- The Multiverse has a way of aligning fates.
Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two is an episode of season 1 of Batwoman. It premiered on December 9, 2019.
Synopsis for "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two"
Appearing in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two"
Featured Characters:
- Barry Allen (Earth-1)
- The Legends (Earth-1)
- Lois Lane (Earth-38)
- Mia Smoak (Star City 2040)
- Paragons (Multiverse) (First appearance)
- Kate Kane/"The Paragon of Courage" (Earth-1) (Joins team)
- Sara Lance/"The Paragon of Destiny" (Earth-1) (Joins team)
- Superman/Clark Kent/"The Paragon of Truth" (Earth-96) (First appearance chronologically) (Brainwashed) (Joins team)
- Supergirl/Kara Danvers/"The Paragon of Hope" (Earth-38) (Joins team)
- Superman/Clark Kent (Earth-38)
Supporting Characters:
- Clark Kent (Earth-167) (First appearance chronologically)
- Harbinger/Lyla Michaels (Earth-1) (Possessed)
- Heat Wave/Mick Rory (Earth-74) (First appearance)
- Iris West (Earth-1)
- Leonard A.I. (Earth-74) (First appearance) (Voice)
- The Monitor/Mar Novu (Earth-1)
- Oliver Queen (Earth-1) (Also as a corpse) (Resurrected)
Antagonists:
- The Anti-Monitor (Antimatter Universe) (First full appearance)
- Batman/Bruce Wayne (Earth-99) (Single appearance; dies)
- Lucas "Luke" Fox (Earth-99) (Single appearance)
- Jonah Hex (Earth-18) (Single appearance)
- Lex Luthor (Earth-38)
Other Characters:
- Beth Kane (Earth-99) (Single appearance) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Jonathan Kent II (Earth-38)
- Kate Kane (Earth-99) (Single appearance) (Deceased) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Lois Lane (Earth-75) (First appearance) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Lois Lane (Earth-167) (First appearance chronologically)
- Superman (Earth-75) (Single appearance) (Appears only as a corpse) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Alice/Beth Kane (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
- Alura Zor-El (Earth-38) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Batman/Bruce Wayne (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
- Batman Villains (Earth-96) (Mentioned only)
- Clayface (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Jane Doe (Mentioned only)
- Catherine Hamilton (Earth-1) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Clark Kent and Lois Lane's daughters (Earth-167) (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Felicity Smoak (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
- Guardians of the Universe (Earth-12) (Mentioned only)
- Jacob Kane (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
- Jason (Earth-96) (Mentioned only)
- Jimmy Olsen (Earth-96) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- J.J. Diggle (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
- John Diggle (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
- The Joker (Earth-96) (Mentioned only)
- Kryptonians (Mentioned only)
- The Legends (Earth-74) (Disbanded) (Mentioned only)
- Leonard Snart (Unnamed) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Lena Luthor (Earth-38) (Mentioned only)
- Lex Luthor (Earth-75) (Mentioned only)
- Lex Luthor (Earth-96) (Mentioned only)
- Lois Lane (Earth-96) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Luke Fox (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
- President Luthor (Earth-167) (Mentioned only)
- Nyssa al Ghul (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- Quentin Lance (Earth-1) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Perry White (Earth-96) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Ron Troupe (Earth-96) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Supermen of the Multiverse (Mentioned only)
- Superman/Clark Kent (Earth-99) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Thea Queen (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
- Wayne Family (Earth-99) (Mentioned only)
- Martha Wayne (Mentioned only)
- Thomas Wayne (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Multiverse (Also in a vision)
- Earth-1
- Earth
- United States of America
- Central City
- Star City
- Diggle House (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
- Earth
- Earth-18 (First appearance)
- United States of America
- North Dakota
- Hex's Mine (Single appearance)
- North Dakota
- United States of America
- Earth-38 (On a TV or computer screen) (Erased) (Cameo)
- Earth-74 (Single appearance)
