Not the point. This is a viewing order, and it seems awkward to watch 15 episodes of other shows between the halves of a 2-parter.
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Not the point. This is a viewing order, and it seems awkward to watch 15 episodes of other shows between the halves of a 2-parter.
"The Adventures of Supergirl" has to immediately follow "Better Angels" because of the way the latter episode ended, and the end of "The Last Children of Krypton" leads directly into "Welcome to Earth." Given that there's a jump in time between "The Adventures..." and "The Last Children..." it makes more sense to me to put a gap there than have those two episodes, plus "Welcome to Earth," all back to back to back, which would put five Supergirl episodes in the middle of the other three shows, which are all building up to their season finales with their own multi-episode mini-arcs coming up.
I could move those two episodes up, but then that would just leave an even bigger gap between "Welcome to Earth" and "Survivors." It would also give us six straight episodes of The Flash, though if "Flashpoint" picks up immediately where "The Race of His Life" ends, it would make sense to do that. I can't remember off the top of my head if there was any time between those two episodes and none of the episode guides I consulted were helpful in that regard.
I think in this case it's better to make a break between seasons even though the teaser at the end does indeed lead directly into the season premier. Season 1 has a nice ending in the finale and the first two episodes of Season 2 are just much more linked and relevant to each other, and also serve as an introduction to the new status quo on the show.
Wow. That's an interesting parallel.
What's DC's equivalent of the "Civil War" crossover storyline?
Next year: #teamflash vs #teamarrow 
^ That's actually a great idea.
Kingdom Come from 1996.
Marvel's Civil War came out in 2006.
Always copying one another.
Would next season be too soon for Crisis on Infinite Earths?
The red skies from First Crisis don't clear up till 2024.
I was thinking that they were laying ground for Identity Crisis with the prisoner pipeline in season one.
I was thinking that they were laying ground for Identity Crisis with the prisoner pipeline in season one.
Perhaps the events of CoIE could be accelerated somehow, in the same way that the events culminating in the particle accelerator explosion were accelerated by Thawne.
Just have the Legends land in 2024 and force the other shows into that time for one episode. A giant flash forward. Arrow can milk it for the entire season with an A story in the present and a B story in 2024.
Fast Forwards instead of Flashbacks... that could work. Good way to get more Connor Hawke, too.
Yeah, I went back and checked the end of "Better Angels" and the start of "The Adventures of Supergirl" again, and while the very first scene picks up exactly where "Better Angels" left off, after that there's a brief time jump as we next see them arriving at DEO in the daytime, so I guess it would be fine to split the episodes up so we can retain the Superman two-parter instead. There really doesn't seem to be much time between the end of "The Last Children of Krypton" and "Welcome to Earth" anyway, because in the beginning Metallo is waking up after CADMUS started the transformation at the end of the previous episode.
Anyway, for now I've got those three episodes sandwiched between The Flash's "The Race of His Life" and "Flashpoint," because it seems like a short amount of time passes between those two episodes. If you guys want to take a look at how I have it now, I'd appreciate it.
Why are you putting gaps in between episodes in the first place? The way you've got the table set up, you could easily have episodes running concurrently with each other, and it's clear that, in at least two cases (World's Finest/Versus Doom and Medusa/The Flash's Invasion), this is explicitly what's happening.
Yeah, but -- again -- this isn't an in-universe chronology, it's a suggested viewing order. You can't watch two episodes at the same time (well, you can, but it won't work as well).
I know that, but there's still no reason not to list the episodes in their proper chronological order even knowing that you need to watch them sequentially. Trying to artificially put "gaps" in between them in terms of the way that they're laid out doesn't make sense to me and seems overly complicated.
The gaps align with the episode entries of other series. Reading top to bottom, there's one episode per line, in the suggested viewing order.
Bingo. One episode per row, because it's a sequential viewing order moving from top to bottom (hence the numbers in the column on the left). Rows that feature crossover episodes are highlighted red and the episode number and title are bolded, and the episode in question is marked for each show's characters who appear in the crossovers. Which is why the "Invasion!" event has each row highlighted for all four current shows (except for Supergirl's "Medusa," which only featured characters from The Flash).
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Personally, I feel it would have been better to do things the Marvel Defenders way and have the crossover be it's own show. Cut two episodes from each of the 4 shows and you'll have 8 episodes to tell a more epic story.
Split up the Legends?Next year: #teamflash vs #teamarrow
Team Arrow: Green Arrow, Overwatch, Spartan, Ragman, Wild Dog and Mister Terrific with The Atom, Vixen and White Canary.
Team Flash: Flash, Vibe, Killer Frost and Kid Flash with Firestorm, Citizen Steel and Other Vixen
Mick sits back,pops a cold one and watches.
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