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I hope the cast had fun with this episode, because it felt like a dud. Sure, Curtis got a key to The Bunker, Dark got to quip, and we had an earthshaking revelation that Andy might turn on our heroes. But an episode involving Brie? No thanks. I'm amazed Curtis only had the fever when he got home. I would've expected Oliver and Quentin to give him concussions from smacking him upside the head. Curtis is a long way from being a hero, and I'm okay with that. Speaking of canon . . . was Dark's new friend Murmur? He was part of the wave of new "Rogues" that Geoff Johns set Wally West with back in the day The guy isn't as creepy as Murmur, but I expect that to change. Wow, Malcolm is such a bitch, isn't he? Also, when will the flashbacks end? So boring. So uninteresting.

When Wonder Woman appeared on Batman: The Brave And The Bold, they'd break out that music for her.

Maverick . . . no, he didn't have the Firestorm-looking device on his emblem. Is the Speed Wraith based on Black Flash? Also, I kinda/sorta thought of the Reapers from the "Father's Day" episode of Doctor Who. Anybody else want to see Christopher Ecceleston lecture Barry about paradoxes? ETA: "The ghost-looking thing is still floating! What do we do?!?" "KEEP FIRING!!!" And that's how the CCPD budget was exhausted repairing the ceiling.

And I liked when they showed stuff that was coming up . . . including half an episode of The Venture Bros. months ahead of schedule. Now, showing The Room? No thanks.

"Watchdogs: Because 'Friends Of Humanity' Is With Another Production Company." Good focus episode on Mack. And nice for Daisy to save Fitz from imploding. Still "meh" on Lincoln. He means well, but I think he's over his head. Without powers, he's just a guy. Without powers, Daisy is a special snowflake hacker.

"Fellow Time Masters, I come to you with a new initiative. We will go to Central City in the early 21th Century. Anytime Barry Allen, alias the Flash, even thinks of travelling through time, we will pick him the nearest heavy object and smack him until the notion passes from his head. His stupid, well-meaning head. We're okay with him running anywhere in his own time, we're fine with him exploring other universes willy-nilly. But time? Nuh-uh. The man is a putz, and he needs to be stopped." So . . . does Wells dope up Cisco and Caitlin to make them forget about the two Barrys? Great to see a Barry/Wells scene taut with drama, though. Both GG and TC were at the tops of their respective games. Seriously, Barry is the worst time traveler ever. He needs a hundred index cards to thumb through in order to have him not mess with time.

Found this on Funny115. Too mean? Also, I can't wait to see the third list when it's revealed this summer.

iMonrey . . . In the current storyline, Barry is trying to get powered up to face Zoom. I think the device is used for tracking. Or maybe I'm thinking of something else, since it looks similar to what Firestorm wears after his "components" merge. ETA: Anybody else expect Kara to draw back a stump after reaching for Cat's cupcakes?

coppersin . . . ah. Sorry about that. I must have misread the headline. I'll have to move my nitpicking to Laurence Fisburn playing Perry White as a slightly more subdued JK Simmons/J. Jonah Jameson. And why does he insist Clark cover local football? I'm guessing the Daily Planet still hasn't filled all of the vacancies made possible by the Kryptonian hoedown from eighteen months ago. ETA from Comics Alliance: a "unique" Batman/Superman fight from 1964. Also, books to check out after watching BvS.

Not really about anime but based on it . . . a Fullmetal Alchemist live-action movie is in development. Don't worry, it's in Japan, so we don't have to fret about American producers botching it. I figure a lot of the CGI will be dedicated to the alchemy and Armstrong. Not just the sparkles . . . all of Armstrong.

Checking the Mets schedule for promotional items I'll never get around to picking up . . . April 30: Noah Syndergaard-en Gnome (first 15,000) May 27: 1986 Replica Jersey (all fans) May 28: 1986 Champions Special Pregame On Field Ceremony May 29: 1986 Replica World Championship Ring (first 15,000) (I got something similar back in '87) July 3: Yoenis Cespedes Compression Sleeve (first 15,000) July 29: Mike Piazza Replica Jersey (all fans) July 30: Mike Piazza #31 Pre-Game On Field Retirement Ceremony July 31: Mike Piazza Bobblehead (unspecified) August 27: Matt Harvey Bobblehead (first 15,000) September 17: Jacob deGrom Hair Hat (first 15,000) September 18: David Wright Eye Black (first 15,000)

Reminder: if [as] will be doing any April Fool's Day stuff, it'll be Thursday night/Friday morning. Last year, I was working, and it went over my head. Luckily, it was "FishCenter"-based, so I probably didn't miss much.

