DC TV This Week – May 15 – 19, 2017

We’re down to the wire on Supergirl, The Flash, and Arrow while FOX’s Lucifer and Gotham are getting back up to speed.

So what’s happening with your favorite DC TV shows this week? Check it out below.

We’ve got photos, trailers, featurettes, and synopses from each of the five DC six DC Comics series currently on the air, and the times you can see them.

This week, Captain Barnes gets a facelift, Captain Cold returns to The Flash, Cat Grant makes her way back to Supergirl, and Arrow heads off to Lian Yu.

You can also look forward to most of these shows, as well as DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Riverdale, and Black Lightning, getting some attention on Thursday morning at The CW’s upfront presentation in New York.

Supergirl and Gotham air at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW and FOX, respectively; Lucifer airs tonight at 9 p.m. The Flash airs on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on The CW, followed by iZombie. Arrow airs Wednesday at 8 p.m. on The CW.

GOTHAM

Tonight’s episode of Gotham featured lots of juicy morsels to chew on. Mr. Freeze (Nathan Darrow) and Firefly (Camila Perez) made their returns. It was revealed that Bruce Wayne’s Indian Hill doppelganger has a shortened lifespan. As a nod to Catwoman’s origin in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns (1992), Selina was pushed out of a window, fell to the street below, and shown being nursed back to health by a horde of stray cats. And lastly, Jim became the newest member of The Court of Owls.

In the video above, check out a trailer for next Monday’s episode, which is titled “Light The Wick” and features Jim discovering The Court of Owls’ secret doomsday weapon.

Gordon discovers the weapon the Court of Owls will use to destroy Gotham, which leads him on a dangerous path as he tracks it down. Meanwhile, Kathryn (guest star Leslie Hendrix) and Temple Shaman (guest star Raymond J. Barry) reveal their next move to Bruce, and Ivy comes to Selina’s aid.

The regular cast features Ben McKenzie as Detective James Gordon, Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock, David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne, Morena Baccarin as Leslie Thompkins, Sean Pertwee as Alfred, Robin Lord Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin, Erin Richards as Barbara Kean, Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle/the future Catwoman, Cory Michael Smith as Edward Nygma/the future Riddler, Jessica Lucas as Tabitha Galavan, Chris Chalk as Lucius Fox, Drew Powell as Butch Gilzean, Maggie Geha as the future Poison Ivy, Michael Chiklis as Detective Nathaniel Barnes, and Benedict Samuel as Mad Hatter. 

The guest cast includes Leslie Hendrix as Kathryn, Camila Perez as Firefly, Raymond J. Barry as Temple Shaman, and BD Wong as Professor Hugo Strange.

The all-new “Heroes Rise: Light The Wick” episode of Gotham will air tonight at 8:00-9:01 PM ET/PT on FOX.

 

SUPERGIRL

In the latest featurette, Supergirl‘s co-executive producer Jessica Queller and executive producer Robert Rovner preview tonight’s “Resist” episode, which features Supergirl, the DEO, and Cadmus joining forces in an attempt to thwart the Daxamite invasion.

“At the end of the last episode, we saw the Daxamite invasion begin with the Daxamite super ship looming over National City,” Rovner explains in the video above. “The DEO is invaded and– Everything thing is invaded. The city is invaded. It’s chaos. J’onn J’onzz is still out from what Rhea did to him at the end of the previous episode. Alex is in charge. They’re trying to scramble, just trying to figure out they’re going to combat this threat, and they end up turning to an unlikely ally, Lillian Luthor. Also in that episode we have the return of President Marsden, played by Lynda Carter.”

Queller adds: “But my favorite part of this episode is the return of our incredible, formidable character, Cat Grant. We are so proud and we are so excited to have these three television iconcs in a showdown together: Teri Hatcher, Lynda Carter, and Calista Flockhart, battling for the future of the world”

In our slideshow below, check out a pair of “Resist” clips!

Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) grapples with whether or not to obey the President’s (guest star Lynda Carter) orders regarding Rhea’s (guest star Teri Hatcher) latest actions. Meanwhile, Cat Grant (Calista Flockhart) returns to National City.

Millicent Shelton directed the episode written by Jessica Queller & Derek Simon.

Distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. International Television Distribution, SUPERGIRL is executive produced by Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash), Ali Adler (The New Normal), Andrew Kreisberg (The Flash, Arrow) and Sarah Schechter (Blindspot, The Mysteries of Laura). Supergirl is based on the characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster and appearing in DC Comics, by special arrangement with the Jerry Siegel Family.

“Resist” episode of Supergirl airs tonight at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

 

LUCIFER

Lucifer returns tonight with a new episode, “God Johnson.”

When a grisly murder takes place at an insane asylum, the prime suspect calls himself God. After realizing that this man could actually be his father, Lucifer struggles with his feelings towards him and tries to find the truth, all while trying to discover who the real killer is.

