Written by James Gunn
Directed by Matt Peters
Economos (re Project M): "Well, are you in?"
The Bride: "What else I gotta do?"
Wow, time really did fly by and in a month where we've been inundated with a lot to mull over with DC as well. After seven episodes, did this one manage to stick the landing? I think it just about did.
Of course, there's a bittersweet sting in the tail with Nina Mazursky. Arguably the sweetest character on the show, which was why her death hit that little bit harder. I know someone had to die but I can think of a more deserving character than Nina.
In flashbacks we saw that Nina was born to Edward and Lily Mazursky as a child whose lungs were on the outside of her body. Lily struggled to bond with Nina and eventually abandoned her. Edward on the other experimented with aquatic DNA, resulting in the version of the character we know of.
The rest of the flashbacks saw Nina being bullied by her peers until she couldn't take and fled to the sewers to unburden her own father. Then she attracted media attention, got caught and had to watch her father die. Overall, Nina didn't get a break here.
In the present day, Nina was the one also manipulated by the The Bride and Dr Phospherus to kill Princess Ilana with Weasel intervening. Unfortunately Nina ended up dead and we briefly believed the Princess was innocent. That was until The Bride realised she had been working for Clayface all along.
There's definitely reasons why James Gunn's depiction of women isn't always well received but I honestly think The Bride was his best character here and I was more than happy to see her deal with both the Princess and Eric Frankenstein the way she did. No wonder Amanda Waller gave her control of Project M.
- New members for Project M in Season 2 will include Khalis the mummy, Nosferata and King Shark (Diedrich Bader). Oh and G.I. Robot has a new body.
- A post credit scene showed Eric whinging about The Bride to another woman who gave him sparrow shit soup.
- Given that he has his own movie coming out, surely Clayface will revive himself. I assume Waller and Economos deployed a team to scoop him up.
- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off in Pokolistan. Nina was from Star City, home of Green Arrow.
A Very Funny Monster was a good ending to an overall fun series. As a teaser for the DCU, I think this R rated animated show worked decently enough but I can't wait to see what Superman (2025) will actually bring to the table.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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