Post — Aaron Ngo

Major Spoilers are included in this episode review. Please read with caution.

Let’s talk about “Godspeed” first. Nora West-Allen’s origin flashback (in the future) was heartbreaking. Danielle Panabaker directed the episode, and she did a wonderful job with an episode budget showing the future. In my opinion, the callbacks to the “Pilot” worked, but almost borderline “Barry Allen” carbon copy. The approach on Godspeed worked within the episode’s limitations, but I hope to get more him and the incoming Red Death next season… Crisis On Infinite Earths! Further note… Eobard Thawne/ Wells continues to become more complex with his fatherly feelings, and agrees to teach his Little Runner to harness the Negative Speed Force… which I’ll get into below.

Let’s move on to last week’s episode, “Snow Pack”. I’m playing catch-up.

The episode begins with the worst West-Allen argument of all time (YAS!). Following Barry’s decision to return Nora to the future, Iris is not pleased at all she was excluded from the decision and the right to say goodbye. In my opinion, Barry acted like a child, and he gets called out for all his mistakes: Flashpoint, Savitar cliffhanger, and now this latest hiccup. Iris West-Allen is her best when she’s a mother… It’s honestly so wild how much I hated her since mid-season two.

Then, Iris does the crazy thing and teams up with Ralph. It gets crazier. She enlists his help to time-travel to 2049, so she can convince Nora to come back and make amends. However, we’re back to the Negative Speed Force. We finally learn what makes Thawne the most unique speedster ever… it’s because he has his own Speed Force that harnesses all negative emotions. Let’s not get into how hammy that is, but when Tom Cavanagh is delivering the “negative” punchline… it’s 100% okay.

The B-plot should’ve been the A-plot, but since we all hate this storyline… well, The Flash dug themselves in a corner so no way out of this one. Icicle returns and plans to turn his family into cold-metas like him… in Caitlin’s case, he plans to “kill” her so Killer Frost will be only personality left. I wasn’t too invested in this… so the ice fight scene was amazing, but the conclusion felt incredibly rushed. The whole “my father’s alive” story is honestly an insult to Caitlin Snow’s character, but maybe the “my mom’s a cold meta-human” is the show’s second chance to get it right.

Oh, Cicada Grace shows up and kills Caitlin’s father. Yeah, she’s still a major player and a convenient way to kill off Icicle. Overall, Nora / Thawne need to take the center stage for the final episodes because… I prefer it over Cicada.

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