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One more post before bed: Barry does an awesome Snart. Leo's reaction was priceless as well.

Gotta love the rest of the Legends arriving. "Why aren't you cutting into Supergirl?" "I'm trying! Something is blocking me!" "Hi there! Oh my God! Reverse Flash?!? Didn't we take care of you last season?" And Zari got an official outfit!

Champs in Review: They started with ten. Camila did Camila, and she was booted. Nine. They beat the Stars, but they had to send somebody to elimination, and Cory lost. Eight. This week: Jenna twists her ankle, Ashley's father is reaching his end, and CT is stomping on TO's berserk button. Conceivably, they could be out half the team by the middle of next week's episode. Nice mission, though the part where Jenna hurting herself sucked. Cheap mission to set up, and everybody got to run around like maniacs. Well, except for Riff, who . . . what was he doing? Really, really hoping CT and TO face off, preferably next week. Thank you, MTV, for reminding us about Knight's passing. Also, to be reminded that Knight wasn't in the best of shape in BOTE2.

Great ending. There were some problems. I got prickly seeing Ray/Atom bite off Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan's power and catchphrase. Then I remembered that the Marvel Universe seems to exist as fiction on these shows, so I'm thinking Ray/Atom was paying respect to one of his fave "fictional" heroes. I feel for Diggle. He's the only Team Arrow guy not called in to murder Nazis, and then Barry rushes him to the wedding with no warning. Bright side: once again, David Ramsey exercised his right to bare arms, which is always awesome. And he officiated a second wedding! Kind of a shame they didn't have on Flash and Arrow, but, y'know, whatever. Quibbles, right? Man, watching Martin letting go was painful. Lovely tribute. This is in contrast to Hawkman; had Vandal Savage not grabbed his body, the Legends would have just kicked his body down a steep hill. Funeral was beautiful. Nice that the Steins have all-but-adopted Jax. I'm still banking that he'll become Firestorm by merging with anybody, as opposed to getting a life partner. Once again, I'd want him to fuse with Mick. Awesomeness would ensue. Speaking of Mick, I liked his reaction to Leo. "Great, I'm tripping again. Unless this is another evil Snart. Last time, I broke the universe, and the team kept punching me over it." Dunno how long Happy Time Leo will be around, but I hope it'll be for a while . . . or at least past next week's episode. Better old-school source: Superman II or the general Superman mythos? "We need to go up, up. And away!!"

Scanned the AVClub review. The main point: made the most depressing chapter of the crossover was a Flash episode, and that should have been reserved for Arrow. Not like Star City is the place where hope goes to die unmourned (that would be Gotham City), but that's where a good chunk of Arrowverse angsting happens. "We're in a concentration camp. How can things get worse?" "No, getting lined up to get executed doesn't count." "Hey, it's Sara's dad, and he's the Nazi in charge. I bet the Laurel that lives on Earth-X is a bitch here, too." Then Leonard "Leo" Snart freezes Nazis, and all is right with the multiverse. Did Ray's Seed series air yet? I didn't see it. He felt shoehorned into the story, especially the part where he's from Earth-1. On the other hand, the Joe Quesada-designed outfit from the early Nineties holds up well on screen. I still think a parka can not work on TV. The canon eye-protection? That works. Man, the Last Days of Martin Stein were painful to watch. If you rewatch the first two parts, you can probably spot the vultures lurking in the background, sharpening their knives and forks. At least he went out saving Jax, and Jax didn't look like a punk because of that. On the live thread, I said, "Jeremy Jordan has been training his entire life for this episode, and it shows." I stand by that. And you can see that Winn's POV. "We have to go home." "But we can kill the enemy in one fell swoop." "But we have to go home." "Did I mention that Bearded Hitler and his girl could also conquer world after world?" "But we have to go home." "We have an underground book series here called 'Star Trek.' We learned that the needs of the man outweigh the needs of the few." "But we have to go home, and we'll probably never come back here." "Shit. good point. You get an hour."

"Bad news: I missed out on the action. Good news: I didn't get to kill anyone, I married two awesome couples, and I only threw up once!"

Dang. Another shocker . . . at least if you don't do spoilers.

Simple ceremony? Works for me. Why tempt fate? Poor John. Left out and he's still not used to meta shit.

Man, that was so emotional, even Mick teared up.

Leo's staying?!? Didn't see that coming.

So . . . many . . . Friggin' . . . old school lines. Not like that's bad. Well, except for Ray ripping off Kamala Khan's term and ability. ETA: Eobard is supposed to die almost three years ago. Or last year. Some guys suck so hard.

Slow walk. Y'all Nazis are fucked now.

Jeremy Jordan has been training his entire life for this episode, and it shows. Of the original heroes in the original "Crisis on Earth-X" story, only Red Tornado and Ray appear here. I don't think Uncle Sam would've worked here, but that might have been fun.

The gun isn't loaded. Watch. ETA: Called it, though Oliver is that predictable. And I didn't recognize Xlicity.

"Hey, guys. None of you are gonna pull Valkyrie shit, right?" Nazi Waverider? Okay . . .

Kinda want Mick to meet Leo. I don't think he'd be prejudiced, but he'd sputter for about ten minutes. ETA: I mean, Mick is probably confused enough with his attraction to Kiler Frost.

"Hey, has anyone heard from Olsen?" #HadToGoThere

"Earth-X: Home Of The Manliest Winn Schott."

And Midshipman Werewolf is a hero!

While we are in commercials . . .Laurel-X is totally doing her dad's work, right?

"Hey, we're gonna see Quentin!" Two minutes later: "Awwwwwwwwww, fuck." Gotta ask: is every Snart quippy? Not that I mind . . .

Heads up: Christmas episode airs December 10, and that will lead into the next season. ETA: Here's the teaser. Jesus dabs!!!

So the odds were that he'd have to pay admission like everybody else to get in, even if he wasn't an asshole. I'm thinking my judgement was clouded that he stopped the Yankees in different years with different teams.

Apologies for my Singh/Curtis comment . . . I was channeling the rationale of having the two gay men have a moment after the lesbian and bisexual woman hooked up. Also, I forgot Singh was hitched, though he doesn't pop up frequently on The Flash for me to remember that. BTW, I like the double skirt rip. Totally not fanservice in my eyes because Alex and Sara needed leg room to kick Nazi ass. Also, I'm confident that Gideon (the AI of the Waverider) could fix the dresses should either/both of them live through this crossover.

I think a meeting was held, and it was determined that Mick could do less damage at a wedding than -- IIRC --during a mission in the Stone Age with the others. I know that Amaya could curb him, but imagine Mick being the guy to introduce fire to cavemen. "Are you kidding me?!? You don't need my heat gun! You got sticks, you got kindling . . . hey, Haircut, does the translate thing do 'caveman'? Because I don't think these jerks are getting it." No, she's just really, really, REALLY hard to kill. I mean, she was presumed dead twice years before she actually died. Her power is basically awesomeness; fighting ability is listed under "skills."