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Stargirl gives Mike his own Amblin adventure

Courtney's kid brother tries to wish his way onto the JSA in the show's goofiest, giddiest episode yet

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Stargirl gives Mike his own Amblin adventure
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There’s nothing like a kid on a bike befriending an otherworldly creature to conjure up the nostalgic magic of classic Amblin films like E.T. and Gremlins “Summer School: Chapter Three” puts Mike front and center for Stargirl’s goofiest, giddiest episode yet as the show finally pays off that long-teased Thunderbolt pen. The Jim Gaffigan-voiced genie brings a new level of PG-rated chaos to the show’s world. And while the Thunderbolt VFX aren’t exactly cinema quality, the sheer ambition of what Stargirl is trying to do in this episode goes a long way towards selling the effect. Plus it helps that—as in many an Amblin adventure—there’s a surprising amount of emotional heft to this sunny suburban story too.

Fittingly, this episode was directed by Lea Thompson, who knows a thing or two about the tone that “Chapter Three” is aiming for, having starred in the Amblin-produced Back To The Future trilogy. On the one hand, this episode is a goofy romp in which the Thunderbolt helps Mike best his bullies with stop signs and we learn that all JSA-missions now need to be mom-approved (a perfect, hilarious touch). But it’s also the story of a young boy who feels increasingly isolated from his friends and family now that he’s in on the secret of the JSA but not officially part of the team. “That’s on all of us,” Barbara notes when Pat tells her about what Mike has been struggling with. After all, Barbara knows a thing or two about the difficulties of being on the outside looking in—and so, too, does perpetual sidekick Pat.

A good chunk of “Chapter Three” is dedicated to introducing the Thunderbolt and explaining the way his partner-centric wish-granting powers work. Back in the original JSA, he was teamed up with mild-manner Johnny Thunder (Ethan Embry), who self-deprecatingly refers to himself as the “charity case” of the team. Johnny died alongside with the rest of the JSA during that 2010 Christmas battle and used his last wish to ensure the Thunderbolt would find a new friend. And since the Thunderbolt can only partner up with people who share his feeling of being “completely and utterly alone,” he reactivates for Mike as soon as he gets the tween to say the magic word “so cool” (or “cei-u” in his native language).

Like most of fiction’s most famous genies, Thunderbolt has a few provisos and a couple of quid pro quos: He can’t kill someone or bring anyone back from the dead (although apparently he tried it once), and he won’t let people wish for the same thing twice. Plus he’ll interpret wishes in whatever way he sees fit, even if it’s clearly not what the wisher intended. It’s familiar stuff, but if there’s one thing Stargirl knows how to do, it’s subvert genre tropes. So after deciding to use Thunderbolt’s abilities to locate Shade, the JSA spend a whole Peter Gabriel-scored montage writing out the perfect, foolproof wish.

It’s a great “that’s what I would do!” solution that lets Stargirl’s characters be as genre savvy as its audience, which is a refreshing choice. Elsewhere, “Chapter Three” introduces some unexpected new wrinkles into the Shade storyline too. While this episode confirms that Richard Swift is in Blue Valley to try to collect the Eclipso diamond, he might not actually be as nefarious as he seems. When the JSA show up to try to restrain and imprison him, the Shade meets them with a polite counteroffer: So long as the JSA stay out of his way, he’s happy to stay out of theirs. He promises he has no dark designs on Blue Valley—in fact he loathed Jordan Mahkent’s whole Project New America—but he refuses to reveal what his larger mission actually is either.

Jonathan Cake is proving to be a fantastic addition to the season. His take on Richard Swift toes the line between charming and terrifying in a different way than Neil Jackson’s Jordan did last year. Richard presents much more coldly than Jordan did, what with his refined, semi-condescending British attitude. (The Shade doesn’t age and has apparently been around since at least the 1800s.) But in the end, his aims might be far less villainous. In fact, he seems downright concerned in that final scene on the clocktower, where he ominously observes of Eclipso, “He’s going to kill those children.”

