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We are back to discuss the weakest episode of the season.  It was a little message heavy, a little problematic, and not as well acted as it could have been. However, Gambi has a lot of explaining to do-first Tobias and now Lady E?  Hmmm.

In this episode Lynn and Jefferson discover Anissa has powers as she and Jefferson go toe to toe during a rescue mission, Jennifer is betrayed by Khalil, who has jumped on the villain agenda a little too smoothly, and Tobias is not impressed by people bleeding on his floor. Also, a showdown with Lady E has to be on the horizon.

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The Flash is back from break and Kriss & Dpalm disagree on this episode, Subject 9. Both have valid points and it honestly comes down to how seriously the audience is taking The Flash right now. They just haven't lived up to their first two seasons and so if you adjust expectations then the show can still be fun.

The Good:

• Thank you for addressing how ridiculous it is that the judge didn't question if that was really Devoe
• While we know Ralph is the last Meta to help Devoe contain all these other powers, it's not like last season where we all knew pretty much how this ends
• The tone and fun of the episode makes the show better than when its dark
• Hey...we got The Fiddler on TV

The Bad

• That southern accent was terrible
• How did Barry not remember he had a conversation with himself from the future about the cerebral inhibitor?
• This is a team of scientists, why is everyone so dumb?

What did you think about this episode? Did you like it or did you hate it? If you hated it, what do you think is wrong with the show and how can they fix it? Leave your answers in the comments.

Kriss & Dpalm are back to review this week's episode of Legends of Tomorrow. Legends of Tomorrow has been head and shoulders above Arrow and The Flash for a while but nothing makes that more obvious than Wally's appearance in The Curse of the Earth Totem. It felt natural, it was funny and it gave us a side of the character we've been missing ever since he was introduced on The Flash. At this point, CW is missing an opportunity if they don't give us short 5 minute web episodes of Wally & Rip doing funny things throughout history. I mean who didn't love Wally & Rip singing Careless Whisper in 1992 Tokyo? 

And that's not even touching the rest of the episode that gives us a first date between Ava & Sara, the team "stealing" the timeship to go find the earth totem, Blackbeard being a coward, Damien Darkh continuing to be a better villain on this show than Arrow and Ray making a dumb decision that we all understand because they set up him wanting to save Norah episodes ago. This show is just good. Period. It's fun, its consistent and always keeps us guessing full of surprises. 

While Sara takes some private time, the Legends follow a lead on the whereabouts of the Earth Totem and find themselves in 1717 on the hunt for Blackbeard's treasure.

We're back with another Character Corner. This time we're doing double the trouble with two classic X-Men villains: Apocalypse and Mister Sinister. It's actually pretty fitting that we do these two at this point. We recently did an episode on the Summers brothers, Scott & Alex. And we're also planning on doing an episode on Cable and the rest of the Summers bloodline. Throwing Sinister and Apocalypse in between those two seems pretty fitting considering how tied these villains are to the Summers clan. So in this episode we skip over some stuff but only because we'll be diving into more detail when we do that other episode.

The interesting thing about Apocalypse and Mister Sinister is how due to their longevity they've been incorporated into almost everything. Some for the good and some for the bad. But their tale is one that spans generations and overall, is pretty damn good. So sit back and give this episode a listen to find out just out evil these two are.

And for the record, we should make it very clear, neither of these characters are #VillainAgenda. They're just pure evil. It's like Hitler and Josef Mengele. 

Oh and Louise Simonson is a national fucking hero. Put some respect on her name.

Key Issues:

Apocalypse

• X-Factor Volume 1
  • Issue #5 – First Cameo
  • Issues #6 – First full appearance
  • Issue #15 = First appearance of The Horsemen
  • Issue #24 – Archangel revealed as Death
  • Issues #65 – 68
    • First appearance of the Dark Riders
    • Infects baby Nate Summers with techno-organic virus
  • Cable Volume 1
    • #75
  • X-Cutioner’s Song
  • Cable Vol 2 #19 – Resurrected
  • Age of Apocalypse
  • The Twelve
  • Uncanny X-Force

