Crisis on Infinite Earths Predictions

With the upcoming Arrowverse crossover that will be happening soon, I thought that I would predict some of what might happen in the crossover based on information that I have and other that I thought that I would just guess in some way. We'll see if any of these wind up happening in the end or not.

• Earth-90 Barry Allen will be revealed to be alive, but will die during the crisis.
• The Linda Park of Earth-2 will appear and have some important role in it.
• It will be revealed what happened to Jessie Quick and the Earth-2 version of Harry Wells.
• No Gotham characters will appear, but there could be cameos from them playing other people in one of the universes here.
• Earth-1 Barry Allen will indeed go missing, but will be found early into the next part of The Flash.
• One of the Supergirl versions will die.
• Earth-2 Laurel Lance will die.
• Eobard Thawne will race Superman at some point.
• There will be only one earth after the crisis with people from all the other earths living on this one now instead of any others.
• The storyline from Legends of Tomorrow will largely be unaffected by any of this due to that show having not started airing its current season.

The Top 25 Episodes of 2018

With the year winding down and me wanting to get to as many of the last posts that I was wanting to write this year before it is over, I might as well finally get to what I felt were the best episodes of 2018 now that only two months remain in 2019. There was a lot of good episodes that I watched and hope that you can see any one of these that I mention if you haven’t already and can easily. Only one episode from a single series will make it on the list. I would also like to include the largely hospital set episode of Life Sentence as an honorable mention. Now, let’s get to the top 25.

#25 Unknown episode- Primetime: What Would You Do?: Since you won’t remember what the episode in question was since I don’t remember when it aired, I might as well tell you about it. While it had more than just two scenarios, what gets it on this list is the first two. In one, a waiter won’t serve a man who wears an impeach 45 shirt. In another one, a waiter won’t serve a man in a Make America Great Again hat. The show then shows a great group of people reacting to both situations. It covers both sides of the political aisle while showing people standing up for the customer in both cases.

#24 I Saw the Sun Rise- Magnum P.I.: The first episode of this show was pretty good, which is why I’m putting it on the list. From the fantasy introduction to the more simple, cast introductions, we get the start of a great series summed up in a pretty good way.

#23 The Heavens Fall- Quantico: I liked the deaf character that was in the final season of Quantico. And while the second half of the final season was kind of a dud, the first half shined quite well. This episode explained how the agent went deaf while putting her and other characters in a crazed death match that they had to escape from.

#22 Minivan Mom Bank Robber- Pink Collar Crimes: While I don’t watch a lot of true crime as I don’t often like the shows, it was nice to see the show actually have the criminal talk about her crime. We learned why she did what she did and how this lead to where she was.

#21 Sliding Sweaters- American Housewife: Named after the movie Sliding Doors, we saw a day going for the main character two different ways. The parallels between them were nice to see. Even though we have seen an episode like this before (Bowling from Malcolm in the Middle), it was still fun to see a nice take on the idea.

#20 Pilot- Charmed: Taking a fresh take on the old series, I quite liked this as a fan of both shows. We see the beginning of these sister’s adventures in a very different world than the one that we had back when the WB existed. I do wonder how many people who hate this show even gave it a chance.

#19 This is Now- Chicago Med: While this at first might have been like a seemingly simple take on a hospital treating victims of a mass shooting, it provided far more insight into the world in general such as what people might feel like being in such places when these things happen. It seemed very realistic and offered such great insight into what would go on there.

#18 Pilot- Instinct: This might have been the only episode of the show to actually focus on the book that the show was partly based off of. Whatever happened, we got a great episode to lead the series as we were introduced to the characters of the show and what type of angle they would use to solve the crimes of it. While it seemed generic at times, this episode was more of a stand out verses others in the series and on other shows that year.

#17 A Heck of a Ride- The Middle: The last episode of the show was a good way of wrapping things up. We finally see Sue wind up with a man that the writers kept messing up a romance of for years. We see the last family trip as the oldest child leaves home. It was a great way of ending the show.

#16 Dead Scratch- Dynasty: The first season finale was incredible with its twists and turns. You may not have been hooked on this show by the start of this episode, but by the end, you had to want to know what would happen next. Most of the family is in a fire with their lives in danger. We won’t know what will happen to them as the show starts for its next season.

#15 The Business of Saving People’s Lives- Code Black: Another series finale makes the list as the show gives a good ending with a medical emergency starting in the hospital when a plane crashes into it. We then see the rest of the situation going on before the episode ends and the series wraps in a very good way that we don’t normally see all the time.

#14 Destiny’s Child- NCIS: The season premiere last year provided to be a good way of moving the show forward after the last season finale’s cliffhanger. We saw the tense parts of Vance’s kidnapping while the show worked on having the rest of the team rescue him. There were enough twists with what was going on that we were not entirely sure of what was going on.

