Sunday, June 30, 2024

My Review of My Adventures With Superman 2x07: "Olsen's Eleven"


Written by Paul Chang And M. Willis And Angela Entzminger And Cynthia Furey
Directed by Diana Huh 

Livewire (to Lois): "Love isn't for cowards."

To end the moth of Pride, the writers of this show decided to treat us to not one but two gay couples and given that Superman himself was pretty much absent, they were definitely giving us a treat here. More of that now of course.

Last week, we saw Superman dealing with both Kara and Brainiac and the events of this episode were in tandem with the previous one. It was Lois and Jimmy's perspective, having witnessed Superman's abduction. Of course they weren't going to let that slide. They were determined to get Superman back.

To do that, they needed a spaceship and STAR Labs conveniently had one. To get the spaceship, they needed help. For Jimmy, that was getting Monsieur Mallah and the Brain back and for Lois, that also meant getting both Livewire and Heatwave on board. It took a lot of Jimmy's funds for one half of the latter to be convinced to help.

Between Livewire and Heatwave became a couple but the latter had become frustrated with the former not knowing when to quit. Throughout the episode, it looked like Lois and Jimmy's plan to get the ship was going to fall apart. When it looked like Mallah and the Brain abandoned them, they turned up to help. When it looked like Livewire was going to leave to Deathstroke, both her and Hwatwave revealed their true plan.

There's a lovely if very heavy handed speech on love but considering it's the last day of Pride Month, I think it worked within the context of the episode. Anyways the episode ended with Lois, Jimmy, Mallah and the Brain in space confronting Kara. Now let's get go saving Superman.

As for the B plot of the episode, Amanda Waller has the Himan Defense Corps at her behest, Lex almost looked like he was about to lose her favour until a last minute save. Then there was Deathstroke, who not only failed to stop Lois and Jimmy, but he's also come out looking weaker in his new rivalry with Lex.

- Did Jimmy give virtually all of his money to Livewire? Is he poor now? Livewire, Heatwave and their gang cleared out a lot of stuff from STAR Labs.
- Lois caught on quick enough that Jimmy had feelings for Kara. Jimmy also warned her she was sounding like her father during one scene.
- That poor reporter foolishly tried to expose Waller on live television. It didn't end well for him.
- Chronology: It's within tandem of the previous episode.

Easily the best episode so far this season and it didn't end have Superman in it. I really loved Olsen's Eleven. The heist aspect worked well, both couples were fantastic with Lois and Jimmy and the B plot moved things along as well.

Rating: 8 out of 10

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