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Liking this crossover so far. Love it when characters from other shows come in. Highlight of every season.

More humorous action packed crossover is making me smile and worth the watch! The fun the team is having is so infectious!

Best Fan service episode everrr. Love how they are developing batman universe while tackling the issue of showing batman. Comic book references were really good.

This is the Second Part of the Crossover and it is amazing. The acting was amazing especially Ruby's, She is an amazing actress and her portrayal of Batwoman was amazing. The villain was enjoyable and a pleasure to watch. The chemistry between the lead actors is so perfect. There was so much Batman lore that I can't count them all. The story went smoothly with a lot of humour,action,emotion and references. The switch was enjoyable,the intro was amazing. The music was amazing, where I can't help but to bob my head. The ending was amazing.

Can't wait for Part 3.

That scene in Arkham is just breathtaking. A lot of Dc characters were seen. But disappointed with the batwoman casting.

We are now in Uncharted Territories, Gotham City with no Bruce Wayne in it, tell me more! Ruby Rose as Kate Kane/Batwoman was good, I don't really get the hate towards her. This crossover is going places me as a big Batman fan loves, introducing multiple characters from Gotham City and the easter eggs, loving it! The fight sequences, mixing the two main heroes are interesting and entertaining to watch, rewatchable. So far I'm really enjoying Elseworlds and I believe the final part will be amazing but I feel the last crossover, Crisis on Earth X is still better but it seems like Elseworlds is more the prequel to Final Crisis but we will find out more in next episode!

Finaly The CW use Gotham city but not batman I think it's because Gotham is a series from different production but still it's a very good episode I think this elseworld focus on bromance Barry and Oliver and also friendship with Kara

While Part 1 was the setup episode that relied on heavy comedy to do the heavy lifting, Part 2 on Arrow was undoubtedly the novel episode and a high-point for the Arrowverse. From the endless references to Batman lore, to the other outlandish easter eggs and even Ruby Rose's limited, but powerful debut as Batwoman, there was a lot a to love. The story flowed very naturally as an added bonus, allowing time for a little drama between the Arrow stars, Emily Bett Rickards and Stephen Amell, only to quickly cut back to the action. Yes, this was very much stunt coordinator master James Bamford's time to shine and shine he did. From the creative Batwoman stuff and one-take Arkham inmate brawl all the way down to quite possibly one of Arrow's most creatively executed duels of all time, there were thrills aplenty. Special shout-out to the opening brawl between Diggle (David Ramsey) and Deahtstroke Junior (Liam Hall), with the cool tracking shot and reddish aesthetic. While it was unfortunate to see Gotham go, the ending managed to showcase how threatening Monitor (LaMonica Garrett) can really be, along with a very entertaining tease of a new, fractured reality with several goodies sprinkled in. Part 2 of Elseworlds is truly a network high-point and is guaranteed to make comic book fans drool at the sight of its rich world building.

There are so many characters come together but they don't have much of a purpose it seems, yet. This episode was all about fan service and name drops. I guess DC being unsuccessful in the big screens, they are trying to appease the TV fans.

6 stars for the Batman name drops only. If they are trying to show us that they are developing a Bat Universe, well, it was a good attempt.

Best part on the episode ? Seeing Marc Guggenheim having his own cell inside Arkham Asylum. Weakest crossover episode ever.

Crossovers are only cool if you watch the other show(s). The rest of us are totally lost and don't want to watch a bunch of characters we don't care about. At the very least, the episode should be a stand alone that doesn't require prior knowledge of the other shows or affect future episodes.

There was so much to geek out over in this it was untrue, one of my favourite episodes of TV, and Batwoman was awesome! <-- Edit - Little did I know :D

I loved part 2 of the Elseworlds crossover as much as the first part. I am excited for the Batwoman series. She has potential for development on her own series.

I don't normally write reviews on TV shows, but I just HAD to go out of my way for this one. I'm three years behind on Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Arrow, and Supergirl. As that is, I went out of my way to watch the first two parts of the "Elseworlds" crossover event between the latter three shows because I had read that Batwoman would be making an appearance, and maybe I'm still riding the endorphin high, but I have to say: that was two hours of the most exciting television I have ever seen in my life. I'm a massive, lifelong fan of Gotham City's stories, and especially a fan of Bruce Wayne's sadly less-famous cousin, and the way she was played by Ruby Rose was a dream that I never thought I would get to see come true. I'd seen Ruby in several other things, like John Wick 2, The Meg, and xXx: Return of Xander Cage, but here, all I saw was one of my favorite comic book characters brought to perfect life. The power she gave to this character was incredible, and her brief appearance behind the red-wigged cowl was a thing of absolute beauty. Even "Elseworlds, pt. 1", despite missing Batwoman, was still an unbelievable setup and a powerful reminder of why I love the Arrowverse so much. I love Jeremy Davies's work in Lost and God of War, and his version of Dr. Destiny was a little cheesy, but still so much fun. As for Part 2 -- I have never freaked out so much watching 20 minutes of anything. The climax at Arkham Asylum was filled with amazing Easter eggs and setpieces, and featured a wild re-imagining of Nora Fries, as well as what I'm pretty sure was a cameo of Lonnie Machin, Anarky himself, of all people. The way they even worked Jonathan Crane's fear toxin into the overall "Elseworlds" plot was pure Bat-fanservice at its best. Even though I watched this only to see Kate Kane, I still found myself enjoying the crossover story itself just as much as seeing Gotham City's newest depiction, and even teared up at one of the more emotional moments. I can't wait until I get the opportunity to watch Part 3, but even more than that, I am 100% sold on the forthcoming Batwoman TV show, and I'll be dropping everything (maybe even Kingdom Hearts 3) to finally be able to watch one of my favorite heroes in action. Now, if only I had confirmation that they're reviving her comic book series...