Across the board, the script by new season two writers Turi Meyer & Alfredo Septien is bursting with fantastic character moments, from Courtney getting her history teacher’s Aztec question right because she actually did the reading to Yolanda reaching out to Mike as someone else who killed an ISA member. (Mike reveals that shattering Icicle was much more of an accident than Yolanda killing Brainwave.) And the episode gets into some great sibling dynamics for Courtney and Mike too. While Pat and Barbara are understandably concerned about Mike becoming a superhero, Courtney stands up for her brother’s right to join the JSA—and to have space to make the same kind of mistakes that she did when she was first starting out. It’s a wonderful moment of big sister solidarity, and a much more interesting character dynamic than if Courtney were territorial or judgmental.

In the end, though, it’s Mike who realizes he isn’t quite ready to be a hero yet, at least not with a genie by his side. He winds up (semi-unintentionally) wishing the Thunderbolt onto “better hands,” which leads the impish pen to Mike’s much-discussed but hitherto unseen friend Jakeem (Alkoya Brunson), another young boy who’s struggling with feelings of isolation. Between Jennie’s introduction last week and the Thunderbolt’s debut this week, Stargirl’s second season is wasting no time expanding its world and dramatically ramping up its heroes’ power levels. (Johnny Thunder points out that in the right hands, Thunderbolt has the potential to be more powerful than Green Lantern, Flash, and the rest of the JSA combined.) But even as Stargirl’s stakes get higher, the show smartly keeps its focus on the family and friend dynamics that have always been the greatest strength of the series.

That’s a solid foundation for wherever the season goes from here. While last week’s episode couldn’t quite blend Stargirl’s episodic aims with the show’s serialized storytelling, “Chapter Three” strikes a much better balance. The main focus is on this particular adventure and what it means for Mike and his family. But there are a ton of intriguing teases for the rest of the season too—from Shade’s mysterious motivations to Jakeem’s future involvement with the JSA to the insecurities that Cindy might exploit in Mike in hopes of recruiting him to her team. With its confident balance of tones and storylines, “Chapter Three” is, indeed, so cool.


Stray observations

  • The scene with Rick reaching out to Beth was fantastic (“pretend I’m Chuck”) and further proof that I was absolutely right to start shipping those two last season. I love a bad boy/nerdy girl combo!
  • I was hoping this season might introduce a redesign of Yolanda’s weirdly puffy Wildcat face mask, but, alas, no such luck yet.
  • Speaking of Wildcat, we also get to see Ted Grant in the opening flashback.
  • Was Mike saying “My man!” a Jason Momoa reference?
  • Lots of great Pat stuff this week, but I particularly enjoyed his adamant need to clarify to the Shade that he got a car year wrong on purpose, not because he actually didn’t know.
  • “What does that even mean?” “I don’t know, I’m amped!”

72 Comments

  • deathmaster780-av says:

    I do like the idea that Shade is only in town to stop Eclipso because he’s a huge threat to everything. Like I assume there’s a reason the ISA had him and wasn’t using him.Poor Mike, he just wants to fit in. I guess that’s why he was in Cindy’s recruitment files. Also I’m glad that they covered him killing Icicle and kind of just brushing it off when Yolanda’s going through a whole mess over killing Brainwave.

  • psychopirate-av says:

    No Grundy this week, but it had many other great moments. I loved Thunderbolt. Got very heavy “Genie in Aladdin” vibes from him, especially when he first appears. This show continues to be fantastic, and I’m thrilled to have it.

