Supergirl (TV Series) Episode: Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One

"Part One"
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Supergirl  Season 5: Episode 9
December 8, 2019
Directors	Jesse Warn
Writers	Robert Rovner Marc Guggenheim Derek Simon Jay Faerber
Previous Episode	"The Wrath of Rama Khan" (December 1, 2019)
Next Episode	"The Bottle Episode" (January 19, 2020)

Chaos. The constant enemy of life; kept at bay by champions from across the multiverse... joining forces to fight on behalf of all creation. They found each other just in time, because now, the entire Multiverse is about to come under attack. There is a malevolent force at work; one driven by a singular goal. The destruction of all there is. I have planned, there are those who say I have schemed, but the time for preparation has passed. The Crisis is now upon us all.

—Mar Novu

Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One is an episode of season 5 of Supergirl. It premiered on December 8, 2019.

Appearing in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One"

Featured Characters:

• Batwoman/Kate Kane (Earth-1) (Flashback and main story)
• The Flash/Barry Allen (Earth-1) (Flashback and main story)
• Green Arrow/Blackstar/Mia Smoak (Star City 2040) (First appearance as Green Arrow)
• Green Arrow/Oliver Queen (Earth-1) (Flashback and main story) (Dies)
• J'onn J'onzz (Earth-38) (Flashback and main story)
• The Legends (Earth-1)
  • The Atom (Ray Palmer)
  • White Canary (Sara Lance) (Flashback and main story)
• The Monitor (Mar Novu)
• Supergirl/Kara Danvers (Earth-38) (Flashback and main story) (Also as an hologram)
• Superman/Clark Kent (Earth-38) (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Alura Zor-El (Earth-38) (Dies)
• Department of Extranormal Operations (Earth-38)
  • Director Alex Danvers
  • Brainiac 5/Querl Dox (Legion's Future)
• Green Arrow/Oliver Queen (Earth-16)
• Harbinger/Lyla Michaels (Earth-1)
• Lena Luthor (Earth-38)
• Lois Lane (Earth-38) (Flashback and main story)
• Pariah/Harrison Nash Wells (Unknown Earth) (First appearance as Pariah) (Cameo)
• Superfriends (Earth-38)
  • Dreamer (Nia Nal)
  • Kelly Olsen

Antagonists:

• A.M.A.Z.O. (Elseworlds Reality) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• The Anti-Monitor (Antimatter Universe) (Real name revealed) (Behind the scenes)
  • The Shadow Demons (Antimatter Universe) (First appearance)
• Lex Luthor (Earth-38) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Metallo (Earth-X) (Flashback only) (Destroyed) (Cameo)
• Spike (Earth-38)
• Superman/John Deegan (Elseworlds Reality) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Tagumo (Earth-1) (Construct) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Wonderland Gang (Earth-1) (Cameo)

Other Characters:

