Crisis on Infinite Earths — Arrowverse Crossover Event (2019–2020) 🌍⚡🏹

The CW’s Infinity War… except you need a treasure map to watch it in order

🎬 Let’s start by showing y’all the trailers shall we?

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📖 Non-Spoiler Plot Overview

So today we’re talking about Crisis on Infinite Earths, the giant Arrowverse crossover event that aired from 2019 to 2020 across Supergirl, Batwoman, The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow.

And right off the bat, let me just say this: I respect the ambition here.

I do.

This was clearly the CW looking at their whole DC universe and going, “Okay, what if we tried to do our own Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame moment?” And on paper, that sounds awesome. You have multiple shows, multiple heroes, multiple Earths, years of setup, and a comic storyline that is literally one of the biggest DC events ever.

The problem is… this is still the CW.

So yes, it has big ideas, major cameos, emotional moments, world-ending stakes, and some genuinely fun fan-service moments. But it also has confusing structure, uneven pacing, awkward writing, budget limitations, and a layout so annoying that watching the full event feels like doing homework for a college class called “Advanced Arrowverse Navigation.”

Because to watch this whole crossover, you don’t just click on one thing called Crisis on Infinite Earths and go from Part 1 to Part 5 like a normal human being.

Nope.

You have to jump across different shows.

Part 1 is Supergirl Season 5, Episode 9.

Part 2 is Batwoman Season 1, Episode 9.

Part 3 is The Flash Season 6, Episode 9.

Part 4 is Arrow Season 8, Episode 8.

Part 5 is Legends of Tomorrow Season 5, Episode 1, or basically the special season premiere depending on where you’re watching it.

And that is such a stupid layout.

I’m sorry, but it is.

That means if you’re trying to watch one complete story, you have to go digging through five different shows just to find the next chapter. That’s not cinematic. That’s not epic. That’s not immersive.

That’s a streaming scavenger hunt.

It’s like the CW said, “You want to watch our big event? Cool. First, solve the riddle of the menus.”

And the event itself is about the multiverse being destroyed by anti-matter. The Anti-Monitor is wiping out entire worlds, heroes are being gathered from across different Earths, and everyone has to figure out how to stop the collapse of reality itself.

Again, on paper, awesome.

But in execution, it’s a mixed bag.

There are things I like. There are moments that work. Some of the cameos are fun. Oliver Queen’s storyline has emotional weight. Brandon Routh as Superman is genuinely cool. Kevin Conroy showing up as Bruce Wayne is a huge deal, even if what they do with him is… questionable. And yes, Ezra Miller’s Flash showing up next to Grant Gustin’s Flash is surreal, especially because you’re sitting there thinking, “Wow, Grant really should have been the movie Flash.”

But then there are parts where I’m just sitting there like, what are we doing?

The Lucifer cameo is one of those moments. Tom Ellis shows up as Lucifer Morningstar from Lucifer, and yes, technically Lucifer is based on a DC/Vertigo character, so in that sense it is DC. But it’s still weird as hell because Lucifer was its own thing. It started on Fox, then moved to Netflix, and suddenly here it is casually standing inside the Arrowverse multiverse like it always belonged there.

And I’m not saying the cameo isn’t fun.

It is fun.

But it also makes the whole DC multiverse feel even more confusing. Because now I’m supposed to accept that Lucifer is connected to Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Smallville, the old Batman show, Birds of Prey, and whatever else they threw into this cosmic blender.

At some point, this doesn’t feel like a connected universe.

It feels like someone dumped the entire DC DVD shelf into a washing machine and hit spin cycle.

So yeah, I don’t hate Crisis on Infinite Earths. I just don’t care for it that much. I respect what they tried to do, but I don’t think it fully lands.

I’m giving it a generous 7 out of 10.

And yes, I do mean generous.


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👥 Character Rundown

Barry Allen / The Flash, played by Grant Gustin, is one of the most important characters in the crossover because The Flash had been teasing Crisis since Season 1. That newspaper headline about Flash vanishing in Crisis was one of the earliest major future teases in the Arrowverse, so naturally you would expect Barry to be at the center of this event. Grant Gustin does a good job with the emotional weight, especially with Barry believing he might have to die. The problem is the event kind of sidesteps the biggest thing his own show spent years setting up, and we’ll get into that later.

