![]() ![]() At least that’s what Abra Kadabra and Savitar told him. Rewind a bit…Clifford DeVoe has been described as one of The Flash’s greatest enemies. Barry ( Grant Gustin) has been framed, and we aren’t exactly sure as to why. Truly, a Christmas gift for all of us.The Flash returns from winter break to deal with the aftermath of Clifford DeVoe’s ( Neil Sandilands) death. It's literally all I wanted from a Flash episode and it never got lost on its way to that target. There's some changes to the team dynamic and maybe we can just be done with Julian now? Then everyone has a nice party and gets drunk. It's a perfect use of restraint in an episode that really needed it, and this mid-season point leaves us wanting more without having to breathlessly plow through more TV - which is a great call after the gigantic cross-over. ![]() The episode lets us just enjoy some time with these characters, do some delightful Christmas nonsense, and then ends without feeling the need to pile on extra threats or stakes. Then the episode just trails off into a delightful sequence of Christmas celebrations shared by the entire Team Flash and cleverly using powers and problems and love. He isn't sure what to do with this information, so he doesn't really do anything. This is the line of diplomacy that every episode should begin with.įollowing an accidental trip into the future, Barry returns with the knowledge that the midseason finale of this season of The Flash involves Savitar stabbing Iris West through the heart - a thing that seems to happen to all the women in Barry's life. Look, it doesn't matter which time period of Barry you hate, I think we can just all agree that he’s not the best. Maybe Flashpoint shouldn’t have taken place over a single episode? Also, like most other Big Bads, it turns out he's mad at Barry for things future Barry has done. A few minutes later, they let Savitar into Julian's body so he can threaten everyone. Science!Ĭisco betrays the team when a magic box makes him think his brother is alive again, and then closes the box and saves everyone because Cisco is the only character on this show who is never overwhelmingly dumb for Plot Reasons. The befuddled Albert, who had written a paper on Savitar that apparently didn't turn up on Google until today, agrees to help the team solve their Savitar problem by getting possessed by the angry speedster god. So yet again, we're hiding our strongest superhero on this show.įollowing a battle with Doctor Alchemy and Savitar, Barry takes Julian Albert prisoner, and immediately reveals his secret identity, because Barry is bad at thoughts and ideas. Maybe Flashpoint shouldn’t have taken place over a single episode? CWĪnyway, HR warns Wally to not reveal his speed because "You do not trifle with the West household" - which should be the intro audio clip for Watch The Throne 2, should those nice boys ever become friends again. ![]() Why aren't the weird speed gods from the future all trying to kill Kid Flash then? But simultaneously, HR is training said newly minted speedster Wally, who it turns out is already faster than Flash? Okay. Speedster doesn't like Flash because Flash is fast and wants to race/kill him. then there is more talking but you already know this song and dance. Garrick just happens to have all the background information on Savitar, who is The First Meta Speedster and. I am alone in my delight and that is how I prefer it. This is the best joke that The Flash has ever done and no one appreciates it but me. On Earth 3, the Trickster is a real Jared Leto Hot Topic nightmare version, played by the actor who has been our best Joker actor. In the process he runs into Mark Hamill's Trickster trying to murder some folks. The Flash teams up with his superhero pals to finally take on some aliensīarry hops over to Earth 3 to grab Jay Garrick for some Savitar help. We don't have time for this, because it is Christmas! There's a Philosopher's Stone and Doc Alc doesn't super remember any of the time he spends being an evil super-villain. Finally, we know where Savitar comes from and it is stupid. We're also shown a flashback to four years ago, when Julian Albert was working as a dumb Indiana Jones rip-off in India and accidentally Necronomicon'd himself with a weird evil God. (This is a reference to a movie you should've seen by now.) It's just another example of a city that seems annoyingly good at moving past extinction-level events. Some people are buried under paperwork, but like, Arrival hasn't happened. We're returned to a post-alien invasion city that seems shockingly unchanged. Which is a relief after the season the show has been having. It's too much to do in a Christmas episode (of all things) and shockingly The Flash gets 85 percent of it done. One week after the gigantic crossover event, we have a mid-season finale that needs to tie up a lot of loose ends and promise the viewers that it gets better. ![]()
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