I understand that. I was just wondering who is maintaining the seemingly-abandoned building. The floors are clean, there isn’t any dust on anything, the lifts all work, and the lights are functional. At the very least, who’s paying the electric bill?
Oh, I’m agreeing with you (even the knicknacks are dust-free). I was just pointing out that it was a little odd that the new Green Lantern wasn’t staying in her dad’s room.
Fanwank: the rest of the HQ isn’t as miraculously immaculate and intact, and that room was in the best shape. Or possibly it was the only one with a comfy couch in front of a TV where the cable still worked. Plus, staying in her estranged dad’s room might have just seemed too creepy, but staying in Pat’s workroom was just familiar enough for her to feel emotionally comfortable there.
FACING THE DARKNESS - After a frightening encounter leaves Courtney’s life hanging in the balance, the team band together to determine their next steps.
Kid Eclipso is like an evil baby Yoda. “Give in to your hate! Give in to your anger! Come to the dark side, it’s more fun.”
Is the Shade finally dead? I think the movie he was watching, The Picture of Dorian Gray, has some significance. He’s probably got a picture or totem stashed somewhere, where his true form is hiding. That’s why Green Lantern showed two locations for the Shade.
I find this whole Eclypso storyline tiresome. It stopped being interesting several shows ago, since the entire concept keeps repeating and repeating and repeating the same situation. Eclypso knows your deepest fears and inadequacies and will tell them to you in great detail and you won’t say “fuck off and die in a fire.” I’d love to see one of the characters say “All right, I get it. You want me to think I’m a terrible person. Why should I give a fuck what you think about me?”
Also, what ever happened to the “summer school” part of “Stargirl: Summer School”. As far as I can see, she - and the other JSA-lite - haven’t gone to class, studied, or taken tests. I thought it was VERY cool when they made the point of “You know, if you study and do the homework, this learning stuff is pretty easy and interesting”.
Then again, I’m probably thinking too much. ::sigh::
Courtney and Yolanda were in class quite a bit in the first few episodes. I think they mentioned in the first episode that Rick just didn’t show up for summer school, but I think that had something to do with the one teacher flunking him for “cheating”, and then giving him another test and realizing he hadn’t actually cheated. No one’s mentioned since then that he was supposed to be in summer school. And Beth, of course, a star pupil, was never in summer school in the first place.
IIRC, after Nice Summer School Teacher got driven insane by Eclipso, they had one scene with the principal filling in as the summer school teacher and then…they just kind of didn’t mention summer school again. It’s a significant plot point for the last couple of episodes that Yolanda has cut off all contact with Courtney, and she hasn’t mentioned whether she’s even going to school anymore, so…
Fanwank: It was Independence Day a couple of episodes ago. Maybe the local school district has a mid-summer break the week before and after Independence Day for summer school.
THE GREATER GOOD - With the looming threat of Eclipso hanging over them, Courtney seeks help from the unlikeliest of places. Meanwhile, Mike’s search to find Thunderbolt leads him straight to his friend Jakeem (guest star Alkoya Brunson), and Pat goes to extreme lengths to protect Rick.
Did the producers just license “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred to highlight a plot-irrelevant but very, very fun sequence showing what Buddy the bulldog has been up to while everyone has been out rescuing Courtney? Why, yes! Yes, they did.
And so Eclipso has made known his nefarious plan – take away Courtney’s light, both literally and metaphorically. I appreciate that it was Kid Eclipso that delivered the traditional villain monologue. I agree with @Darren_Garrison above that the kid is a very good actor. He has a very relaxed, easy delivery, never seeming forced, and always very sincerely evil.
Who was Cindy calling at the end? My money is on Artemis Crock.