#13 Not Your Hero- Station 19: In the first season finale, we got such a great episode that we knew they could not resolve it by the time it was over. The crew was battling quite an intense fire and we don’t know who might be safe in the end. It was quite a dramatic way of ending the season and made you all the more ready to come back for more the next season.

#12 Air Force Two- Scandal: I was never into this show for long, but still thought that I would want to see the rest of it as it aired. This episode made it seem more worth it to watch more of the show until the very end of it. We had the interesting part of the vice-president’s plane being hacked and we saw all the great set-up for more storylines finishing the season as the second in command slowly tries to stage a coup in order to get power.

#11 (Don’t Fear) The Reaper- Grey’s Anatomy: When Bailey went into the hospital, thinking that she was having signs of a heart attack, some of us might not have known that she was coming back. This was quite a good episode, with us getting flashbacks into important parts of Bailey’s past. She was okay in the end, but it was still interesting seeing the episode and wondering both if she’d be okay and if she was even experiencing a real problem at all.

#10 Ninguna Salida- NCIS: Los Angeles: The season finale was an action roller coaster. When the team had gone undercover, we saw the trying to rescue their leader’s son. There were a lot of fighting and the team’s lives were in danger at the end. It had you eagerly waiting next season, even if you knew that most of them are not dead.

#9 Life Sentence- Arrow: Another season finale makes the list as Oliver Queen delivered news that would change the series forever, “I am the green arrow.” The series would forever be different going forward as the dynamics would never be the same again on this show. Sometimes a show just needs to change what is has been so far and do something different for the rest of it going forward.

#8 Fade Out- 10 Days in the Valley: The series finale of the show did a great job of wrapping up all that had happened and ending it in a good way. The show had a great ending and didn’t ruin the good show like a lot of other series finales do. I don’t think there was a single thing bad about this episode.

#7 Leaving Storybrooke- Once Upon a Time: When we get to the last episode of this show, some of us might have thought it overstayed its welcome at least one season. But the series finale was great in a whole lot of ways as we wrapped up everything left of this show. We saw Rumple go up against his evil self and his good side was finally redeemed once and for all.

#6 Man of Steel- Supergirl: The origins of Ben Lockwood were wonderful to see in this episode. It might have seemed a bit early to reveal what all was going on with the big bad. But with Easter eggs to a lot of previous episodes, the episode explained how a once great man became such a wonderful villain that seemed to be the most justified one thus far and is certainly my favorite of the whole franchise at this moment in time. I hope for more episodes like it.

#5 Chapter Seventy-Eight- Jane the Virgin: Coming after the news of a character’s cancer, this episode proved to be one of the most interesting of the whole series. It may not have been the best of the whole series, but it can mean a lot to people like me to see them address a serious topic like this in such a good way as they deal with the difficult news and think of how to move forward.

#4 Murphy Too- Murphy Brown: This show was very topical and this episode was a good way of showing his how it could deal with serious issues like it. An issue like sexual harassment or things similar to it should not have taken this long to deal with in the world. Murphy confronts a man who took power and a bit more from her. She then leaves with what is rightfully hers.

#3 Enter Flashtime- The Flash: Here is a great idea for this show: set most of the episode at super speed. With a bomb literally going off in the background, Barry has to work with whoever he can in order to figure out a way to get rid of the blast in a way that won’t result in many deaths. It was a very well done episode and it’s a bit of a shame that we might not see anything like it again, on this show at least.

#2 Gone Baby Gone- Law and Order: SVU: With Olivia’s child going missing, the first episode of this show that aired this year was quite intense and hard not to watch. There was no other episode that past year that I saw so intense on action and suspense. I quite liked it.

#1 Sound and Fury- Madam Secretary: If there is a national film registry equivalent for episodes of TV shows, this should be preserved for future generations to enjoy and write about. When a president has such declining mental health, there has to be people holding him accountable and taking him out of the office to see what’s wrong. I hated this episode at first for what they did to Conrad, but by the time it was over, I knew it was one of the best ones in television history.

Well, now that 2019 is almost over, it makes sense to finally tell you this list. I am hoping that I can get the ranking of a network’s shows done pretty soon this year. Sorry for not telling you that I was taking the last week off for this blog in order to update another one. I hope to do all that I want done and keep up with all I need to do in life as well.

Best and Worst Show of 2018

Well, it is time to get to my shortest post of the year since the two other posts that I need to do this year and another one that I should have done a while ago are not yet done being written. I’m going to post my thoughts on the best and worst of TV from last year or season.

Best show on television for 2018: Supergirl

Worst show on television for the 2017-2018 TV season: Star

And that’s about it, as the singer of Amburgers and Wootbeer would say. I hope to be back here with more posts as the usual date and also hope to never miss any dates. I do have it set up right now that I do not allow myself to miss any Mondays ever unless or until I can phase out of them for some reason. I just hope that I can focus on important things in life in addition to these blogs of mine.