13 Dreams for the CW Superhero Crossover
After months of teasing and a lot of fabulous set photos, the week of the four-night Supergirl/Flash/Arrow/Legends of Tomorrow crossover has finally arrived, and it’s probably going to be amazing. How could it not be? It involves Barry Allen recruiting Kara Danvers to fight murderous space aliens with the help of Oliver Queen, Sara Lance, and about 500 other people in crazy outfits. Various cast members and producers of the shows have teased a few details about the plot - the aliens are called the Dominators, Oliver’s going to wake up in an alternate timeline - but there’s still a lot of room to dream about what might go down in Legends of Super Flarrow (excuse me, Heroes vs. Aliens). Below, 13 things that should happen in at least one of the four Very Special episodes. Whether you choose to make it into a drinking game is your decision.
1. Cisco, Felicity, and Winn completely nerd out together. Cisco and Felicity have a history of nerding out in past crossovers, so if Winn comes along for the ride from his earth, he’ll fit right in. Now that Winn has honed his costume-making techniques on Guardian, he might even have some pointers for Cisco on the art of outfitting superheroes.
2. Sara Lance flirts with Alex Danvers. Producer Andrew Kreisberg has said he thinks Sara has a “little crush” on Supergirl, but Supergirl is very busy right now handling a love square with James, Winn, and Mon-El. Sara would be better off setting her sights on Alex, another unattached workaholic who likes to fight. Sara could be just the thing to take Alex’s mind off Maggie’s rejection, or serve as the thing that makes Maggie realize that Alex is The One.
3. J’onn J’onzz and Martin Stein frown and stand in a corner while all the young people make bad choices. Maybe Joe West can get in on the curmudgeonly action too.
4. Ray Palmer is just appalled by Wild Dog’s antics. Ray hasn’t hung out with Team Arrow since Oliver enlisted a bunch of newbies to build out the group, but there’s no way he’ll be on board with Rene’s “punch first, ask questions later” approach to crime-fighting (even though increased quality time with Mick has made Ray slightly more open to rule-breaking). One slip-up and Ray will be hitting Rene with his signature looks of displeasure.
5. Supergirl, Heat Wave, and Firestorm fight the aliens with three-way super-fire. You don’t have all these superheroes with fire-related powers on one show and not arrange for them to burn the hell out of something simultaneously, do you? No, you do not. Alternatively, they could fight each other in some sort of friendly scrimmage, but only if Heat Wave and Firestorm go into it knowing that they’re definitely going to lose.
6. Iris gets career advice from James Olsen. Iris has been doing a great (if not often seen) job at Central City Picture News, but an informational meeting with the acting CEO of CatCo couldn’t hurt. It might also make Barry jealous, and jealous Barry is always fun.
7. Kara gets career advice from Iris. Since Kara just woke up one day and decided to be a reporter, she needs all the help she can get - she doesn’t even know AP Style! Iris, star CCPN journalist, is just the woman to teach her how to source a scoop.
8. Someone makes an X-Files joke. Between Cisco, Winn, and Felicity, there’s no way this isn’t going to happen.
9. Diggle freaks out about Supergirl’s powers. Diggle, despite having met Barry several times, still can’t get over his superspeed, to the point that he once vomited after Barry whisked him away to safety. In one of the crossover commercials, Diggle reacts to Supergirl levitating and using heat vision with uncharacteristic calm, but who knows what he’ll do if she carries him through the sky? (Vomit. He’ll probably vomit.)
10. Martin and Jefferson confront Barry about his future message. Recall that Martin and Jefferson found a hidden voicemail of sorts left for the Legends team by Barry Allen in 2056. This has to come up at some point, because (1) Victor Garber said it would and (2) it just has to.
11. Cat Grant returns. Just for a minute, to objectify Oliver Queen.
12. Roy Harper returns. At least part of this crossover takes place in an alternate reality, so anything could happen! Roy’s not even dead - he’s just hiding. Come back to Star City and shoot arrows at stuff, Arsenal!
13. The whole super squad throws a super party. If they don’t defeat these aliens, they can’t go back to their regular season arcs, so clearly they’re going to defeat these aliens. And when they do, they need to party. Is Verdant still open?
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