Post — Aaron Ngo

Major Spoilers are included in this episode review. Please read with caution.

I was scared for a moment, but the series is back on track. Comparing it to Doom Patrol is also unfair despite the two being similar shows, and both are property of DC Comics. The character soup-type situation is still a thing, but at least these last few episodes figured out how to split everyone up appropriately to deal with their typical messes.

Let’s start with season 4 episode 12. The main plot is about Ava and Sara’s relationship. Neron has kidnapped the Time Bureau’s director, and Sara’s… (ex) girlfriend to use her as a human vessel. To save her, Constantine does magic and sends Sara to Ava’s purgatory or actual Purgatory. There, the two of them work through their issues in the form of tedious manual labor like reassembling IKEA furniture and doing the dishes. In the end, Sara and Ava officially reunited / resolved their issues enough to escape Purgatory. They’re so cute together.

However, there are other things happening in this stuffed episode too. Nate and Ray find Hank’s Hey World amusement park, which will likely factor into the season later, and then there’s Nora and Constantine trying to send Neron back to Hell and out of Desmond’s body. While Neron does tempt the dark wizards, the two of them are not swayed and believe they banished Neron for good. But, Neron simply jumped bodies and made himself at home in Ray Palmer.

Crazy to think there’s another small plot going on with Zari, too. It puts everyone else (Zari, Mick, Charlie, and Mona) in the same room talking about what to text Nate to help push the romance forward. This was effective screentime to give the other characters something to do that lines up with the ridiculousness of the show.

Overall, I’m catching up on this show, enjoyed this particular episode, and I will have the season finale episode review posted sometime this week.

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