This week's Flash episode was great!

[Earth 2 Chris]

Iris has GREATLY improved since last season. That move with the racing guy WAS dumb, but it was meant to be dumb. The whole point of the episode was showing how far someone would go for family...even for someone they just met.

I was really worried Iris would be this series' Lana Lang, a character written so poorly, and painted in such a bad light that you just groaned every time she appeared on screen. The creators here course-corrected toward the end of last season with Iris, thank goodness.

I honestly hope, despite hallowed DC continuity, that we never go back to the Barry/Iris romance thing. I know we probably will, but I think the whole situation came across much ickier on screen than the creators considered on paper.

Chris

[thunderbolt]

agreed on Turtle, unless maybe he's got a Earth 2 doppleganger coming or he was from Earth 2. Really liked that actor on Galactica too bad he was wasted on Flash.

[PNGwynne]

I'm thoroughly enjoying this season and liking Iris much more.

I wish they'd kept the Turtle amongst the Rogues, too.

[emeraldknight47]

Who else here loves Tony Todd voicing Zoom?

Kinda has that Darth Vader vibe to it...

I think it will become even more interesting when we get a few more hints as to who is behind Zoom's mask. They're holding on to that secret much longer than they held onto who the Reverse Flash was in the first season, not that I mind one little bit....

[Hector]

Who else here loves Tony Todd voicing Zoom?

Kinda has that Darth Vader vibe to it...

[Hector]

My take on characters in The Flash, one word for each...

Barry Allen/Flash...nice
Dr Harrison Wells...brilliant
Joe West...temperamental
Iris West...annoying
Dr. Caitlin Snow...likable
Cisco Ramon/Vibe...funny
Wally West...angry
Patty Spivot...needy
Jay Garrick/Flash...boring
Zoom...AWESOME

[Hector]

Iris going on her own and facing the leader and promoter of the illegal street racers, telling him her intentions, telling him he's being recorded, dumb, dumb, and dumb...

[Hector]

I do applaud Barry...he showed what a true hero he really is...

Joe and Cisco were ready to send Wells back to Earth 2, damn his daughter. Let him face Zoom on his own.

But Barry overruled those two...showed Wells mercy by truly realizing and understanding why he did what he did.

Two BIG thumbs down to Joe and Cisco.

One HUGE thumbs up to Barry...

[Hector]

***begins rant***

This Joe West stepdad dude is getting on my friggin nerves, damn bloody hit first ask questions later holier than though judgmental prick...learn to be a good father first...like Wells is.

Seriously, Wells is doing all these things out of desperation, because Zoom has his daughter...imagine if such a hideous monstrous masked demonic-like villain had your own daughter...you'll go through hell on earth...do almost anything to get her back safe and sound.

Joe West is comparing the lame glass puncturing her daughter's left shoulder to Wells's daughter's situation?

Please...

P.S. That glass injury on Iris' shoulder would be nothing but a same day surgery with a same day discharge...they were making it out like she was almost on her death bed, please, lol.


***ends rant***

[madmarva]

^ It could just be a clarity point for occasional viewers. Or, it could be because the team knew the character as Wells even though it was Thawne's mind in Wells' body.

I get the frustration and it may force them into even more awkward exposition in the future.

[MIB41]

Well said Steve. It never makes sense to me why Wells keeps taking the blame for Eobard (or for that matter why his Earth 1 counterparts share Eobard's personality traits).

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Yeah, I kept waiting for "Harry" to correct Barry. Barry's fawning over the old "Wells" seemed a bit much. You think he'd be more bitter about any memories of the man, even before he knew he was the evil Thawne.

Chris

[EMCE Hammer]

Spoilers ahoy.................









I liked that they let Wells come clean and he is still part of the plan. I just wish they hadn't chosen for him to kill Turtle.

And it still urks me that they keep referring to the 'other Wells.' That was Eobard; Wells was his victim.

[MIB41]

Great episode. They definitely introduced the science that could bridge the speed deficit for Jay. Clearly if that can be planted on Zoom and given to Jay, there is one possibility. Wally is growing on me. He might end up being a very cool Kid Flash.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Yep, and I liked the arc with Wells. That's what I like about this show. It presents new story elements, and you are sure they are going to go a certain direction with it, but BAM, they make a left turn, and it's so much more satisfying.

Chris