t remember any bad thing that she did. All I remember are the outfits. (C: Something about killing liquor bottles?) Barry pep talks her and they bond.
Inside of Cat Co. Jimmy broods over Barry some more, Kara remains elusive at her day job, and Livewire shows up through the appliances. Silver Banshee shows up in the elevator. Sucks when your power doesn’t let you make a dramatic entrance. Jimmy sees what’s up and presses his Supergirl watch button. Siobhan is about to do another scream when Winn jumps in and tries to talk her down. I sincerely don’t think I ever saw anything between these two to make me think that he had actual true blue feelings for her. His speech does no good.
Catherine: Winn was a goddamn mess in this episode. Pinballing back and forth between improbable love of Barry and even MORE questionable sudden devotion to Siobhan. Like, he kept not thinking about her until she showed up, which was weird but then it was EVEN weirder that he seemed to be so in love with her when she did. I just???
Samantha: DEO. Barry has created earbuds that will protect them from Silver Banshee’s scream but probably not her attitude. Lucy comes over to inform them that James called and the evil duo kidnapped Cat. Oh, so I guess he didn’t press his button? (M: I guess he was busy being electrocuted.) IDK. Livewire appears on the monitors and tells them to come to National City Park.
National City Park. People scatter in different directions as Livewire wreaks havoc. Cat sits handcuffed to a bench and Livewire threatens to stop her heart. Cat begs her not to, for her sons.
Supergirl and Flash show up with a “Hey Sparky! Shrieky! Hi.” Then he says,
I love it.
Catherine: They are clearly enjoying this too much.
Samantha: Banshee shrieks at them but the earbuds hold up. Also, again, there are a ton of people just standing around. GET AWAY FROM THIS AREA IDIOTS. Flash chases Livewire up a building and Supergirl frees Cat. Then Siobhan punches Supergirl in the face and she goes flying? What? Does Siobhan also have extreme strength and I missed it? Up until now her only power has been screaming? Can anyone just knock the Girl of Steel over with a punch? (C: Yeah, she has super strength too. I forgot. But in my defense, I barely care.)
Livewire electrocutes Flash.
Supergirl picks up a chunk of sidewalk and hurls it at Banshee, who disintegrates it. A helicopter flies low over them because NO ONE values their lives and Leslie PTSD zaps it. Supergirl flies in front of it and takes the electricity hit. Everyone watches as she comically slow mo gets electrocuted in the sky and falls to the ground. They start shouting things like, “She saved all of us!” and then the crowd runs in front of her, to… symbolically protect her? Because they are definitely not going to literally protect her. Livewire takes just long enough to charge her powers up that a bunch of firemen show up and spray her with the fire hose. It’s actually kind of hilarious. Or I’m losing it.
Mari: There was so much ? in the scene that by the time they just douse her in the sky, I laughed too. I’m not sure it was meant to be funny.
Catherine: Cool how everyone forgot that Liverwire’s Kryptonite is the common garden hose until just the right moment.
Samantha: Also, her rouge electricity hits Banshee. Then a fireman holds out his hand to Supergirl with a “It was our turn to help you” and ruins it. (C: Ugh. Calm down, show.)
Cat Co. Perd tells us that Supergirl is the hero of the city once again. Kara tells us that, thanks to Barry, the police department has a way to now lock up meta humans. And omg you guys. The way the Flash Squad locks up meta humans is just as nonsensical as the toiletless cells at the DEO. It’s this elaborate automated cube system. And I’m not sure how Barry could have recreated it here. (C: SUPER SCIENCE! Whatever, I like that he’s smart.) Also, apparently they’re going to get fair trials. Cat shows up and reveals that she knew Barry was Flash, for all the obvious reasons. But it’s also used to drive home that Cat doesn’t know Kara is Supergirl and UGH. (C: True story, I literally said “Oh, Sam will hate this”, aloud at this point.) (S: Thank you, I love you.) Kara goes to help Barry, without first making the eyebrow appointment that Cat asked her to.
Field Outside of the City. Barry explains that they’re going to combine their speeds to throw him through the dimensional barrier. Kara thinks it sounds like a race.
Kara’s Apartment. James comes over and they awkward for a bit. Kara babbles about two planets vibrating at the same frequency before kissing James. It feels like a pretty low chemistry kiss to me but maybe that’s just cause once it’s over, James is in a trance. (M: Also, the sexy times music gets so loud, I can’t see.) (C: I actually know this song. And I mention that because I often know/like the songs on this show but I fear that when it moves to the CW I won’t anymore because I’m a woefully out of touch adult and not a hip teenager.) He blankly stares and then turns and walks out of the room with Kara worriedly following him. She just thinks he’s being a jerk until she sees everyone else on her floor doing the same trance walk.
Non Headquarters. I had to look up what his name was, btw. Non is all “For Astra” while an orb thing spins.
Kara looks out her window and sees streams of people trance marching down the street.
Mari: This episode made about as much sense as usual (not a lot), but The Flash is so cute! It makes me want to watch that show with my oodles of free time hahahahahaha *cries*.
Catherine: Same. But with probably grosser crying.
Next time on Supergirl: The Myriad spreads across the city in S01 E19 – Myriad.
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