Oliver Queen / Green Arrow, played by Stephen Amell, is arguably the emotional core of the crossover. This is basically his final major Arrowverse story, and because Arrow started this whole universe, Oliver’s role carries weight. Whether you love or dislike parts of the event, Oliver’s presence matters because he is the foundation this entire TV universe was built on.

Kara Danvers / Supergirl, played by Melissa Benoist, brings the hopeful Superman-style energy to the crossover. Her show kicks off the event, and because entire Earths are being destroyed, Kara has a lot of emotional material. She’s one of the characters most directly dealing with the loss of worlds and people.

Sara Lance / White Canary, played by Caity Lotz, is another major Arrowverse veteran. She’s been through death, resurrection, time travel, assassins, Legends nonsense, and basically every CW plotline you can imagine, so having her involved makes sense. She also has a strong connection to Oliver, which helps during the more emotional parts.

Kate Kane / Batwoman, played by Ruby Rose, is part of the crossover because Batwoman was still new at the time, and you can tell the CW was using this event to cement her place in the Arrowverse. She’s important to the Paragon storyline, though honestly she doesn’t feel as earned as some of the older characters because her show had barely started.

Ray Palmer / The Atom, played by Brandon Routh, is here from Legends of Tomorrow, but Brandon Routh also pulls double duty as Kingdom Come Superman. And honestly, his Superman is one of the best parts of the crossover. There’s something really cool about seeing Brandon Routh get another shot at Superman after Superman Returns. His Kingdom Come look is great, and he brings a lot of dignity to the role.

Lex Luthor, played by Jon Cryer, is one of the more entertaining characters in the event. He is petty, slimy, arrogant, and somehow still fun to watch. Jon Cryer’s Lex can be over-the-top, but for this kind of crossover, that actually works. He feels like the type of guy who would see the multiverse ending and still find a way to make it about himself.

The Monitor, played by LaMonica Garrett, is the cosmic figure gathering the heroes and warning them about the Crisis. He’s important because he’s the one setting the event in motion and trying to prepare everyone. The Anti-Monitor, also played by LaMonica Garrett, is the big villain destroying the multiverse. The issue is that while the Anti-Monitor is supposed to be this terrifying cosmic threat, he doesn’t always feel as powerful or scary as the story keeps telling us he is.

Ryan Choi, played by Osric Chau, is introduced as a scientist and one of the Paragons. He’s connected to Atom mythology from the comics, and he’s one of those characters who feels like setup for something bigger that never fully became as important as it probably should have.

John Diggle, played by David Ramsey, is involved because he’s one of the original Arrow characters and Oliver’s closest friends. His presence matters because this event is also a goodbye to Oliver’s era.

Mia Smoak, played by Katherine McNamara, is Oliver and Felicity’s daughter from the future. She is part of Oliver’s emotional story and represents his legacy, though depending on how you feel about the future Arrow stuff, your mileage may vary.

Earth-90 Barry Allen / The Flash, played by John Wesley Shipp, is also involved, and his role is one of the bigger emotional nods to DC TV history. John Wesley Shipp being here matters because he played The Flash in the 1990 series, then returned in the CW universe, so he brings legacy weight.

Tom Welling appears as Clark Kent from Smallville, and Erica Durance appears as Lois Lane. This cameo is one of the biggest fan-service moments because Smallville is such a major piece of DC television history. But what they actually do with Clark is going to be divisive, and I’ll get into that in spoilers.

Kevin Conroy appears as Bruce Wayne from Earth-99, and this is huge because Kevin Conroy is the voice of Batman for generations of fans. Seeing him in live action as Bruce Wayne should have been one of the coolest things ever. And it is cool to see him, but what the crossover does with that version of Bruce is… yeah, we’re gonna talk about that.

Tom Ellis appears as Lucifer Morningstar from Lucifer, and this cameo is one of the weirdest parts of the event. Again, Lucifer is technically DC because the character comes from DC/Vertigo comics, but the show Lucifer always felt like its own separate thing. So when he shows up here, it’s fun but also confusing. It’s like the crossover suddenly opens a random door and says, “Oh yeah, this counts too.” Okay, sure. Why not. At this point, let’s invite Scooby-Doo and call it Earth-Mystery Machine.

Ezra Miller appears as Barry Allen / The Flash from the DC movies, and this cameo is surreal. Seeing Ezra’s Flash and Grant Gustin’s Flash meet is wild because it briefly connects the movie side and TV side of DC. But it also accidentally makes you think Grant Gustin should have been given more respect as The Flash because he fits the role better.


