I stopped posting the Buffy/Angel headcanon a few years ago, knowing there was at least one more season to go. But I'd reached the end of the actual Buffy shows, hadn't read the comics, and mistakenly thought I'd seen all of Angel, but not recently enough to properly recall it. It turned out, I had missed several episodes of the final three seasons. But I've recently fixed that, watching the last few seasons of Buffy and all of Angel together with my fiance, who hadn't seen past the first two seasons of Buffy. 

Personally, I think I enjoy the last televised season of Angel more than the final televised season of Buffy. Not the final episodes (Buffy had some fantastic episodes in the final season, they were all just sort of crammed together with a bunch of filler between them, while Angel made every episode count, using different tones, not always progressing the overall story, but always giving the viewer something entertaining. I would say that it's a shame that Angel was cancelled before they got to do another season, but if the graphic novels are at all representative of what Whedon wanted to do during the next season, then television dodged a toxic, stinky bullet.

The rapey elephant that's showed up in the room between when I started creating this headcanon and now is that Whedon has been outed as a misogynist, racist, and general abuser. Even actors who work with him, and say positive things about him tell stories that they think are charming that actually expose what a complete piece of shit Joss Whedon has always been.

Normally, I'd say this brings up the argument about separating the art from the artist. But, for my two cents? I don't think Whedon wrote a single episode or comic issue that anyone ever enjoyed. I think Whedon has always been a complete hack who happens to be buoyed by an excellent writing staff and talented actors/artists. It is a shame that he gets any money for this franchise, but I think you can safely enjoy the best parts of this universe, secure in the knowledge that, while Whedon took credit for it, he probably didn't write anything you actually enjoyed. His comic work has exposed that he's not a very talented writer. His ideas can best be described as stale, his plots aimless and dull. But if you give his characters and an outline to one of his TV writers, or a storied comic writer, you can end up with gold.

This season is just the best parts of Season Five of Angel. I had a great time watching it, especially as I'd missed so many of the good episodes when I watched it in reruns on channels like TNT.

101. Shiny Happy People
(Angel, Wesley, Gunn, Lorne, Fred, Conor, Jasmine)

When we last left the gang, Cordelia was pregnant, and an apocalypse was going down. (Must have been a Tuesday.) We pick up this season with Cordelia's child having been born an adult (beats being raised in a Hell Dimension between episodes, amirite Conor?) She seems absolutely lovely. It's like there isn't even going to be any tension in this storyline. 


102. Peace Out
(Angel, Wesley, Gunn, Lorne, Fred, Conor, Jasmine, Lilah)

Ok, so Cordelia's kid was a total nightmare. Probably evil. Definitely not good for the city of LA, and the gang has to put her down. Who's surprised? Raise your hand.


103. Home
(Angel, Wesley, Gunn, Lorne, Fred, Conor, Lilah, Knox)

Say goodbye to the hotel, Angel and the gang move up in the world as they are given the reigns to Wolfram & Hart, you know, the Big Bad that's been responsible for much of the suffering during the entire run of the show. Things are obviously about to change in a major way.


104.Just Rewards
(Angel, Spike, Wesley, Gunn, Harmony, Lorne, Fred, Knox)

Team Wolfram & Angelhart received a surprise in the mail. An amulet fell out and *poof* Spike appeared. Spike The Sort Of Friendly Ghost Vampire haunts the office and adds some much needed humor into the team. Also, Angel's receptionist is Spike's ex, and everyone's second favorite mean girl from Buffy (RIP Cordelia), Harmony!


105. You're Welcome
(Angel, Cordelia, Spike, Wesley, Gunn, Harmony, Lorne, Fred, Lindsey, Eve)

Wait, Eve is working with Lindsey? Awww. I'm glad he's back for some closure. And, speaking of closure, this is a much needed episode involving Cordelia, who deserved better than the mommy-in-a-coma treatment that was used to write her off the show. It's not perfect here, but it's cathartic, and nice to see her on screen again.


