Borrowing Problems From The Future

The Flash midseason premiere literally spelled out the rest of the season for us. We're cool with that.

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By Mike Cecchini | January 25, 2017 | | Comments count:0

This The Flash nhận xét contains spoilers.

The Flash Season 3 Episode 10

When you think about it, these midseason breaks are really quite long. Ordinarily, by episode 10 of a 22 or 23 episode season, I’ve sầu usually called out about 3-4 episodes as being “disposable” và indicative sầu of why most network TV shows could benefit from moving to the cable mã sản phẩm. Anyway, I’m not going to vị that tonight, even though Plunder is a completely lame villain of the week.

Ah, but this is where The Flash proved me wrong once again. You see, much lượt thích they did with Magenta or Shade, who both hung around in two of this season’s lesser installments, the show isn’t here khổng lồ sell you on these cases. Instead, these minor, disposable villains are here because this is simply the kind of stuff a superanh hùng has to lớn khuyễn mãi giảm giá with every week in Central City, even when there are much more pressing matters lượt thích, y’know, preventing the future murder of the love of your life. Everything is still in service lớn this, & Plunder doesn’t get in the way of that at all. And also, those tracking bullets were cool as can be.

Meanwhile, for a guy that we only see in flashbaông chồng (ahem, I mean, flash-forward), Savitar’s presence looms large. But really, he’s completely absent in every appreciable way from the episode, but his presence is still felt heavily in nearly every scene. You can thank Grant Gustin’s performance for that, and I think finally, after Barry’s manic episodes that ultimately led to lớn Flashpoint, the character has settled into lớn that perfect groove of “the weight of the world, perhaps multiple worlds, is on my shoulders” without compromising his otherwise appropriate exuberance và positivity.

And I do think that the scene where Barry tells Iris about her fate might be the single most powerful moment these two have sầu had together. Candice Patton và Grant Gustin have had wonderful chemistry since the first episode, và it’s hard not lớn root for these two characters. But the moment in original Wells’ secret room is, I think, the best they’ve sầu had. It’s safe to lớn say that’s saying quite a bit. On the other h&, Barry telling Iris “I swear on both my parents’ lives” shouldn’t exactly fill anytoàn thân with confidence now that I think about it.

While I’m at it, I think that Barry has finally started lớn grow inkhổng lồ the experience hero/mentor role that Oliver Queen eventually did on Arrow. Barry is more naturally accepting of it than Oliver was, which is why it won’t take as long (but Ollie is doing great work with it over on Arrow‘s much improved 5th season these days) for him, và that moment when he finally lets Wally have sầu his moment was just about perfect.

And speaking of Wally, I sure bởi vì love sầu that Kid Flash costume. And I really loved his initial square off with Plunder on the motorcycle there. That might have been the best blend of practical stuntwork and the CGI (yeah, I know, lot of “bests” this week from me…cut me some slack, I missed this show) I’ve sầu seen this show attempt. It was brief, but it was cool. And c’tháng, how can you not pop for Wally when he literally got lightning in his eyes when Barry gave hlặng the “Iris needs a hero right now” pep talk?

Of course, if Iris is saved, the future is probably going lớn find a way lớn take another West away, and Wally seems lớn be having way too much fun và Joe West is having way too easy a time of things right now so…let’s not get too attached lớn anybody toàn thân, OK?

What I might be most impressed by, though, is how this episode sets up a new mission for the rest of the season. Usually, the instinct with these midseason premieres is to lớn open with a bang and try to lớn get everyone accustomed lớn formula again. But here, “Borrowing Problems From The Future” almost feels lượt thích the start of a brand new season for a show that has been quite happy lớn subvert its own formula for the last nine episodes. Flashpoint is behind us, và they quite literally spell out the plan for the rest of the season on that snappy clear wipeboard. There’s your formula right there: change the future by changing the events that lead up to it. I’m down for this, and the fact that we only get ten or so episodes lớn bởi vì it should keep everybody toàn thân honest.

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I was prepared khổng lồ write about what a slow-moving, downbeat episode “Borrowing Problems From the Future” was, but then The Flash, as it has been known to lớn bởi this season, just went ahead & proved me wrong. Seriously, for a show that now boasts at least two speedsters a week on it, The Flash has been a remarkably patient affair all season long. It’s not in a hurry lớn get anywhere. But if the first ten episodes of this season are anything to lớn go by, well, everything is going to be worth the wait.

Flash Facts!

– Plunder has only made a handful of appearances in DC Comics, & you aren’t missing much, and really, he doesn’t bear much in comtháng with the guy we met here. He was created by Geoff Johns & Angel Unzueta during one of my favorite periods of Flash comics, though, and he was really one of Wally’s enemies, so there’s some appropriate symmetry in having Wally take hlặng down.

Now, let’s talk headlines…

– Unfortunately, I think Ms. Snow’s return to Killer Frost-dom is inevitable, and I’m afraid she’s going to take poor Julian down with her, one way or the other. I lượt thích both of these characters so much. On the other hvà, maybe this is one of those events that they’ll be able to put off, & we won’t see Caitlin return to lớn her villainous ways again until The Flash Season 4. I advocated patience with revealing Killer Frost, and it worked quite well. The next challenge is for the show not to lớn overuse her.

– The gorilla attack is totally happening, as there’s a Grodd two-parter on the way! I have more details on that here.

– I have to laugh at “Music Meister gets six figure book deal.” We know that there’s a musical Flash/Supergirl crossover episode coming. But the idea of a fictional despicable, flamboyant villain getting a “six figure book deal” that our heroes have to lớn stop mirrors how Simon & Schuster gave sầu a “six figure book deal” lớn that real life despicable, flamboyant, racist fuckface Milo Yiannopoulos. Yeah, yeah, “keep your politics out of my entertainment.” Save it. That guy is vile.

Anyway, I bet the joke is that Music Meister gets his book khuyễn mãi giảm giá even after Supergirl and Flash expose what a jerk he is.

– I’m calling it right now: STAR Labs Museum closes…but becomes The Flash Museum! Here’s the thing: we’ve sầu already “seen” The Flash Museum in the season one finale & we sorta met its proprietor in the season one episode “Going Rogue” (where he was played by Bruce Harwood) when he was in charge of just The Central City Museum. But it’s not lượt thích these shows haven’t swept names under the rug before (Hello, season one Lindomain authority Park!), và really…doesn’t HR Wells seem lượt thích more of a Dexter Myles to you? C’tháng, how can you not be rooting for poor HR lớn succeed right now? 

– That was Gypsy popping out of that portal at the over of the episode. More on her next week.

– Regardless of what happens with Savitar, things are going khổng lồ be difficult for Iris in the future. I won’t go inlớn detail here, because it’s lượt thích, season 4 or 5 spoilers, but it’s something else they’ve teased in the tốc độ force visions in the past. OK, fine, I wrote a little more about it here, but spoilers!

Alright speedsters, what did I miss? Hit me up on Twitter or let me know in the comments! It’s good lớn be back!