• Alexander Knox (Earth-89) (First appearance chronologically) (Erased) (Cameo)
• Batman (Earth-89) (First appearance chronologically) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Central City Police Department (Elseworlds Reality) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Dick Grayson (Earth-66) (First appearance chronologically) (Erased) (Cameo)
  • Dick Grayson's dog (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Erased) (Cameo)
• The Dominators (Earth-1) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Hawk (Earth-9) (First appearance chronologically) (Erased) (Cameo)
• Jonathan "Jon" Kent (Earth-38) (First appearance)
• Kryptonians (Earth-38) (Erased)
• The Ray/Ray Terrill (Earth-1) (Apparent death) (Cameo)
• Red Tornado (Earth-X) (Flashback only) (Destroyed)
• Robin/Jason Todd (Earth-9) (First appearance chronologically) (Erased) (Cameo)
• Alana (Earth-38) (Mentioned only)
• Alice/Beth Kane (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
• The Central City Citizen (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
• Cisco Ramon (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
• Daxamites (Earth-38) (Mentioned only)
• Doomsday (Earth-38) (Mentioned only)
• Eve Tessmacher (Earth-38) (Mentioned only)
• Felicity Smoak (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
• Flackurians (Earth-38) (Mentioned only)
• The Flash/Barry Allen (Nora's Future) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Galileo Galilei (Earth-38) (Mentioned only)
• Gotham City Police Department (Earth-89) (Mentioned only)
• Iris West-Allen (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
• James Olsen (Earth-38) (Mentioned only)
• Janis Joplin (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
• Joker (Earth-89) (Mentioned only)
• Jor-El (Earth-38) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Lara Lor-Van (Earth-38) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• The Legion of Super-Heroes (Legion's Future) (Mentioned only)
• Leviathan (Earth-38) (Mentioned only)
• Malefic J'onzz (Earth-38) (Mentioned only)
• Sara Lance (Earth-16) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• U.S. Government (Earth-38) (Mentioned only)
  • President Plastino (Mentioned only)
• William Clayton (Earth-1) (Mentioned only)
• William Harris (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
• General Zod (Earth-38) (Mentioned only)
• Zor-El (Earth-38) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Omniverse (Behind the scenes)
  • Multiverse (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
    • Astral Plane (Unnamed)
    • Elseworlds Reality (Flashback only) (Erased)
      • United States of America
        • Central City (Flashback only) (Cameo)
        • Gotham City
          • Arkham Asylum (Flashback only) (Cameo)
    • "Infinite Earths" (Unnamed)
      • Earth-1
        • 1951
          • Japan
            • Tokyo (Flashback only) (Cameo)
        • 2019
          • Lian Yu
          • United States of America
            • Central City
              • S.T.A.R. Labs
                • Time Vault (Mentioned only)
            • Gotham City
            • Star City
              • The Bunker
        • 1969
          • United States of America
            • Woodstock (Mentioned only)
      • Earth-9 (Real name revealed) (First appearance chronologically) (Erased)
        • United States of America
          • San Francisco (Erased)
            • Port of San Francisco (Erased)
      • Earth-16 (Real name revealed)
        • 2046
          • United States of America
            • Star City (In ruins)
              • The Bunker (In ruins)
          • Lian Yu (Mentioned only)
      • Earth-38 (Erased)
        • Argo City (Erased)
        • Earth (Erased)
          • United States of America
            • National City (Erased)
              • CatCo Worldwide Media (Cameo)
              • D.E.O. HQ
              • L-Corp Tower
        • Jupiter (Erased) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
        • Mars (Erased) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
        • Mercury (Erased) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
        • Saturn (Erased) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
        • Venus (Erased) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
        • Uranus (Erased) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
        • Sun (Erased) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
        • Krypton (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
      • Earth-66 (Real name revealed) (First appearance chronologically) (Erased)
        • United States of America
          • Gotham City (Erased)
      • Earth-89 (Real name revealed) (First appearance chronologically) (Erased)
        • United States of America
          • Gotham City (Erased)
      • Earth-X (Erased)

• • • • • United States of America
          • Star City (Erased) (Cameo)
      • Earth-2 (Erased) (Mentioned only)
    • Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
    • Alternate Earth-1 Timeline (Barry Allen and Kara Zor-El die saving Earth) (Unnamed) (Erased) (Mentioned only)
    • Legion's Future (Unnamed)
      • 31st Century (Mentioned only)
    • The Nexus (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
    • Phantom Zone (Mentioned only)
    • Temporal Zone
      • Dawn of Time (Mentioned only)
  • The Void Before Existence (Flashback only) (Cameo)

Items:

• A.T.O.M. Exosuit
• Book of Destiny (Mentioned only)
• Batarangs
• Earth-1's Bat-Signal (Cameo)
• Earth-89's Bat-Signal (Cameo)
• Batsuit
  • Batrope
  • Utility Belt
• Claymore Satellite (Mentioned only)
• Gotham City Gazette (Cameo)
• Green Arrow's Bow (Cameo)
• Green Kryptonite (Cameo)
• Guardian's Shield
• Interdimensional Extrapolator
• Kryptonite-Suit (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Legion Flight Ring
• Lexosuit (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• The Monitor's Suit
• Myriad (Mentioned only)
• Oliver Queen's Bow
  • Trick Arrows
• Quantum Towers (First appearance) (Destroyed)
• Shrink Ray (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Solar Hammer (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Transmatter Portal

Vehicles:

• Dominators' Spaceships (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Daxamites' Spaceships (Cameo)
• Kryptonian Pod
• Legion Cruiser
• Earth-1's Queen's Gambit (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
• Earth-16's Queen's Gambit (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)

Events:

• The Crisis
• Daxamites' Invasion (Mentioned only)
• Dominators' Invasion (Flashback only)
• Earth-X Invasion (Flashback only)
• The Elseworlds (Flashback only)

Concepts:

• Antimatter
• Big Bang (Flashback only)
• Magic (Flashback only)
• Metahumans
• Red Skies (First full appearance)
• Time Travel (Mentioned only)
• Wormholes/"Breaches"

