Freedom Fighters: The Ray
Series, 2017, Crossovers, Set in Earth-X
Freedom Fighters: The Ray is #7 of 10 in release order and #7 of 10 in chronological order in the Arrowverse.
The story
Reporter Raymond "Ray" Terrill is investigating a group of government scientists who are developing a weapon using light, when he is attacked with a "genetic light bomb" that ends up bestowing him with light-based super powers.
Freedom Fighters: The Ray recap
This is an animated web series in two short seasons. In season 1, on Earth-X, a world where the Nazis won the Second World War, the Freedom Fighters lose a battle to the New Reichsmen, Overgirl, Blitzkrieg and Black Arrow, and the Ray of Earth-X escapes through a breach to Earth-1. There he finds his double, Ray Terrill, a fair housing worker, passes his light powers and the cortex of the android Red Tornado to him, and dies. Ray, still hiding that he is gay from his parents, tests his powers with a coworker and takes the name the Ray. The season ends with Ray drugged before a date. In season 2, his captors turn out to be Cisco, Mister Terrific, Green Arrow and the Flash, who train him, and Ray comes out to his parents. Overgirl steals the cortex.
Freedom Fighters: The Ray ending explained
Ray is sent to Earth-X to warn the resistance that the Nazis have found their base. The Freedom Fighters defeat and capture the Reichsmen and learn where the Reich chancellor is, leading into the live-action crossover Crisis on Earth-X, where Ray fights alongside the Arrowverse heroes.
Ratings
IMDb 5.9/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after DC's Legends of Tomorrow, before Black Lightning.
- Chronological order: after DC's Legends of Tomorrow, before Black Lightning.
What to watch before Freedom Fighters: The Ray
In release order, the essentials before Freedom Fighters: The Ray (2017) are Arrow (2012), The Flash (2014), Supergirl (2015), and DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016). Freedom Fighters: The Ray itself is optional in the Arrowverse order.
Cast
- Russell Tovey as Ray Terrill / The Ray (voice)
- Jason Mitchell as John Trujillo / Black Condor (voice)
- Dilshad Vadsaria as Jenny Knight / Phantom Lady (voice)
- Sunil Malhotra as Jacob (voice)
- Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Mrs. Terrill (voice)
- Christopher Corey Smith as Donald (voice)
- Bruce Thomas as Robert Terrill (voice)
- Iddo Goldberg as Tornado Rojo (voice)
- Matthew Mercer as Flecha Negra (voice)
- Scott Whyte as Blitzkrieg (voice)