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And why exactly couldn't Eva have stayed in the real world and still worked on all those projects she boasted to Barry about? Ending world hunger, etc.? (Not to mention she had a good point that he hadn't done much good with his powers, at least not proactively. All he ever does is respond to crises when they arise- he and the rest of Team Flash haven't done much to otherwise use their skills to help the world.) Yes. That role is already taken.

Episode 7x03: "The Many Goodbyes of Harrison Wells, part 26"

For a minute I thought they'd somehow resurrected Julius Carry to play the meta-assassin. Guy had the gravelly voice, the wide eyed rage, and his samurai swords even had The Glow when they struck. #shadesofShogunShonuff

What I liked is that he didn't just keep trying to punch the other guy, but actually used his myriad other powers. "Fine, you've got super strength too? How about super-speed? No? Ice-breath? Too bad, loser."

From the writer's perspective, they probably didn't tell him because they wanted to leave the drama lingering for the fans to speculate about and anticipate. My own internal fan-writer tells me that Wanda's Vision didn't say anything because he knew that Ghost Vision is still processing his memories and trying to figure out his own feelings. Presumably he will still realize he loves Wanda and seek her out, but Wanda's Vision didn't want to leave her with too much false hope and give Ghost Vision space. Wanda opened the barriers, but as we could see this episode and from prior episodes, the center of town was quite a ways away from the barrier. With the short amount of time before Wanda realized she was going to lose her family and the lack of functioning cars, I can't imagine any but the furthest townsfolk were able to leave in time.

I forgot to mention it, but yes- could not agree more here. That seemed completely ludicrous, especially since- at least thus far- Captain El doesn't seem to be the scientific and inventive genius many of his counterparts are.

I agree this seems to be the idea behind Captain El's motivations (I'm just going to keep calling him Captain El until it sticks as his supervillain name). What is kind of sociopathic though, is that he seems determined to force Clark to become evil in order to prove a point, rather than either accept that this Clark is a different person, or wait to see if the maxim of power corrupting actually turns out to be true on its own accord. Also, when General Lane flipped the dogtag over, the "HELL" is shown to be written in a font that makes it read "7734." Anyone have any idea what the significance of this number might be? A secret code of some sort? Access key to a top-secret DOD Superman Killing Weapons Vault?

I thought they were sort of getting there with him with the BBQ scene, but if they don't go a little further, and give him some dimensions, it will really suck. Not the least of which because it begs the question, "WTF does Lana see in him?" Then again, that might be all there is to it. It would certainly explain Sarah and her boyfriend, if obliviousness is genetic.

I get that Jordan is the "special needs" kid and they want to figure out the deal with his powers*, but shouldn't Jonathan also get the Kryptonian Heritage introduction? It's just as much a part of his family history. *I'm betting that Jonathan and Jordan will somehow "complete" one another with the powers; like maybe because they have half-Kryptonian DNA they need to be in close proximity or something weird.

I'd really rather people be more personally accountable and think twice about what they post in public forums. When are people going to learn that this stuff is accessible pretty much in perpetuity once you hit "send"????

I am not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure Cecile just broke all kinds of rules of professional conduct.

The Mayor went from calling Tobias out on his BS an episode or two ago to kissing his butt this episode. My neck hurts from the whiplash. Guess it doesn't matter in the end. Tesla Device is probably going to be the key to getting Jen back. I laughed at Jefferson's "low-rent Joey Toledo and Syonide" comment, although I feel like new Joey is more of a low-rent Zsasz/Athony Carrigan.

This was what I found most interesting. I believe Strucker implied it unlocked their potential or something in the end-credit scene from Winter Soldier. But Agatha suggests that Wanda used her probability manipulation to keep the Stark bomb from exploding and that the powers might have faded away if not for the Mind Stone. So it looks like Pietro and Wanda are likely to be the MCU's first official mutants.

I think you got it the wrong way around. The deed was sitting, opened, in the passenger seat of Wanda's car. Agatha told Wanda that she came to Westview because she felt the big disturbance and was drawn by the lure of power. My read is: Wanda returns from being snapped. After Tony's funeral, she gets the Vision's letter along with anything else that he may have left her in a will (she tells Hayward that she is his "next of kin" which is technically not true in a legal sense, because he has no blood relatives. So if it was to have any legal meaning- and Hayward doesn't challenge her on it- there must have been some kind of declaration in a will.) Before she decides to go to Westview to claim their home, Wanda decides to find where the Vision's body is so she can give him a proper burial. She was probably going to go directly there once she got it (as she did when she left without his body). She grieves, warps the town. Agatha- from some outside area (maybe still in Salem? Who knows.)- senses the disturbance in the magical force and comes to investigate. Possibly feed on it/absorb it; at the least to understand how it came to be so that she can also access that level of power. Starts manipulating Wanda from within to figure it out.

