Written by James Gunn
Directed by Sam Liu
Dr Phospherus (to girl): "It looks like I'm smiling but I'm not."
With this penultimate episode, a long standing (and somewhat tiresome) theory got debunked. For the billionth time, Matt Reeves will not be merging Robert Pattinson's Batman into the DCU. Mostly because from the vague silhouette we saw, James Gunn will cast his own actor for the role.
A few episodes ago, we did see the Dark Knight slaughtered in a nightmare future seen by Circe and here, Batman appeared in flashbacks just as Dr Phospherus was embracing his newly acquired criminal lifestyle. Before that though we saw a much different version of the man.
In early flashbacks, Alexander Sartorius was a scientist looking to cure cancer. He was also being financially backed by mobster Rupert Thorne (Benjamin Byron Davis), who murdered Alexander's wife and son before causing Alex's transformation into Dr Phospherus. Suffice to say, Rupert didn't live much longer than that.
As the flashbacks saw Phospherus climbing up the criminal ranks, the present day version had him bond with a little girl before heading to the castle to kill Princess Ilana Rostavic. What about everyone else? What did they get up to?
Well, you had The Bride and Nina hanging out in a brothel, killing metahuman punters and verbally sparring with Madame Gyurov (Shohreh Aghdashloo). Mostly that was The Bride but both her and Nina caught up with Phospherus as did Weasel. Now will they kill the Princess?
As for the rest of the episode, Eric Frankenstein got a plane to himself to get back to Pokolistan while Ricky Flag Sr was in a coma after being fucked up by Clayface. At least he had Amanda Waller by his bedside to encourage him back to the land of the living. Selfless to a fault Amanda was.
- Batman being relegated to a silhouette must mean they're still trying to decide what his actual look will be when he appears in live action.
- Shohreh Aghdashloo appeared in The Penguin as Nadia Maroni. Is it too much to hope she'll get a live action role in the DCU?
- That little girl that Weasel saved in flashbacks was a younger version of Ilana. I did laugh at him playing fetch with a bunch of wolves who were going to kill him.
- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off.
Priyatel Skelet was a doozy. Even without the Batman cameo, this episode delivered a hell of a backstory for Phospherus and great subplots with everyone else. Can't wait for next week's finale.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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