ROGUES GALLERY #41: SIDEKICK, GOTHAM, and the Arrowverse Before the Invasion!

Rogues Gallery - A DC Universe Podcast (SciFi4Me Radio)

This week we introduce a slightly different format in which we combine brief recaps of the shows with our commentary So you get everything wrapped up in one packagehttpswwwyoutubecomwatchvsZGfsUJdFoThe short film was made by members of the cast and crew of the Arrowverse so we include it here for those who like this sort of thing we do And that leads us to our discussion about everything else in the DC TV universeGOTHAM Episode 307 Mad City Executioner This week Captain Barnes Michael Chiklis channels his inner Judge Dredd with his I am the law declarations as he goes to town with his rampage against the criminal element in Gotham City Meanwhile Oswald Robin Lord Taylor has taken it upon himself to rid the world of Isabella Chelsea Spack whos convinced Ed Cory Michael Smith that breaking up is the Wrong Thing To Do just before she goes off to a librarians conference And Ivy Maggie Geha has resurfaced and suddenly has Mad Chemistry Skillz wearing a perfume that makes people do what she says She steals a hefty jeweled necklace from Anton the Antiquities Dealer Jeremy Crutchley who just happens to have been connected to an organization that can employ men with crossbowsSUPERGIRL Episode 206 Changing Its the Berlanti version of THE THING with an alien parasite taking over the body of Dr Rudy Jones William Mapother whos researching climate change and slinging politics every other minute Very clumsy political stuff The parasite gives him the ability to absorb life energy and the combination of Kryptonian and Martian life force mutates him into the purple Parasite we all well some of us know from the comics and animated shows only bigger And its the simultaneous attack on Kara Melissa Benoist and Jonn David Harewood that has James Mehcad Brooks convinced he can wait no longer to suit up convincing Winn Jeremy Jordan to help him take on ParasiteOn the other front Alex Chyler Leigh comes out to Kara in a scene that feels very authentic very much written from personal experience it feelsTHE FLASH Episode 306 Shade The theme of this episode Why didnt you tell meFunction Character of the Week Shade Mike McLeod otherwise known as the Smoke Monster from Lost Hes just there to make circumstances such that Caitlin gets outed Frankly they could have done this better since Shade was using superfast read that charged with heat energy molecules it would have made sense for Caitlin to be forced to use her powers to help stop Smoke Monster when he attacked the movieinthepark crowd Only it didnt happen that way Wasted opportunityAnd as weve been speculating for the past few weeks Wally makes his way to Alchemy after having repeated memory kid flashes of his time in Flashpoint ARROW Episode 507 Vigilante Theres a new vigilante in town Lets call him Vigilante And those of us paying attention know that with Adrian Chase Josh Segarra on the show its only a matter of time before the one is unmasked as the otherVigilante is going after bank robbers run by twobit thug Eric Dunn Toby Levins who have a tendency to end up dead because Vigilante is dishing out Hard Core Justice which he thinks is outside Oliver Stephen Amell and Team Arrow 20s comfort zone Oliver is having one of his existential crises where he questions all of his actions again And this time its not Felicity Emily Bett Rickards who talks him off the ledge but Susan Carly Pope who suddenly is his new friend who totally isnt into him or wanting to get a scoop or anythingMeantime Quentin Paul Blackthorne is having a crisis of his own realizing that Prometheus is setting him up to take the fall for the Throwing Star Murders what with the drunken blackouts and allLEGENDS OF TOMORROW Episodes 206 Outlaw Country a time pirate with a tracker comes across a cattle rustler named Quentin Turnbull Jeff Fahey who learns about the value of white dwarf ore and manages to take over the entire Western United States past the Rocky Mountains Turnbull has figured out the power properties of the white dwarf alloy and has a train load of it headed to the one bridge that connects the two parts of the US across the Rockies Major time aberration thereSo the Time Bandits head out to correct the anomaly once again crossing paths with Jonah Hex Johnathon Schaech whos chasing a bounty on Turnbull and it turns out the outlaw was responsible for the damage to Hexs face along with killing a church full of town folk Plus Hex has had issues in the aftermath of the first time he worked with Sara Caity Lotz and the gang in The Magnificent Eight Remember what we said about goofballeryThe panel Ann Laabs Kathryn Sanders Dave Margosian Jeff Hackworth Timothy Harvey Dustin Adair Jason Hunt