While I’m sure they’ll look cool in combat, otherwise I can’t say I’m too excited to see this particular part of Sara’s arc progress. I was fine w/ her having the ability to see briefly into the future last year considering that it wasn’t permanent, and it also came w/ the tradeoff of her being blind. I guess this also does come w/ the tradeoff of her not being the original Sara, but it’s not like that’s gonna affect her in a fight like her blindness did. The potentially interesting part of this arc will come from her existential crisis over being a clone, seeing how the team reacts to it and having Ava help her work through her understandable problems w/ it. But w/ instant healing and being bulletproof (as per the teaser for the next episode), she’s just gonna absolutely dominate any fight she gets into. Again, that could be kinda cool to see for a little bit, but it’d get old pretty fast. I still think there’s a chance this can be undone even w/ Bishop’s technology seemingly out of the picture, but w/ no immediate alternatives, it’s probably gonna be a while before the Legends find a way to at least make Sara fully human again. I can’t say that I’m looking forward to this being prolonged, but that’s also the great thing about Legends’ ensemble status. If one character’s arc isn’t really working, it probably won’t get a ton of screentime anyway, so you can just focus more on the other characters until things get better
Even though I hate him for what he did to Sara, I also can’t quite say I want him gone just yet. If he really did die in this episode, then it’d just feel like he bowed out too quickly. After all, we haven’t even seen him go up against the full Legends yet, so there’s definitely some unfinished business in that regard. I could see this being a situation where most of his consciousness got uploaded, just not the entire thing. Maybe that last 6% or so of it that didn’t make it in was just his affinity for singing all the time. He’d still be mostly the same, but w/out the constant breaking into song. And he’d have to have some sort of backup body stashed away somewhere since he wouldn’t be able to print a new one like he has before, which would make him even more desperate since he’d finally be mortal. Plus I feel like we still don’t know much about his backstory and what really makes him tick beyond the surface level stuff, which are definitely elements needed for a good villain. Though I would dread thinking about all the other ways he could still hurt Sara and the rest of the Legends, I also have to admit that I’ve enjoyed seeing Raffi Barsoumian in the role, as it just looks like he’s been having a lot of fun w/ it. That kind of charisma is always great to see, especially on a show like this, so I can’t quite say I wanna see him gone just yet
I do still think that Kate won’t end up getting erased completely and that she’ll be restored by the end of the finale, but I do think this drastically reduces the odds that she’ll stick around after this point. Between all the time she’s now spent as Circe and her probably still being able to remember what Circe did in her body, she might feel that she can’t stick around. I could definitely see them giving her a line like, “I know I’m Kate Kane, but I don’t even know who Kate Kane is anymore,” and so she leaves Gotham to go find herself again or something, leaving the door open for future guest appearances. Plus, leaving Circe intact would also essentially be erasing Kate, and while that’s not exactly the same as killing her, I feel like it’d be close enough to that. It’s been over a year since Caroline Dries specifically promised not to kill off Kate and buy into the “bury your gays” trope, which she’s still help up so far. But Circe remaining in control would effectively feel like killing off Kate’s mind and soul, so it really wouldn’t feel like she was alive if some other personality was in control of her body. Regardless of what happens in the finale, I just know that I’m really looking forward to seeing Ryan fully earn sole possession of the Batsuit along w/ Luke’s debut as Batwing
Given the show’s track record, I can definitely see Esperanza getting fully redeemed (or at least close to it), and it could be cool to see her go down a more heroic route. After 2 years of her battling w/ Allegra, I think there’s some real potential for them in working together for a chance, especially after seeing glimpses of that here. We know she still cares about her cousin despite so much of what she’s said, and w/ Allegra so determined to save her, I think this route would only make sense. Even though Allegra is now more powerful than ever, Esperanza is still the more experienced one who could continue to teach her how to hone her powers. Of course w/ proper training, it’s certainly possible that Allegra could also become more powerful than her cousin given that huge outburst at the end of their fight, but that’d just make things even better. Now I have no idea if we’re even gonna see Esperanza again, let alone if she could become a regular presence on the show, but if she does, they’ll have to work to make sure she doesn’t just feel like another Frost – a snarky badass w/ an edge. I’m sure that’d at least be part of her character, but as long as she doesn’t feel like Frost w/ light powers, then she’d probably fit right in. I know I’m getting ahead of myself as usual, but that’s half the fun of this
I think this could end up being a little bit of both. As powerful as he is, Supes certainly isn’t gonna be brainwashed, or whatever that was exactly, easily. And while I’m sure Edge knows that, there could still be some of that classic villain overconfidence that blinds him to not seeing that Clark isn’t fully turned. But while I think there’s a real chance that he’s able to resist much more than the other hosts, that doesn’t mean he’d be able to hold out forever. He might be doing so as best he can all while still knowing that he’s gonna crack eventually, and hoping that in the extra time he’s able to buy for himself, his family can come up w/ a plan to save him. This could ultimately be an effective way to show that his love for his family goes beyond just feeling that he has to protect them, but also in having enough confidence that they can step up to the plate and deliver in situations like this. He certainly knows that they’re not just gonna sit back and accept defeat, and so that could be the real difference-maker in giving him enough strength to keep fighting this influence for just long enough