Notes

• This episode is the first part of the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover.
  • Oliver Queen's story continues from the Arrow episode, "Purgatory";
  • Supergirl's story continues from the Supergirl episode, "The Wrath of Rama Khan";
  • The Flash's story continues from The Flash episode, "The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2";
  • The Legends' story continues from the DC's Legends of Tomorrow, episode, "Hey, World!";
  • The story is continued in the Batwoman episode "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two";
  • The events of Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant (Volume 1) take place after this episode and directly lead into the events of "Part Two".
• Similarly to the 1990 The Flash TV show, which was introduced into the Multiverse in the Elseworlds crossover after a past glimpse in the Speed Force, other DC's TV and movie properties are shown to be part of the Multiverse.
  • Earth-9 is shown to be the universe of the Titans TV show, featuring the cameos of Curran Walters and Alan Ritchson as Jason Todd and Hank Hall;
  • Earth-66 is the setting of the Batman (1966) TV show with Burt Ward returning as an aged Dick Grayson;
  • Earth-89 refers to Tim Burton's Batman movies with Robert Wuhl returning as Alexander Knox and a picture cameo of Michael Keaton as the Batman.
• It is confirmed that the Legends journeyed through the Multiverse, on Earth-16, when they crashed on the destroyed Star City of 2046. However, the Earth-16 from this episode seems to be different from its original appearance as Oliver doesn't recognize Sara from their original encounter.
  • Some kind of reality-altering event, like the Flashpoint on Earth-1, may have changed the timeline some time between the events of "Star City 2046" and this episode so that, in the current continuity, Oliver never met the Legends and J.J. Diggle never became Green Arrow.
• Despite its appearance as Earth-89, this universe is slightly different from the one depicted in the movies as the Joker is referred to be still alive while he was killed at the end of Batman.
  • It will be later revealed that the continuity of Tim Burton's Batman and Batman Returns actually represents the Post-Crisis iteration of Earth-89.
  • In the Crisis Aftermath show (and later confirmed on Twitter) the authors also confirm that the events of Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever and Batman and Robin are set on a whole other reality of the Multiverse, Earth-97.
• This episode also confirms the existence of Doomsday in the original continuity of Earth-38. However, Superman never died against the monster like his comic counterpart.

Trivia

• As it was previously foreshadowed by Mar Novu, Oliver Queen dies in Crisis.
• Russell Tovey makes a cameo as The Ray from the Crisis on Earth-X crossover and the Freedom Fighters: The Ray webseries.
  • Although it is not shown on-screen, Ray survives Earth-X's annihilation and becomes part of the Monitor's army.
• The Earth designation of some realities are references to important years:
  • Earth-16 is named after 2016 that is year that DC's Legends of Tomorrow episode Star City 2046 first aired.
  • Earth-66 is named after 1966 which is the year that the Batman TV show premiered.
  • Earth-89 is named after 1989 which is the year that the movie Batman was released.
• There are major callbacks to the original Crisis on Infinite Earths event:
  • In the beginning, The Monitor's monologue about the birth of the Multiverse is very similar to the one from the first pages of Crisis on Infinite Earths #1;
  • Clark and Lois sends their son Jonathan away to save him from Earth-38's destruction like Alexander Luthor, Sr. and his wife Lois did with their son Alex at the very beginning of the original event;
  • After freeing the Anti-Monitor, Nash Wells has become Pariah which mirrors his comics' counterpart Kell Mossa aka Pariah doing the same in Crisis on Infinite Earths #1;
    • The events of Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant #1 reveal that, similar to his comic coounterpart, he is also damned to witness the death of each reality;
  • The death of Oliver Queen mirrors the death of his Earth-Two counterpart in Crisis on Infinite Earths #12.
• Doom Patrol, Stargirl, Swamp Thing, Black Lightning, Krypton and Gotham were originally meant to be featured in the opening scene.
  • While Black Lightning had a tie-in episode to the Crisis crossover and Doom Patrol, Stargirl and Swamp Thing were featured in the Post-Crisis continuity from DC's Legends of Tomorrow episode, "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five", Krypton and Gotham's appearances were eventually discarded.
• Ray Palmer reminisces altering the history by interacting with Janis Joplin during the events of the DC's Legends of Tomorrow episode, "The Virgin Gary".

See Also

• 13 Images from Supergirl (TV Series) Episode: Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One
• Episodes of Supergirl (TV Series)
• Images from Supergirl (TV Series)
• Gallery for the Supergirl (TV Series) series

Recommended Media

• None.

Links and References

• Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse) at Wikipedia.org
• "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One" at the Arrowverse Wiki

Footnotes