  • shotmyheartandiwishiwasntok-av says:

    – According to the captions, the foreign pronunciation of “So Cool” is actually “sowkewl.” No word on if that’s because of poor literacy from Thunderbolt’s homeland.
    – I continue to find the mashing of time periods quite amusing. This is a world where black and white photographs are common and paperboys on bikes are still a thing, but yet it’s also 2021 and everyone has smartphones and the Internet. Like, the flashback was in 2010 but wouldn’t have looked out of place in the 50’s or 60’s.
    – Thunderbolt’s CGI is glaringly obvious, but since he’s an energy creature, I’m willing to cut the staff some slack. Not like we’ll be seeing it very often, most likely.
    – I love how NONE of the neighbors looked out the windows to see what was all the commotion outside when all the stop signs started dropping.
    – Filling up the entire whiteboard trying to be a specific as possible for the wish to locate Shade made me chuckle.- I saw it coming from a mile away, but it’s always cool seeing a bad guy wipe the floor with the heroes without even getting up. Makes them legitimately threatening.
    – Was not expecting a new kid to become Johnny Thunder immediately. Funny how the blending time periods come back in Jakeem using an Atari 2600 Paddle Controller to play his game (didn’t get a good look to see if it was a real game or not). Also, his bedroom is freaking HUGE. It’s, like, twice the size of my master bedroom.
    – I like that the group is actively trying to figure out the villains’ plan and making headway, rather than stalling for 8 episodes and cramming everything in for the finale.
    – Next week: Return of Sportsmaster and Tigress! Woo!

    • kris1066-av says:

      Mike did point out that papers were going digital.

    • jpilla1980-av says:

      ‘’- I continue to find the mashing of time periods quite amusing. This is a world where black and white photographs are common and paperboys on bikes are still a thing, but yet it’s also 2021 and everyone has smartphones and the Internet. Like, the flashback was in 2010 but wouldn’t have looked out of place in the 50’s or 60’s.’’It’s the Riverdale effect. I feel like Nancy Drew has some touches like this too. 

  • fireupabove-av says:

    Was Ethan Embry also doing the voice for Thunderbolt, or was it someone else? IMDB is failing me. And who was playing Ted?EDIT: Jim Gaffigan as Thunderbolt! That rules. And Brian Stapf as Ted, guess he played him in the pilot also.This episode was a delight. Courtney’s know-it-all kid moments were gold, Yolanda bonding with Mike was nice, and Rick trying really hard to bond with Beth was even nicer. Pat continues to be the wholesome glue that holds it all together. And yet again, this show somehow manages to be family-friendly while also having the most real, dangerous feeling villains in the Arrowverse. Swift could easily have dispatched with or seriously hurt any of the kids and last season’s villains made me think maybe he would.

    • smittywerbenjagermanjensen22-av says:

      Rick is impressing me this season with his empathy for Grundy and Beth, though in at least one of those cases it is probably going to blow back on him in an unfortunate way 

    • bobfunch1-on-kinja-av says:

      OG Wildcat in his costume makes me chuckle. He looks like he has a dad-gut stuffed in there.

    • bobbier-av says:

      This is easily the best show on the CW as it is so well thought out.  It beats out slightly Superman and Lois and the rest of the arrowverse? It just blows its doors off. I like that the Shade seems to be more nuanced, continuing the theme last year, except the IJSA was more murder-y. And I like that they actually sat around and thought about the wish before they did it.  The Arrowverse shows would not have done that and took the easy way. All the characters are so well rounded and it is “family friendly” and smart, an almost impossible combination

      • redwolfmo-av says:

        I agree it edges out Supes and Lois in no small part because it feels like Supes and Lois had to make some abrupt course changes a few times this season- COVID related perhaps, or maybe because their episode run got extended

      • monsterdook-av says:

        Both shows are better having fewer episodes (Legends benefits the same). Most of the later Flash and Arrow seasons circle the wagon for 21 of their 23 episodes, manufacturing dumb new reasons for the team to repeatedly fail or misunderstandings that lead to unnecessary drama. Better to have a lean 10-15 were each episode matters and the effects budget doesn’t get spread thin.

