Let me start with what didn't work for me because like I said there was plenty I enjoyed about this crossover but what I didn't like boils down to one thing and that's Oliver's characterization. I know that Oliver is pretty much always picked on during these crossovers because everyone likes to make fun of how dark and brooding he is and though most of the time I can ignore it, sometimes it gets annoying because if it wasn't for him this Arrowverse wouldn't even exist and I just wish that for once these crossovers would acknowledge that. I honestly think he's the best team leader of the group and the most badass but the crossovers never seem to agree but the writing for Oliver tonight was pretty much the worst I have ever seen cause it seemed like whoever wrote him had never seen a single episode of Arrow. One minute he's acting like a child and making jokes that Oliver would never be caught dead making, the next he's throwing a tantrum and screaming at Barry for being happy. It was the weirdest experience and I was not a fan.
The pacing for this episode was also not great. I know we normally have a few minutes at the top of the episodes to show us what's been going on in each show but with the body swapping thing that happened, there was no need to show us all that stuff with Oliver and Iris in the loft and then Oliver fighting and then Diggle and Barry and then them fighting cause we got plenty of fun mix up learning each other's powers thing later on in the episode. The reason we went to Kara was weak as well but I can let that slide. We also never got a reason as to why Team Flash suddenly turned on Oliver and Barry when in reality they would have believed them cause of all the shit they deal with on a normal basis. Adding to that, we never got a reason for why they didn't bother to let Felicity or the rest of Team Arrow know what happened. Like I said last week, it really seemed as though Team Arrow and Team Supergirl weren't a part of the crossover and though Felicity and Diggle are on the poster, I have no idea if they'll really be a part of this or not. Tbh if the crossover is going to continue to be as shitty as it is now, I'd kinda rather they just stay away.
Personally I think both Grant and Stephen did pretty good jobs playing with each other's powers though I kind of wish this was more of a Freaky Friday situation so that we could see Grant and Stephen actually play Oliver and Barry in characterization cause that would have been much more fun. Also sidebar but it was nice that Iris mentioned that Felicity called her to tell her about Oliver going to prison and that she mentioned that it was a shitty thing to do so we know it's not just Felicity overreacting. I'm assuming this will carry on with Oliver when Arrow returns after it's winter break.
Now over to the Supergirl stuff which I enjoyed. I loved seeing Tyler as Clark again and seeing him talk to Kara about what's been going on. I know that we can't have him appear too much on Supergirl cause then it becomes the Superman show but sometimes it just makes no sense for him not to be around and I kinda wish that he would pop up more during this season cause it seems silly that a season about anti-alien sentiment wouldn't have Superman around. We met Lois as well and I really had no thoughts about her cause she really had nothing to do in this episode and it makes me wonder if she'll be any more episodes or if this was it cause it seems silly to cast her and not use her.... As I mentioned before the reasoning to bring Kara into this mess was a little farfetched but so was the reason why Clark went along. A killer robot could have been handled without him especially since he went straight back to Earth 38 afterwards so it's not like he stuck around to help with the real problem!
Let's also take a moment to talk about how cool the Amazo was in live action and how I thought there was no way he would appear!
We didn't get too much about the Monitor but he looked pretty cool and I'm hoping that we get more of him in the future. I'm really curious about how this is all going to go down cause he seems super OP and I'm not sure how these 4 can save the day. Speaking of 4, our final tease was that we'll be heading off to Gotham to meet with Batwoman. It's an interesting twist that she's on Earth 1 and not some other Earth like we all assumed cause there's no Batman we know of on Earth 1 but there is one on Earth 38 so maybe she'll just take the place of Batman in this universe?
So far I've been disappointed with the crossover but tomorrow's the Arrow part so here's hoping that it'll get better! It's already been an hour and our heroes are just learning who the Big Bad is so the next two have to ramp up the excitement no? I'll see you all then!
xoxo Allie
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