Oliver wasn't around for most of Barry's adventures and he has always seen Barry as someone who laughs everything off running around without a care in the world. Here, after seeing RF's taunts for himself he finally realizes Barry's carefree attitude is a *rejection* of everything bad that's happened to him, not an *absence* of bad things. Barry's attitude is a refusal to live in darkness, namely his mother's death and having lost other people in his life. Going all the way back to when The Flash first showed up in Starling City in season 3 of Arrow, Oliver always dismissed Barry as someone who could afford to be happy all the time because he never had anything to push him down. Ollie's time in Barry's physical shoes in part 1 probably only reinforced his belief that Barry's life is a sappy, emotional and smooth ride compared to his own. He has a team and family at his back. Now in Barry's Mental shoes, seeing Reverse Flash shred Flash for 'being so weak you couldn't stop me from killing your mom' he FINALLY gets that Barry could have been...well more like himself and simply didn't let himself be dragged into that darkness. Ollie fought Wells/Thawne at the end of season 1, but didn't understand who Thawne was to Barry. And to hear Oliver *validate* him, rather than encourage him was probably Paradise for Barry. He'd finally earned Oliver's...equality if I can use the word that way. Season 5 of Flash and season 7 of Arrow. Next year: Barry Allen of Earth 90 returns as does the Monitor and that freaking Book Of Destiny!

What makes these crossovers so interesting, is it you never know what direction they're going to take. This crossover has been very good, but this episode in particular, really checks all the boxes. It's smart, clever, funny and the action scenes were on point. This episode just shows how really good the Berlanti series of DC shows were. In fact if you look at most of the DC WB shows, I mean they all had their standout features. This episode however stands out, because of just how good it was. It brought so many of the elements of the overall story together, but this episode itself, just really stood out for me. Very well done all the way around.

Last night was a great beginning to the Elseworlds trilogy however, tonight felt like a muddled step back in a few ways.

For one, the "need" to reference Batman surprisingly got old after awhile. I was far from impressed by Ruby Rose' Batwoman. They neither gave her enough to say or do, and her performance was rather wooden, something that is not so shocking at all. But I will say Blake Neely's score for her scenes was great. I genuinely love hearing what he comes up for these heroes on a week to week and year to year basis, and this Crossover is proving to be more great work from him. But my other issue with Batwoman is that she just doesn't feel like a natural presence in Gotham city. It feels forced that Bruce/Batman "left" Gotham because it "got bad". Does anyone really want to watch a Batwoman show based in Gotham that references but never actually shows Batman?

The trip to Arkham Asylum also was a bit of a letdown, at least in terms of Easter Eggs and the brief appearance by Stephen Amell's wife as Nora Fries. It was fun seeing Merlyn and Thawne back and fighting the opposite heroes. But if that's really all we get of John Barrowman this year, I will be pretty disappointed.

It follows along similar beats as last night's episode (including a scene between Felicity & Oliver that felt eerily similar to last night's moment between Barry & Iris) and i wasn't feeling the scope of the crossover as much tonight. My expectations may be too high for these things, but here's hoping tomorrow night caps it off well.

7.7/10

Wow that was boring. And unexpectedly so too. After that 1st episode this is not where I thought we were going. They just repeated everything. Instead of Iris it was Felicity and boy did they spend a lot of time talking about and to her. Explaining how Iris immediately knew Barry was not Barry...But hold on a minute that is not what happened at all. Iris took a while to realize It wasn't Barry.

After that nothing happened. We got introduced to Batwoman...whom was no help at all. The whole trip to Gotham was just wasted time and really did not add to the Elderverse in any way shape or form

There is so much one can do with all the characters available in Arrowverse and yet such an egregious script has been created once again. I can't wait for this to end so that each TV show can proceed with its main plot..

I was almost tempted to skip them. But this one was especially annoying. I can see why Batgirl did not do well. The person playing Batgirl was just bad. I certainly hope I do not have to watch an episode of Batgirl for a part of this crossover event.

If not for batgirl I would have rated this higher. I liked how Oliver and Barry played off on being each other. It was humorous and not for Batgirl I would have given this an 8.

Arrow 7.09 (3.5 out of 5 stars).

The episode continues with the crossover event. This time Barry and Oliver go to Gotham City. To come across Kate Kane (Ruby Rose). To learn about Batman's disappearance. And who the lead person is that is causing this event.

The episode has an exciting fight in Arkham Asylum. It does get a little cheesy with Barry and Oliver. The highlight is Ruby Rose and her introduction to the series as Batgirl. Sad thing is the episode was very brief with her character.