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It was a good heartwarming, emotionally charged romp with some reasonably decent action. I don't want things to get bogged down in romantic drama, but right now that's not really the main problem with Season 2. In fact, Barry's little speech to Iris was quite powerful, I thought. Nobody has died, nobody is out of commission for long.įinally, Iris and Barry's moment in this episode wasn't nearly as bad as I was dreading. Zoom didn't have complete domination over Earth 1 or 2 yet, but now that he does.things aren't even that bad. We didn't know who Zoom was before, but now we do. Wells' daughter was Zoom's prisoner before now it's Caitlyn. A common piece of fiction-writing advice is simply "Things must get worse before they get better." But while things in The Flash have gotten worse, they haven't gotten much worse. If the zombie hadn't been chasing down Iris, they would have been resting comfortably, unmolested by Zoom, awaiting Barry's inevitable return.Īll of this means the tension isn't where it should be. In a featurette for Season 4, episode 21 of the CW series, executive producer Todd Helbing reveals that Team Flash reaches out to the Council of Wells to help Harry (Tom Cavanagh) get his. So I don't mind the magic, but I do mind that the stakes seem to be only high in theory rather than in practice, and that Barry's return doesn't actually seem all that dire. Zoom is in control, he's psychotic and evil, and yet everyone is going about their business with impunity-minus the captive Dr. But why would Zoom not destroy Star Labs at the very least? And imprison Team Flash rather than kill them? Why does everyone seem comfortable remaining out in the open rather than find some way to operate in the shadows? They can't run, but they can hide.Īt this point in The Flash's second season, I feel like things should be much worse. Of course, between the magic of the Speed Force and the magic of Team Flash's techno-sorcery you do have to basically gulp down suspension of disbelief.įor instance, Caitlyn seems like a very convenient excuse to avoid having Zoom just kill off all our heroes. Cisco has vibed Barry's location, and Wells has put together a machine that allows Cisco to go into the speed force and retrieve Barry.īut Barry doesn't want to go-at least not at first.Īll of this makes for some good touching moments, and if you simply allow yourself to enjoy it without asking too many questions, "The Runaway Dinosaur" is entertaining TV. It isn't quite Luke on Dagobah, facing his inner demons and struggling to harness his power, but it's something like that.īack in the real world, a zombie Tony (the meta-human who, as a child, picked on young Barry) has risen to stalk Iris, and Team Flash tries to bring Barry back from the nexus before the monster crushes them. And through this experience, he somewhat magically is given his speed back. In order to save Barry, Caitlin uses her powers, but the effort unleashes her inner Killer Frost, who ends up battling both The Flash and Vibe. Here, in the Speed Force itself, Barry must grow into the Speedster he is meant to become.