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⏱️ Pacing / Episode Flow

The pacing of this event is weird because it is split across five different shows. That means each part has to function as one chapter of the crossover, but also as an episode of whichever show it belongs to.

That creates a messy feeling.

Part 1 feels like a Supergirl episode hosting a multiverse apocalypse.

Part 2 feels like Batwoman suddenly got handed a cosmic event even though that show was still barely getting started.

Part 3 feels like The Flash should be the centerpiece because of all the Crisis buildup, but then it doesn’t fully pay off Barry’s story the way it should.

Part 4 feels like Arrow gets the strongest emotional material because of Oliver.

Part 5 feels like Legends of Tomorrow has to wrap everything up while also doing that Legends thing where it gets a little goofy.

And that’s the problem. The event never fully feels like one clean movie or miniseries. It feels like five different shows passing around the same giant plot like a hot potato.

Sometimes it works.

Sometimes it really doesn’t.

The structure also hurts rewatches. If you’re watching The Flash and get to the Crisis episode, you’re not getting the full story. You have to leave The Flash, go to Arrow, Supergirl, Batwoman, and Legends. And if you don’t already know the order, good luck. You’re going to be Googling episode lists like you’re trying to decode ancient ruins.

That is such a bad viewing experience.

A giant event like this should be easy to watch. There should be one collection called Crisis on Infinite Earths, with all five parts in order. Instead, depending on where you’re watching, you might have to jump between shows manually. That’s not epic. That’s annoying.

It’s hard to be emotionally invested in the multiverse dying when I’m fighting the streaming menu like it’s the real villain.


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✅ Pros

The biggest pro is ambition. I have to give the CW credit for even trying this. They took a massive DC comic event and tried to adapt it across five shows with TV budgets, TV schedules, and a cast list so big it probably made the production team cry into their coffee.

Some of the cameos are genuinely fun. Brandon Routh as Kingdom Come Superman is great. Tom Welling and Erica Durance returning as Clark and Lois from Smallville is a huge nostalgia moment. Kevin Conroy appearing as Bruce Wayne is a big deal, even if I don’t love what they do with him. Ezra Miller’s cameo is wild just because of how unexpected it is. Lucifer showing up is bizarre, but it is memorable.

Oliver Queen’s storyline gives the crossover its strongest emotional core. Since Arrow started the Arrowverse, making Oliver central to the fate of the multiverse feels appropriate. Stephen Amell gets some strong moments, and the event clearly wants to honor his importance.

The event does have scale. Even with CW limitations, you feel that they’re trying to show worlds ending, heroes gathering, and reality being rewritten. It doesn’t always look amazing, but the intention is there.

The use of legacy DC actors is also cool. This crossover feels like the CW trying to say, “All DC television matters.” And that idea is fun. Messy, but fun.


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❌ Cons

The biggest con is the layout. Watching this event should not be this annoying. You should not have to bounce across five shows to follow one story. I get that it aired as a crossover, but for streaming and rewatching, that layout is terrible. It makes the event feel less like a smooth story and more like a checklist.

The Anti-Monitor is underwhelming. For a villain who is literally destroying the multiverse, he doesn’t have enough personality or presence. He should feel terrifying. Instead, he often feels like a big CGI boss standing around while everyone says he’s dangerous. The threat is huge, but the villain himself doesn’t always feel huge.

Barry’s Crisis buildup gets sidestepped. The Flash spent years teasing Barry vanishing in Crisis. That newspaper was a huge part of the show’s mythology. Then the event finds a loophole by having Earth-90 Barry die instead. That moment is respectful to John Wesley Shipp, but it also feels like the writers went, “Technically, a Flash vanished. Counts!” No. Come on. Don’t prophecy-lawyer me.

The Paragons idea feels forced. The crossover suddenly decides certain characters are cosmic chosen ones representing things like hope, destiny, truth, courage, humanity, honor, and love. It feels like the story needed a reason to make specific characters important, so it just invented a cosmic label maker.

Some cameos feel more like fan-service than actual story. Don’t get me wrong, fan-service can be fun. But there’s a difference between a cameo that adds meaning and a cameo that just makes the audience point at the screen like Leonardo DiCaprio. Some of these are cool, but not all of them matter.

