However, to honestly talk about these, I need to drop a spoiler for the end of Part 3 of the crossover, in fact, this will be very spoilery: at the end, the Anti-Monitor (LaMonica Garrett) wipes out Earth-1, the final remaining Earth. The Paragons are sent to the Vanishing Point, a point outside of Time. Suddenly, Superman (Brandon Routh) is replaced with Lex Luthor (John Cryer), who made himself a Paragon by altering the Book of Destiny. This makes the other Paragons Supergirl/Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist), the Flash/Barry Allen (Grant Gustin), Batwoman/Kate Kane (Ruby Rose), Ryan Choi (Osric Chau), White Canary/Sara Lance (Caity Lotz) and the Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz (David Harewood).
The episode of Arrow finds the Paragons at the Vanishing Point, Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), having become the Specter, helps Barry use the Speed Force to send the Paragons on missions throughout time as they head to the Dawn of Time in a final effort to save the universe.
The crossover concluded on Legends of Tomorrow as the Paragons awaken on Earth to find everything back to normal. Kind of. Supergirl, Superman (Tyler Hoechlin), J'onn and Black Lightning (Cress Williams) discover that they now share the same Earth as the Flash and the Legends. However, Sara can't seem to find Oliver. Luckily, the Anti-Monitor is gone for good. ... Right?
Overall, as a fan of the Arrowverse franchise, it was exciting to see this event. It could've used more Ralph (as I say about everything DC), and it was hard not to smile. This isn't quite as epic as the historic comic book event, but that was very much a hard reboot of the DC Universe, while the TV version was in many ways a farewell to Stephen Amell's Oliver Queen. The cameos oddly didn't distract too much from the story, though I expect that people not quite as well-versed in all incarnations of DC in film and TV might not get them.
So, while Ralph didn't appear, he did appear in Part 3, so here's the end of that story, which sets up a new world for him to inhabit, and where he will soon meet Sue Dearbon. Read on after the availability notes for exactly how soon.
For viewers in the US, all episodes of Crisis on Infinite Earths will be available on the CW website and app for free viewing for a limited time, along with bonus materials. The respective episodes of Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow will be on Netflix along with the rest of their seasons after they complete their seasons. Batwoman will be streaming on HBO Max, the yet to debut WarnerMedia-owned subscription streaming service. The individual episodes will be available for purchase on digital vendors. Physical editions of each season are expected to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray. There is no word as to if there will be a special release of the event.
Viewers outside of the US will likely have a harder time following the event as the shows have many different licensing agreements.
Looking forward to the rest of The Flash Season 6, it becomes clear when we can expect to meet Sue as episode 12 of the season is titled "A Girl Named Sue," airing February 18. However, I believe Sue may turn up earlier. We'll just have to keep our eyes peeled. There will be a brand new "big bad" for the rest of the season and new plots.
The kicker is that we'll have to wait some time for this one as not only is this the third episode of "Season 6B," but The Flash won't be back for a couple more weeks as Arrow wraps up and Legends of Tomorrow returns to its Tuesday night post-The Flash slot.
So, TV reviews will be back on February 11 with reviews of "Marathon" and "Love is a Battlefield" (unless Ralph doesn't appear), and then February 18 for "A Girl Named Sue."
EDIT: Turns out, the just released trailer for the next episode actually showed us our first look at Sue! I took the liberty of making a screenshot. Again, all rights belong to Warner Brothers/DC Comics/The CW, etc.
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