Sherwin Shilati directed the episode, which was written by Jason Ning.

Lucifer is the story of the original fallen angel. Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals.

Lucifer is produced by Warner Bros. Television, in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Television. The series is based on characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg for DC Entertainment’s Vertigo imprint. Tom Kapinos (Californication) wrote and executive-produced the pilot. The series is executive-produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Ildy Modrovich and Joe Henderson.

The regular cast feaures Tom Ellis as Lucifer, Lauren German as Chloe, DB Woodside as Amenadiel, Lesley-Ann Brandt as Maze, Kevin Alejandro as Dan, Scarlett Estevez as Trixie, Rachael Harris as Linda Martin, Tricia Helfer as Charlotte, and Aimee Garcia as Ella. 

Lucifer airs Mondays at 9:01-10:00 PM ET/PT on FOX.

 

THE FLASH

The CW has released the official promotional photos for “Infantino Street,” next week’s episode of The Flash, which guest stars Wentworth Miller as Captain Cold.

The episode is named for Carmine Infantino, co-creator of the Barry Allen Flash, but it’s also the name of the street seen in Barry’s flash-forward to Iris West’s death in the midseason finale.

And because of the flash-forward nature of that episode, many of these images look familiar, including the showdown between Killer Frost and Vibe seen in the attached image gallery. Cold’s appearance is one of the biggest question marks, in that he wasn’t present in any of the flash-forwards and since audiences most recently saw him set back on the path to his noble death at the end of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow‘s second season just weeks ago.

You can check out the official synopsis below, and the images in the attached gallery.

With only 24 hours left until Savitar murders Iris (Candice Patton), Barry (Grant Gustin) struggles to save the woman he loves and makes the choice to use any means necessary to do so. Realizing he has one option left to save her, The Flash turns to Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller) for help.

Michael Allowitz directed the episode with story by Andrew Kreisberg and teleplay by Grainne Godfree.

iZOMBIE

The CW has released the official synopsis for “Dirt Nap Time,” the forthcoming seventh episode of iZombie‘s third season.

Perhaps the most interesting piece of information from it is that the episode itself will be co-directed by one of iZombie‘s stars, Rahul Kohli. This appears to be a recent trend for The CW shows, as the most recent episode of The Flash was directed by cast member Tom Cavanagh.

The episode features a guest appearance by Shenae Grimes, a Canadian actress best known for appearing on Degrassi: The Next Generation and The CW’s 90210 reboot. Grimes’ character enters the fold after the murder of her boyfriend – a preschool teacher with a bit too much charm.

“Dirt Nap Time” will also bring forth new challenges for both Peyton and Blaine, individually. Blaine’s storyline in particular should be interesting, since his character is dealing with both the team up between his father and Don-E, as well as potentially the effects of Ravi’s memory loss cure.

You can check out the official synopsis below:

SHENAE GRIMES (“90210”) GUEST STARS — When Liv (Rose McIver) and Clive (Malcolm Goodwin) work together to solve the murder of a very charming, but womanizing, preschool teacher, things get interesting when they bring his jealous girlfriend Piper (guest star Shenae Grimes) in for questioning. Meanwhile, Peyton (Aly Michalka) is assigned a very interesting case. Lastly, Blaine (David Anders) finds himself in a bad situation. Rahul Kohli and Michael Fields directed the episode written by Deirdre Mangan (#307). Original airdate 5/16/2017.

 

ARROW

“My friends have orders to kill yours,” Adrian Chase says to Oliver Queen in the extended trailer for next week’s ‘Missing’ episode. “I think you’re about to get a phone call.”

In last night’s episode of Arrow, Oliver was able to take down Prometheus by simply revealing that Chase’s father though his son was insane and, for that, wanted to legally disown him. And seeing as though Chase’s crusade against Oliver has been supposedly fueled by his need to avenge the death of his father, the revelation took the steam out of him. He even laid his sword on the ground and encouraged Oliver to put him out his misery. However, Oliver lost his appetite for killing — after Chase made him admit that he liked it — so Oliver brings him in to face justice.

Since Chase is always a step ahead of Team Arrow, this is all part of his master plan. As you can see in the trailer and photos released for the upcoming ‘Missing’ episode, Chase has Black Siren and Malcolm Merlyn going after each Team Arrow member.

Black Siren (Katie Cassidy) returns to help Chase (Josh Segarra). Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) organizes a birthday party for Oliver (Stephen Amell) while Lance (Paul Blackthorne) is furious after Rene (Rick Gonzalez) misses the custody hearing for his daughter.

Mairzee Almas directed the episode written by Speed Weed & Oscar Balderrama

Based on the characters from DC, ARROW is from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg Berlanti (The Flash, Supergirl), Marc Guggenheim (Eli Stone, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters), Andrew Kreisberg (The Flash, Supergirl), Wendy Mericle (Desperate Housewives, Eli Stone) and Sarah Schechter (Supergirl, Blindspot).