The tone is uneven. Sometimes it wants to be devastating and serious. Sometimes it wants to be goofy. Sometimes it wants to be cosmic. Sometimes it wants to be a goodbye to Arrow. Sometimes it wants to be a commercial for the entire CW DC lineup. That makes the event feel scattered.

And yes, the Lucifer cameo is confusing as heck. I get that Lucifer is a DC/Vertigo character. I get that technically he can fit inside DC’s multiverse. But because the show Lucifer was so separate from the Arrowverse, his appearance feels like someone opened the wrong door in the multiverse hallway. It’s fun, but it also makes you go, “Wait, so this counts? What else counts? Are we bringing in iZombie next because it was also DC/Vertigo? Where does this end?”


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🧠 Final Thoughts

Crisis on Infinite Earths is one of those events where I respect the attempt more than I love the result.

I can see what they wanted this to be. They wanted the ultimate Arrowverse crossover. They wanted to honor DC TV history. They wanted to bring in legacy actors, destroy the multiverse, reboot the universe, and give Oliver Queen a massive heroic sendoff.

And some of that works.

But the event is also messy. It is confusing to watch. It jumps across five shows. The villain isn’t as strong as he should be. The Paragons feel forced. Barry’s big teased fate gets dodged. Some cameos are cool but random. And the whole thing sometimes feels too big for the CW to handle.

It’s not bad.

It’s just not as iconic as it clearly wants to be.

This should have felt like the Arrowverse’s crown jewel. Instead, it feels like a giant crossover with some great moments, some weird choices, and a viewing order that makes me want to throw my remote into another Earth.


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⭐ Rating

7 / 10

And yes, I’m being generous.

There are things I like. There are moments that work. The ambition is impressive. But as a full event, it is messy, confusing, and nowhere near as strong as it should have been.


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⚠️ Spoiler Warning

Alright, now we’re getting into everything. Every part, every major cameo, every big death, every weird decision, and yes, that Lucifer cameo.


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Spoilers

Part 1 is Supergirl Season 5, Episode 9, and this is where the event begins with the multiverse already collapsing. Earths are being wiped out by anti-matter, and the Anti-Monitor’s wave is destroying entire realities. The episode wants to make you feel the scale immediately, and to be fair, seeing worlds disappear does give the event a bigger feeling right away.

We also see cameos from across DC history, including Burt Ward from the 1960s Batman show. That’s a fun nod, and the crossover is clearly trying to establish that all these DC shows exist somewhere in the multiverse. That idea is cool, but it also starts making the whole thing feel like a cosmic roll call.

The main focus is Earth-38, Supergirl’s Earth, being threatened. Kara is trying to save as many people as possible while everything falls apart. The heroes are gathered, and Oliver Queen joins the fight. Then Oliver dies in Part 1.

And I remember watching that and thinking, wait, already?

Oliver Queen is the character who started the Arrowverse. He is the foundation of this whole universe. Killing him in Part 1 is shocking, but it also feels weirdly early. I get that the event is trying to show stakes, but it also makes his first death feel rushed. It’s like the crossover wanted to punch you in the face emotionally right away, but didn’t fully build the moment inside the event itself.

Oliver dies fighting shadow demons and saving people from Earth-38. The Monitor brings him back to the bunker, but he dies surrounded by the other heroes. It’s emotional because it’s Oliver, but as a Part 1 death, it feels strangely placed. It’s like they wanted a huge moment immediately, but the event still has four parts left, so you’re also sitting there like, okay, where do we go from here?

Part 2 is Batwoman Season 1, Episode 9, and this is where the crossover starts leaning harder into the Paragons. The heroes learn that certain people across the multiverse are chosen as Paragons, basically cosmic representatives of traits needed to save reality.

And I’m sorry, but the Paragons concept feels forced.

It’s not the worst idea ever, but it feels like the writers needed a reason to say, “These specific characters matter more than everyone else.” So now we have Paragons of Hope, Destiny, Truth, Courage, Love, Humanity, and Honor. It sounds important, but it also feels like the crossover suddenly turned into a superhero personality quiz.

Kara is the Paragon of Hope, which makes sense. Sara is the Paragon of Destiny, okay fine. Barry is the Paragon of Love. Kate Kane is the Paragon of Courage. J’onn is the Paragon of Honor. Ryan Choi is the Paragon of Humanity. Lex Luthor steals the Paragon of Truth role from Kingdom Come Superman, because of course Lex Luthor would cheat his way into cosmic importance during the end of reality.

