And Now To Wait Until Next Season...

This is it, folks. Tonight's the last episode of the first season of Who Wants To Be A Superhero?, along with my last review until season two starts. We're down to the wire, so let's see how things turn out.

As we saw last week, Feedback and Fat Momma are our finalists. We open with them preparing breakfast, when Stan The Man pops up on a monitor and announces that the two remaining heroes would be learning how to fly. They were taken to what Feedback described as a "superhero fantasy camp," where they were introduced to a stunt coordinator that worked on the Spider-Man movies and hooked up to a harness for some wirework. After enjoying that for a little while, they moved into some fight coordination (including a mock fight between them) before jumping off a big swing in front of a green screen. Well, Feedback did some jumps, but Fat Momma chickened out because she was scared of getting hurt. Can't really hold that against her, because I probably would have been the same way. They wrapped up with a little flying in front of the green screen, then headed back to the lair.

At the lair, Stan spoke to Fat Momma and Feedback seperately, asking each of them who their hero was. Feedback answered with Stan Lee himself, as he drew much inspiration from Stan's comics after his dad died. Meanwhile, Fat Momma's hero was her own ailing father. The two interviews were rather short, so we quickly transitioned to the final elimination ceremony. But instead of being held on the rooftop as usual, it was held in front of an audience at the CityWalk at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Both Fat Momma and Feedback were introduced to the audience with mock movie trailers filmed at the superhero fantasy camp earlier in the episode. They were pretty much the two heroes doing some goofy scenes and interacting with stock footage from Sci-Fi Channel productions, with Dark Enforcer making cameos in both of the trailers. And if you ask me, both of them were hilariously lame, but Fat Momma's was way worse.

We went to a commercial break after their introductions, and when we returned, Stan proclaimed it was time to announce who the last superhero to turn in their costume would be. And the final loser was... Fat Momma. That, of course, means Feedback is your winner. Fat Momma gave him a congratulatory speech that sounded like it was written on cue cards, and turned in her costume. Their families and the contestants eliminated previously all came out to congratulate them (even Dark Enforcer, who apparently returned to his old Iron Enforcer gimmick), and even Stan Lee showed up to congratulate Feedback in person. Roll credits.

So the first season has ended, and Feedback is "the next great superhero." It's too bad I'm not around any comic book shops, because I would buy at least the first issue of Feedback's comic. And I'm looking forward to seeing how his movie turns out too. I'll admit that Feedback wasn't my first choice or even my second one, but I'm satisfied with him being the winner. It definitely beats Fat Momma, in any event.

I'm looking forward to season two, should Stan Lee and the Sci-Fi Channel decide to do it. And I'd totally watch it, because I'm having fun doing these little recaps. But until then, true believers, excelsior.