  • darthwill3-av says:

    “Feeding the dog”. Nice one, Rick. But be sure to remember what Jerry Seinfeld said about a certain friend of his (Cosmo Kramer): “If you feed him, he’ll never leave.” LOL
    In some ways, Shade reminds me a bit of Cat R. Waul from An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. You can tell that he’s no big fan of needless “bother and perspiration”. It’s like an “unnecessary expenditure of calories”:See what I mean?
    Why do I get the feeling that Yolanda’s destiny is to become the JSA’s Darth Vader? She may not want to kill another villain, but once she has crossed that line, there’s no going back. Does she really think talking to Mike about his killing Icicle is going to help?

  • smittywerbenjagermanjensen22-av says:

    The Shade is more interesting than I expected. It would be cool if he is really there to try to stop or destroy Eclipso. It is an interesting dynamic with the JSA on this show being kids, it is fun but it does make you worry about them. Possibly Yolanda and Courtney should not have alluded to the Shade, or killing Brainwave, in front of the young Fiddler 

    • haodraws-av says:

      They must be planning something with Isaac, right? The kid has grown a lot since Season 1, he looks properly brooding now. That long hair will look perfect if/when he becomes the new Fiddler.

      • smittywerbenjagermanjensen22-av says:

        Cindy is planning to recruit Isaac for her new “Injustice Unlimited” project/ team

        • haodraws-av says:

          Yeah, but I’m just hoping that particular plot thread actually ends up making the villains’ kids more involved in the story and not just as a villain-of-the-week thing.

          • smittywerbenjagermanjensen22-av says:

            Oh with Cindy/Shiv driving  that storyline I think it is coming for the other villains’ kids whether they are ready for it or not 

    • nukethewhalesreborn-av says:

      Once I get past his being “aggressively British,” I will see a lot of promise.When Isaac gets recruited, does he get a fiddle or stick with his tuba? If so, will he decide to take back the mean name and go by Tuba Turd? That’s probably too Legends for Stargirl.

  • kris1066-av says:

    My thoughts on this week’s episode are a little disjointed. The power went out in the middle of the episode and didn’t come back on for about 15 minutes.- There’s Wildcat. Is that all we’ll see of him this season?
    – The JSA finally calls on Johnny Thunder, just for him to die.
    – With Mike delivering papers like that he hasn’t been fired yet?
    – So cool. That’s way schway. I mean it’s just crash.
    – Why are Courtney and Yolanda in the same class? Even if it is summer school.
    – They explain why Mike is taller.
    – Stealing Girl Scout cookies. People will crawl out of the woodwork to hunt idiots like that down.
    – Another 80’s song.
    – That’s actually how I imagine people setting up a wish for a monkey’s paw. Or a non-standard wish in D&D.
    – And Jakeem just happens to be wearing pink.
    – Like the Hournite scene.

    • decgeek-av says:

      Mike will never get fired.  He is the only paperboy in Blue Valley.  What other kid would take that job. 

    • avclub-15d496c747570c7e50bdcd422bee5576--disqus-av says:

      I missed the first half driving home in a thunderstorm and haven’t caught up yet, but based on the way paper delivery people behave in my experience, he will not get fired. With all the other 80s references, would it kill them to have Mike demand his two dollars?

    • nukethewhalesreborn-av says:

      That’s actually how I imagine people setting up a wish for a monkey’s paw. Or a non-standard wish in D&D.That scene was fun. The fact that none of the JSA kids got Pat’s monkey’s paw reference was a scathing indictment of Blue Valley’s school system. I also think this could have been a good jumping point for Pat to get “hey Mike, this is why Thunderbolt stays home when we go out for example one time he said he wished the monster in Chicago was destroyed and it killed a man putting ketchup on a hot dog*,” moment instead of vague notions of too dangerous.

      *Not a school of thought to which I subscribe.

    • kaynwik-av says:

      Yeah, I was getting a “Fairly Odd Parent..” feel from the pen’s subjects too. (This is in reference to the pink shirt that Timmy Turner wears…)

  • mattthecatania-av says:

    Introducing Jakeem Thunder by having his family literally call him a loser was rough.

    Collaborative wish writing is surprisingly fun.

    Wildcat’s parents make her attend summer school to keep their daughter in line. Can you enroll someone in summer school if they haven’t flunked any classes?

