Absolute Justice: ‘Society’/'Legends’ Airs Tonight!
DC COMICS’ CHARACTERS HAWKMAN, STAR GIRL AND DR. FATE FROM THE JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEET UP WITH CLARK AND HIS TEAM IN A SPECIAL TWO-HOUR EVENT; PAM GRIER GUEST STARS — A man named Sylvester Pemberton tracks down Chloe and tells her he knows about her team of superheroes and needs their help. However, before he can explain who he is, he is attacked and killed by Icicle (guest star Wesley Macinnes). Clark and Chloe’s investigation leads Clark to the former headquarters of the Justice Society of America where he meets up with Nelson AKA Dr. Fate (guest star Brent Stait), Carter Hall AKA Hawkman (guest star Michael Shanks) and Courtney AKA Star Girl (guest star Britt Irvin). Courtney pleads with Hawkman and Dr. Fate to help her catch the killer that is targeting their group but they are reluctant to resume their duties as superheroes. Clark, John Jones (guest star Phil Morris), Green Arrow and Chloe team up to help the JSA stop Icicle before he murders another member of the group. Meanwhile, Lois receives a package from a mysterious agency called Checkmate, run by Amanda Waller (guest star Pam Grier). Geoff Johns wrote the two-hour episode. Glen Winters directed the first hour & Tom Welling directed the second hour.
This is it: The 2hr Smallville Absolute Justice event, written by DC Comics’ on Geoff Johns. There is a TON of stuff to watch for tonight, so don’t miss one of the biggest Smallville experiences in nine years, tonight on the CW.
And after it’s over with, head on over to http://live.smallvillepodcast.com to join in on Starkville: Absolute Justice – a live episode event airing at 11pm/10pm CST and going through the west coast airing, where we will discuss in detail the episodes in question. Don’t miss it!
question is that Black canary in the painting or am i seeing things.
Your not seeing things. That is Black Canary, Geoff Johns said in Kryptonsite’s interview with him, that she is the mother of the Smallville Black Canary, but they don’t mention it in the episode.
only 1 hour left!!! looking forward to the post episode live SHOE too!
I’m going to kick it old school and record it on…wait for it…VHS
best episode ever.PERIOD
WOW…That was great. I do wish, though, that they had the time and Alaina was available to atleast have a brief moment about mother, daughter canaries…
was i far too stoned when watching or did dr.fate say that lex is still alive
an the wierd thing is i dont smoke
Amazing.
That was one way to express my enjoyment in watching Absolute Justice. I’ll admit that I was a little worried that the episode(s) wouldn’t live up to the hype that it had been getting and I’m glad to say that it did and thensome.
I know very little to the history of the Justice Society but with Geoff Johns writing both episodes I knew that it would be as close to it as possible. Legion is evidence of that.
There are too many things to list but I’ll do my best. All the characters were different and the interaction between them. My favorites being the ones involving Clark/Dr. Fate, Oliver/Hawkman and Waller/Icicle. The times where both teams was impactful and showed how the old and new generation of heroes thought. Hopeuflly we’ll see them interacting with one another and if so, have more members of each team involved.
Touching upon the possibility of Lex Luthor beinga live was a nice move. Keeps the threat of that actually being the case alive. Would be nice to see Lex return and it being Michael Rosenbaum.
The ending was another thing I liked since it leaves the opening of Checkmate and/or Suicide Squad returning later on. Also, when Waller said that she wants to have the old/new heroes ready for the apocalypse, I thought it could be a possible foreshadowing of the actual Apocalypse character appearing in Smallville. That would surely be a good way to end the series.
As for my rating, I obviously going to give it a 5 out of a 5. There were some things here and there that bothered me but nothing that I wouldn’t complain.
I want to know of course what Waller meant when talking about the apocalypse… Zod and his plans or something else entirely??? And the Lex mention was great, and OMG MARTIAN MANHUNTER FOR THE WIN!!! So Good! Watching in the morning again, def. 5 Whispering Golden Helmets out of 5 for me and more points if I could give it so.
I think the Apocalypse character you’re talking about, Anthony P, is from Marvel.
I’m imagining that this episode was a wet dream for the hardcore comic readers. I, on the other hand, was left scratching my head for most of the episode.
The main things I was excited to see was the return of Martian Manhunter’s powers (not to mention, finally seeing his true form), Dr. Fate’s “vision” of the cape, and the hint of possibly more Lex. Other than that, I felt like it was a lot of effort just to push the story forward just a few steps.