- Earth-75 (Single appearance)
- United States of America
- New York
- Metropolis (Single appearance)
- Daily Planet (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis (Single appearance)
- Virginia
- Pentagon (Mentioned only)
- New York
- United States of America
- Earth-96 (Real name revealed) (First appearance chronologically)
- United States of America
- Metropolis
- Daily Planet (First appearance chronologically)
- Metropolis
- United States of America
- Earth-99 (Single appearance)
- United States of America
- Gotham City
- Wayne Manor (Single appearance)
- Batcave (Single appearance)
- Arkham Asylum (Mentioned only)
- Wayne Manor (Single appearance)
- Gotham City
- United States of America
- Earth-167 (Real name revealed) (First appearance chronologically)
- United States of America
- Metropolis
- Daily Planet (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Smallville
- Kent Farm (First appearance chronologically)
- Metropolis
- United States of America
- The Nexus (Cameo)
- Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
- Star City 2040 (Mentioned only)
- Timestream (Mentioned only)
- Earth-1
Items:
- The Anti-Monitor's Armor (First appearance)
- Earth-99's Batcomputer (Single appearance) (Cameo)
- Earth-99 Batman's Exosuit (Single appearance)
- Earth-99 Batman's Trophies (Single appearance)
- Clark Kent's Glasses (Cameo)
- Joker Card (Cameo)
- Mister Freeze's Snow Globe (Cameo)
- Riddler's Staff (Cameo)
- Earth-99's Batsuit (Single appearance) (Cameo)
- Book of Destiny (Also as an hologram)
- Book of Oa/"The Tome of the Guardians" (Mentioned only)
- "Caged Passion" (Single appearance)
- Earth 74's Cold Gun (Single appearance)
- Green Kryptonite
- Earth-74's Heat Gun (First appearance)
- Interdimensional Extrapolator
- Earth-74's Lazarus Pit (Single appearance)
- The Monitor's Suit
- Paragon Detector (First appearance)
- Silk Cut
Vehicles:
- Waveriders of the Multiverse (Mentioned only)
- Earth-1's Waverider (Mentioned only)
- Earth-74's Waverider (First appearance)
Concepts:
- Antimatter
- The Crisis
- The Elseworlds (Mentioned only)
- Magic
Notes
- This episode is the second part of the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover. The story continues from the Supergirl episode "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One" and is continued in the The Flash episode, "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three".
- Both the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" and the "Infinite Luthor" stories from Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant #1-2 take place between Part One and Part Two and directly lead into the events of this episode.
- Similarly to Part One, this episode introduces other DC's live-action properties into the Multiverse.
- Earth-96 represents the reality of the movie Superman Returns with Arrowverse actor Brandon Routh reprising his old role of an aged Superman/Clark Kent.
- Earth-167 seems to refer to the universe depicted in the TV show Smallville with both Tom Welling and Erica Durance returning as Clark Kent and Lois Lane.
- Despite not directly representing a DC property, Earth-99 is a clear reference to the Batman Beyond animated show, which is also set in a near future, as Bruce Wayne/Batman is portrayed by Kevin Conroy who voiced Bruce Wayne of the Future in that show and other DC animated properties.
- Both Earth-96 and Earth-167 feature future versions of their original universes; however, there are some differences between these realities and their original continuities:
- Earth-96 Superman states that "This is the second time I've gone crazy and fought myself" that is presumably a reference to the events of the film Superman III. As Superman Returns was stated by the filmmakers to serves as a sequel to the Richard Donner films Superman and Superman II (despite clearly taking place in a clearly different time period) but it ignored the events of Superman III and IV, this line may have been an attempt to re-canonize the events of, at least, the third film.
- Clark Kent of Earth-167 has given up his powers but, in the flashforward of Season 10 of Smallville, it was clearly shown that it was still Superman and Lois was never shown to be pregnant. Moreover, in Season 11, Clark had already faced the menace of the Monitors and the end of the Multiverse, which was shown to be composed by different Earths, while, in this episode, Lois seems to be uncomfortable with the idea of an existing Multiverse.
