By Brady Steele / twitter: @mrbradysteele. Finally, viewers get what fans have been waiting for all season. The epic throw down between The Flash (Grant Gustin) and The Reverse Flash (Tom Cavanagh) kicks into high gear. Plus, just about every character worth noting is crammed into one great big episode! It’s a good, old-fashioned team-up on both sides of the battle with a healthy dose of chaos to give the story a good swerve.
Reverse Flash / Dr. Wells / Eobard Thawne continues to be a thousand steps ahead of everyone in his way. The super-powered villains Flashhas taken down this season have to be transferred out of their S.T.A.R. Labs prison thanks to Reverse Flash powering up the particle accelerator. The fact that Flash and his friends want to move these dangerous criminals out of harm’s way showcases how different a hero he is from others like Arrow.
Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller) and Golden Glider (Peyton List) get involved as Flash enlists their assistance transporting the Rogues fromS.T.A.R. Labs to the local Ferris Air landing strip. Weather Wizard (Liam McIntyre), Deathbolt (Doug Jones), The Mist (Anthony Carrigan), Peek-a-boo (Britne Oldford), and Rainbow Raider (Paul Anthony) are the ones that need to be moved to the A.R.G.U.S. facility on the island Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) was stranded on for five years (naturally). There is some nice bonus material dialogue as to why Ferris Air is shut down. Keep your ears open and you’ll smile nice and wide like I did. Things go awry and it’s so cool to see it all go down, like a double-sized issue from the comic book series.
I know there is more to come with one more episode this season, but this one was quite impressive. The amount of characters enlisted both good and bad, is delightful to behold. This universe is actually quite big and, like Captain Cold says himself: “Actually, I’m really excited to see how it all turns out.” After three heroes, Flash, Arrow and Firestorm (Robbie Amell) team up and take down the bad guys; I really have no idea what’s going to happen next week. I can’t wait.
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