I don't really see them making Beth a "guy in the chair" when they went to the trouble of giving her a costume. Granted, she seems even less useful in the field than Curtis did on Arrow.
God, no.
I hate 'the Person in the chair' cliche, and Beth deserves a lot more than just slapping her hands on a tabletop and shouting out nonsense plot mechanics in a generic CW warehouse space.
I like her development so far, she seems to be leaning more and more towards being the detective of the team. Trailing clues and what not.
I think Brainy Jr's death is another important moment, narratively. It showed the whole team just what exactly they're up against. The ISA is no joke, and will stop at nothing to achieve their goals.
I liked the character, but his sacrifice was noble and he went out a hero. Bringing him back would lessen that.
Leaving him dead is worse, imo. Unless they're just planning this whole thing to end soon.
I still think they're eventually going to play with timey wimey stuff so things will get undone.
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I don't know -- sacrificing one's self and then coming back is pretty common in comic book mythology -- and it would add a lot of drama if he comes back on the bad side -- at least in the short-term. They need a heavy hitter, though. So if he's not coming back -- it's time for Jade to enter the picture.
This episode makes it clear that the kids are way out of their depth dealing with lethal level opponents Unless Courtney is firing killing blasts, they aren't going to take a fight. Saying they are going to take the ISA in makes no sense. In her world, calling the Feds isn't an option? Why?
Icicle, Brainwave and Grundy will take them apart if they tried. Brainwave had the power to just rip their heads off but the fight was superhero cliches of pushing people around.
I'm never happy with plots of a supervillain to take over a city or even some states. That seems a way to eat a cruise missile or nuclear barrage. Unless Brainwave can stop a saturation attack, they are toast.
I hate it as much as the next person trust me. I just don't have faith that once they move to the CW that these MMORPG group like cliche roles will come to pass and you might as well have her do it. As some one else commented if she takes on a more detective CSI kinda role that is more than dependent on Chuck, I can welcome that. Right now, she is the most useless character they have.