By Brady Steele / twitter: @mrbradysteele.The latest episode of ‘The Flash’ entitled ‘Crazy for You’ has a lot going on in it. Like a good comic book, subplots are coming to a boil and even more subplots are being planted. Viewers finally see some progression on plot points that have been languishing around since nearly the beginning of this series. Plus, our speedster finally has real difficulty against his adversary of the week: Peek-a-Boo! Who is that? Don’t worry, you’ll find out…

The ladies pretty much take over this episode which is a great contrast to see. Ironically, the one character that normally gets a great deal of screen time, Iris West (Candice Patton), is put on the backburner this time out. Barry (Grant Gustin) has finally stopped pining for her and finds out there’s plenty of fish in the sea after all. No spoilers from me, BUT, it is nice to see them include more people from ALL the Flash’s timelines. One spoiler I will give viewers: there is karaoke in this episode. You’ve been warned.

Major geek points and kudos go out to the writers who definitely know their Flash history. Peek-a-Boo was a character created during producer Geoff Johns’ inspired run on The Flash comic book series that, as we can see here, has potential for so much more than robbing banks for gangsters. She’s got a fantastic power (teleportation) and it’s cool to see the creators use it in a different way than others have before.

As I mentioned earlier, subplots are starting to percolate more and more. This show really feels like a comic book with so many things going on herein. One prime example is the slow and methodical discoveries surrounding Martin Stein and Ronny Raymond’s fates. The hook at the end of this episode in particular unquestionably got me very excited as to which Rogue is coming next. Like The Flash himself, you can feel the momentum building and the storylines picking up the pace.

Between this show and Arrow, DC Comics on the CW definitely are doing a bang-up job at world-building. The producers of these shows are channeling a build up to an early 1980s era Justice League of America vibe (no pun intended) with at least four members already on screen in one capacity or another (Green Arrow, The Flash, The Atom and Firestorm). I hope they take their time and that that pipe dream doesn’t mature for another few seasons. This episode wasn’t too mushy or too comic-book-heavy either so I was pleasantly surprised once again how they balance both so well for a new show.