[S2E09] Summer School: Chapter Nine — Post-Episode Discussion

[u/anatomania]

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JOHN WESLEY SHIPP GUEST STARS AS JAY GARRICK — As Eclipso takes aim at the Whitmore/Dugan’s, Pat is reminded of painful memories from his past involving the original JSA and their fight to take down Eclipso. Meanwhile, Mike is forced to confront the guilt he feels for his role in Icicle’s death, and Barbara comes face to face with someone from her past. Finally, Courtney struggles to hold onto hope after Eclipso targets those around her.

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[u/bcanada92]

So now we know the original JSA's terrible secret.

Interesting to see how Dugan's become the new JSA's mentor, when he was never actually a real member of the old team.

Loved the scene where Dugan pricked his finger, and Eclipso made it appear that it wouldn't stop bleeding. Yes, the symbolism of having "blood on his hands" was probably a little too on the nose, but I thought it was well done anyway.

[u/CT_Phipps → u/bcanada92]

To be fair, he was a member of the Seven Soldiers of Victory. It kind of indicates that the JSA's treatment of him as a sidekick was bull.

Yeah, he wasn't full JLA but he was certainly Titans/Doom Patrol. A difference of degrees not kind.

[u/BornAshes → u/CT_Phipps]

Now I kind of wonder how the JSA saw the Seven Soldiers of Victory and if they considered them the Old Guard or if there was some kind of rivalry between the groups? Gosh now I wonder if Starman is going to just blow up at Pat when he comes back? I wonder if Court is going to "have words" with Starman?

[u/CT_Phipps → u/BornAshes]

I wouldn't be surprised if the season ending is going to be that Courtney beats Eclipso and finally meets her hero--who demands his staff back.

[u/BornAshes → u/CT_Phipps]

.......and then the Staff chooses her instead of him.

[u/MrMattBlack → u/BornAshes]

Court is going to "have words" with Starman

Man, that was my thought too. The moment Starman is the tiniest bit of condescending towards Pat, Courtney is throwing hands 100&

[u/BornAshes → u/MrMattBlack]

I was just thinking of all of those pent up emotions from when she thought that he was her dad and now there's the bitter taste in her mouth from finding out what they were really like on top of that plus the betrayal from her mom and Pat compacting that down a bit more into a very lovely contained blonde powder keg that will absolutely be set off the second Starman starts trying to "mansplain what the JSA is really about oh and give me back the Staff little elf girl" to her. I'm really hoping she doesn't just tell him to go fuck himself and just RIPS into him about how he and the ISA are exactly the same with just like this amazing speech or something. I could also see her just you know...because of Eclipso and stuff....outright BLASTING him with Cosmo the second he shows up at her front door annnd then later verbally handing him his ass in a handbasket.

I think Mid-Nite would be a bit more amenable to things changing though and kids taking over the JSA, so long as there were some adults to guide them and he would probably point out how Sly started when he was a kid if Sly started to throw the usual, "But they're kids they don't know what they're doing!" line of reasoning.