106. Smile Time
(Angel, Spike, Wesley, Gunn, Harmony, Lorne, Fred, Knox)

Puppet Angel may be one of the highlights of this season. The overall story may be a bit of silly villain-of-the-week nonsense but it's very welcome after the last melodramatic season and a half.


107. A Hole In The World
(Angel, Spike, Wesley, Gunn, Harmony, Lorne, Fred, Knox, Eve, Drogyn)

A seemingly random delivery in this episode has dire consequences for the rest of the series (there isn't much left, I realize), as we say goodbye to one cast member and find out how many of the other characters are somehow complicit in their departure. This is probably the saddest episode in the season.


108. Origin​
(Angel, Spike, Wesley, Gunn, Harmony, Lorne, Illyria, Conor, Cyvus Vall)

Conor's back? Well, earlier this season Angel made a deal with The Powers That Be so that Conor would forget everything about his life and grow up with a nice, normal family. But they didn't take away his strength or agility, so when he's unaffected by being run over by a truck, his new, normal family does some research to determine the best people to help them figure out what's wrong. So they take him to Wolfram & Hart, which not only brings up some emotional trauma for Angel, it also returns the memories of the rest of the cast who'd forgotten he existed, which means they forgot a ton of their interpersonal problems from both last season, and the beginning of this one.


109. The Girl In Question
(Angel, Spike, Darla, Druisilla, Wesley, Gunn, Harmony, Lorne, Illyria, Andrew)

The penultimate episode of the TV portion of this headcanon is a much needed comedy break. Fred's parents, who don't know she died in the last episode, come for a visit, (that's not the funny part) and Illyria pretends to be her. The funny part? Angel and Spike are sent on a mission to Italy to stop a demon war and keep getting distracted because their old nemesis is also in Italy and is...dating Buffy. Plus, we get to see Andrew for the first time this season!


110. Power Play/Not Fade Away
(Angel, Spike, Wesley, Gunn, Harmony, Lorne, Illyria, Conor, Lindsey, Eve, Cyvus Vall)

​It's the end of the TV version of this headcanon. That must mean another apocalypse is nigh, and the surviving members of the cast are off to probably meet their deaths.

The CW DC Superhero Universe is like our universe, finite, but constantly expanding.  Last season we added Gotham to the mix of shows, and we saw an alternate universe Barry Allen (aka the 1990s TV show) enter the canon. This season brings us the show Constantine, and brings us yet another speedster from yet another universe, Jay Garrick.

There are time jumps in every show between last season and this one. Sometimes, this is my editorial decision cutting out some of the less interesting parts of continuity but, in the case of The Flash, it's just what happened in the series. 

The focus of this season is the adventures of John Constantine. After this season, he'll disappear for a long time, as his solo show only had a one season run. But the series was a solid adaptation of the comic series, and he will eventually play a role in the larger DC universe.

This season also puts together the B-Team cast from Arrow and Flash and elevates them to easily the most fun part of this continuity, a team of time traveling heroes called The Legends of Tomorrow.

(301. Non Est Asylum  (Constantine)
(Constantine, Chas, Manny, Astra, Ritchie Simpson)

One of Constantine's dead old friends contacts him and tells him to protect his daughter, who is having A Terrible Day. A demon is involved so Constantine, Chas, and an angel named must work together to protect her. 



​302. Haunted (Arrow)
(Oliver Queen, Thea Queen, Laurel Lance, Quentin Lance, John Diggle, Constantine, Sara Lance, Damian Darkh)

There's been a massive time jump since the last time we saw Team Arrow. Oliver is himself again, and running for mayor. Thanks to the Lazarus Pits, Sara is alive again...sort of, and Oliver needs to figure out a way to stop the resurrected Sara from killing Thea, who, you know, killed her first. Plus, we meet Damian Darkh. Back on the island, Oliver has a team-up with Constantine.


303. The Man Who Saved Central City (Flash)
(Barry Allen, Iris West, Cisco Ramone, Caitlin Snow, Joe West, Harrison Wells 1, Martin Stein, Henry Allen, Ronnie Raymond, David Singh, Jay Garrick, Zoom)

Six months after the singularity that ended last season, Central City's mayor wants to give The Flash the key to the city, but everyone is still reeling from the betrayals and  deaths from last season to think properly.


