Barry and Iris’s wedding brings the gang together, but things go awry when villains from Earth-X attack the ceremony.

Arrow switches to a new night for the second part of the “Crisis on Earth-X” four part crossover. The episode is much more filled with action as everyone attempts to figure out what has happened and why it has happened.

We get motivation for the Nazi versions of our heroes at the end of the episode and it left me scratching my head (they haven’t invented the artificial heart on Earth-X?). So, in that aspect, the event doesn’t really help itself at all. The bad guys are still rather silly and with the new motivation it’s all a bit sillier even when it comes to super villain motivations. Leaving it as “we want to conquer you” would have been fine enough.

Still, the episode delivers reveals as we see who’s under the masks and what I’m sure is meant as big reveals falls a bit flat. Who else would be under the masks!? It’s another Earth!? Wouldn’t it just be the same folks on that Earth!? So, what is supposed to be big moments don’t really come off that way.

And we get lots of faceoffs as the heroes take on the villains and as things go that’s generally good. Though, there’s some really questionable directing. Supergirl strikes a pose on her hips after throwing a bad guy. A fish lens is used in a close up fight confusing what would normally be a chaotic scene even more. There’s a lot of heroes standing around watching others do things when they should be in there fighting. It’s just odd small choices that add up.

Things aren’t horrible though. The second part of the arc is entertaining in its own way and as long as you don’t focus too much on those details, it’s entertaining enough but misses the fun spark of the first chapter. Nothing really jumps out as excellent. It’s a lot of mediocre that feels like things are just getting us to the next chapter in the story.

Overall rating: 6.95