Board Thread:Episodic and Issue Discussion/@comment-1038387-20190125144314/@comment-3974095-20190126181729

The last couple of episodes really lean into the weakest/worst parts of the series. The story/plot is getting really dangerous and exciting, about to reach a crescendo, then instantly taps out. The resolutions are either super easy and rushed and don't do justice to the complicated setup (ex. "The Fix", "Intervention", "Endgame"). This happens again in "True Heroes". It's such a cop-out. And then there are the exposition dumps and off-screen actions that tie everything up ("Usual Suspects", "Summit"). I feel that Black Lightning is this season's Impulse, a character who was set up with a lot of mystery and intrigue but becomes a background character as the season progresses. I'm surprised they did Cyborg's setup and origin almost verbatim, I thought they'd put more of a spin on it.

I assume all of this was done as a palette cleanse so they won't have to deal with all this baggage in the latter half of the season. Disappointed.