304. Flash of Two Worlds (Flash)
(Barry Allen, Iris West, Cisco Ramone, Caitlin Snow, Joe West, Martin Stein, Patty Spivot, Jay Garrick, David Singh, Zoom, Francine West, Harrison Wells II)

Jay Garrick, The Flash from another Earth, arrives and wants to help Barry catch the criminals that Zoom is bringing through breaches between the Earths. Team Flash is justifiably cautious, given the whole Harrison Wells situation.


305. A Feast Of Friends (Constantine)
(Constantine, Zed, Manny)

A hunger demon is accidentally released when one of Constantine's Newcastle friends gets caught by US customs.  


306. Scarification (Gotham)
​(Jim Gordon, Selina Kyle, Oswald Cobblepot, Butch Gilzean, Bridgit Pike, Theo Galavan, Harvey Bullock, Nathaniel Barnes, Leslie Thompkins, Edward Nygma, Kristen Kringle, Tabitha Galavan)

When GCPD targets The Penguin's empire, he reigns down revenge in fire.


307. Mommy's Little Monster (Gotham)
​(Jim Gordon, Theo Galavan, Edward Nygma, Selina Kyle, Oswald Cobblepot, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Butch Gilzean, Silver St. Cloud, Harvey Bullock, Nathaniel Barnes, Leslie Thompkins, Tabitha Galavan, Victor Zsasz)

The new mayor of Gotham has quickly turned his powerful friends into powerful enemies. Butch finally has his freedom, Edward Nygma works on self-confidence, Selina and Silver St. Cloud meet, and The Penguin's target of revenge changes significantly.


308. The Fury Of Firestorm (Flash)
(Barry Allen, Iris West, Cisco Ramone, Caitlin Snow, Joe West, Martin Stein, Jefferson Jackson, Patty Spivot, Christine McGee, Francine West, King Shark, Harrison Wells II)

In order to save Professor Stein, Team Flash must find a new partner compatible with the Firestorm Matrix. Plus, Iris's mom is back in town, and nobody is happy about it. 


309. Danse Vaudou (Constantine)
(Constantine, Chas, Zed, Manny, Jim Corrigan, Papa Midnite)

In attempting to help people get closure with dead relatives, Papa Midnite accidentally resurrects ghosts who are wreaking havoc in New Orleans. Chas, Zed, and Constantine team up with Jim Corrigan to figure out how to help the ghosts find peace.


310. Enter Zoom (Flash)
(Barry Allen, Iris West, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, Patty Spivot, Harrison Wells II, Linda Park II, Linda Park)

Dr. Light, one of the metahumans that Zoom brought through the breach, happens to be the Earth 2 counterpart of one of Iris's coworkers. 


311. Legends Of Yesterday (Flash)
(Barry Allen, Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, Harrison Wells II, Thea Queen, Kendra Saunders, Malcolm Merlyn, Vandal Savage, Patty Spivot, Carter Hall, Damian Darkh, Jay Garrick, Joe West, Samantha Clayton)

Cisco's new girlfriend is the target of the latest villain of the week, leading Team Flash to seek out Team Arrow for protection.


312. Legends Of Today (Arrow)
(Barry Allen, Oliver Queen, Felicity Smoak, Cisco Ramon, Kendra Saunders, Carter Hall, Malcolm Merlyn, Vandal Savage, Samantha Clayton, Caitlin Snow, Thea Queen, John Diggle, Laurel Lance)

Vandal Savage won't rest until he gets his hands on Hawkman and Hawkgirl, the two least interesting characters in the DC Superhero universe. Oh, and Oliver finally finds out about his son. Then....time shenanigans!


