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I’m going to be honest with you guys, when I saw the title for this week’s episode, I was lost.

I had no idea what to expect.

Not a clue.

And even if I tried to guess, I don’t think I would have ended up where this episode did.

So, let’s dive in.

At first, I genuinely thought I wasn’t going to have much to say about the episode. Harley and Ivy were all excited to move into their Metropolis apartment that cost way too much but is super nice. I will admit that.

Then King Shark showed up.

Like everyone else, he has found his way to Metropolis. Except Frank.

Where is Frank? And if you say in the flashback, just don’t. Because Ivy loves that plant and I cannot remember for the life of me where he is? Did he die last season or something? I’ll be super bummed if I remember that.

Especially after this flashback and how much Ivy loves him.

King Shark showed up with his offspring who are demon spawn really. Entertaining demon spawn. But spawn nonetheless.

I love that they annoy Harley but also endear her as well. I also love that the villains stood up for the kid when he bit off the waving arm because she called him shrimp. So you know, to be fair she had it coming.

Apparently.

I love this show.

It’s so random.

I love that Bane is still with the dominatrix. Love that.

And they’ve adopted a lost fairytale character who smiles too much. Sorry about the dress though, that does suck.

I loved that Harley stood up for her godchildren, even though they should be kicked out. Also, why did anyone think bringing them there was a good idea? Even Lena?

Which brings me to, what is Lena Luthor’s endgame?

I mean, I had Luthor pegged last season as using Ivy for his own end right away. Which I feel like Lena might be doing as well, but she comes off frighteningly genuine in her quest to help Harley and Ivy which throws me.

Because what does she need them for?

She already has money. Power.

What is she using them for? Or is she genuinely a friend unlike the other lady villains they dealt with last season? Is she truly out here to break the mold?

I don’t know! And it’s bothering me that I don’t know.

Even in seasons past I can always read the bad guys. Well, I mean they were also men, and this show writes male villains as one dimensional as they’re meant to be. Often giving the layers to the foremost characters.

Which I approve.

Which sets Lena apart.

She has layers. She feels complex and interesting.

I have no idea what’s going to happen there but I’m here for it!

Meanwhile, I want to talk about my absolute favorite bit of the episode – Ivy.

I’ll admit, I honestly thought I was going to be mad about the flashbacks. Hate the guy and the romance and the straightness of it all. But I didn’t.

I actually loved it.

It explained Ivy’s character and her attachment to Frank and plants so well. She sees more in them than she does in humanity.

Until Harley, she stopped caring about people.

I can see why.

Mr. Jerkface here, tried to steal her research, when she wouldn’t let him walk all over her, he resorted to trying to steal it anyway, then attempted to kill her, and when that didn’t work, ruined her reputation.

Grade A ass.

Simple as that.

Seeing him again, I can’t imagine what Ivy went through in that moment. I loved that Lena did convince her to go back and she did – to exact her revenge.

I loved that scene to pieces in the lab.

The present. Not the flashback.

Though the flashback was amazingly well done.

I’m taking about Ivy confronting this ass.

Ivy tricks him into the lab. Ties him up in her vines and takes everything he says and stomps it into the ground.

She’s not powerful because of him, she’s powerful in spite of him.

She survived thanks to her brain. Learned a hard lesson. Moved on. She doesn’t need or want his apologies. She doesn’t care what he has to say.

Honestly, if he said nothing in the scene, the effect would be the same.

Ivy didn’t go in there to justify his actions or accept apologies and certainly not to listen to him do either. She went in there to make a statement and take back the power he tried so hard to steal from her in that room.

His words meant nothing.

They fell on deaf ears.

And I honestly want more scenes like this. Like the one from Captain Marvel when she declares to her former mentor that she doesn’t have to prove anything to him. She’s already won.

This is the moment I love that we never get enough of.

They always believe the sob story.

Except it’s rarely the truth. It’s a lie.

Always is.

But this moment, Ivy wasn’t swayed or tempted. She stood fast in the face of someone she used to love and look up to. Gathered her courage and power and everything she has become since the first time in the lab to put him in his place.

She had nothing to prove to him.

Nothing to take away from him, except his life.

He deserved to die.

I would have liked it if it was left there, so I’m not sure how I like that he’s become something else as well.

But I did love Ivy’s power woman moment as she declared it’s Poison Ivy.

Because I hated that he kept calling her Pamela like that’s supposed to soften the blow or remind her of something.

Screw him.

I’m not sure how the rest of the story will play out.

But the most perplexing thing is that she didn’t tell Harley. Of all the people in the world, Harley will understand wanting revenge. Literally all of season one was that.

Or does Harley not know about him at all?

What could the reason be for her hesitation behind telling Harley what she was up to all day?

I guess only time will tell and I cannot what to see what happens next!

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