Buffy: How bored were you last year? Giles: I watched 'Passions' with Spike. Let us never speak of it.

'Beneath You'


Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon  

A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.

Marvel superheroes are discussed over at the MCU thread.

Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.

Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.

This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.


Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 19, 2016 12:05:48 pm PDT #29544 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I guess when you start out as a half-man/half-horse you have a higher tolerance for weirdness in your life.

Him being self-aware from the get-go dispels the biggest element of creepiness from having a relationship with Supergirl. Though I'd imagine having to sweep up piles of manure after your boyfriend whenever Hale-Bopp isn't visible in the night sky would kill the romance pretty damn quickly.


sj - Apr 19, 2016 2:09:07 pm PDT #29545 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I think it was her mother because they kept talking about her all episode. It was a very overwrought finale, but it was mostly a good show. I hope it gets renewed.

I spent today finishing the season of Supergirl and catching up on The Flash. I'm still 2 episodes behind on Arrow and more episodes behind on LoT than I care to count.


Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 19, 2016 4:56:14 pm PDT #29546 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I'm not sure if discussion of the show belongs in here rather than in Procedurals or Natter, but I thought I'd let folks know that Claudia Black is one of the stars of the new WB drama Containment that just debuted tonight.

I saw zero indication of that in the press beforehand, but recognized her when I left it on while eating dinner.


quester - Apr 19, 2016 6:56:46 pm PDT #29547 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

I knew she looked familiar in the commercials so I looked it up. It's just wrong seeing her with blonde hair.


Kalshane - Apr 19, 2016 7:27:18 pm PDT #29548 of 30001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

That was some convoluted BS on Flash explaining the Jay-is-Zoom thing. Bah. I liked the first half of the episode, but didn't like the second half.

Also, it was really weird Barry not mentioning spending several days on yet another Earth in the middle of his run back from Keystone. (Or why, if Barry can travel between Earths with the tachyon widget, he needs Cisco to open a breach.)

ETA: Also, Cisco loses nerd points for using "midichlorians."


DXMachina - Apr 20, 2016 1:50:23 am PDT #29549 of 30001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

That was some convoluted BS on Flash explaining the Jay-is-Zoom thing.

Didn't like it, either. I'm a big fan of causality. It also doesn't make a lot of sense. Why did Zoom say "This is a complication," when he brought Jay's dead body back to the lair? It was part of the plan.

it was really weird Barry not mentioning spending several days on yet another Earth in the middle of his run back from Keystone.

Yeah, I was gonna bring up the same thing. Dude, you just created your own breach, albeit to a different different Earth. Now you've decided to keep that secret? That never ends well.

So who is the man in the mask? Another time remnant? Henry? Ollie (who's been reported dead on Earth II)? Anakin?


quester - Apr 21, 2016 6:05:19 pm PDT #29550 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

I kept waiting for some kind of double cross with the whole giving Zoom Barry's speed force. I was hoping it was going to be a trick.


Steph L. - Apr 21, 2016 6:06:58 pm PDT #29551 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Dude, you just created your own breach, albeit not to a different different Earth.

I thought it was to a different Earth. None of the Supergirl people had heard of the Flash or Green Arrow or Black Canary.

So who is the man in the mask? Another time remnant?

I don't think I missed any episodes, but I don't remember what a time remnant is. Not a time wraith, right?


Kalshane - Apr 21, 2016 6:38:01 pm PDT #29552 of 30001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

I kept waiting for some kind of double cross with the whole giving Zoom Barry's speed force. I was hoping it was going to be a trick.

Me, too.

I thought it was to a different Earth. None of the Supergirl people had heard of the Flash or Green Arrow or Black Canary.

Yes. Supergirl's Earth is Earth 3 (or whatever). But the point is Barry just traveled to a different Earth on his own. His insistence that Cisco is the only one who could get him to Earth 2 seemed really strange.

I don't think I missed any episodes, but I don't remember what a time remnant is. Not a time wraith, right?

A time remnant is something cut adrift from a timeline that no longer exists (or at least that's the best I can wrap my head around it) like Thawne when he appeared earlier this season.

As for why Zoom has a time remnant, or how he convinced the remnant to let him kill him (or why he then said that it complicated things while alone in his lair with Iron Mask when he supposedly did it on purpose) I can only assume the writers are doing a bunch of crack.


DXMachina - Apr 22, 2016 3:59:34 am PDT #29553 of 30001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I thought it was to a different Earth.

You are correct. I was trying to say that, but changed the way I was expressing it midsentence and never fixed the mistake (until now).