Birds of Prey [Series 1,] Episode 8: Lady Shiva by AverageMansReviews

Birds of Prey [Series 1,] Episode 8: Lady Shiva by AverageMansReviews

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5 things about this episode

Warning: there are flashing effects/other effects/animal cruelty.

Storyline: it is mixed; the Batgirl and the connecting elements are good, but the Dinah Lance narrative is irritating.

Lady Shiva vs. Batgirl: so we have Gordon/Batgirl taking on Sandy Woosan/Lady Shiva one-on-one at the beginning of this episode; this action sequence is good.

Gordon/Batgirl's costume: this costume is situated in this secret location; encased in this see-through casing, which Gordon can open with a button on her wheelchair, it standing up on this basic design of a manikin eagerly waiting for its owner to take it out of retirement to fight again for justice; this is great art.

Birds of Prey have men in their lives: so they all have a man in their individual lives on some level now; do you know how boring this is? It is so incredibly boring; why do they have to have men in some capacity in their lives; they could make one of them bisexual or lesbian [this is speculation on my part; I know this TV program was made in the early 2000's, so I can partially understand why they didn't because somebody's sexuality was just becoming more accepted better and if the TV viewers took badly to this it would have been a TV ratings killer,] but anything would have been better than Dinah Lance narrative in this episode where she uses her abilities to get to know this boy [Matt] and let's be honest this boy is nothing special in fact he comes across as someone that has a very limited intelligence, but as long as he is good-looking that is all what matters, I mean what a great message to put over to your viewers Not; and let's make Lance's female friend a lesbian [Gabby] just for the cherry on the top of the cake [so they did it here, why not do it with one of the Birds of Prey?] So as you may guess I don't think too much to these character developments and yes I am aware in this section I have been contradictory as it relates to being lesbian; on one hand I can understand why they didn't; but on the other hand questioning why they didn't either? This is one of those occasions where on both sides I needed to be balanced even though by doing this; I would have successfully contradicted myself in the long run.

This episode receives: 5/10, this episode is mixed: this episode really could have done without the Dinah Lance narrative, because other than this you have a lot of good things happening or to see, but as things are this episode finds itself at this mark.