By Brady Steele / twitter: @mrbradysteele. The Flash / Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) has to go up against a shape shifter, a villain in hero’s clothing and a test of trust between friends. The mystery of “Who is Harrison Wells?” finally gets some traction and puts the season-long storyline into its final lap.
The most entertaining part of having an adversary that can look like anyone on the cast of a show or film is seeing characters / actors who may not normally be physical get physical.Everyman / Hannibal Bates (Martin Novotny) had a great visual once he unveiled himself at the end of the episode. Personally, I thought it was fun to see Flash fight all of his friends, if only for a moment or two. Going toe-to-toe with Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker), Eddie Thawne (Rick Cosnett) and Iris (Candice Patton) made for some refreshing battle scenes.
Unlike last week, these were some decent developments story wise that occurred besides The Flash fighting the villain of the week. Cisco (Carlos Valdes) and Detective Joe West(Jesse L. Martin) head to Starling City to dig up the cold case of Dr. Wells’ dead wife. They enlist the help of one of Starling’s finest, Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne) as well help outLaurel Lance / Black Canary (Katie Cassidy) get her upgrade like her other hero pals Arrow and Atom before her from Cisco. This subplot helped upgrade the Canary Cry weapon forLaurel so now it looks like a more traditional piece of her comic book counterpart’s outfit. It also gave the conspiracy theory of the Reverse Flash / Dr. Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh) some answers and more questions.
I still feel like the pacing has slowed down to compensate for the remaining four episodes which is understandable. Maybe I`ve just watched too much Daredevil and expect pacing and consequences every hour of TV I watch now. My faith remains unwavering in this series. I look forward to the final four episodes to deliver with thrills and excitement just like the rest of this season has.
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