Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Harley Quinn Season 5, episode 8
Harley Quinnseason 5, episode 8 sees Harley and Ivy on the outs at the worst time. Having taken over Brainiac’s skull ship and technology, Lena Luthor intends to shrink the entire city of Metropolis while remaking it into her own image. To that end, she intentionally set events in motion to keep Harley and Ivy divided, knowing full well that they’re stronger when they’re together.
Picking up right whereHarley Quinnseason 5, episode 7left off, Poison Ivy is enraged that Harley trusted Lena to help save her life, as Lena had murderedFrank the Plantbackstage at Clayface’s Brainiac musical. Now, Lena has taken Frankette hostage to keep Harley and Ivy further divided.This leads to two separate trials for Harley and Ivy in this new episode, so here’s our recap, ending explained, and the few Easter eggs/references we found inHarley Quinnseason 5, episode 8.
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Metropolis Has Already Been Shrunk
After Ivy fails getting to Lena on her own and Harley escapes her father who subsequently died in the crossfire of her fight with Lena’s goons, the two reconcile and work together to save Metropolis and get Frankette back. Discovering how much Lena hates her brother (and secretly cares what he thinks), Ivy and Harley break Lex out of Blackgate to use him as leverage, hoping that Lex will be able to get through to Lena and hopefully give them enough time to stop her.However, Lena has already shrunk and bottled the city by the time they make it back to Metropolis.
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With two episodes left inHarley Quinnseason 5, there’s still plenty of time for Metropolis to be unshrunk and restored to the way it was. However, that doesn’t mean that it’s going to be easy. Lena has essentially become the new Brainiac in this version of the DC Universe, and the level of power she now wields with the Coluan’s technology and army of automatons is quite impressiveby the end ofHarley Quinnseason 5, episode 8.
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