Aside from a great episode here or there, the past few seasons of these CW shows have been less than stellar. So I look forward to these crossover episodes because I know there isn't much substance beyond these few nights. The beginning of Elseworlds was an exciting one, even if the pacing was much slower than last year's Crisis.
Body swapping humor in movies/TV shows is usually perfect for humor and the first 20 minutes of Oliver/Barry realizing they have switched bodies is pure gold. Hearing Oliver say "You have failed this city" in the Flash suit was incredible, as was watching Barry get payback on Oliver for the arrows in the back from 2014. Oh, and I will never get tired of seeing Diggle puke after seeing or experiencing super speed.
Bringing Superman into the fold only added to the fun. Oliver trying to puff up to Clark? I mean come on. I can only assume they took note from the Starlord/Thor dynamic back in the spring, but it was still a great moment. Which gave Amazo just one more ability to copy and emulate, which was a cool action sequence, even if I could have used a more layered villain to kick off the crossover.
We'll see how the next two nights turn out but boy was this a fun kick off to the 5th (and technically 6th) crossover of the Arrowverse.
9.0/10