Part 2 also brings in Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne from Earth-99. This should have been one of the coolest moments in the entire crossover because Kevin Conroy is Batman to so many people. He defined Batman’s voice for generations. Seeing him finally play Bruce Wayne in live action is a huge deal.

But then the version they give us is a bitter, broken, murderous Bruce who killed Superman.

And honestly, I’m mixed on that.

On one hand, it’s interesting to see a darker possible Bruce. On the other hand, Kevin Conroy finally getting to play live-action Bruce Wayne and having him be this twisted version feels kind of disappointing. This is Kevin Conroy. I wanted that moment to feel legendary. Instead, it feels like the crossover said, “Here’s live-action Kevin Conroy Batman… and he’s awful now.” Gee, thanks. What a warm hug of nostalgia.

Part 2 also has the Smallville cameo with Tom Welling as Clark Kent and Erica Durance as Lois Lane. This is one of the biggest nostalgia moments. We see Clark living a normal life on the farm, and Lex Luthor shows up trying to kill Supermen across the multiverse.

Then we find out this Clark gave up his powers.

And that is also divisive.

Some people like it because Clark got a peaceful life with Lois and his family. Others hate it because after ten seasons of Smallville building toward him becoming Superman, the crossover basically says, “Yeah, he stopped.” I get both sides. Personally, I think the cameo is sweet in a simple way, but it also feels like a quick “here he is, now move on” moment.

Then we get Brandon Routh as Kingdom Come Superman, and this is easily one of the best parts. His Superman has suffered loss, he has that Kingdom Come look, and Brandon Routh finally gets to play Superman again in a way that feels more mature and confident. This cameo actually feels meaningful. It gives Routh a chance to return with dignity.

Part 3 is The Flash Season 6, Episode 9, and this should have been the biggest part for Barry Allen. This is the event The Flash had been teasing for years. The newspaper said Flash vanishes in Crisis. Barry has been preparing for this. The whole first half of Season 6 was about Barry accepting that he might have to die.

So naturally, this should be Barry’s huge sacrifice episode.

But the event pulls a loophole.

Earth-90 Barry Allen, played by John Wesley Shipp, takes Barry’s place and sacrifices himself. He destroys the anti-matter cannon, saves the multiverse for the moment, and vanishes. It is a genuinely nice tribute to the 1990 Flash. They even use footage from the old show, and John Wesley Shipp gets an emotional heroic ending.

But as payoff for Grant Gustin Barry’s Crisis buildup?

It feels like cheating.

The Flash spent years saying Barry vanishes in Crisis. Then the crossover says, “Well, a Barry vanished.” Come on. That’s not payoff. That’s fine print. That’s the writers slipping a technicality under the door and hoping nobody notices.

This part also features the Lucifer cameo. John Constantine, Mia, and Diggle go to Earth-666 and meet Lucifer Morningstar, played by Tom Ellis. Lucifer helps them get a card to enter Purgatory so they can retrieve Oliver’s soul.

And yeah, this cameo is weird.

Again, Lucifer is technically DC because the character comes from DC/Vertigo comics. The show Lucifer is loosely based on that character, so sure, it can count in a giant DC multiverse if you want it to. But it still feels bizarre because Lucifer never felt like an Arrowverse show. It was originally on Fox, then Netflix. It had its own tone, its own world, its own rules. So seeing Lucifer casually interact with Constantine is fun, but also confusing.

It’s one of those cameos where your first reaction is, “Oh wow, that’s cool.”

Then two seconds later you’re like, “Wait, what does this mean? Is Lucifer part of the Arrowverse now? Does this mean all of Netflix Lucifer takes place on Earth-666? Why is this happening? Why does this somehow both make sense and not make sense?”

That’s the Arrowverse multiverse for you. Cool for five seconds, confusing forever.

Part 3 also ends with things getting worse. The Anti-Monitor succeeds in wiping out the multiverse, and the Paragons are sent to the Vanishing Point. This is a big cliffhanger because reality is basically gone. Only a handful of heroes remain.

Part 4 is Arrow Season 8, Episode 8, and this is where Oliver becomes the Spectre. After dying in Part 1, Oliver’s soul is found in Purgatory, but instead of simply being restored, he becomes something bigger. He becomes the Spectre, a cosmic being who helps the Paragons fight the Anti-Monitor and restart reality.

