Alas, I didn't find the musical ep (or roughly a half of it, anyway) worth the wait at all. Even the above friendship song was badly marred by the weird shade thrown at Clark. Is Kara really still pissy about his relative popularity? If so, lame. And Barry saying he doesn't find him impressive, even being tongue-in-cheek? Seemed out of character. Meanwhile, the Iris and Mon-El dream characters (and Mon-El isn't a Kryptonian? Huh?) had zero development, and the number with the dads was pointless because we don't care about any of them, none of whom are real. Meanwhile, Barry and Kara look like total dolts for thinking there wouldn't be a gang war. Has Barry even seen that West Side Story musical he referenced? Of course rival gangs are going to have a fight! Instead of telling a half-assed and pointless story, the whole experience should have been contained to the theater, and should have resolved with a song, not some random shootout in which the stupid lovers don't even appear. Meanwhile, the Earth-1 hero battle was the most interesting thing to happen after the big nightclub number by far, which was rather unfortunate.
Also: the Music Meister said Barry and Kara had to finish the musical to escape, but if that's true, what happened to the lovers? That's not an ending to the musical at all! This is shit writing, folks, and we deserve better.
And then we got that Barry solo at the end, which, apart from the song itself being hot, stinking garbage, featured singing which was badly mismatched with Gustin's blocking. (For instance: as his voice soared, Barry looked downwards, thereby constricting his windpipe.) The cumulative effect was jarring, amateurish, and lame.
In sum: As with the "Invasion!" crossover, I must applaud the ambition, but place a whoopee cushion on the execution's seat. Meanwhile, Barry/Iris still sucks.
