The title of the episode, “I Know Who You Are,” may call to mind a 90’s horror classic but in fact it references the climactic moment in which Savitar’s secret identity is finally revealed. Because we as Flash viewers have been (impatiently) awaiting this revelation for several weeks now, I’ll go ahead and say who […]
In my review for “Abra Kadabra,” the last episode of The Flash that aired before the show took a month-long sabbatical, I lamented the dark direction the series was heading in. With that in mind, I came into “The Once And Future Flash” hoping that the showrunners would have course corrected and make the show […]
One of my core complaints this season of The Flash has been its lack of interesting villains. The series is currently hyping Savitar as a Big Bad, but it’s been increasingly hard to see him as a credible threat given his goofy, CGI-generated look and lack of clear objective beyond “kill Iris because reasons.” It’s […]
“Duet” has been hyped for weeks as a musical episode of The Flash—of course, this isn’t the first time such a thing has been attempted on a superhero network show. The gold standard remains Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s “Once More With Feeling,” an Emmy-nominated episode that was a standout in an exemplary series. I’m sad […]
In the pages of DC Comics, the Speed Force is an extra-dimensional energy source from which the Flash and his fellow speedsters draw their powers. On The Flash, the concept remains essentially the same but the execution has been less than satisfying. In this week’s episode, Barry goes into the Speed Force (thus the ingenious […]
In my review from last week, I praised The Flash showrunners for finding a fun, fast pace after a season largely spent lagging behind. Funny how quickly things change. This week’s episode, “The Wrath of Savitar,” represents a serious stumble in the series’ path toward greatness—or if not greatness, then at least storytelling competence. As […]
After a season largely spent running in place, The Flash sure has picked up the pace lately. For the first time in a while, there’s forward momentum in the series as characters evolve in response to current situations. Even the future death of Iris West storyline, for all its flaws—and we’ll be addressing those flaws […]
Regular readers of my Flash reviews know that I’ve been less than enthused by the villains appearing on the show this season. Whether they’re based on classic Flash foils like Savitar—or decidedly less classic ones like Girder—the villains appearing lately on The Flash have been so cookie cutter that they should have come with baking […]
The partnership between the Flash and Kid Flash is an accepted part of DC Comics canon, so it’s only natural that The Flash TV series would follow in its (metaphorical) footsteps. It took the showrunners awhile to reach this stage, as they seemed strangely reluctant to have Wally use his powers after reacquiring them during […]
Regular readers of my reviews of The Flash can testify that I haven’t exactly been the biggest fan of HR Wells. OK, I’ll admit it: I can’t stand the guy. From the moment he became part of Team Flash this season, his cloying, eager-to-please geek/hipster persona has been hard to take. It was as if […]