This is probably the strongest emotional part of the crossover because it gives Oliver a more fitting final role. His first death felt rushed, but this gives him a bigger purpose. Oliver Queen, the guy who started as a brutal vigilante on the streets of Starling City, ends up helping reboot the entire universe. That is a massive evolution.

The Paragons are stuck at the Vanishing Point for months, and then they use the Speed Force to travel through key memories. This gives us a greatest-hits style look at important Arrowverse moments, especially for Oliver and Barry. It’s sentimental, but it makes sense because this event is partly a goodbye to the original era of the Arrowverse.

The final battle at the dawn of time has Oliver/Spectre facing the Anti-Monitor while the Paragons fight shadow demons. Oliver sacrifices himself again, this time to create a new universe.

And this death works better.

This feels more final, more earned, and more tied to his legacy. Oliver dies saving everyone, not just one Earth. He saves all reality. For a character who started as a grounded street-level vigilante, that’s a huge final step.

Part 5 is Legends of Tomorrow Season 5, Episode 1, and this is where the new universe exists. The multiverse has been rebooted, and the heroes wake up on Earth-Prime, where Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Batwoman, Legends, and Black Lightning now all exist on the same Earth.

This is a big deal because before Crisis, the shows were on different Earths. Supergirl was on Earth-38. Black Lightning was separate. Now everything is merged. The heroes remember the old multiverse thanks to J’onn restoring their memories, but the rest of the world doesn’t know reality was rewritten.

There’s a memorial for Oliver, and this part tries to honor him. The heroes realize Oliver created this new world and gave them a future. That part works emotionally.

Then the Anti-Monitor comes back because apparently being erased at the dawn of time wasn’t enough. The heroes fight him again, and they defeat him by shrinking him forever, basically trapping him in a microscopic state. And I’m sorry, but for a villain who destroyed the multiverse, that ending feels kind of goofy.

The Anti-Monitor should be this cosmic nightmare. Instead, his final defeat feels weirdly small. It’s like defeating Thanos by putting him in a snow globe.

The final moments set up the Justice League-style table at the Hall of Justice, with chairs for Flash, Supergirl, Superman, Batwoman, White Canary, Black Lightning, Martian Manhunter, and Green Arrow. There’s even a Gleek tease, implying the Wonder Twins exist somewhere. That’s a fun final comic book nod.

And honestly, that ending idea is cool. The heroes have a shared base now. Earth-Prime exists. Oliver’s sacrifice created a united world. That is good on paper.

But looking back, the Arrowverse never fully capitalized on it the way it should have. Crisis created Earth-Prime, but then the shows kept going in their own directions, and the giant united universe idea didn’t become as big as it could have been. Part of that was real-world stuff, show cancellations, production issues, and the Arrowverse winding down, but still. Crisis feels like it sets up a new era that never fully becomes what it promises.

That’s why the event is frustrating.

It changes everything, but also somehow doesn’t feel like it changes enough.

It kills Oliver, but has to kill him twice because the first time was too rushed.

It pays off Barry’s Crisis tease, but not really.

It brings in Kevin Conroy, but as a dark Bruce that feels weirdly disappointing.

It brings in Smallville Clark, but gives him a peaceful ending that some fans hated.

It brings in Lucifer, which is fun but confusing.

It brings in Ezra Miller’s Flash, which is wild but also just makes you think Grant Gustin deserved better.

It introduces the Paragons, but that idea feels forced.

It gives us the Anti-Monitor, but he doesn’t feel as iconic or terrifying as he should.

And it expects you to watch all of this by jumping across five shows like you’re navigating a multiverse made of streaming tabs.

So yeah.

Crisis on Infinite Earths is not awful. There is a lot to like. It is ambitious, nostalgic, and sometimes genuinely emotional.

But it is also messy as hell.

It’s one of those events where the idea is bigger than the execution. The CW swung for the fences, and I respect that. But they also tripped over the bat, knocked over the dugout, and then asked me to switch to Batwoman Season 1 Episode 9 to see what happened next.

So with all that said?

I still give it a generous 7 out of 10.

Because even though I don’t care much for the whole event, I can admit it has moments.

But iconic?

Eh.

Not really.

More like “not-so-iconic, but definitely memorable because what the heck was all that?”