History Recap / JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E12DividedWeFall

-->'''Superman''': "I'm not the man who killed President Luthor. Right now, [[BeingGoodSucks I wish to Heaven that I were, but I'm not]]."

-->'''Superman''':"I'm not the man who killed President Luthor. Right now, [[BeingGoodSucks I wish to Heaven that I were, but I'm not]]."

-->"I'm not the man who killed President Luthor. Right now, [[BeingGoodSucks I wish to Heaven that I were, but I'm not]]."

** Flash's Justice Lord counterpart is made to look like Professor Zoom and Hunter Zolomon/Zoom.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: After Lexiac escapes, the League's attempts to track their movements fail. So, they have to review the scant evidence they have to figure out where they could possibly be headed. Shayera posits they left Brainaic weakened and damaged, meaning he'll need to repair himself. Diana's counterargument is that Brainiac might just dump Luthor and find himself a new body. However, Clark -- knowing Brainiac as well as he does -- agrees with Shayera's assessment and that he'll seek out the highest technology available. And since he's fled LexCorp, J'onn thinks that means he'll go for S.T.A.R.. Labs -- until Waller argues it ''has'' to be Cadmus. Shayera and Batman realize Waller's right; after all, this incarnation of Brainiac's now nanotech. And the most advanced nanotech currently on the planet are the remnants of the Dark Heart, which Cadmus confiscated the previous year.

* DropTheHammer: Green Lantern finishes Shayera's Justice Lord construct by repeatedly hitting her with a giant hammer. The real Shayera accuses him of enjoying it a little too much.

-->'''Brainiac''': I have learned from my encounter with Darkseid that Organic Beings cannot be trusted.
-->'''Lex Luthor''': [[HumansAreBastards I can't argue with that.]] But if you and I are one, ''truly one''; trust won't be an issue will it?
-->'''Brainiac''': Agreed.

* TheReveal: Luthor has been an unwitting pawn of Brainiac for years -- or more specifically since mid-STAS circa "Ghost in the Machine". When Brainiac shot Luthor late in that episode, the blast carried a nanotech copy of his program. This copy of Brainiac has laid dormant in the years since and subtly influenced Lex's body (curing his cancer) and actions (the construction of a new AMAZO host body).

* TrashTheSet: Lexcorp Tower, a staple of Lex Luthor's business ever since the second episode of WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries ends up destroyed by Brainiac (who had built a starship to try escaping inside the upper levels of the tower).

* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: The founding Leaguers take on Brainthor alone, though it's justified. Half of the League is temporarily marooned on the Watchtower, as the Ultimen wrecked the available Javelins and the teleporters are again on the fritz (and even if they weren't, everyone on the Watchtower's bruised and run ragged after the Ultimen fight). The other half are still providing relief efforts at Cadmus ground zero on the other side of the country. Green Arrow outright states that even mobilizing at top speed, they're still over an hour away and won't make it in time.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: After Lexiac escapes, the League's attempts to track their movements fail. So, they have to review the scant evidence they have to figure out where they could possibly be headed. Shayera posits they left Brainaic weakened and damaged, meaning he'll need to repair himself. Diana's counterargument is that Brainiac might just dump Luthor and find himself a new body. However, Clark -- knowing Brainiac as well as he does -- agrees with Shayera's assessment and that he'll seek out the highest technology available. And since he's fled LexCorp, J'onn thinks that means he'll go for S.T.A.R.. Labs -- until Waller argues it ''has'' to be Cadmus. Shayera realizes Waller's right; after all, this incarnation of Brainiac's now nanotech. And the most advanced nanotech on the planet is the Dark Heart...which Cadmus foolishly confiscated the previous year.

* {{Callback}}:
** Brainiac recalls how [[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E1And2Twilight Darkseid double-crossed him]].

As the League regains consciousness, Flash stands, unsteady, and then fades completely away, to the horror of his teammates. Luthor weakly gloats that he did indeed kill Flash. But now is the moment of truth for an enraged, grieving Superman: He seizes Luthor, and his eyes glow red. Wonder Woman moves to intervene, but Batman stops her as this is Superman's decision. Superman's eyes return to normal and he releases his grip on Luthor, to the villain's genuine surprise. At the end of the day, Superman is not a Justice Lord – No matter how much he wishes he could do what that one did at this moment. Then J'onn shouts that Flash is still alive, and he can sense Flash telepathically. Shayera reaches in the direction J'onn is pointing, and her hand touches a portal to some other dimension, the "Speed Force", into which Flash has been taken. From within, Flash is enraptured with the realm, which is "calling him home" and wants to give in to it. Alarmed, Shayera shouts for him to resist it and seizes his hand, with all six Leaguers form a chain with Batman as the anchor, and it takes all their combined strength and will to pull Flash back into reality. Flash mentions if he ever goes that fast again, he won't be able to come back. A short distance away, a relieved Waller tells the President to call off the air strike against Brainiac.

* DeathSeeker: After Lex is no longer merged with Brainiac, he goads Superman into killing him by gloating about how he supposedly just killed the Flash. Recognizing that Lex is trying to stain Superman’s integrity as consolation for losing, Superman notes he wishes he was the kind of Superman that could kill Lex but ultimately isn’t and spares his life.

* EnemyMine: With Brainaic now exposed, Waller and the League have to join forces to try and stop him and Lex.

Having had enough exposition, the League attacks, but the Luthor/Brainiac hybrid knocks the League and Waller out of the building. Superman fights the hybrid, but it is able to convert the building into mechanical constructs, with which he eventually overpowers the League, planning to digitize any individual knowledge they have, then delete their physical forms. But J'onn J'onzz phases free of the restraints and smashes Brainiac's body, freeing the League. As his final move, Brainiac converts the entire top of the [=LexCorp=] tower into an enormous skull-like robot ship, and attacks again. The Justice Leaguers swarm an attack the ship at all sides before the combined power of Superman and Green Lantern destroy the ship. It seems the threat is over, but Batman immediately claims the fight was too easy, and the League realizes the attack was only a diversion and Luthor/Brainiac is nowhere to be found.

* FriendshipMoment: After Flash vanishes, Superman has the opportunity to kill Lex in response. Wonder Woman is about to intervene, but Batman stops her, as he absolutely certain that Superman will do the right thing and spare Lex on his own. He is proven right.

-->'''Flash''': ''Never doing that again.''