    Is the art teacher going to become Paintball?

  • psychopirate-av says:

    The group trying to get the wish exactly right.

  • mrrpmrrpmrrpmrrp-av says:

    -This is already the second time this August TV has blessed me with “Baby Please Come Home”? Good vibes!…all those good vibes left when I reconciled “11 years ago” and “December 2010″.The scene with Rick reaching out to Beth was fantastic (“pretend I’m Chuck”) and further proof that I was absolutely right to start shipping those two last season. I love a bad boy/nerdy girl combo!x2 It’s a wonderful moment of big sister solidarity, and a much more interesting character dynamic than if Courtney were territorial or judgmental.Especially after she was territorial about another new superhero last week and learned from it!

  • clarksavagejr-av says:

    This show is still on probation status, but having Johnny Thunder — in a perfectly-colored green suit — did a lot to improve matters. (As long as we don’t see Peachy Pet, that is …)As far as the Thunderbolt goes — and he/it is one of my favorite characters ever — I’ve been confused in recent years about the magic word. Johnny’s is/was certainly “Say you” (“Cei-U”), which was always getting him in trouble (“Say, you think we were in the middle of the ocean”) whereas Jakeem’s is “So Cool,” which sounds nothing like “Cei-U” to these tired old non-Badhnisian ears.

  • bobfunch1-on-kinja-av says:

    Didn’t Cort adjust her own costume early in season 1?Wildcat isn’t bad, but the other 2 really need costume upgrades STAT. Hourman’s costume is so bad, it’s hard to look at. I get that’s part of the joke: they pulled these costumes out of mothballs, but … yowch. Captain Mid-nite is only the goggles, right? Why does she need to dress like a potato?

    • redwolfmo-av says:

      Totally with you that the costumes for the most part look like something from Johnny Brock’s Dungeon Halloween costume store

      • bobfunch1-on-kinja-av says:

        I also get that the show & this week’s director framed the kids to look like they were a bunch of kids going trick-or-treating. It’s an aesthetic between showing the team looking as though they’re in way over their heads, the retro look, & the fact that they’re all still newbies v.s. normal superhero show costume bad-assery. Maybe the plan is to have the full team look bad-ass by season 4.And yet! Hour-Man. Omg, your costume sucks.

    • avclub-15d496c747570c7e50bdcd422bee5576--disqus-av says:

      Beth looks so short in the Dr. Midnite costume that I was shocked to see she’s the same height as Courtney in the header photo here. She definitely needs an upgrade.

      • bobfunch1-on-kinja-av says:

        The costume makes her look like she’s slouching. Speaking of “Amblin,” Beth looks like Elliot in his E.T. hunchback costume.

    • killa-k-av says:

      Beth is wearing a costume originally worn by an adult man, so I’m surprised it’s not more bunched up everywhere.IDK, maybe it’s because I know what Hourman looks like in the comics, but I like how they pulled it off on the show.

      • bogovich-av says:

        I’ve also thought Rick’s costume is fine, but I do agree Beth’s could use improvement (though “Beth is wearing a costume originally worn by an adult man” is a good point).

      • bobfunch1-on-kinja-av says:

        I know, I’m being tongue-in-cheek harsh. I think too that Rick, in his current mindset, would get an inflated ego if he looked too modern-superhero-ish. But Beth should keep the goggles and pair them with that giraffe sweater. The giraffe sweater rules!!

      • monsterdook-av says:

        I mean, yeah, it’s spot on to the comics, but Rick still looks pretty ridiculous. I think it’s mostly the shiny satin material and the huge wrestler belt. Hourman on Legends was mostly black, but that was a less colorful Justice Society all around.I’m not sure why Yolanda’s Wilcat mask still looks like a giant egg.

        • killa-k-av says:

          I’m not saying it doesn’t look pretty ridiculous; I’m saying it looks pretty ridiculous in the comics and I admire that they’re committing to the aesthetic. YMMV.

