Written by Rachel Pegram
Directed by Vinton Heuck
Constantine (to Harley/Ivy/Nora): "I hear you're looking for a thing down in a swamp. Might I be of service?"
You really can't keep a certain Hellblazer down for too long, huh? With The Sandman having Jenna Coleman playing two versions of Constantine, it was also time for another animated appearance from Matt Ryan to enjoy.
Now his appearance here isn't the main feature of this episode. John's appearance was more of a means to get to Swamp Thing (Sam Richardson) as Harley, Ivy and a fairly intolerable Nora Fries met the bloke in a bar, got super drunk with him and then left him to nurse a hangover while they went to the swamp so a certain someone could help them find Frank.
Needless to say, it didn't pan out too well to begin with as Nora hooked up with Alec Holland and then dumped him when he appeared to be a bit clingy (something of a theme in this episode) and then we had both Ivy and Swamp Thing mulling over their past friendship before reaching a compromise. Naturally, Ivy's abilities to find Frank was inside her all along.
Speaking of Frank, yup, we learned that Bruce Wayne has him and wants to find out what Ivy has done to him. At least that mystery got quickly solved but I'm starting to dislike this show's portrayal of Bruce/Batman. Also as someone who genuinely does like the Bat/Cat romance, this show's depiction of it has got to be the worst version in any continuity I've ever seen.
Catwoman has been portrayed as such an unlikable character that when this episode actually had Bruce and Selina break up during a therapy session with Music Meister (Larry Owens), it was something of a relief. I'd be fine if the character didn't reappear for the rest of the season.
- While John didn't interact with King Shark (boo), he was later seen wearing a blue t-shirt about taking a shark. I hope we see Constantine again in the show.
- I'm not sure why Bruce thought gifting Selina two cats named after his dead parents was such a smart idea.
- The show seems to be struggling with both Clayface and King Shark at the moment.
- Chronology: From where the last one left off.
It's A Swamp Thing does get points for it's title guest character, one of my favourite characters briefly appearing but it also loses points for the Bat/Cat stuff and far too much of Nora Fries than needed for this one.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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