Wow! This was a great episode. But I wouldn't have expected anything less from one written by Geoff Johns. This episode basically introduces the Justice Society, and it's members, to this series. Unfortunately, three of it's heroes had to die to do so. Basically they take the old history of the JSA . . you know, where they were banned from being heroes, and had to make the choice of being unmasked or retired . . and they adapted it a bit. In this version, the members refused to unmask, but they tried to secretly continue their adventures. The government wasn't happy about this so they hunted them down and created fake crimes to pin on them. If anyone looked into them they would just think that they were a bunch of criminals. Which is what Chloe and Clark think when they start investigating the murders of Sylvester Pemberton and Welsey Dodds. So they start looking up other members of their group. They start with Carter Hall. He's not very talkative, and the place he lives seems like a museum. Which just serves to make them even more suspicious. So while investigated Sylvester's murder they come across Courtney Whitmore. She's very upset about the whole thing, and later when Ollie is following her, he finds that she's dressed as Stargirl and wielding a power staff. It appears that she's trying to make herself a target to draw out Sylvester's killer . . the Icicle. Well . . not the original Icicle, but . . his son. Later they run into Dr Fate in the father's hospital room. He takes Clark back to Carter's house, which happens to be the JSA's brownstone. He talks to Clark about his fate and the hope that he will inspire. Clark looks around and starts to figure out that this was actually a band of 'heroes'.
They end up teaming up, and together they take Icicle Jr. down. It's Hawkman, Dr Fate and Stargirl for the JSA. And Clark, Ollie, Chloe and John Jones for Clark's group. Although Chloe probably thinks it's her group. Anyways, long story short, together they beat Icicle. Hawkman decides to get the JSA back together . . the surviving members, their families and their protege's. He thinks that the next generation may be able to learn something from the previous one. But the real shocker of the story is that all of this was orchestrated by Checkmate, and their white queen . . Amanda Waller. I thought that was awesome. As a member of Suicide Squad, Amanda had Icicle convinced that he was supposed to take the team down and avenge what they did to his father. But what she really wanted was to wake up the team, dust them off and out of the closet and back into the public eye. Which she does through these events, plus the information she's fed Lois. Lois ends up with a front page story about these old heroes and their secret society. Also, big shocker . . we find out that Tess is actually an agent of Checkmate. I really didn't see that one coming. As with the last episode, there were a couple items of particular interest. First the dialogue between Carter and Ollie was awesome. Their banter and jibes throughout the whole episode were perfect. But in the end . . they found a respect for each other and could possibly be friends. Also interesting was the dialogue between Courtney and Chloe. When they're in the Watchtower they're talking about each other's groups. Courtney tells her that they would probably get together more if the place felt more like a home than a nuclear war-room. She also suggested that they get together for other things than just disasters. I thought it was some good advice. Especially from a young girl who doesn't look like she's old enough to drive a car. I was expecting a great episode here, and this one certainly didn't let me down. I just hope we see some more of these characters in the future of this series.
Wow! This was a great episode. But I wouldn't have expected anything less from one written by Geoff Johns. This episode basically introduces the Justice Society, and it's members, to this series. Unfortunately, three of it's heroes had to die to do so. Basically they take the old history of the JSA . . you know, where they were banned from being heroes, and had to make the choice of being unmasked or retired . . and they adapted it a bit. In this version, the members refused to unmask, but they tried to secretly continue their adventures. The government wasn't happy about this so they hunted them down and created fake crimes to pin on them. If anyone looked into them they would just think that they were a bunch of criminals. Which is what Chloe and Clark think when they start investigating the murders of Sylvester Pemberton and Welsey Dodds. So they start looking up other members of their group. They start with Carter Hall. He's not very talkative, and the place he lives seems like a museum. Which just serves to make them even more suspicious. So while investigated Sylvester's murder they come across Courtney Whitmore. She's very upset about the whole thing, and later when Ollie is following her, he finds that she's dressed as Stargirl and wielding a power staff. It appears that she's trying to make herself a target to draw out Sylvester's killer . . the Icicle. Well . . not the original Icicle, but . . his son. Later they run into Dr Fate in the father's hospital room. He takes Clark back to Carter's house, which happens to be the JSA's brownstone. He talks to Clark about his fate and the hope that he will inspire. Clark looks around and starts to figure out that this was actually a band of 'heroes'.
They end up teaming up, and together they take Icicle Jr. down. It's Hawkman, Dr Fate and Stargirl for the JSA. And Clark, Ollie, Chloe and John Jones for Clark's group. Although Chloe probably thinks it's her group. Anyways, long story short, together they beat Icicle. Hawkman decides to get the JSA back together . . the surviving members, their families and their protege's. He thinks that the next generation may be able to learn something from the previous one. But the real shocker of the story is that all of this was orchestrated by Checkmate, and their white queen . . Amanda Waller. I thought that was awesome. As a member of Suicide Squad, Amanda had Icicle convinced that he was supposed to take the team down and avenge what they did to his father. But what she really wanted was to wake up the team, dust them off and out of the closet and back into the public eye. Which she does through these events, plus the information she's fed Lois. Lois ends up with a front page story about these old heroes and their secret society. Also, big shocker . . we find out that Tess is actually an agent of Checkmate. I really didn't see that one coming. As with the last episode, there were a couple items of particular interest. First the dialogue between Carter and Ollie was awesome. Their banter and jibes throughout the whole episode were perfect. But in the end . . they found a respect for each other and could possibly be friends. Also interesting was the dialogue between Courtney and Chloe. When they're in the Watchtower they're talking about each other's groups. Courtney tells her that they would probably get together more if the place felt more like a home than a nuclear war-room. She also suggested that they get together for other things than just disasters. I thought it was some good advice. Especially from a young girl who doesn't look like she's old enough to drive a car. I was expecting a great episode here, and this one certainly didn't let me down. I just hope we see some more of these characters in the future of this series.
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