flash Season 3

[sprytel]

*spoilers for the finale... not that it could make it worse*

Yes, the show didn't seem to know where to go after the big switcheroo reveal.

Should the doc help Savitar after what he did? Nevermind... not important.
The whole bit with the philosopher's stone and the light up to heaven... that didn't really go anywhere.
"Tell Cisco..." No real payoff in that one either.
All to build to that ending (aka World's Fastest Man, World's Slowest Goodbyes)... which I assume is setting us up for another "reset" once Barry emerges from the Speed Force. Which will mean *none of this* really mattered anyhow.

Other dumbness:

H.R. sure took a long time to die. With some medical attention, he might have even been saved. Too bad there was no way to get him to a hospital really quickly...
Sure, Iris survived the park, but the crisis isn't over. Sativar is out there, H.R. is dead, and Caitlin is still over to the dark side... I know, let's look at future newspaper clippings!
The Flash is faster than Superman, who as we all know is "faster than a speeding bullet"... or... maybe not.
I was glad Cisco didn't just build the device the bad guy requested (like Team Flash did repeatedly for Zoom last season)... but apparently all this time he could have made a Speed Force Skeleton Key and instead left Jay trapped in the Speed Force? Weak.
I actually like where they are going with Caitlin... sort of a morally grey character like Catwoman... but man, Julian just reeked of desperation. The dude is whipped.

[enyawd72]

^I agree with this. I HATE the speed force. It dilutes the Flash's uniqueness, and it opens the door for waaaaay too many speedsters. Also, why is the "fastest man alive" always being outrun by like, EVERYBODY else? Zoom, Reverse Flash, Kid Flash, Savitar..all faster than Barry at some point.

[johnnystorm]

You guys called it on Wells for sure!
I was pretty underwhelmed by the season finale. After months of buildup, the moment arrives and is over before the credits. Then we decide to talk it out instead of fighting. Plenty of opportunities for Savitar to kill Iris and complete the plan he "spent centuries on", but then we go with yet another time meddling plot (those always work out on this show).
Jay comes back only to (apparently) get knocked out. Wally too, but that one is to be expected. Savitar just fades away.
The Speed Force has a problem because it's lonely I guess, and Barry just...goes. Meh.
I have to say this whole mystical/intelligent speed force stuff annoys me. It's an unnecessary and somewhat burdensome addition to the Flash mythos. Seriously, why the need to overcomplicate the origin story is beyond me. Barry gets hit by lightning and chemicals = superspeed. Period. What is so hard for people to deal with? Why does it need all this extra stuff?

[sprytel]

A show where Tom Welling dies repeatedly, over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.....

I think Hector would love that show!

Oops... Tom Cavanaugh! Poor Tom Welling...

[The Bat]

Smallville? You mean the show that ran for 10 YEARS? I know for certainty that The Flash won't even come close to that.

[emeraldknight47]

Book it. That's totally going to be what happens. The show is clearly setting up HR for a sacrifice-- with the concocted doomed romance and the sudden need to prove his value-- but the "face shifting machine" was the missing piece to make it all work. And thanks to the multiverse, no need to write anyone off the show! You can kill off Tom Welling over and over again and the well never runs dry... or should I say, the Wells never run dry...

A show where Tom Welling dies repeatedly, over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.....

I think Hector would love that show!

[sprytel]

Yeah, I think HR is going to sacrifice himself in some way, they definitely telegraphed it. Some suspect he traded places with Iris with the thing Barry used to sneak into Argus as Mrs. Diggle (can't think of her name, quit watching Arrow a while back).

Chris

Book it. That's totally going to be what happens. The show is clearly setting up HR for a sacrifice-- with the concocted doomed romance and the sudden need to prove his value-- but the "face shifting machine" was the missing piece to make it all work. And thanks to the multiverse, no need to write anyone off the show! You can kill off Tom Welling over and over again and the well never runs dry... or should I say, the Wells never run dry...

[Earth 2 Chris]

Yeah, I think HR is going to sacrifice himself in some way, they definitely telegraphed it. Some suspect he traded places with Iris with the thing Barry used to sneak into Argus as Mrs. Diggle (can't think of her name, quit watching Arrow a while back).

Chris

[johnnystorm]

Wells is up to some plan of his own. We already saw him with a gun of some sort in the future, a fact that was brought up at the time and never mentioned again. I'm guessing it somehow involves shooting that lightning bolt shaped piece of Savitar's armor at him, which will somehow reset the timestream, unkill Iris, erase Savitar, fix Caitlin, and doom HR's romance with Tracy. Maybe even restore Wally's old haircut.

[Dark Shadow]

Will most likely watch the finale next week only because I've watched the whole season through, but will be checking out after that. I really enjoyed S1, S2 a little less so, but this year it was a real chore for me to stay engaged.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Well, last night's episode certainly ended unexpectedly, despite being foretold months ago. It will be interesting to see if they can stick the landing, and tie this whole season up in a nice bow next week. I'm kind of doubting this storyline works from start to finish, but I could be wrong.

Chris

[palitoy]

My kids both walked early from this week's episode, which has never happened.

[WannabeMego]

Yeah...Boo-Hoo Barry is starting to really annoy my son now.

He loved Barry Re-Discovering his Powers and really wishes they would bring that 'feeling' back from Seasons 1.

[kept back]

It felt like Grant Gustin was playing the Barry I grew up with in that episode. The scene where he's running in the lab yelling "whoo hoo!" had me cracking up.

[palitoy]

I despise that about the modern iteration of the character, the Flash isn't Peter Parker.