Agreed. I saw someone else speculate on this, and went back and rewatched his comment. I think he was clearly having fun with the reporter and the fans.

Maybe that's his supervillain name. "Captain Luthor." Like Captain America, or Captain Boomerang. 🤣

Did Tyler Hoechlin pack on a ton of muscle for this role, or is his newest suit somewhat padded? Because he looks much bigger than his prior Arrowverse appearances. He was lean but fit before, but now dude looks ripped! This was pretty good. I agree that it seems like Jon took things too well at the end, considering his stature in Metropolis and his girlfriend and all. Jordan also seemed way too upbeat at the end given his kind of emo attitude the rest of the show, but I'm going to chalk it up to "pilot" and the need to wrap things up nice and neat for the series pickup sell, and assume that both of these guys are going to get all dramatic again starting next ep.

Okay, this episode convinced me: Tobias is either using shapeshifting metagenes to play the role of the therapist (and her mannerisms and dialogue really remind me of Krondon's performance) or she is at least on his payroll. Tobias' pitch to Lynne at the restaurant almost exactly echoes her confession to the therapist earlier in the ep.

Cat lover would be my guess.

She has powers, but unless the MCU changes the definition of mutant, she is not one. In the comics mutants are specifically people born with powers due to mutations in their genes. That said, though, Monica got her powers from moving through the barrier, but she isn't the only one who has done so (Darcy, for instance, has now done it as well). Granted, Monica's been through multiple times, from both sides, but maybe she did have some genetic predisposition that allowed it and that the barrier kickstarted. I agree (and it sometimes surprises me what people try to turn into easter eggs). On the other hand, the "nudge, nudge, wink, wink" writing certainly felt designed to hint at a greater mystery. They drew more attention to it by not naming them than if they had simply said, the first time they were mentioned, "My old army buddy Ms. No-one can probably help us out!" I think he is, and this episode kind of confirmed that to me. They said Hayward was trying to revive the Vision, but couldn't until Wanda came along. So there was at least a hope/thought that they could restore him, otherwise it was kind of a wasted effort. The fact that it took Wanda to complete that process doesn't necessarily mean that she is the only thing keeping him alive- after all, we know she had a special connection to the Mind Stone. Maybe she is still able to simulate whatever the stone did to restart his consciousness.

I saw that, too. It would fit with some of the other aspects of the show that seem drawn from that West Coast Avengers "Wanda Gone Mad" storyline (a lot, really- Vision dissected by the government; kids revealed to be imaginary; etc.). The first thought came to me was Man-Thing's Nexus (which, as Kromm pointed out, has a lot of ties to Dr. Strange), and had completely forgotten that Immortus called Wanda a Nexus-being. Then again, there isn't any particular reason they can't tie all of these things together, either. Something else that occurred to me that I forgot to mention: someone in the episode thread mentioned the book at the end, and said he thought it might be the Necronomicon. My first thought when I saw it was that it is probably the Marvel comics equivalent, The Darkhold, which would be appropriate, as the Darkhold was written by the elder demon Cthon, who once possessed Wanda and who is trapped in Wundagore Mountain, which is in Wanda and Pietro's home country. People keep talking about Mephisto (likely due to his connection to the storyline mentioned above with Immortus, the Vision being dismantled, and Wanda's kids being imaginary), but could the real villain be Cthon? It would be more in keeping with the comics, and it might avoid the sort of satanic/real-world imagery that might otherwise be objectionable with the Mephisto character.

Based on episode 7's commercial, it looks like the MCU relocated the Nexus of All Realities from Florida to New Jersey.

I noticed that. He was also carrying a parcel marked "fragile," not unlike the state of Wanda's psyche at the moment.

My money is on the Shadow King from FX's Legion. (Not really, but that would be so badass. I'd kill to see Navid Negabahn or Aubrey Plaza reprise their roles from that show in an MCU production. Or Dan Stevens, for that matter.)

I may be wrong, but I'm starting to wonder if the Pierce's therapist might be a shapeshifted Tobias, trying to push them apart under an innocent guise.