While Supergirl is distracted with a new villain, Winn gets in legal trouble, thanks to his new girlfriend. Then, The Music Meister shows up and traps both Kara and Barry in an alternate, musical world.

Important Things to Know This Week:

The majority of the Musical event will be a part of The Flash, rather than Supergirl. Supergirl will likely have a lot of story to tell, specifically about the people looking for Mon-El.

The musical episode will be very interesting, especially considering Grant Gustin and Melissa Benoist’s history on the TV show Glee. Other members of the Arrowverse also have musical backgrounds, so let’s see who else shows up in that alternate universe.

I don’t think we’ll get much, if any, story from The Flash. The majority, or all, of that episode will be the musical event, so we probably have to wait until next week to see the next step in Barry’s quest to save Iris.

The Biggest Moments This Event (Spoilers!):

Supergirl:

As predicted, Mon-El is a major part of the early story. Kara definitely wasn’t expecting to learn that Mon-El is actually the Prince of Daxam. I’m pretty sure we knew this, but it comes as a shock to Kara for sure. His parents now want him to return to Daxam, and the tension between them and Kara is cringe-worthy for sure. Mon-El’s story about how he escaped Daxam definitely doesn’t make it any easier, either. As if dealing with all of that new information wasn’t hard enough, Kara also has to deal with Mon-El’s mother pressuring her to force Mon-El back to Daxam. I get where Kara is coming from by telling Mon-El to take his second chance at having his family. I love the chemistry between the two characters, though, so it would be nice to see him stay. While that seems to be the case for now, he definitely could leave sometime in the future.

Winn getting tricked by Lyra is terrible. He is starting to enter Cisco territory when it comes to his love life, and now he’s facing a potential felony because he was too worried about pleasing Lyra. Luckily Winn is friends with Alex, and Alex can pull the strings with Maggie to help keep Winn out of trouble. Of course, they need to find a way to prove that Winn is actually innocent. Of course, Winn has to deal with trying to figure out if Lyra is lying to him still, or if she is actually telling the truth. The final confrontation with the alien art heist ring is intense, and exactly what this episode needed. It was nice to have a fight in this show not rely on Supergirl showing up and saving everything. The story ends happily, though, when Lyra gets her brother back.

The Flash:

I hate that Barry is having a hard time dealing with his and Iris’ break. Cisco and Barry spending more time with each other is great, though. Hopefully we’ll get more of those scenes. All of the scenes prior to Barry getting trapped are great.

I love the inclusion of John Barrowman, Victor Garber, Jesse L. Martin, Candice Patton,  Chris Wood, Carlos Valdes, and Jeremy Jordan in the musical world. Even though they aren’t actually themselves, and I would love to see the interactions between Winn and Cisco in real life. The idea that they have to go through, and survive, the plot of the musical in order to survive is weird to say the least. it will be incredibly hard for these two to figure out how to make it through this without their powers. Walking in on alternate Iris and alternate Mon-El make out and talk about being in love makes it much more difficult for them due to what is happening in their real lives.

Caitlin makes the terrifying discovery that The Music Meister is using this alternate world to steal Barry and Kara’s powers. We do get to see an awesome team-up of Kid Flash, Vibe, and Martian Manhunter as they fight The Music Meister, but that, of course, is only the beginning of the solution. The Music Meister tries to convince Mon-El and Iris that they can save Barry and Kara through the power of love. By some miracle, Cisco is able to then Vibe them into the “musical” and save their lives. The fact that it leads to a lesson about embracing love was strange, but it was a nice message that we could see.

Overall:

As expected, The Music Meister shows up at the very end of the episode, and he traps Kara while escaping to Earth-1 to go after The Flash. Barry, of course shows up right after The Flash starts, and he is just in time to hear Kara’s song. Overall, the story here is very entertaining, but it definitely takes a step away from the normal story. Fans of these shows will definitely love the novelty, but the lack of connected plot definitely affects the long-term view of the show. The moment when Barry and Kara get shot and almost die is definitely significant, though. That section of the episode is more than enough to make up for it’s shortcomings, in my opinion.

Supergirl airs on Mondays & The Flash airs on Tuesdays on the CW. Leave a comment and let me know what you thought about this crossover event.