313 & 314. Legends Of Tomorrow (Legends)
(Sara Lance, Ray Palmer, Mick Rory, Leonard Snart, Martin Stein, Jackson Jefferson, Vandal Savage, Rip Hunter, Kendra Saunders, Carter Hall, Oliver Queen, Laurel Lance, Gideon)

A rogue Time Master is out to stop Vandal Savage from destroying the world, and he assembles a team of eight characters from The Flash and Arrow to travel through time to help him. Oh, and for some reason their ship is the same computer system that Harrison Wells The First had.


315. Rage Of Caliban (Constantine)
(Constantine, Chas, Manny)

John and Chas go on a road trip that involves a series of muders possibly involving child abuse, which, naturally, leads to some of their own childhood traumas.


317. Blessed Are The Damned (Constantine)
(Constantine, Zed, Manny, Eddie, Sara Lance, Michael)

After his successful (?) road trip with Chaz, John teams up with Zed again to investigate a snake cul with a resurrected leader. We also get our first taste that this is part of the larger universe as Black Canary appears.


318. Fail Safe (Legends)
(Sara Lance, Cisco Ramon, Leonard Snart, Ray Palmer, Mick Rory, Martin Stein, Jefferson Jackson, Ray Palmer, Kendra Saunders, Rip Hunter, Vandal Savage)

It's  a prison break episode! And not just because Captain Cold and Heatwave are in it. This is a fun Bringing The Team Together episode.
 

319 & 320. Saint Of Last Resorts (Constantine)
(Constantine, Chas, Zed, Eddie, Michael)

More fallout from the Newcastle Exorcism threatens Constantine's friends and associates. Team Constantine decides to reveal some truths about themselves in order to gain each others' trusts.


321. Son Of Gotham (Gotham)
(Jim Gordon, Harvey Bullock, Leslie Thompins, Bruce Wayne,  Alfred Pennyworth, Selina Kyle, Oswald Cobblepott, Edward Nygma, Silver St Cloud, Tabitha Galavan, Theo Galavan, Harvey Dent, Nathaniel Barnes, Aubrey James, Father Creal) 

Blackgate Penitentiary is just as much of a revolving door for criminals as Arkham Asylum. The Order Of Saint Dumas turns out to be a family affair that will engulf Gotham and threaten Bruce Wayne and many of those around him.

322. Star City 2049 (Legends)
(Olvier Queen, Sara Lance, Leonard Snart, Ray Palmer, Mick Rory, Conor Hawke, Martin Stein, Jefferson Jackson, Ray Palmer, Kendra Saunders, Rip Hunter, Deathstroke)

The Arrowverse future is very similar and highly related to the main time period in the show. So we see a lot of mirroring to previous storylines and a ton of drama involving the next generation dealing with the previous generations baggage. But, unlike in Arrow, instead of being bleak and shadowy, it's fun and bright.


323. Angels & Ministers Of Grace (Constantine)
(Constantine, Chas, Zed, Manny, Linda, Jim Corrigan)

Zed has a tumor that might be responsible for her visions. Manny and Constantine switch up their techniques in hopes of impeding some of the impending doom.

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324. Worse Than A Crime (Gotham) 
(Jim Gordon, Harvey Bullock, Leslie Thompins, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Selina Kyle, Oswald Cobblepott, Edward Nygma, Barbara Kean, Lucius Fox, Silver St Cloud, Tabitha Galavan, Theo Galavan, Nathaniel Barnes, Aubrey James, Father Creal, Ethel Peabody, Victor Fries) 

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I'm a Marvel fan. I came to comics through the X-Men. And while I did enjoy the Tim Burton Batman movies, it wasn't until the X-Men movies that I loved comic movies, and it wasn't until the Marvel Cinematic Universe that I Loved comic movies. Yea, I liked the first two Nolan Batmans, but that's pretty much it. The DC Cinematic Universe is not for me. And that's ok. I have loved several seasons of their cartoon properties. Teen Titans was amazing. Batman The Animated Series was wildly inconsistent, but the good epiodes were years beyond other comics-based cartoons. Batman: The Brave & The Bold was a blast. Both incarnations of The Justice League, and the Young Justice cartoons are about as perfect as you can get. But the live action shows?

