Post — Aaron Ngo

Major Spoilers are included in this episode review.

The Flash needs to scrap Cicada. After seeing him perform in this week and knowing what’s coming (Reverse Flash!), the show needs to resolve him as quickly as possible. Maybe he should’ve stopped playing a role in the mid-season finale, but we’ll see how Team Flash handles saving his daughter, Grace. The theme of family was great with Grant Gustin playing the angry father.

The gut-wrenching scene of Cicada breaking Nora’s back was horrifying. Candice Patton and Grant Gustin are playing the hell out of their emotions. Even Jessica Parker Kennedy was giving legit tears to receiving the news of being paralyzed. I love this little family, and the twist coming for them all. Eobard Thawne is too cruel. I can’t wait for him to come back. He’ll probably play a major role in next year’s crossover too.

Caitlin / Killer Frost is too weird. I did like the Ralph / Killer Frost scenes. Their friendship is too sweet. Ralph is growing on me as a character, and he is earning his place on the team. Cisco is absent in this episode, working on the meta-human cure off screen. I have a feeling this cure will not end well.

The plot was weak. It was too much like “Rogue Air” from season one. Transporting meta-humans to a safe location, but their transport plane / helicopter gets destroyed. They could’ve used a breach to send them to another Earth, but I guess that requires bothering Cisco. Team Flash makes simple tasks so difficult in service of the story.

The character dynamics are better… Caitlin / Cisco, Ralph / anyone else, Nora/Barry/Iris, etc. I just hope Cicada’s endgame is more connected to the Nora / Eobard mystery, arguably the better story arc.

Overall, a very emotional episode with lots of good character moments. Except for Cisco and Joe.

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