A Closer Look: The Flash – “Shade”

This Season of The Flash has wasted no time in furthering the plot with each episode, but this week’s episode holds particular status for pushing every existing storyline to the point of no return. Much like how the metahuman Shade was to distract the Team from Alchemy’s attack on Wally, the episode title of “Shade”…

A Closer Look: Supergirl – “Changing”

This week’s episode of Supergirl brought one of Superman’s most terrifying villains to life – Parasite. Though this episode accomplishes much more than just the nod to canon as there are also striking “changes” in the form of James’s new role as “Guardian”, J’Onns potential biology and Alex finally coming out to Kara and herself.…

A Closer Look: Arrow – “So It Begins”

And so it begins – the major story arc of Arrow Season 5 that is. Prometheus has revealed himself and is aiming to make life a living hell for both Oliver and the Green Arrow. Though despite being his first sustained appearance, it seems like Prometheus has had plans for both Oliver/ Green Arrow long…

A Closer Look: Supergirl – “Crossfire”

So yah… that happened! And all at once this season of Supergirl took an epic step forward on multiple fronts. New allies, new romance, a villain revealed and a major peg in the theme of “family”. So let’s stop gushing for a second and take a Closer Look at everything that got caught in this…

A Closer Look: Arrow – “Human Target”

This week the Church arc came to a close in one of the tightest situations we’ve seen in Arrow yet… oh who am I kidding, Oliver’s faked his death more times than we can count! Though with Oliver Queen currently at his highest, there’s no place to go but down as the worst is still…

A Closer Look: The Flash – “Monster”

This season we’ve been thrown several building questions: What will happen with Caitlin? When will Alchemy come for Wally? And who is Julian Dorn? Well this episode began to answer two of those as Team Flash faced off against a real monster – though it might not be the monster you think. Who was the…

A Closer Look: Supergirl – “Survivors”

Great writing isn’t throwing in a twist every chance you get. It’s creating a universe and dropping hints that when looked at closely enough make everything that follows predictable and yet completely satisfying. THAT is how I can best sum up this week’s episode of Supergirl titled “Survivors” Last week in “Welcome to Earth”, we…