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You rarely hear about ones who are utterly commonplace and living in secret. Also, one of the things that I’ve always felt the Arrowverse (and hell, the DC Universe in general) does well is the idea that metahumans are special. Characters who we have barely seen in months and know virtually nothing about who are suddenly having soul searching “I don’t want to change who I am, my powers are part of me” moments rings incredibly, impossibly hollow. Would an Angel type character with wings and hollow bones suddenly…drop his wings and grow additional bone density? Anyway, what I’m saying is, the idea that you can “cure” something that has changed your entire being on a cellular level is stupid no matter who does it.īut here on The Flash? It feels ESPECIALLY out of place. If a mutation is at the DNA level, and especially if it’s something that has a physical manifestation, such cures are often shown as “instant” cures. Frankly, I’m never comfortable with talk of “cures” for powers wherever they come up, especially in X-Men stories. In general, the cure has always felt weird. I’ve spent enough time in these reviews complaining about what a tedious adversary Cicada has turned out to be, but all of that is highlighted to the ultimate degree in this episode, whether it’s her overacting “rampage” in Nora’s thoughts or the uninspiringly choreographed and filmed climactic fight inside CCPD (complete with perhaps the single worst fight scene this show has ever put on screen with Killer Frost and Cicada).īut all of that aside, not to mention that if I have to hear one more “we’re your parents” speech to Nora I’m going to go boil my head, I think I have finally pinpointed the thing that has just sat wrong with me for much of this season: the metahuman cure. The fact that Cicada’s plan consists entirely of incomprehensible gibberish like “supercharging” the atomizer using the dagger powered by dark matter makes it feel even more like someone just assembling various power ups. This season has consisted of the team unable to confront Cicada(s) at every turn because of “reasons” and each confrontation since the second half of the season has begun to feel more and more like an overpowered video game boss fight.
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In other words, destroying the dagger in the past would free Thawne in the future. And in the moment, the idea that they’re actually using Thawne’s negative speed force to kill him is interesting enough, even though the minute you stop to think about it you have to wonder what the actual logic is. And then all of that is blown straight to hell by episode’s end, with a “look how clever this is” plan of using the negative speed force to charge Cicada’s dagger…which Thawne has been wearing this entire time under his vest as a way to dampen his powers. But leaning into it with a sadistic guard “teasing” a prisoner with the means of their execution is a pretty special brand of dick. Capital punishment is, let’s face it, fucked up, and the fact that it hasn’t been eliminated even 30 years in the future is a little upsetting. The future Thawne stuff has long been the most compelling element of the season, and that plays beautifully in the episode’s opening minutes. In a vacuum, the stuff that works, really works. It could have been an adequate hour of The Flash, but like “Gone Rogue” it’s another example of how the show is now too far along to outrun its earlier mistakes, and even the good moments are dragged down by the weight of 20 previous episodes of missteps.
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In a season that has certainly tried to do too much, “The Girl With the Red Lightning” feels like the most overstuffed hour of the season. I sat there and stared at my screen for a moment wondering if there had been an error.īut then when you think of everything that was crammed into “The Girl With the Red Lightning” it makes perfect sense why they wouldn’t even have the extra two or three seconds it would take to actually end that shot properly. Seriously, has there ever been an episode, not just for this show, but in the entire Arrowverse, that ended so abruptly? Ralph realizing too late what Thawne’s plan is and shouting for Barry not to use the mirror gun on the dagger would have been dramatic had it not played on screen like someone edited the end of the episode with a hatchet. What a tremendously powerful opening for an episode of The Flash, and what a bizarre, letdown of an ending.