Obviously the 1966 Batman show was iconic and necessary, even if it's complete cheese. The original run of The Flash was ... fine. Birds Of Prey was watchable. And then came a new wave of DC shows. For the most part, pretty good. But not all good.

It would take 510 hours (over 21 days) of no meal or bathroom breaks to watch through all of the Arrowverse, and that's not including the supplementary series that are going to creep their way in here (Gotham, the 1990s Flash, Birds Of Prey, Smallville, Lois & Clark, Superboy, Wonder Woman, the 1966 Batman, and more). You shouldn't waste that much time. Some of it is really, really terrible.

This particular reimagining is how I would string together these shows to form a fun, watchable universe. Usually, I do ten episode seasons of condensed storytelling, but I'm going to go for twenty-four episode seasons because that's how long these stories seem to need in a season. The reimagining is centered on The Flash. It's my favorite of the series. I like its tone, its characters, and much of the early stories. But in order to get to The Flash, we must start with Shirtless Arrow's origin.

I couldn't get into Arrow, originally, referring to it as Shirtless Millionaire Frat Boy Escapes Death Island To Return To Grimy City Home And Play Even More Melodramatic Batman. It's still often too melodramatic for me, but there are some great episodes sprinkled throughout its run, even ones that don't involve Barry Allen at all. 

​So let's spend this season meeting Oliver Queen and Team Arrow, and then Barry Allen and Team Flash, and see how well the teams work together.

101. Arrow
(Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Tommy Merlyn, Laurel Lance, Moira Queen, Thea Queen, Quentin Lance, Sara Lance)

A millionaire playboy returns after years of being marooned on an island and begins a vigilante campaign against the men who are destroying his city.  Amongst the baggage he returns to are an ex-girlfriend whose sister he slept with and who died in the shipwreck that marooned him, a bodyguard he's trying to evade, a sister whose grief turned into a drug problem, and a very complicated mother. 


102. The Odyssey
(Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Moira Queen, Thea Queen, Slade Wilson, Yao Fei, Fyers, Shado)

We fast forward nearly half a season. Diggle is now Oliver's co-conspirator, and we meet the very helpful Felicity Smoak after Oliver gets shot by ... checks notes ... his mother. We also see flashbacks to Oliver's time on the island where he's training with Slade Wilson to be a soldier. 


103. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
(Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Moira Queen, Thea Queen, Tommy Merlyn, Quentin Lance, Slade Wilson, Yao Fei, Fyers, Shado, Malcolm Merlyn, Roy Harper)

The big arc of the season surrounds Oliver's mother being involved in a massively evil scheme to destroy the poor part of town: The Glades. Her partner is Tommy's more evil father. We also meet Thea's boyfriend from The Glades, a guy who idolizes her brother's alter ego. Tons of CW family melodrama in this storyline.


104. Sacrifice
(Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Moira Queen, Thea Queen, Tommy Merlyn, Slade Wilson, Fyers, Shado, Malcolm Merlyn, Roy Harper)

The night of Merlyn's plans, every character in the current timeline must work in their own way to stop The Glades from being destroyed. In the island storyline, Oliver must stop Fyers from destroying an airplane and framing Yao Fei for its destruction.


105.  The Scientist
(Oliver Queen, Barry Allen, John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Moira Queen, Thea Queen, Roy Harper, Slade Wilson, Shado, Sebastian Blood, Malcolm Merlyn, Sara Lance)

Oliver Queen has now been a vigilante for a while, he has mucho mucho baggage, and is in the midst of massive plot shenanigans with Slade Wilson and Sebastian Blood when a meek little scientist named Barry Allen shows up. Back during the island days, it turns out Sarah Lance survived the shipwreck and is just as much a badass as Oliver Queen.


106. Three Ghosts
(Oliver Queen, Barry Allen, John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Moira Queen, Thea Queen, Roy Harper, Slade Wilson, Shado, Sebastian Blood, Tommy Merlyn, Sara Lance, Ivo)

Barry joins Team Arrow in his quest to stop Slade Wilson and Sebastian Blood. During the island days, Oliver is given an impossible choice by Ivo.


