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Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Creature Commandos episode 6Creature Commandos episode 6 is the penultimate chapter ahead of the DCU's first season finale. Predominately starring Doctor Phosphorus (Alan Tudyk), flashbacks and new insights help explain why Alexander Startorius is Task Force M's most deadly and dangerous member by the episode's end. Likewise, the episode also features a major surprise appearance from the DCU's Batman himself.
As was shown in Creature Commandos episode 5, Task Force M returned to Pokolistan to kill Princess Illana Rostovic so that the future WWIII she starts according to Circe's vision never comes to pass. That said, Illana and her knights were alerted to the assassination attempt by Rick Flag and sent Task Force M scattering, as Rick refuses to believe that Rostovic is a danger and had also found evidence that something more is going on that has yet to be revealed. To that end, here's our recap and ending breakdown for Creature Commandos episode 6.
Creature Commandos Episodes 5 Spoilers & Key Story Takeaways
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- Creature Commandos episode 6 opens in Gotham City, where Alexander Sartorius is trying to escape crime boss Rupert Thorne and his men in a flashback.
- In the present, Doctor Phosphorus is in Polkolistan, on the run from Rostovic’s royal knights after Task Force M was separated in the previous episode.
- Nina and The Bride find each other and hide in a brothel, and are subsequently protected by the brothel's madam when the knights investigate.
- Rick Flag is hospitalized and in a coma following his fight with Clayface, while Eric takes over a plane and forces the pilots to take him to Pokolistan.
- Weasel is in the woods, and eventually befriends a pack of wolves.
- Flashbacks reveal Alex’s wife and son, and his desire to cure cancer via nuclear fusion. However, he needed Thorne’s funding, who was selling Alex's nuclear experiments and data to Bialya, an oppressive regime.
- Thorne killed Alex’s wife and son, making it look as though he murdered them before having Sartorius thrown in his own nuclear machine, wanting Alex dead after he gave Thorne false nuclear secrets to the Bialyans.
- Nina and the Bride save The Brothel from the metahuman duo known as the Craic Brothers.
- Continuing the flashback origins, Doctor Phosphorus uses his new nuclear power to kill Thorne, his family, and his men before taking over his criminal empire.
- Partying at the Ice Lounge, Doctor Phosphorus gets captured by Batman, explaining how he ended up in the hands of Waller.
- Phosphorus is shown playing with the girl who caught him hiding in her house in the present, just like he once played with his son.
- Eric arrives in Pokolistan, while Rostovic’s knights prepare for battle, and Task Force M reunites to storm the castle.
Creature Commandos Episode 6's Batman Debut Explained
Capturing Phosphorus in Gotham City
Exiting his nuclear machine powered by nuclear energy and completely unhinged, Alexander Sartotius becomes Doctor Phosphorus. Embarking on a major killing spree and hellbent on revenge in Creature Commandos episode 6's flashback sequences, Phosphorus took over Thorne's entire empire in Gotham, becoming a new crime lord in his own right. As such, it wasn't long before Doctor Phosphorus gained the attention of Batman himself, who is shown on the roof crashing Phosphorus' party at the Ice Lounge.
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Following his appearance among all the other dead heroes in Creature Commandos episode 4 and Circe's dark vision of the future, this marks the second time that Batman has made an appearance in the DCU. However, he remains in the shadows in this new episode, just like The Dark Knight's corpse was only shown from a distance in the previous episode. As such, the DCU's Caped Crusader still remains uncast ahead of the upcoming Brave and the Bold movie DC Studios has in development.
Doctor Phosphorus' Tragic Origins Explained
A Scientist Turned Supervillain
Tragically, Doctor Alexander Sartorius was trying to cure cancer with his nuclear fusion experiments, seeking to create a process that did less harm to the human body. However, his wife came from a nation with an oppressive government and took issue with Alex taking Rupert Thorne's money and research to sell to the fictional Middle Eastern nation in DC known as Bialya. Having given Thorne fake secrets and research, Alex is eventually caught. Having Alex's family murdered, Thorne intended to have Sartorius killed as well by his own nuclear device, only for the machine to turn Alex into the deadly and superpowered Doctor Phosphorus.
"It's no wonder that Doctor Phosphorus is one of Task Force M's most brutal and sadistic members, considering his incredibly dark and tragic past..."
With that in mind, it's so incredibly tragic to see Alex's descent into madness and supervillainy after losing his family and receiving his powers. Likewise, it's evident in the present that he still wishes his family were alive, though without them, he's become incredibly jaded and apathetic. As such, it's no wonder that Doctor Phosphorus is one of Task Force M's most brutal and sadistic members, considering his incredibly dark and tragic past.
Creature Commandos Episode 6 Ending Explained
Preparing For The Season Finale
At the episode's end, Nina and The Bride leave the brothel they'd been hiding in after saving it from the metahuman duo known as the Craic Brothers who both possessed electricity powers (who they killed). Likewise, Weasel befriended a pack of wolves but still wanted to find the Princess who'd been nice to him the first time Task Force M was in Pokolistan. As such, the fact that Princess Ilana reminds Weasel of the young girl he once knew from his own past (seen in Creature Commandos episode 4) could prove to be quite problematic in the imminent season finale.
It certainly doesn't seem like Weasel understands the reason why Task Force M has returned, which is to kill the princess and prevent WWIII according to Circe's vision. Likewise, Eric Frankenstein will likely become a key obstacle as well with the reveal at the episode's end that he too has returned to Pokolistan, seeking to warn The Bride about Clayface who'd been posing as the expert Waller brought in to confirm Circe's vision. Eric is hoping that this will finally reunite him with The Bride, whom he believes is his soul mate, though he's more than likely in for a rude awakening.
Having been pointed in the right direction by the family whose house he'd been hiding in, Doctor Phosphorus reunites with The Bride, Nina, and Weasel as all for members of Task Force M head toward Castle Rostovic, intending to kill the princess and presumably save the world. To that end, the slo-mo walk by the team at the very end of Creature Commandos episode 6 very much resembles the same slo-mo team shots in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad, a clear and easy signifier that it's all about to go down when the season finale of Creature Commandos airs next week.
The season finale of Creature Commandos is set to release next Thursday, January 9th on Max.
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