The Review at the End of the Universe
“The Reverse-Flash Returns” The Flash brings back Eobard Thawne at an earlier part in his timeline than Barry faced last season and his arrival brings complications for Team Flash. It’s confirmed that every theory I had last week was wrong. That’s not a problem as it’s good to have things turn out differently than predicted…
“Potential Energy” The Flash returns after a long hiatus with an episode that is broadly back to basics as Team Flash deal with a metahuman from Earth-1 to give us a break from all of the Earth-2 threats that have been prominent this season. Zoom is still on everyone’s mind but he doesn’t really feel like…
“Running to Stand Still” The Flash caps off 2015 with a midseason finale featuring a villain team-up of Weather Wizard and the Trickster who unite with one simple goal, kill the Flash. It was a pretty simple villain story but no less effective for being one. The long and short of it is that Weather…
“Legends of Today” The Flash kicks off the second annual two night crossover event with a story that introduces us to Vandal Savage (Casper Crump), Hawkman (Falk Hentschel) and Hawkgirl while still finding time to progress the lingering season arc. Kendra is the catalyst for bringing the two teams together as she is targeted by Vandal…
“Gorilla Warfare” Grodd returns to The Flash at the worst possible time. With Barry incapacitated it is up to Team Flash to use their collective genius to stop Grodd without the benefit of Barry’s speed. I mentioned last season that the visual effects for Grodd were excellent and this episode proves that it wasn’t a fluke….
“Enter Zoom” After several teases, The Flash finally gives audiences a proper look at the mysterious Zoom and shows him to be a villain that is not to be taken lightly. This episode actually reminded me a lot of “Rogue Air” in that the expectations for the episode were for the conflict with the villain but…
“The Darkness and the Light” Earth-2 Harrison Wells makes his presence known to the Flash and his team with the promise of being able to help them take on Zoom as another Earth-2 Metahuman is sent to kill Barry. I’m going to call Earth-2 Harrison Wells Harry because that’s how Cisco refers to him and…
“The Fury of Firestorm” The Flash deals with the absence of Ronnie Raymond by giving Professor Stein another person to merge with to become Firestorm again. There’s a lot going on in this episode but I’ll start with the main story. It’s been a recurring plot that Professor Stein has been having difficulties following his…
“Family of Rogues” The Flash takes a break from alternate realities and Zoom to bring back Wentworth Miller’s Captain Cold to deepen the antagonistic relationship between the two characters. Having a character driven episode come right after a big plot establishing episode with big ideas is perfect placement. If the show keeps getting the character…