- However, it is eventually revealed in the Titans episode, "Dude, Where's My Gar" that the events of this episode actually show the Pre-Crisis continuities, while the original events take place in the Post-Crisis continuities.
- This episode introduces the concept of Paragons, seven individuals, who embodies the purest virtues, that are the Multiversal greatest heroes and can prevent the destruction of the Multiverse.
- Although it is only mentioned by the Monitor in the episode, Felicity got this information on Earth-12 after reading the Book of Oa that revealed Kara Zor-El and Sara Lance's roles. The Book of Oa also suggested the identites of the other two Paragons (Bat of the Future and a Kryptonian who felt great tragedy)[1] that are revealed in this episode.
Trivia
- There are some callbacks to the original Crisis on Infinite Earths in this episode, including:
- Harbinger being infected by the Anti-Monitor which mirrors her counterpart being corrupted in Crisis on Infinite Earths #1;
- The meeting between Lyla and the Anti-Monitor is vaguely reminiscent of their counterparts' meeting from Crisis on Infinite Earths #2.
- Constantine's appearance in the second part of the crossover is a nod to his comic counterpart's appearance in Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 which marked his second appearance (after his introduction in Swamp Thing (Volume 2) #37) in any DC story.
- The DC realities from this episode also follow the pattern of being named after an important year.
- Earth-96 is named after 1996 which featured the release of Kingdom Come and the first premiere of Superman: The Animated Series.
- Earth-167 is named after 1967 which is the birth year of Alfred Gough, the creator of Smallville.
- The alternate realities from this episode also contain many homages to some DC storylines:
- Earth-96 is also inspired by the Kingdom Come comic series as the Joker had killed the Daily Planet's employees, including Lois and Peery, causing Clark to wear a suit similar to the Kingdom Come Superman's;
- Earth-167 is set 10 years after the ending of the series. Clark has given up his powers after a long career as Superman in order to raise her daughters with Lois which is vaguely inspired by the iconic Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? storyline;
- Earth-75 features Superman's death which is a nod to the Death of Superman storyline. The universe is named after Superman (Volume 2) #75 where Doomsday killed Superman;
- Bruce Wayne of Earth-99 is inspired by the Batman of Earth-31 from Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns saga. In this reality, he finally snapped and killed all of his rogues and Superman who left him injured and forced him to wear an exo-suit like the Batman of Kingdom Come.
- Oliver Queen being brought back to life by a Lazarus Pit as a feral beast mirrors the resurrections of Sara Lance[2] and Roy Harper[3] as well as Thea Queen's state after being healed by the Pit.[4]
- On Earth-74, the Legends disbanded after the death of one of them. Given that their Waverider has a Leonard Snart-based A.I. and Rory owns Snart's Cold Gun, he probably is the one who died.
- This is a reference to Earth-1 Snart dying during the events of DC's Legends of Tomorrow episode, "Destiny".
- Rory trying to become a novelist mirrors his Earth-1 counterpart becoming a successful novelist as "Rebecca Silver". Earth-74 Rory's novel, "Caged Passion", is also a nod to his counterpart's famous novel, "Uncaged Desire".
- Lex Luthor planned the anti-Superman campaign in the epilogue of the all-out war between the Council of Luthors and the Council of Supermen.[5]
- One of the photos on the Daily Planet articles from Kent Farm on Earth-167 represents the iconic, final scene of Smallville.[6]
- Earth-167 Lex Luthor becoming President of the United States in late 2010s references a recurring concept from Smallville.[7][6]
- Sara Lance gives Earth-18 Hex the iconic scar that his Earth-1 counterpart, who is also Sara's friend, has always had.[8]
See Also
- 21 Images from Batwoman (TV Series) Episode: Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two
- Episodes of Batwoman (TV Series)
- Images from Batwoman (TV Series)
- Gallery for the Batwoman (TV Series) series
Recommended Media
- None.
Links and References
- Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse) at Wikipedia.org
- "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two" at the Arrowverse Wiki
Footnotes