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Some easter eggs I noticed in tonight’s episode of The Flash – but I’m putting them in the comments section to avoid spoilers.

Back in 2011, Doctor Who and Sherlock both featured the main character apparently getting killed, leaving fans to figure out how he faked his death.

Right now, Doctor Who and Sherlock are both wrapping up 2015 with a threatening veiled undead woman.

Moreover, if you combine the adjective from the title of the upcoming Sherlock holiday special with the noun from the title of the 2012 Doctor Who holiday special, you get a 1967 Doctor Who story ….

Now that’s an album cover:

Jessica Jones and Supergirl are tonally such different shows that it’s easy to miss the similarities between them; but once you do notice them, they turn out to be pretty pervasive. (Note: SPOILERS for both shows.)

You’ve got the superpowered protagonist who lost her parents and has recently lacked the confidence to make full use of her powers …

Their expressions really do sum up the difference between the shows.

… her closest confidant and foster sister …

… who has serious mom issues …

… a costume based on the comics but rejected by the tv character as too revealing …

… a dweeby admirer …

… and a studly love interest …

… whose former partner makes everything complicated …

… a snide and creepily obsessive archenemy with snappy dress sense …

… a high-powered professional who’s arrogant, self-centered, and ruthless, but still somehow sympathetic …

… but not sympathetic enough to prevent a vengeful woman’s trying to kill her …

… plus, finally, a government guy who’s a villain in the comics yet seems like an ally here, though he definitely has something to hide:

As a fan of the original comics I’m pretty optimistic about this: