The Review at the End of the Universe
“The Race of his Life” Season 2 of The Flash comes to an end with Zoom’s master plan becoming clear and Team Flash having to find a way to stop him. Let’s talk about Zoom! He has been a problematic villain to say the least. At the beginning of the season he was a mysterious…
“Invincible” Zoom begins his campaign to bring chaos to Earth-1 when he unleashes a legion of Metahumans on the unsuspecting population in the second season penultimate episode of The Flash. The opening moments of this episode were visually excellent as we saw the Metahumans really tearing through Central City and setting up a problem that…
“The Runaway Dinosaur” Kevin Smith directs an episode of The Flash…oh and some stuff happens to the characters that populate this show. The reason I point out that Kevin Smith directed this one is that it seems to be a selling point for this episode from a marketing perspective but other than having a name…
“Rupture” Barry takes advice from all of his father figures as The Flash deals with the problem of Barry’s lost speed when Zoom begins a campaign to bring Earth-1 to its knees. Having a superhero TV series where the main character loses his abilities for two whole episodes is a really bold decision and risks…
“Back to Normal” Barry has to deal with not having his powers for an entire episode of The Flash as a metahuman captures Harry to make him pay for what the particle accelerator did to him. It’s an interesting idea as Harry is being made to pay for something that actually had nothing to do…
“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 Yesterday” Arrow concludes the two part crossover event started over on The Flash and finishes setting up Legends of Tomorrow by wrapping up Hawkman and Hawkgirl’s introductions. This episode was heavy on the mythology in a really good way. Seeing Prince Khufu and Priestess Shiera right where it all began and showing how their life forces became…
“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…
