1.13: Leviathan Instead of stopping for too long to question the dodginess of this plan (have they really exhausted every available moment in Savage’s centuries of existence? Does the fate of the planet really depend on them pinching a bit of jewellery?), let’s move on to talk about what walked in Leviathan… The massive robot was a nice touch, for one. This gave the impression that Savage’s rein could descend into a Days Of Future Past-alike dystopia, as well as allowing Ray to try out a new ginormous form of The Atom. The subsequent fight scene was great fun to watch, and the TV-budget special effects looked pretty solid. It was also nice to see Kendra brought back into the action side of things. Yes, her relationships are a core part of her character, but it’s much more exciting to see her flying around and walloping people with a mace. Maybe that’s just my personal preference, and everyone else loves the romance, but still. Again, though, the not-particularly-high threat level of Vandal Savage was a problem this week. Every time the group gets an opportunity to kill him, it becomes more and more obvious that they’ll get him in the end with relative ease. There’s only so many times you can find a way out of a fight-to-the-death before it starts getting boring. Another element I didn’t really like this week was Vandal Savage’s daughter. Jessica Sipos brought Cassandra Savage to life with just the right amount of grumpiness, and it was nice to see Leonard taking on the task of talking her around, but there wasn’t really much for Cassandra to do was there? She just seemed to mention that she’s Vandal’s daughter in every scene and not really do anything else. But still, let’s not get too downbeat here. This episode had a robot fight. How can we possibly complain? Read Rob’s review of the previous episode, Last Refuge, here.
