TV SERIES Review: Harley Quinn S1E8 – L.O.D.R.S.V.P ⭐️⭐️⭐️½

Season 1
DC Universe exclusive
January 17, 2019

Episode 8 – “L.O.D.R.S.V.P”

Harley & crew of King Shark, Clayface and Dr. Psycho rob the Atlantian jewels only to have Aquaman appear and try and foil their thieving plot.

Aquaman and his dolphin sidekick are introduced in S1:E8 – “L.O.D.R.S.V.P”

Aquaman almost succeeds in getting the jewels back, only to have the arrival of Poison Ivy ensnare him in poisonous kelp (“Did somebody ask for kelp?” — lol!).

Ivy snares Aquaman in the opening sequence

The successful heist draws an invite from the Legion Of Doom (L.O.D) and Harley’s crew. Harley is ecstatic and they visit the L.O.D lair in hopes of Harley getting invited.

You’ll have to watch the episode to see if Harley and her crew make it into L.O.D officially or this is just another tease, whether or not there is an advance in the Kite Man and Ivy subplot, if Aquaman reclaims the stolen jewels and more in this 22 minutes of adult animated goodness.

This episode introduces a couple of new conflicts involving the main characters. With next week being episode #9, we’re closing in on the third act of the first season. The stakes are appropriately getting raised.

This episode wasn’t as funny as some of the others, sort of a middle of the road view for me. Enjoyable and entertaining, yes, but likely not to be in the top 5 episodes by the end of the first season. I do like the twisted Aquaman portrayal.

Overall episode rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️½

Season 1 Episode Ranking (through 8 episodes)

1. S1:E1 – Til Death Do Us Part ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. S1:E7 – The Line ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
3. S1:E2 – A High Bar ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
4. S1:E4 – Being Harley Quinn ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. S1:E8 – L.O.D.R.S.V.P ⭐️⭐️⭐️½ (current episode)
6. S1:E5 – Finding Mr. Right ⭐️⭐️⭐️½
7. S1:E3 – So You Need a Crew ⭐️⭐️⭐️
8. S1:E6 – You’re a Damn Good Cop, Jim Gordon ⭐️⭐️½

Future season one episode anticipated release dates (these are not confirmed dates as of this posting):

• S1E9 – 1/24/2020
• S1E10 – 1/31/2020
• S1E11 – 2/7/2020 also the release of Birds of Prey live action movie.
• S1E12 – 2/14/2020
• S1E13 – 2/21/2020 — the season one finale