Naomi

Naomi – Who Am I?

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  • Title: Naomi – Who Am I?
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The finale of Naomi sends the show’s title character back to her Earth to deal with the boogeyman Brutus (Ray Porter) whose minions have kidnapped her parents and allies as leverage. With only her high school friends as support, Naomi (Kaci Walfall) manages to free the others and make a stand against against the monster responsible for destroying the world she was born on before returning home to face the reveal of an awful truth that will apparently end not only the season but the series as well (as the show has not been renewed for a second season). Hitting the hero’s journey moments over the course of the episode, Naomi ends the episode in far more control of her powers, and a better understanding of what it means to be a hero, than at any point in the series.

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Naomi: Season Two #1

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While the television adaptation of the character continues to flounder on The CW, Naomi returns to comics with a new six-issue mini-series primarily focused on the character’s new normal which includes being in the Justice League with the likes of Superman and Black Canary, getting a better control over her powers, continuing her therapy, and struggling with her relationship with her parents given all of the recent reveals.

Speaking of her parents, the first issue here hints of a theme introduced in the TV-show involving the possibility of her father working for some agency hunting aliens (like himself and his adopted daughter). Seeing how this is one many incredibly lame changes the show made to the backstory of the characters, here’s hoping I’m wrong with what seems to be foreshadowed and that’s not where this new season is headed.

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Naomi – Enigma

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  • Title: Naomi – Enigma
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After discovering that her parents knew she arrived from another world, Naomi McDuffie (Kaci Walfall) sets out to learn as much about her murky origins as possible. The flashbacks to “Enigma” are underwhelming to say the least, especially compared to how the reveal works in the original comics. I’m not sure if Naomi’s parents are still hiding more details from her (like say one of her parents also not being from this world) or if the episode’s writing is simply substandard and will continue to recon story and plot at random as the series has done repeatedly since the first episode to offer underwhelming reveals.

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Naomi – Zero to Sixty

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  • Title: Naomi – Zero to Sixty
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While searching for answers about herself and her connection to the mysterious disc, Naomi McDuffie (Kaci Walfall) gets stuck in a bit of cliched teenager loop getting herself into trouble and not coming clean to her parents about the reasons why. As for her parents, despite initially seeming to have no conception of their adopted daughter’s origins, “Zero to Sixty” seems to quickly reverse course for the series (even if the big reveal is far less impressive or emotional that what we got in the original comic).

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Naomi – Unidentified Flying Object

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  • Title: Naomi – Unidentified Flying Object
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The second episode of Naomi continues to make some pretty substantial changes to the comic as Dee (Alexander Wraith) becomes more mentor to Naomi McDuffie (Kaci Walfall) than just her introduction to a brand-new world. Her parents’ casual disinterest in Naomi’s current “school project” (looking into the UFO sighting on the day she was adopted) seems to suggest they aren’t aware of their adopted daughter’s origins (or maybe just oblivious to what’s happening?). If true, that’s a shame as some of the comic’s best moments come within those shared family reveals which further open up Naomi’s world.

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