This season of The Flash has really been all over the place. Its episodes and character arcs feel disjointed without any really cohesion as to where a grand finale is headed. This episode seems to change that a bit. It’s the start of a multi-part story that brought the Flash (Grant Gustin) back to his beginnings in the very first season. Overall, the episode was fairly good and there was a lot to like about it. However, there was some not to like about it, too. The Flash is at its weakest when it gets too caught up in its own science. That seemed to happen this week, but reuniting the Flash with Reverse-Flash (Matt Letscher) is always fun to see.
As Iris (Candice Patton) is getting ready to give birth, Barry is suddenly thrown back in time to the day of his mother Nora’s (Michelle Harrison) murder. Left with a dilemma, he actually spends some time with his parents before his mother’s tragic death. He also sits down with the Reverse-Flash, who has come back in time to kill Barry as a kid. Ultimately, this is the moment that the Reverse-Flash kills Barry’s mother instead, thus fulfilling the time loop that Barry started on all those years ago.
Seeing this moment come full circle is a big deal for the Flash. Throughout the course of his relationship with Reverse-Flash, Barry has always been the one trying to play catch up. This version of Reverse-Flash is actually younger than many of the versions Barry has faced in the past. This means that Barry is the one that has all the knowledge. It’s a flip in the relationship and solidifies Barry’s journey into becoming a hero. But this doesn’t take into account that there is something going on with Eddie Thawne (Rick Cosnett) on some type of alternate world. It’s all positives for the episode, though. The attempt to movie into more abstract territory regarding the Negative Speed Force was far weaker, though, so hopefully future episodes will try to steer clear of that area.
The Flash airs Wednesdays on The CW.
This season of The Flash has really been all over the place. Its episodes and character arcs feel disjointed withoutCOMICONRead More