Crisis on Earth-X
"Crisis on Earth-X" is the fourth Arrowverse crossover event, featuring episodes of the live-action television series Supergirl, Arrow, The Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow on The CW.Harry Wells, Cisco Ramon, and Caitlin Snow develop a serum to separate the Firestorm matrix from Martin Stein and Jefferson Jackson.Dark Arrow and Overgirl, who are doppelgängers of Oliver and Kara respectively, discuss their next step with Eobard Thawne, Barry's speedster nemesis who was previously presumed dead.General Winn Schott, the commander of the Freedom Fighters, is determined to strand Dark Arrow and Overgirl on Earth-1 by destroying the temporal gateway.While posing as Dark Arrow, Oliver discovers that the Nazis possess a doomsday device in the form of a timeship called Wellenreiter, a militarized equivalent of the Legends' Waverider.Oliver allows the timeship to enter Earth-1 to avoid jeopardizing his cover, but he is ultimately exposed when he refuses to kill Felicity's Earth-X doppelgänger, a concentration camp prisoner.The heroes struggle against both the Freedom Fighters' Red Tornado, deployed by Schott as a failsafe, and the Nazi forces, and Martin opens the gateway at the cost of being mortally wounded."[19] That May, Mark Pedowitz, then president of The CW, confirmed that there were no plans to incorporate Black Lightning in the crossover, as it was not part of the Arrowverse at the time and was scheduled to debut in the middle of the 2017–18 television season.[22] Supergirl's episode was directed by Larry Teng, Arrow's by James Bamford, The Flash's by Dermott Downs, and Legend of Tomorrow's by Gregory Smith.[26] "Crisis on Earth-X" did wrap up several story arcs including the weddings of Oliver Queen and Barry Allen, Alex Danvers getting over her ex-girlfriend, and Martin Stein leaving the Legends.[1][2] The Flash cast members Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, and Carlos Valdes appear as Barry Allen, Iris West, Caitlin Snow / Frost, and Cisco Ramon / Vibe.[1][2] Legends of Tomorrow cast members Victor Garber, Caity Lotz, Dominic Purcell, Franz Drameh, Brandon Routh, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Amy Pemberton, Tala Ashe and Nick Zano appear as Martin Stein / Firestorm, Sara Lance / White Canary, Mick Rory / Heat Wave, Jefferson "Jax" Jackson / Firestorm, Ray Palmer / Atom, Amaya Jiwe / Vixen, Gideon, Zari Tomaz and Nate Heywood / Steel.[7] Guest cast members who appear in one or more parts of the crossover included Jesse L. Martin, Keiynan Lonsdale, Danielle Nicolet, Patrick Sabongui, Colin Donnell, Paul Blackthorne, and David Ramsey reprising their roles as Joe West, Wally West / Kid Flash, Cecile Horton, David Singh, Tommy Merlyn, Quentin Lance, and John Diggle.[35][36] "Free Stress Test" by Professor Murder, "Justice" by Misun, "All Eyes on You" by St. Lucia, "By the Stream" by Tom Hillock & Nicolas Boscovic, "Love Is Emotional" by Neil Finn, "String Quartet No.The website's critical consensus reads, "Kicking off an Arrowverse crossover event, "Crisis On Earth-X, Part 1" offers viewers a fun outing with quirky characters preceding the action and tragedy to come.Ultimately, the episode "did, however, make the most of this massive pairing of heroes, delivering an endless stream of banter and character drama before transitioning into an epic battle royale.There were some narrative missteps, but this is like nothing we have ever seen on-screen before: a true comic book-style crossover event that ties hours of superhero serials together in one epic story.Club gave the episode a "B+" rating, stating "Even a lesser installment like this one features the spectacle of the Flash and The Ray battling the Red Tornado, as well as the appealing non-superpowered Nazi-fighting team of Iris and Felicity.The episode "didn't have quite the urgency it needed during the final showdown between good and evil," but "did make the most of Professor Stein's heroic sacrifice and its emotional fallout.Club gave the episode an "A" rating, stating "No piece of live-action superhero media has captured the feeling of a comic-book crossover event like Crisis On Earth-X.With a huge cast of characters, a major death, and a final scene taking big heroes in bold new directions, Crisis delivers the thrills, the twists, and the inspiration that should come from a superhero story with this massive scope.He wrote, "This year's was an objectively wonderful hour of DC television, but it also moved the season's story along for Legends in a meaningful way, and provided significant character development for Jax and Sara.It gave Franz Drameh and Victor Garber a chance to stretch their acting wings, and it closed out a timely, wall-to-wall entertaining four hours of television.
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