    • critifur-av says:

      Since costumes are being discussed…. I am frequently at odds with production’s costume choices. I love Stargirl’s costume, not so much the others… They need updating. I am also not usually a fan when they do a poor interpretation of any super’s costume. This time I am on the other side of the issue. With Thunderbolt they went for a literal copy from page to screen, and it just looks stupid. The lightening bolts on his head look like a big pink feather headdress.

  • haodraws-av says:

    I can’t believe I haven’t seen anyone say this yet, but they’re definitely teasing us that Chuck(the real human Chuck) is still alive, right? That’s who’s been speaking to Beth through the goggles. He’s inside the Shade’s shadows somehow, and that’s why the goggles started talking again after Shade arrived in town. It’s also why he doesn’t recognize Beth.Man, can’t believe the show made me like that punk ass Mike. Hope they come through in making him an actual costumed hero like the rest of them.4 kids in costumes, chaperoned by a dad, coming up into a front door, definitely makes them look like kids in Halloween.I wish they’d introduce the Infinity Inc. to act as a rival group to the JSA. They could make Rick torn between the two groups, with the Inc. persuading him to join up with them instead because they’re actual legacies.

    • bobfunch1-on-kinja-av says:

      Good takes. Paired with RedWolf down the way, it seems possible that Shade was speaking to Captain Chuck Midnight up on the bell tower rather than simply opining aloud to himself.

    • monsterdook-av says:

      Hadn’t thought of that, but it makes sense. Also, the mailbox of the Eclipso kid victim in the first episode said “McNider” so the show has set up cause for him to return.

    • monsterdook-av says:

      Also, just realized Henry Thomas wasn’t playing McNider this season.

      • haodraws-av says:

        Aw, really? His casting in the first season was one of the factor I was thinking he’ll come back in person this season haha. His voice getting recast makes me doubt my own theory a bit.

        • monsterdook-av says:

          Yeah same, I was surprised. Usually Variety, etc, will report a major re-casting but I’ve seen no mention of it. Alex Collins was listed as the voice of Chuck this season (thus far). Doesn’t mean McNider still can’t return, there are probably a lot of viewers who weren’t aware Elliot was the AI goggles or getting dragged away by the ISA. It actually might be more of an indication that Charles will pop up – if Thomas was just doing the voice in Season 2, he could have done that from anywhere at just about any time, but maybe they needed him on set in GA (or they were trimming the budget now that it’s on CW). It looks like Collins is a GA-based actor. Then again, Alex Collins has only bit parts on his resume I guess we will just have to sit back and see how this plays out.

  • redwolfmo-av says:

    Another great episode! Some thoughts:- It appears we’re getting the James Robinson treatment of The Shade and I am HERE for it. No way he murdered Dr. Midnight- my guess is he actually saved him.- I’m starting to wonder if the JSA REALLY died in that fight. Thunderbolt is super powerful, and Johnny wasn’t particularly great at making wishes. I’m almost wondering if they got scattered to other places and what the ISA killed were clones or fakes. Some of them could have been sent places they couldn’t get back from (other worlds, etc). Might explain Starman’s return and why they were so insistent that Stripsey not be involved in the fight, as he had a young kid now.- Jim Gaffigan as Thunderbolt was fun. I actually spent most of the episode convinced it was French Stewart!- I wonder if S3 is going to be about Courtney going to Opal City to meet/find Ted Knight. He’s the only one who knows how the cosmic staff really works after all.- Mikey Thunder, you were too pure for this world.  My guess is he is targeted to become, or does become, the host for Eclipso

    • bobbier-av says:

      yes, one of the little nitpicks I have with this great show is that what they showed of the ISA? They could have NEVER beat a team with a adult star man, a flash, a green lantern and a fifth dimensional super being, throwing in the other three that the teens are now replacing that is pretty much like a bunch of bozos killing the Avengers. The two most “powerful” ISA members look like the Shade and Eclipso, and they were not even around. Icicle was pretty menacing (and they showed how he beat Starman basically by sneaking up on him, so that was at least believable), but the rest were pretty weak in the power department where just the Flash or green lantern could beat them easily. I know it is baked into the show that the ISA somehow won, but the more we see of who was actually in the JSA the more unbelievable it is

    • haodraws-av says:

      Revealing that the JSA didn’t die and then combining the old and the young to be one huge JSA sounds exactly like something Geoff Johns would do, so I hope it’s exactly what he’s doing.