107. Particle Accelerator
(Barry Allen, Iris West, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, Joe West, Harrison Wells 1, Oliver Queen, Henry Allen, Eddie Thawne, David Singh, Clyde Mardon) 

The actual pilot for The Flash gives us all the Barry Allen backstory we need to know. Oh sure,  we'll get it several more times over the series, but all the important stuff is here. Family trauma, new family, love life, superhero origin. All tightly packed in an episode where Arrow stops by to check in on Barry. Isn't that sweet?


108. Going Rogue
(Barry Allen, Iris West, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, Joe West, Harrison Wells 1, Leonard Snart, Felicity Smoak, Eddie Thawne, David Singh)

See? Rogues! And this episode introduces a doozy! Captain Cold is pure fun. He's great in the modern comics, and he's wonderful here. He's just the kind of villain you wish had his own show. Oh well, we can dream. Also, The Flash is refererred to as The Streak. Huh.


109. The Promise
(Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Moira Queen, Thea Queen, Quentin Lance, Slade Wilson, Roy Harper, Shado, Sarah Lance, Sebastian Blood, Ivo)

Much of this episode deals with Oliver's time in the island because, uh-oh, Slade Wilson is still alive and in Starling City, offering to support Moira Queen's run for mayor against Sebastian Blood.


 110. Deathstroke
(Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Moira Queen, Thea Queen, Slade Wilson, Laurel Lance, Roy Harper, Shado, Sarah Lance, Sebastian Blood, Ivo)

When Slade kidnaps Thea in the midst of an election, all of Oliver's secrets start to spill out to various friends and loved ones, and nobody takes them very well. 


111. Plastique
(Barry Allen, Iris West, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, Joe West, Harrison Wells 1, Eddie Thawne, David Singh, Wade Elling)

Barry Allen was adopted by Joe West after Allen's mother was murdered. This makes Iris West sort of his sister. She's a journalist writing about The Streak (we're still calling him that? ok). Everyone wants her to stop. Meanwhile this episode's rogue of the week can blow shit up just by touching it. Of course the military wants a piece of her.


112. Flash Is Born
(Barry Allen, Iris West, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, Joe West, Harrison Wells 1,  Eddie Thawne, David Singh, Tony Woodward)

Finally. Am I right? Streak no more. Barry Allen is The Flash. The rogue of the week is Girder, who is as silly as his name sounds. But there are some cool developments with Eddie, Joe, and Barry in this episode.


113. Seeing Red
(Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Moira Queen, Thea Queen, Slade Wilson, Laurel Lance, Roy Harper, Sebastian Blood, Samantha Clayton,  Sin)

Slade Wilson goes full rampaging villain. Roy, infected with Mirakiru, is hunting Team Arrow, and while Sarah wants to put him down, the rest of the team struggles to take him alive.


114. Streets Of Fire
(Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Thea Queen, Slade Wilson, Laurel Lance, Sara Lance, Quentin Lance, Roy Harper, Malcolm Merlyn, Sebastian Blood, Sin)

The city is under seige by Slade's army of Mirakiru-infused Deathstroke masked men. The police, Team Arrow, and Sebastian Blood must pool their resources to save the city that all of them have failed. 


115. Unthinkable
(Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Thea Queen, Slade Wilson, Laurel Lance, Sara Lance, Quentin Lance, Roy Harper, Malcolm Merlyn, Sebastian Blood, Sin, Amanda Waller, Nyssa Al Ghul)

The League Of Assassins arrives in Starling City to help distribute the Mirakiru cure, while Amanda Waller and ARGUS have blocked out any escape from the city. Plus, Thea's reunion with her father doesn't go well.