Awesome Episode!!! Loved everything !!intense , for sure, watching that again(Gotta love DVR) !! Hey I came after u guys talked about the Episode last night, r u guys going to Post the Live show here ?
My OMG moments are those already mentioned here! Dr. Fate’s vision of the cape, seeing Martian Manhunter’s true form (as brief as it was), and the mention of Apokolips. Someone asked Geoff Johns on Twitter if the word “Apocalypse” was spelled as “Apokolips” in the script. His response was “With a capital A”. So interpret that as you will but I hope it’s foreshadowing for the future appearance of Darkseid! I know many people wanted to see CCH Pounder as Amanda Waller because she did the animated voice, but I thought Pam Grier did an excellent job!
I also loved the mention of “Super Friends” by Oliver and “Trouble Alert” by Chloe! Nice nod to the Saturday morning cartoon!
Not sure why there’s a debate out there as to whether Lex is alive. We all know he can’t be dead, that he still has to fulfill his destiny as Superman’s arch enemy. The question is if and when Michael Rosenbaum will reprise the role.
Daniel, do you know if the mother/daughter Black Canary storyline will be addressed in a future episode? I hope so and that its not swept under the rug.
There’s probably more I want to say, but I can’t think right now. My head is spinning (in a good way) from this movie! Like Daniel, I’m thankful for DVR. I look forward to watching it again and again.
where is absolute justice on itunes??
It’s not up yet. I’m waiting for it too. I hope they don’t bump the price up more than two episodes usually cost because it was an “event”
You’re right, Natasha. I was actually referring to Darkseid (not sure if that’s spelled correctly). There have been talks of possibly bring him into the show.
Must admit that it would be a great final foe for Smallville to end upon. If that or Lex Luthor returning.
yea i hope its just one episode. not 2 or anything like that but it probably will be because itunes likes to split the 2 parters :(
please post the live show I didnt watch it last night because i dont get to see smallville until the next day. :-(
its on amazon for 1.99 the whole thing
is there ne way to watch last night live broadcast? on Ustream or ne thing ?
It’s up on Itunes but for Season Pass only :(
Sorry I was looking at HD. SD is up for sale. Looks like HD is season pass only?
iTunes, what’s the deal? I wanted to buy the episode in HD.
HD is now single episode too!!!
the coming apocalypse= president luthor kills the flash, superman kills lex, superpowered arms race, floride renders teeth detectable to spy satalite.
in other words the question, at this point, is a must
What can I say that has already been said, by all of you, my fellow SHoEligans. Just finished watching the episode on my PlayStation 3 and I loved every minute of it. Great episode, amazing dialogue, and great direction by both Winter and Welling and I’m going to pass this question on to you guys…? After what Geoff Johns did in the writing of Lois & Clark’s scenes. Do you think he’d be capable of writing a sequel of Superman Returns or a reboot of The Superman film franchise? I think he can.
Loved the Dr. Fate/Kal-El scenes, loved the call back to the vision in Season Three “Here-after” I know Derek and Steve I know you have been complaining that seen Season Six when J’onn J’onzz showed up we never got to see him in his true form… “Geekwood” that moment.
I have said it before several times on the website. In regards to Lex Luthor. I think it would be more likely to hear Rosenbaum voice on the series again before we actually see him.
Lastly, Geoff Johns if there is a Season Ten… Please do another episode!
Apparently, The Zune Marketplace has spilt “Absolute Justice” into two parts so you XBOX 360 Microsoft Zune SHoEligans who want to watch it’s there. And for my fellow PlayStation 3 users on The PlayStation Network “Absolute Justice” is there now as well and actually is Number 2 on the most downloaded TV Shows on The PlayStation Network.
woo, is the version on PSN in HD with 5.1? or did you aquire it “through other means”
No, it’s only SD. Not HD. “Through Other means” Phill…. I’m sorry, Edna’s saying I shouldn’t answer such questions… Lol.
But Phill if you do have an XBOX 360 or a Microsoft Zune is available in both HD and SD versions.
For those Microsoft Zune/Microsoft Zune HD/XBOX 360 SHoEligans “Absolute Justice” has been spilt up into two parts exactly the same way it has been done on The PlayStation Network. For the Microsoft Zune/Microsoft Zune HD/XBOX 360 SHoEligans who want to download the episode on their XBOX 360’s or Microsoft Zunes the price is 240 Microsoft points for the HD (for part 1 and part 2 each) and 160 Microsoft points for the SD (for part 1 and part 2 each) hopes this helps someone.
Good news, “Absolute Justice” (Part 1 and 2) are Number 1 and Number 2 on The Zune Marketplace.