Mister Sinister

• Mutant Massacre
  • Uncanny X-Men #213 – Sabretooth first mentions the character
  • Uncanny X-M3n #221 – First appearance
• Inferno
  • Uncanny X-Men #241 – Reveals that he cloned Madelyne Pryor from Jean Grey
  • X-Factor #39 – Cyclops “Destroys”
• Classic X-Men #41 – 42
• X-Factor
  • #74 & #75 – The Nasty Boys
• X-Cutioner’s Song (1992-1993)
• X-Men #23 – Brothers
• The Further Adventures of Phoenix and Cyclops
• Cable Annual 1999
• Gambit Ties
  • X-Men Volume 2 #6 – Sabretooth suggests that he has ties to Remy
  • X-Men #41 – 45
  • Uncanny X-Men #350
  • Gambit #13 – 23
    • Explains some of Sinister’s new powers including shapeshifting (got them from experimenting on Courier)
  • X-Men 99 – 103
  • Messiah Complex
    • Mystique “kills” him
  • X-Men Legacy #211 – 214
    • Xavier Ties
  • X-23
  • Uncanny X-Men #544
  • Uncanny X-Men #14 - 17 (AvX Tie-In)

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Whole lot of content dropping here at MTR, including our brand new interview series on UDPod, but today is a plain old sports show with a plain old guest. Best man and my wedding, and NegroCon 1.5 attendee Mike is my gues today, and we cover everything from the surprisingly good All Star Weekend, naturally disappointing pre-draft opinions, and the creeping apathy surrounding the Winter Olympics.

Topics:

• Get to know Bubba Wallace h/t @NataTheScribe
• All Star Weekend!
• FERGIE NO!!!!
• Trouble in boring paradise.
• From bad in Dallas...
• To much worse.
• Not so Lucky.
• Bill Polian: Loud and wrong.
• Cold war 2.0.
• PAY THE PLAYERS!
• Shit...pay them more!

The Homie Mike

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Kriss is joined by Rich (@RichJones15) to talk about the last couple of crazy weeks. From the high of Black Panther to the lows of yet another mass shooting in America. 

Topics:

• Thanks to everyone who came out to watch Black Panther with us at NegroCon 1.5
• Black Panther is breaking records
• Another day and another school shooting in America
• Please don't arm teachers. That's just more problems
• Bulletproof blankets for your kids
• School mandates that girls can't say no to boys at school dance
• Great Moments in White Privilege
  
  • An 8-page essay on why raping and beating a fellow student is wrong
• Do You Even Sci-Fi Bro
  • Make sure your sexbot has a kill switch in it
• Black Woman Shoutout 
  • Please Donate to helping Black girls see A Wrinkle in Time 

Legends of Tomorrow continues to shine and what better way to prove that than a good ole fashion time loop episode? But wait! It's not a regular time loop episode, instead it's really a clever way of doing some character development for Zari as well as moving some interpersonal relationships on the Waverider forward. Here I Go Again proves that the Legends of Tomorrow writing room really knows how to work an ensemble cast as well as make good use of their shortened season.

Of course now we need Mick's Sci-Fi romance novel to be real. Oh and the Legend of Sara Lance continues!

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Zari finds her place on the team when she gets caught in a time loop that results in the Waverider blowing up over and over again.

Ashanti (DocuDrunks and Scarestalgia) and I interview Devyn C. from Nyvedna Productions, a consummate cosplayer who made fabric to celebrate Black Panther and we discussed:

• What got her into cosplay
• What costumes she's created
• How she gets inspired
• How did cosplay translate into forming a business
• Where she sees her business going in the future
• Her Dora Milaje costume
• Our current loves and hates
• Our black women shoutouts

You know what time it is. Kriss and Phenom discuss (without spoilers) Marvel's Black Panther. Seriously, its better than it has any right to be and you're not going to be prepared. This is less of a review and more of just a non-spoiler discussion of why we loved it so much. We already know you're going to go see the film (we'll see some of you on Saturday!). 

• The story's connection to present day struggles of Black Americans
• #ErikKillmongerWasRight - We have a new Villain Agenda inductee
• All the black female characters steal the show but particularly Letitia Wright's Shuri
• Andy Serkis had fun making this movie, we can tell
• The visuals and action were amazing
• You're not prepared

We'll have several spoiler reviews coming out soon and don't forget to check out Kriss's solo video review!

Shanna, D and Parrish spend way too much time anticipating seeing Black Panther and discussing which classic 70s and 90s figures should guest star on Black Lightning. 

An unexpected phone call unearths the long-buried need for Jefferson to investigate the murder of his father. Meanwhile, Annisa wrestles with the fact that her actions have dire consequences. Lastly, Jennifer learns the importance of controlling her temper - in all situations.