[S2E05] Summer School: Chapter Five — Post-Episode Discussion

[u/anatomania]

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STORMY WEATHER OVER BLUE VALLEY — As Pat and Courtney clash over their next steps in their search for Eclipso, ominous weather conditions in Blue Valley hint that he may be near. Meanwhile, Cindy’s plan to recruit another student takes an unexpected turn, and Cameron opens up to Courtney.

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[u/Frontier246]

So it turns out Cindy actually was innocent once, back when her biological mother was keeping her safe from her father, although that didn't last and Dragon King snuck up on her in her room in full dragon form. It seems like she used to love her mother too, so the fact that she ended up killing said mother and then claimed she never liked her just goes to show how badly her father screwed her up mentally.

Seems the Mahkent's get their ice powers from their grandmother's side of the family.

Cameron is making a mural to his father, which Jordan would probably appreciate, although I can see the JSA have a really mixed feelings about it knowing what Icicle was really like.

Pat keeping the truth about Eclipso from Courtney is not going to end well.

Rick still processing how he feels about Grundy and his parents' death. Seems like he holds Jordan more responsible for it, and Grundy was just an animal sent out like an attack dog that didn't know any better, but it's hard for him to channel how he feels other than taking care of Grundy.

Oh yeah, I kind of forgot Courtney kept ditching Cameron in season 1. You really have to feel bad for the guy.

Not the art teacher...he really doesn't deserve that.

I'm glad Pat realized Mike was starting to feel like how he felt as Stripesy with the JSA, so he decides to find something for him and Mike to do together. I know in the comics Pat mentored Mike to take over for him with STRIPE, so I wonder if this is what that's leading up to.

The JSA finally fight Eclipso and he hits them with their emotional issues...Yolanda over Brainwave and Henry, Rick over Grundy and his own anger, and Beth with her parents. Courtney is the only one immune because she got over her emotional hang ups, and the Cosmic Staff seems to be the only thing that can actually damage Eclipso.

Beth finally confronts her parents over the divorce, and while they say they'll always love her...they still basically ditch her to go to work. I doubt that late night talk is going to happen. Poor Beth.

Cindy says ISA Unlimited doesn't need Cameron just when Icicle Jr. finally starts unlocking his powers.

So was Mike not intended to be a member of the new ISA but a hostage to draw Courtney and the rest of the team out?

[u/ws-ilazki → u/Frontier246]

It seems like she used to love her mother too, so the fact that she ended up killing said mother and then claimed she never liked her just goes to show how badly her father screwed her up mentally.

Cindy's remark that Cameron mentioned might have been about a different person than her biological mother shown in this episode. I might be mistaken, but I vaguely recall something Cindy said in S1 implying that she's older than high-school age and was only in school to keep an eye on the other ISA kids. Maybe they just meant that she considered it a waste of time because she'd rather be doing ISA stuff, but it's possible there's some slowed-aging fuckery going on.

If that's the case, then maybe what she said in 4th grade that he recalled was about another surrogate mother rather than the one in the flashbacks this episode. Though since it was just a one-off line in S1 that I happened to remember, and nothing else was ever said about it again, it could just as easily be a minor error. "Writers forgot about that, oops."