OK, here’s my review of the final episode of the Government Conspiracy plotline. WARNING, THIS IS FULL OF SPOILERS!!
[SPOILER]*First of all: BRAINIAC!?! OK, THAT came out of nowhere. Sure, the episode explains his presence, and it makes sense, but they could’ve given us more clues first, don’t you think?
Not to say I didn’t like Brainy’s presence, in fact he made the episode all the more fun, and gave it more action than it would probably have had otherwise. Nice of them to use the Black Heart, too.
*The Justice Lords weren’t really here, they were Brainiac’s constructs. But still, cool to see them, and cool how they tried to use psychological warfare on the League, and even cooler that the heroes didn’t fall for it.
*The story was a little TOO perfect, the way only Flash was left to fight “Brainthor”, or how he FINALLY accessed the Speed Force to defeat him, or how it almost absorbed him, or how all the other Leaguers had to join forces to save Flash. Can you be any more obvious in your way to making everybody appreciate Flash again? And how exactly can physical pulling save you from being absorbed by a cosmic force??
*The final speech, with the “Big Seven” quitting and the other Leaguers (Green Arrow, really) convincing them to stay, was also predictable, but still moving. (Though I think they were being too harsh on themselves- really, most of what happened was due to other people’s distrust of them.)
Still, in general, a GREAT episode, full of action, great characterization (especially that moment with Luthor at Superman’s mercy!) and tying up a LOT of loose ends. In my opinion they should’ve extended the story for another episode, because there were a lot of things going on, but maybe they just ran out of episodes.
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