WOAH. If this was old-school TV, there would have been a "To be continued..." tag at the end of this bad boy. The Flash is still going strong and moving at a speed comfortable for audiences while still allowing characters to grow and stories to develop. AND HOLY SHIT THAT CLIFFHANGER. There some (possibly unintentionally) awesome homages tonight. Let's play catchup with The Flash.
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JESUS CHRIST ON A CRACKER. The ending ends with a bang (presumably to makeup for Barry's lack of fornication, ayooo). Handling the origin of Firestorm within the confines of a season already establishing the origin of Barry Allen as The Flash is ballsy. It's a huge surprise to me that it's paying off as well as it is. Ronnie getting the spotlight tonight was a welcome change of pace from the "villain of the week" stories. The Flash does those better than most shows on TV so it's not a complaint so much as a notification. Oh, and Ronnie/Professor Stein turned into a NUCLEAR BOMB.
Whether or not the plot of this episode was ripped off from Heroes season 1 finale "How to Stop an Exploding Man" is of no consequence when you pull it off this well. How to Stop an Exploding Ronnie was surprisingly thrilling for an episode with no central villain. We got a sneak peek at someone I presume will be a centerpiece of next week's episode, General Eiling (FUCK YEAH, CLANCY BROWN). Eiling's presence appears to be vital to the show's mythology moving forward. In fact everything seems vital. Even on-off stories like last week with Peek-A-Boo, all these characters feel important to the story being told.
Even the damn relationship business is entertaining! I enjoy seeing Barry struggle try to maintain a relationship between himself and one of Iris' co-workers. I swear I'll remember her name soon enough. Iris coming between Barry and her co-worker was odd. I guess they're really going to stick with the budding romance (which I'm all for as long as it's played well). It's just a bit unclear as to whether she always had these feelings and didn't realize it, or merely is getting jealous of someone else taking up Barry's time. I would like it if they just remained friends by this point as that seems the healthier response.
Cisco and Joe teaming up on a CSI adventure is sweet on its own. When Joe's secret investigation into Well's past conflicts with Cisco's feelings for his mentor, you see the cracks beneath this tight-knit STAR Labs family coming to the forefront. Apart from the heavy dramatic stuff, Cisco and Joe have an infectiously fun rapport (which characters don't on this show?). Not too sure how sound the science is with the mirror trick to photograph the night of Barry's mother's death, but it was straight out of Blade Runner, which happens to be my favorite Science Fiction film. Yes, that made me ecstatic.
On the disappointing side of things: No Gorilla Grodd. Last week's tease may have been just a tease to hold off eager fans wanting to know whether or not he's truly coming to the show (i.e, ME). I can live with that as long as we get a Grodd worthy of intellectually battling our TV Justice League.
We'll end things on a more positive note. This entire show is positive but I like talking about it so shut up.
I think Barry and Caitlin would still make for an interesting pairing but from the limited screen time Ronnie and Caitlin have had together, you can still sense the chemistry. I understand how much they care about each other without sacrificing any empathy through exposition about how much they love each other. Is there anything this show can't do? I really hope I didn't just jinx it...
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