116. The Calm
(Oliver Queen, Barry Allen, John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Laurel Lance, Sara Lance, Ray Palmer, Quentin Lucas, Roy Harper, Amanda Waller)

As the city recovers from the previous episode's drama, Oliver tries to balance his life as Oliver Queen and Arrow. Felicity meets Ray Palmer and accidentally empowers him to take over Queen Consolidated. Our flashbacks move from the island to Hong Kong, as we start to figure out Amanda Waller (who just sort of started showing up with Argus a few episodes ago) 's identity. Oh, and Barry calls Oliver for some help. (Technically, that scene takes place before we even started The Flash episodes but shhhhh....from now on everything will line up continuity-wise.


117. Flash Vs Arrow
(Barry Allen, Iris West, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, Joe West, Harrison Wells 1, Oliver Queen, Felicity Smoak, John Diggle, Roy Harper, Eddie Thawne, Digger Harkness, Amanda Waller)

Team Arrow needs Team Flash's help to deal with (let me check my notes here, ah yes) Captain Boomerang. A classic Flash rogue. But another rogue with a very silly name shows up and turns The Flash into Public Enemy #1.


118. The Brave & The Bold
(Barry Allen, Iris West, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, Joe West, Harrison Wells 1, Oliver Queen, Felicity Smoak, John Diggle, Roy Harper, Eddie Thawne, Digger Harkness, Amanda Waller, Samantha Clayton)

Evil Flash is a problem, so Team Arrow is going to have to go to Central City to help Team ummm...Flash, I guess?  It's fun seeing the different characters invade the tone of the other show.


119. The Man In The Yellow Suit 
(Barry Allen, Iris West, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, Joe West, Harrison Wells 1, Eddie Thawne, Henry Allen, Ronnie Raymond, Christina McGee)

One of my least favorite parts of The Flash, across TV or comics, is that a good chunk of his rogues are Other People Who Run Fast But In Slightly Different Colored Suits. This episode introduces the first of them, Reverse Flash. If he were the only one, I'd be more forgiving, but this is the beginning of an unfortunate trend. We do get to see the debut of Firestorm, though, and he'll be around for a bit. Sort of.


120. The Climb
(Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Thea Queen, Roy Palmer, Lauren Lance, Quentin Lance, Ray Harper, Malcolm Merlyn, R'as Al Ghul, Nyssa Al Ghul, Maseo Yamashiro, Tatsu Yamashiro)

The League of Assassins comes to Star City to avenge a death from an earlier episode, setting up a showdown between Oliver Queen (who's being framed for the death) and R'as Al Ghul. Also, Thea's relationship with her father may be more complicated than they were in previous episodes.


121. Revenge Of The Rogues
(Barry Allen, Iris West, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, Joe West, Harrison Wells 1, Leonard Snart, Mick Rory, Eddie Thawne, David Singh)

Get our your popcorn. The Reverse Flash story continues to be interesting, but Captain Cold's return, and his first teamup with Heatwave is the beginning of one of the most pure, beautiful villain friendships in television history.  Oh yea, and Barry has more weird love feelings blah blah blah.


122. Nanda Parbat
(Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Thea Queen, Roy Palmer, Lauren Lance, Ray Harper, Malcolm Merlyn, R'as Al Ghul, Nyssa Al Ghul, Maseo Yamashiro, Tatsu Yamashiro )

Who will lead The League Of Assassins if anything happens to R'as Al Ghul? Why is Laurel wearing her sister's Black Canary outfit? Will Oliver and John be taken down The League? Lots of family drama in this episode. Must be a CW show.


123. Crazy For You
(Barry Allen, Iris West, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, Joe West, Harrison Wells 1, Martin Stein, Ronnie Raymond, Eddie Thawne, Wade Elling, Linda Park, Henry Allen)

The villain of the week is Peek-a-Boo, a transporter. While Team Flash tries to figure out how to stop her, Barry tries to get over his feelings for Iris by dating her coworker, Linda.


124. The Nuclear Man
(Barry Allen, Iris West, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, Joe West, Harrison Wells 1, Martin Stein, Ronnie Raymond, Eddie Thawne, Wade Elling, Linda Park)

Firestorm proves that Barry isn't the only one affected by the particle accelerator that didn't turn out to be a villain. But can Team Flash keep him from accidentally destroying the city? And is Barry actually The Man In The Yellow Suit?