Meh episode, given the wonderfulness blowing up over on Supergirl. Nice that we only got one episode of Gordon in the hoosegow, and now we can witness "Jim Gordon: Fugitive." On the other hand, Oswald's father bites it, and now he's lost both parents in the span of a few months. If his adopted family survives by season's end, I will be amazed. Reading the recap . . . I think the inmates at Arkham wear the stripes. Puck should have been wearing a red shirt from the moment we met him. Only thing missing was Ed eating doughnuts and getting laid.

Well, Barry held up his end of the episode. For those not familiar with The Flash, he truly is the Fastest Dork Alive. And we love him for that. Nice to see him bond with another blonde in glasses. I would've wanted a Superman cameo, but a. I don't think that's possible, and b. He's probably laying low after BvS hit theaters. Anybody else wanting the episode to go 90 minutes? For one, we'll preempted by the NCAA final next week. For another, we could have gotten a montage of Live Wire getting Siobhan gussied up as Silver Banshee. How did they find the time for the makeover? Also, how cheesy was it for the "normals" to stand up for Supergirl? I kept expecting SB to blow really hard and wipe the crowd out. Nice to see Barry nudge Kara towards James. The question is whether it would have happened if he didn't come to this show. And Barry shared his science with the NCPD, so that villains can have due process.. . . as opposed to last year, where Barry kept dumping Villains Of The Week into the Pipeline. Granted, this was done by a 25th Century refugee posing as a brilliant scientist, but still . . . . Damn . . . forgot about Myriad. Anybody else flash back to "The Christmas Invasion" from Doctor Who? Anybody else curious about whether Russell T. Davies can smack somebody up? ETA: If you haven't seen The Flash . . . see it. It can be heavy, but it's the most lighthearted of the CW's DC Comics-based shows. Also, Cisco is a biggest goober than Winn, and the hero has father figures in abundance.

Here are the June solicitations from DC. The trade paperbacks listed are interesting . . . including DC ELSEWORLDS: JUSTICE LEAGUE VOL. 1, which reprints Justice Riders, Elseworld's Finest: Supergirl/Batman (taking place in a world without Superman or Batman), and Titans: Scissors Paper Stone (Adam Warren's far-future take on the Teen Titans). ETA: Should be noted that the "Rebirth" one-shot will run at 80 pages for $2.99. That's a bargain, right?

This just in* . . . AVClub goes over the first four episodes of the new season, gives it a B-plus. * Phrasing!

More table-setting. The unknown assailant will be revealed in time. Forgot about Mini-Merry, which was a nice touch from Franky. And we'll get to meet Dr. Hogback in the next episode.

Wasn't ticked off by anything. Wasn't thrilled by anything, either. What was the smoke being supposed to be?

You might have to wait . . . tomorrow's episode is a repeat.

Accompanied my mother to see this. It was good. Granted, this is two days after seeing Batman Vs. Superman, and I would have seen a ninety-minute PuppyMonkeyBaby movie without much to gripe about. How long was the "gang" in the bunker? I kept wondering if enough time had passed for Emmett's arm to be healed. I kept wondering if that was a plot point. Then Howard shot him in the head and dumped him in acid.

Nowwisconsin . . . I would not be surprised if Superman was just mostly dead, like with Wesley in The Princess Bride. I think that was the case in "The Return Of Superman." Speaking of early-90s stories. . . . I think Doomsday had origins dating back to Krypton. Lex Luthor was not involved. Shit, at the time, he was posing as his own illegitimate son, Lex Luthor II, who was Australian. All people knew during "The Death Of Superman" was that Doomsday was a monster that emerged from the Earth, cutting a wide swath of destruction towards Metropolis, and basically wiping out the Justice League in the process. Sure, the team was made up of second and third-stringers, but it was still brutal. And as the story got closer to Superman #75, the panels per page were reduced by one. By the finale, it was all splash pages.

I keep expecting giant tomatoes to rain from the sky. Also . . . Mira in chains? Icky. I'll probably have to rewatch to fully "get" it.

For anybody who wants a better take on Batman and Superman meeting, try the "World's Finest" three-parter from Superman: The Animated Series. Bruce and Clark wrecking each other's shit, Lois falling hard for a guy, and a Mercy/Harley catfight. There's also Superman/Batman Annual #1 . . . written by Joe Kelly, it's a warped take on Batman and Superman's first encounter with each other. Really funny stuff.

Don't know what's the bigger surprise for me . . . no Gail Simone on any of the books, or Christopher Priest emerging from the cornfield to write Deathstroke.

Before I turn in for the night, I have to share this. I wouldn't call it movie accurate, since I don't remember Superman having the spit-curl, but it made me laugh.