      • redwolfmo-av says:

        its 100% a Johns move but kind of inverted from how he did the JSA in the comics where they sought out the next generation.  Perhaps the New JSA will have to go find the lost/scattered members of the old JSA, kind of like how the 7 Soldiers seem to have been scattered, though we haven’t seen any more from them since last season other than the picture Stripsey was looking at this episode

  • crackblind-av says:

    I’m enjoying Jonathan Cake’s Richard Swift but I really hate the “bad guy is actually doing something noble but not telling the good guys” trope. Yelling “You have no idea what you’re talking about!” and then attacking them is a waste of everyone’s time (though in this case it was slightly justified as self-defense after Mike sent Thunderbolt after him with another carefully worded wish). Just tell them what’s going on instead of threatening them to “Stay out of my way!” in the most nefarious yet silken British accent.

    • bogovich-av says:

      It seems quite possible the Shade was going to tell them, but Mike interrupted — and revealing any such good motives would’ve been met with strong doubts, so I assume he thought genteel tea time was the way to ease the JSA into that.

    • bobfunch1-on-kinja-av says:

      “…nefarious yet silken British accent”Love it. Very James Mason and very very George Sanders (aka Jungle Book 1967’s Shere Khan).

  • avclub-15d496c747570c7e50bdcd422bee5576--disqus-av says:

    As a tea loving anglophile, I love The Shade’s tea obsession. Although last week was obviously written by someone who doesn’t know tea. You can get very fancy and proper Orange Pekoe, heck Fortnum & Mason sells Orange Pekoe. But it’s great that they are keeping it as a through-line for him. Pity the kids couldn’t appreciate it.I felt very vindicated by Pat clarifying that he got the year wrong on purpose. I could tell when it happened that he did it to get Shade to confirm it. I think it’s so Pat to have the cars of the Injustice Society memorized, at least if they are distinctive. I also liked when Courtney told him he had to be specific about why things are dangerous. I thought it showed their relationship well.

  • bobfunch1-on-kinja-av says:

    Yes, Amblin. But also, adjacently: “Eerie, Indiana.”

  • bogovich-av says:

    I wonder if there’s already a plan for Mike to adopt some old school superhero identity eventually. If not, one option would be Skyman, which was Sylvester Pemberton’s second identity in the comics after he decided he was no longer a (Star-Spangled) Kid. Or maybe Mike could become a second Shining Knight, which could reduce Pat’s worrying if Mike inherited the enchanted bulletproof armor.

  • IanThomasHealy-av says:

    This episode did justice to the time-honored DnD tradition of writing out a Wish that the DM cannot possibly pervert into something horrible.

  • critifur-av says:

    -How Mike told Thunderbolt to stop dropping stop signs, his reply was, “not until they stop.” And the bullies NEVER stopped (were they supposed to stand still?), the bullies ran off in different directions and a few more signs fell in the same general area and STOPPED.

    I wish my brain would turn off sometimes, and just allow me not to notice the stupid stuff.

  • jpilla1980-av says:

    I just hope that Johnny Thunder wasn’t killed on Rex Manning Day. 

  • dougr1-av says:

    I liked the tone this week. Lea’s got a real skill behind the camera.I know they were trying to reset, but the previous two weeks felt like they were spinning their wheels. Or it could be the inevitable comparison with Superman & Lois which was on the same night and firing on all cylinders heading to the season finale.

  • kaingerc-av says:

    Yeah, So Cool indeed

  • boymeetsinternet-av says:

    Good

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