[Jester]

The last 2 episodes wrapped up way to easily for me. I figured once Earth-X was revealed it'd be more than just a "mirror to modern America" they immediately escape but the main threat of the season. WRONG.

I'll admit Cena's performance is probably the best part of the episode, but he sure got over the, "I'm the angel of death" emotional trauma as soon as the 11th Streeters all told him how awesome he is.
I mean the final (and longest, as promoted by Gunn himself) episode really only did a few things:

1. Chris arrested.(though this happened last episode)
2. Chris released on bail thanks to Adebayo (and Vigilante's amassed blood money).
3. The gang finds Chris after he bails on them and they give him a pep-talk.
4. The gang forms Checkmate. (You wanna talk waste of episode time talk to me about Tim Meadows and Vigilante talking about spider facts.)
5. Chris is kidnapped and sent to the Not-Phantom Zone.

Everything else is just filler...except maybe Chris and Harcourt's dates.

And were they setting up that Flag Sr. is from one of the alt-dimensions? His behavior (like Economos says in his conversation with Harcourt about being so chummy with Luthor and his cronies) and how he reacted to Harcourt calling him General instead of Rick.

Also Gunn says this runs right into Man of Tomorrow, but does that mean you have to have watched Peacemaker Season 2 to follow MoT? If so that seems like a steep Demographic whiplash. I mean, Peacemaker is TV-MA (including a montage over the song F***ing my Heart in the A** in this very episode). MoT (like nearly every mainstream superhero movie) is likely going to be PG-13, but you know younger kids will be brought by their parents. I'm not sure how much, aside from the dimensional gateways and the meta prison, will play a part in MoT.

I'm really not sure I'm feeling James Gunn's DCU (brought to you by Carl's Jr.)