#dc eclipso

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DC's Stargirl 2.10 "Summer School: Chapter Ten" has aired on the CW, and I'm here to talk about it

Start again on the events of the past with the fall of the old JSA. Looks like Pat & Sylvester may be all that's left and I'm betting this is going to be the moment when it all ends. We know they never officially disbanded but this has gotta be as close as we get. Also look at Sylvester being nice to Pat for literally the first time in the series. This might be the last time they see each other until the JSA is all killed and he's finally being nice. Jesus Christ, talk about waiting until the last moment. But you know what, an apology for the shitty treatment is way more than I ever expected from this man, and I'm proud of him for that at least.

"For once it's not on Eclipso" but it kind of is bestie, I don't know how to tell you this, but that event also comes back to Eclipso. Oh, the Shade's alive! And he's hanging out in the Whitmore house. What fun. I love it when a villain helps out the heroes. That's always fun.

I love Beth casually trying to pass off the goggles as a fashion statement. Incredible. Damn Beth, calling out her parents. No one else can hear Dr McNider, love that! Beth looks legit crazy, it's awesome. And Beth really turning her parents advice on them. I love all of Beth's development this season.

I'm sorry, the radio stations. Amazing. That is a good point from Courtney. Yolanda probably could've benefited a lot from knowing about this. Sure, she might have still quit but know we won't know. I think just knowing that this is something that happens in this life would be good.

I hate seeing Rick in holding. And he looks so broken.

Return to the JSA manor! More easter eggs for other characters? Can we see Fate's helmet again??

Okay, I'm really interested by this "Men of Tears" thing. I looked it up because it feels like a reference but I'm not really finding anything. There doesn't seem to be any organization from DC history called the Men of Tears, and I'm also not seeing anything from the real world it could be connected to. There is a DC villain known as the Weeper (who also appeared in the Flash season 4) who has used the name Trades-Man-of-Tears that may be related but I doubt it. If anybody knows anything about that, let me know, I love this kind of occult shit.

Anyway, backstory stuff for the Shade. I'm really into this backstory. It's only a slight departure from his post-Zero Hour (so pre New 52) origin (and I don't know if he really got a new origin since). I'm always into changing up origins and backstories to better fit the narrative and I think this was a solid change.

Vigilante name drop, as well as Green Arrow and Speedy. But nothing new yet.

It's nice to see Jennie again. It kind of felt like she'd have a bigger role in the show than she's had so far, so hopefully, she sticks around for the rest of the season if not into next. Hold on, Mr Bones?? Could you mean the same Mr Bones who was once the head of the D.E.O. and thought he was the brother of Beth and Kate Kane? The same Mr Bones who was tied to an organization known as Helix, a member of which being the cousin of one Yolanda Montez??

JAKEEM TURNED HIS HOUSE INTO A GINGERBREAD HOUSE???

And is anybody surprised that Shade lied? Yeah, I wanted him to help but I can't say I'm surprised. Summon Eclipso?? Oh, that's bad. That's really bad. Oh shit, Courtney's in the Shadowlands now. This just keeps getting worse.

So like I predicted, Cindy is also trapped in the Shadowlands. I'm betting a team up with her, Courtney, and Dr McNider is gonna get them out. Also a return of Dragon King, that's exciting. We'll find out what happens next week with Stargirl 2.11 "Summer School: Chapter Eleven"

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DC's Stargirl 2.09 "Summer School: Chapter Nine" has aired on the CW, and I'm here to talk about it

So we know at least some of this episode is going to be backstory with the old JSA, and that's super exciting. Let's see how it goes.

Fun start on some Eclipso backstory. At this point, it seems clear that Bruce Gordon as Eclipso is who specifically the old JSA had to deal with. Past episodes tell us that they figured something out with the Staff. So this backstory is almost certainly going to be showing us the audience how the old JSA did it. The question will be whether or not our new JSA is going to figure out the same trick or if they'll have to come up with something new.

I think there's an interesting thing with this new plan of Courtney & Beth's, to just go fuck up Eclipso (as they should) and Pat logically telling them to hold the fuck up. Because it's absolutely true that if they don't go in with a solid plan and firing on all cylinders, they're gonna get their shit rocked. But also a good question, how do you prepare for someone like Eclipso? Now I wanna say, go get the Helmet of Fate, we know it exists here and we even know where it is, but A) the CW absolutely doesn't have the budget for that and B) I find it very hard to believe that they could keep someone like Dr Fate a secret if he were to appear. That's definitely something that would've leaked. We do know Jade's coming back next episode. Obviously, Rick & Yolanda will be back in action somehow (with an interesting thing for Rick because he broke the hourglass, maybe he remakes it or has developed strength of his own). They're not gonna side-line two members of their main cast that heavily for the finale, so we know they'll be around. Sylvester is around, so maybe he can be an asset. I would bet Shade will return. And probably the original Dr Midnite and Cindy, who will both escape the shadow dimension.

I like how vague the show is about what exactly Eclipso is. Really just a spirit parasite. I'm guessing they don't wanna commit to the comic accurate servant of God but they wanna be vague enough that we can like, get that without them having to say it.

"There's always a way," Sylvester says but I wonder if there is. At least, if they found one. Because Bruce Gordon was just kind of gone, and it's super implied that he's dead. Maybe the JSA was forced to kill him and then they tried to expunge the records of him as much as they could so that nobody else could stumble on the diamond.

I was going to ask if we think Cameron is actually real, but now that Barbara is seeing Jordan, yeah he's not real. They're both Eclipso fucking with Barbara and Mike.

Was it just me or did the very short look we got at "Cameron's" ice beam look a lot like a blast from the Staff, just recoloured and given some additional ice flecks? Simple reuse of an existing asset or an intentional choice to drive him that this "Cameron" isn't real? But Cameron's ice-based force choke is pretty cool.

Oop Eclipso nightmare for Pat, we know that the Starman suit doesn't exist anymore.

Spectre?! Dr Fate?! Those are some big name drops, okay, shit!

Why is everybody but Jay a dick to Pat? And we can't even blame them being shits on the Eclipso vision because even when we saw them interact with Pat last season they were dicks! Charles, Jay, and Johnny are the only ones who are ever nice to him. While not a good thing they died, maybe it's a good thing these guys aren't heroes anymore because they kind of suck.

Old JSA getting fucked up by the consequences of their own actions sucks for them. And because they're all dead, there's no dealing with the repercussions. But hey, at least there's no host to kill this time around. The new JSA really will have to get more creative about how they deal with Eclipso.

Man, Eclipso really has fucked over everyone but Beth. We love a queen who stays winning.

Oh, are they going to see if Jade can put the diamond back together with her powers? That actually might work. How they'd get Eclipso in is anybody's guess. But I guess we'll find out next week with Stargirl 2.10 "Summer School: Chapter Ten"