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Ummmm…

Going into last week’s episode I wasn’t sure I was going to like it, given the subject matter. A douche of guy that tried to kill Ivy just to make sure his fragile ego was protected, and his career was furthered. I thought, there’s nothing about this I’m going to like.

And yet?

I did.

I was surprised.

Pleasantly though.

Typically, people get what they deserve in this show.

However, this week, I’m mad.

I’m pissed.

Because Jason got everything, he deserved last week. He deserved to feel small and powerless and helpless like he made Ivy feel all those years ago.

He for sure did not deserve to come back and whoop her butt.

I mean, what message were we going for here?

Don’t get me started on whether or not a show like this gives us positive messages, because it does.

Last week is a prime example of the positive messages this show has to offer. Even in the darkest of moments, there’s something to learn or takeaway from the show.

Like Bruce Wayne refusing to move on, no matter how many years have passed since he lost his parents. And how that ripples through his entire life and can affect others. As shown when he tried to bring his parents back to life.

He nearly destroyed Gotham because of it.

Harley accepting that she made her own choices to become Harley Quinn. Joker isn’t entirely responsible.

Ivy last week confronting the man she once loved who turned on her so cruelly and casually. Leaving her to die and when that didn’t work, disgracing her.

She got to say all the things she needed to. Take her revenge.

And while I might not suggest attempted or actual murder to get closure, I’m sure there’s someone in all our pasts we’d like a word or two with. Things we wish had said. Could yell at them. Or prove that in spite of them, we survived.

We thrived and moved on.

But the message that was so clear from Ivy last week, taking her power back gets murky here.

And at first, this episode really pissed me off.

Because Jason should have ended last week. He should have been nothing more than a stain in the lab. Not a monster hellbent on killing Ivy.

Especially, one so easily killed.

He was killed. Right?

I think that’s what happened.

Regardless, he was so easily dispatched by Harley in the real world, it made it seem like Ivy wasn’t trying or lacked power suddenly.

Did she give him the power over her again? She was so surprised to see him she sabotaged herself in the Green? Is that what happened?

Because it’s the only thing that makes any sense.

But ultimately, we can take a closer look at the episode and while I think the better storyline would have been to let Ivy win last week and move on without another thought of this idiot. There was another piece to this week’s episode I missed on the first watch through.

Because I was mad to see Jason again.

He didn’t deserve to be a footnote or dirt on Ivy’s boots, let alone the villain of two episodes.

Nope.

But trauma doesn’t end like that, does it?

It haunts us.

Even when we think we’re past us, it’ll creep up in the quietest moments to strike again. Time heals, but you’ll never forget.

This episode clunkily attempted the second half of trauma.

Last week, we faced it head on.

This week, we didn’t face it alone.

Ivy neglected to tell Harley what happened, for whatever reason. Trying to deal with it on her own, but the truth is, Ivy’s not alone anymore.

Harley will always be there.

She wants to be there.

She wants to help.

To hold her up when she’s not at her strongest.

Which I think is the vibe they were aiming for this week with Jason. That Ivy has a support system that Jason will never have. He stabs everyone in the back, leaving no one who cares about him.

Not even Frank remembers him or cares about what he has to say.

Frank drops everything the moment he heard that Ivy was in trouble.

As we saw last week and in the past in the show, Ivy will do anything to protect and be there for Frank. No matter what.

When push came to shove, Frank did the same.

Even though he had ‘other things’ he wanted to be doing. He still went into the Green to help her, even if it hurt him.

I loved that.

Jason tried to steal everything from Ivy. And failed. In doing so, he set her on a path where she would not only become so powerful but also loved and supported.

Jason is alone in this fight, but Ivy never was.

Harley was outside the office, in the same building, and the minute she noticed her love in danger, she did everything she could to save her. She called in Frank. She trusted him to get the information she needed and proceeded to cut Jason to pieces until he finally stopped moving or talking.

She was at Ivy’s side when she woke up.

She comforted her.

She wanted to be there for her.

Frank was there for her.

But no one was watching Jason’s back. No one cared. No one even cared enough to notice it was a murder and not an accident.

In the end, he was alone.

Ivy wasn’t.

Ivy took back her power and this week when she was in trouble, her support system did what it was supposed to do and rallied around her.

It’s a good concept, but poorly done as far as I’m concerned, because seeing Jason return, and torment Ivy again was just cruel. She did not deserve that after standing up for herself.

Like those were too close together and felt off to me.

I think we needed to let that one breath a bit more before diving back into Jason.

But well, I liked the idea. Even if it took me a second to get it.

Overall, it was an okay episode.

However, the last 30 seconds or so was interesting. Apparently, Brainaic has had enough of them messing with his perfect Metropolis and has intervened. Well, this can’t be good.

I mean for him.

Those two know how to screw shit up better than anyone. I’m sure they’ll manage to do the same to him.

Alright then, onto to the next!

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