In the second half of this season, we're introduced to Etrigan and Metamorpho as well as exploring alternate worlds.
Episodes 14-15: The Brave And The Bold
With earlier two parters focusing on both Superman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman, it was time to give The Flash some focus. When he wasn't trying to charm young women, he was going up against one of his biggest enemies. Yup, I'm talking about Gorilla Grodd (Powers Boothe) and here, he's got a scheme to destroy Gorilla City. It meant that the League had to team up with Solovar (David Ogden Stiers) in order to stop Grodd from succeeding. Grodd's comeuppance in particular was rather grim for him. 6/10
Episodes 16-17: Fury
I like that we didn't have to wait too long for either a Wonder Woman or another Injustice focused story. With this story, the Injustice Gang were now being led by rogue Amazon named Aresia (Julie Bowen). When she wasn't getting Copperhead, The Shade and Solomon Grundy to do the heavy lifting with her schemes, she formed a sisterhood with Star Sapphire and Tsukuri (Karen Maruyama). Aresia however had some interesting facets to her. The first being that she wasn't an Amazon by birth but a casualty of World War II and adopted by them. She also had a scheme to wipe out the male population and had no problem using testing her deadly virus on Superman to prove a point. 8/10
Episodes 18-19: Legends
The first of two alternative times, anyone? In this one, Martian Manhunter, John Stewart, Hawkgirl and The Flash accidentally transported to a parallel world and discover the Justice Guild of America, who are comic book characters in the Justice League's world. The Guild comprising of The Green Guardsman (William Katt), Black Siren (Jennifer Hale), The Streak (David Naughton), Tom Turbine (Ted McGinley), and Cat Man (Stephen Root) as well as their mascot, Ray Thompson (Neil Patrick Harris). This was a story that took many surprise turns, both in terms of the truth about the Guild but moreso Ray and the real villain itself. 9/10
Episodes 20-21: A Knight Of Shadows
How about a two part story with some focus on Martian Manhunter, a look into Arthurian legends and the introduction of Jason Blood/Etrigan (Michael T. Weiss). In flashbacks, Jason and Etrigan's origin story played out as their lover, Morgaine Le Fay (Olivia d'Abo) betrayed them. In the present day, both Morgaine and her son, Mordred (Soren Fulton) are in search of the Philosopher's Stone. This put Etrigan into an uneasy alliance with the Justice League while the troublesome stone proved to be too tempting for Martian Manhunter. There's also some nice Easter Eggs, courtesy of a costume party not to mention a thinly veiled reference to Hugh Hefner of all people. 7/10
Episodes 22-23: Metamorphosis
The penultimate story went with another hero introduction and origin story. This time, it would be John Stewart's old friend, Rex Mason (Tom Sizemore). He's working for businessman Simon Stagg (Earl Boen) while not so secretly dating Stagg's daughter, Sapphire (Danica McKellar). Simon's resentment over the couple as well as Rex asking the wrong question had Stagg using Rex for his Metamorphosis experiment. Rex became Metamorpho, initially clashed with John Stewart before becoming a hero and saving the city from a Synthoid (Dee Baker) that seemed to be Chemo in all but name. 7/10
Episodes 24-26: The Savage Time
Ah yes, after the brilliance of Legends, could a second alternative world story work so quickly? Actually, yes it could. Thanks to Vandal Savage (Phil Morris), the world has changed so that the other side won World War II. In this world, Batman seems to be the only existing hero leading a resistance force that had Dick Grayson and Barbara as a couple and Tim Drake in the mix. Then we had the gang tracking Savage in the 1940s. This meant giving us characters like Steve Trevor (Patrick Duffy), Sgt. Rock (Fred Dryer) and Blackhawk (Robert Picardo) to name a few. This three parter was a nice treat for fans of the Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor relationship while Vandal Savage was a good choice for a finale villain. An excellent ending for the first season. 9/10
Next blog I'll tackle Twilight, Tabula Rasa, Only A Dream, Maid Of Honour, Hearts And Minds and A Better World.
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