The conversation between Oliver and Barry ( Grant Gustin) is a heartfelt reminder not only of how much these two have gone through together, but of the fact that Oliver Queen is the original superhero in this universe.
But this episode, and Stephen Amell’s performance sells Crisis as the natural end for everything that has happened since Oliver Queen got stranded on an island in the premiere episode of Arrow. Crisis was always the endgame, as hinted at when The Flash premiered way back in 2014. Though having to go through yet another sendoff for Oliver, Amell sells his final (maybe?) goodbye, as the episode ties the entire Arrowverse together. That being said, there is a lot that works in the episode. There was no specificity to the Paragons, no real consequence to Lex Luthor ( Jon Cryer, being an absolute devious delight) rewriting the Book of Destiny to make himself a Paragon (that this meant we lost Earth-96 Clark Kent ranks amongst the worst things Luthor has ever done).
But it feels a bit anticlimactic that the ultimate confrontation between good and evil ended up being the Paragons standing in a line and focusing really, really hard. Again, it’s one thing that these shows don’t have the budget to give us a gigantic fight with tons of special effects. There’s also the “final” fight against the Anti-Monitor. Truth be told, the original comic wasn’t much better at this, but given that the Arrowverse put its own take on the story, not adding anything to the main villain seems like a bit of a missed opportunity. Sadly, the flashback ends up being too little, too late, with the reveal not adding much to the story of our main heroes, and it doesn’t even add any nuance or a hint of personality to what remained a faceless, all-mighty punching bag. We finally get a look at the backstory for The Monitor ( LaMonica Garrett) as we see the moment he accidentally created the multiverse, and the Anti Monitor. This extends to the Arrow episode at large, which is a pity given how strong the final season of the show that started it all has been. Instead, Spectre is basically Ollie with some extra powers, a change of wardrobe and a new voice modulator. He has Oliver’s personality, memories, appearance, and demeanor, but he doesn’t quite sell his being "something more." Even if you aren’t familiar with The Spectre (he’s one of the most powerful figures in the DC universe), the name and the way he acts are big enough clues that he’s meant to be a way bigger deal than he ends up being. Though consolidating the incredibly large cast of the previous two episodes to a handful of heroes helps refocus, the reveal of Oliver as The Spectre doesn’t quite work. Though we had already mourned Oliver Queen ( Stephen Amell), having sacrificed his life earlier in the crossover, it is not long before he returns in a new, supernatural form – that of The Spectre. We are reunited with our Paragons after the Anti-Monitor managed to annihilate the entire multiverse, and our seven Paragons being trapped in limbo at the Vanishing Point outside of space and time. This is to say that when Part 4 of Crisis on Infinite Earths aired last night as an episode of Arrow, it kind of felt like a step backwards. We got the big action scenes that destroyed universe after universe, but the Supergirl, and The Flash episodes still found the time to give us meaningful character interactions and heartfelt goodbyes.
The first three episodes of the crossover, which aired late last year, managed to put an Arrowverse spin on the bestselling comicbook of the same name. That being said, the crossover managed to pull off the same thrills, high stakes, and emotions as a blockbuster film, even if the final fight remained in a parking lot.
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Though the obvious comparison to Crisis on Infinite Earths is Avengers: Endgame, it isn’t fair to compare a blockbuster with a $300M+ budget to a set of TV episodes. What started as a typical CW-style drama, but with vigilantes, has now spanned multiple spinoffs that bring superpowers, aliens, and a multiverse to a show that simply had people in dark leather suits punching other people in dark leather suits in a parking lot. The ‘Arrowverse’ has always felt a bit overly ambitious for the place it calls home.
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