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REVIEW: Young Justice Season 4: Phantoms, Episode 12, “Og Htrof dna Requnoc”
*SPOILERS* “Og Htrof dna Requnoc” opens with a narration from Zatara about his early days as a stage magician. Meanwhile, Nabu and team Zatanna get their butts handed to them by Child, who then disappears with Flaw as Klarion reverts to his original form. Klarion looks back in time for a...
Read MoreREVIEW: Young Justice – Season 4, Phantoms, Episodes 10 and 11, “Nomed Esir!” and “Teg Ydaer!”
***SPOILERS AHEAD*** “Nomed Esir!” opens with more flashbacks, this time to the development of Atlantis under the watchful eye of Vandal Savage. In the present, Zatanna and her students are licking their wounds when the Stranger finds them. Meanwhile, Klarion faces off against Child. ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 8, Episode 5 “Armageddon Part 5”
The Flash may have averted Armageddon, but his greatest test is yet to come. “Armageddon Part 5” puts yet another new spin on the theme that has fueled not only this season-opening miniseries but much of the show from the beginning. That it incorporates the central characters and plot elements f...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 8 Episode 4 “Armageddon Part 4”
“Armageddon Part 4” is a mostly great episode that kicks itself in the shins a few times too many. The continuing Armageddon storyline takes a surprising twist, and the wacky shifting alliances of an alternate future make for some entertaining scenes between former nemeses, but it focuses too mu...
Read MoreREVIEW: Young Justice Season 4: Phantoms – Episodes 8 and 9, “I Know Why the Caged Cat Sings” and “Odnu!”
*SPOILERS* “I Know Why the Caged Cat Sings” begins in the fallout of “The Lady, or The Tigress?” as Artemis and her crew get swarmed by Lady Shiva’s followers. Cassandra/Orphan finally frees herself, taking out the lights, and a big fight ensues. When the lights come ba...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 8, Episode 3 “Armageddon Part 3”
The beginning of “Armageddon Part 3” scared me. I thought we were bracing for the return of one of my most hated, played-out superhero tropes, something The Flash has done several times (and several times too many). Instead, the third chapter in the miniseries surprised me by arguing against thi...
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