Harley Quinn: Season 5 (Max)

Bruce Wayne is such a beta.

The idea that Clark and Superman are secret lovers is probably the best excuse I've heard for them never being in the same room together.

Season off to a good start. 4 stars.

That being said I didn't dig the stuff with the kid Sharks at the club. It was too dark and violent for my tastes. It's the part of the show I really don't like.

Doing some catch-up with Bane and Goldie from Kite-Man: Hell Yeah!.

Mixed feelings about this week. 3 stars.

I love when it appears they are done for, Ivy and Frank say they love each other. You know, until the previous episode when we saw Frank as a baby, I never got that. And now I totally believe it.

Floronic Man is a bastard. And the name is stupid.

Brainiac huh? Weird monkey for a weird guy.

I liked this week. 4 stars.

The domestic scenes were both interesting and funny. And the fate of the planet was actually heartbreaking. It's not just the differences on that planet that are interesting. It's the sames.

Once we've caught up to Harley and Ivy in the present day, the episode loses my interest a bit. But Stephen Fry was a great casting choice for Brainiac. 4 stars.

It's okay to turn Alfred evil just because Bruce'll get him out of jail anyways because shit needs to be cleaned up. Bruce doesn't treat this Alfred as badly as Batman: Caped Crusader's does his. But the ignorance and neglect is real, even if it's not malicious.

I am unsure whether Joker was being sincere when relating to Bruce as a father. The truth is it plays better if he is, so that's the interpretation I'm going with. This continuity is unusual (that word again) for Bruce quietly and politely tolerating Joker as a dinner guest. They even make small talk.

Joker had the best observation about Alfred's "death". Sucks the dude in charge of cleaning this up is the one who got killed.

Regardless of whether Bruce treats Alfred like shit, the truth is if this dude is always faking his death, he's right to treat him like shit. Dude, Alfred, JOKER is a less annoying party guest than you are. Stew in that.

I was annoyed at first it looked like it was gonna be another shark babysitting episode but it turned into something else.

I love the fact that Ivy dismisses the idea that Harley should be Lois' assistant. Mind you, not because a serious job is not worth Harley's time. But because Harley has a PHD and Lois ought to be answering to HER. I love shit like that about this show.

The Nightwing / Red X stuff with revenge on Harley was solved a little too easily. But it's a fucking comedy. They'd BETTER solve it too easily.

I loved it. Bruce and Joker are going to be seeing a LOT more of each other. 5 stars.

I don't think the show thinks much of Lois Lane. Of course they don't think much of Bruce Wayne, Jim Gordon, or Dick Grayson either, but Lois' insufferability isn't done by a writer who actually likes her.

And yeah, Brainiac is weirdly sympathetic. For the first time ever. And yes, he's crazy.

There is a very real fault in the episode that I can't ignore. In a comedy, oftentimes portraying cringe as a comedic element isn't actually funny, and is legit cringe instead, and makes the project impossible to enjoy. The Office suffered this problem ALL THE TIME. And this play is so bad and sucky, that I don't find it funny. I find it legit bad and sucky. Just while we're keeping score.

I'd have a bigger reaction to Frank's death but I can't possibly see how they'd make it permanent. I think it's like Nightwing, good for the temp pathos, but ripe for a cheat. I don't think I'm wrong about this. Frank is too essential to the show. 3 1/2 stars.