What an episode! That last scene triggered the ship out of me. I threw my TV, flipped my shit, shouted at the screen. I can't believe Savitar was...NOT REVEALED! I'm so mad I can hardly breath! At least we know he has legs! But it was indistinguishable! I'm getting anxious. I'm checking everyone's legs.
"It's been 19 episodes already, it's about time we find out" -the whole audience. Those damn writers, they're ten steps ahead of us and we don't even know what game they're playing. But who the hell is he? It has to be Ronnie or Julian, right? Who else would she blindly trust? But Ronnie never met the actual team and what would he have against Barry? And wasn't Barry there when he was created and it was about to happen? Or, my theory: Savitar is using the Philosopher's Stone to look like Ronnie or Julian to trick Caitlin into joining him. Plus, Savitar called her her child. It's a weird thing to do if she's your lover. At this point I'm thinking it's baby Sara, who is pissed at Barry for erasing her from the timeline. Or Wally. It would certainly traumatized him to find out he killed his own sister. His dad? Idk, I'm losing my mind.
The episode was lit. Tom Cavanagh is a quality director. He should direct more or recruit all the Wellses scattered through time to help him direct. All these weeks waiting for this and it didn't disappoint. I'm in love with that future suit. It was cool. Very comic-bookey. The future-to-present transition was just perfect. And that dual Flash scene was really great. I love how Wally was all surprised like "did you go? you just left!" even though they discussed it 5 seconds ago.
Seeing Future Joe beaten and sad was the most emotional moment for me. That man deserves happiness. He and Captain Lance should hang out. The saddest Father-daughter drama.
Next week hype! Can it just be Tuesday already, please? It's about time we find out. This is The Walking Dead levels of cliffhanger! I'm getting too anxious right now, Groddammit.
Review by Aniela KrajewskaVIP 8BlockedParentSpoilers2017-04-26T10:08:13Z— updated 2017-08-19T10:02:38Z
ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW? YOU DON'T DO THAT! YOU DON'T END AN EPISODE ON A BULLSHIT CLIFFHANGER LIKE THAT!
I'm torn. On one hand, this was a pretty great episode with a lot of touching, emotional moments. On the other, I'm mildly bewildered by Barry's sheer stupidity. When he agreed to stay in the future and help Cisco get the team back together, did neither of them realize that if he manages to save Iris in 2017, this future will never come to pass anyway? Why bother? I know there's no such thing as wasting time when you're a Speedster, but it sure as hell felt like it. And why did he stare right into Top's eyes instead of just knocking her out cold immediately? Why did he make that mistake not once, but twice? Does he never learn?
Future Barry is a hobo who lives alone in abandoned STAR Labs. That is so typical of him, always with the dramatics. Don't get me wrong, no one loves this idiot more than me, but Jesus Christ, I need to fight the urge to smack him on the head 90% of the time. To be fair, I did like the way he brought the team back together and how he inspired his future self to crawl out of his shell (even though I still think it was completely unnecessary, but you know, they had to fill their weekly quota of tugging on my heartstrings somehow, right?).
I'm looking forward to meeting Tracy the physicist. Let's hope she manages to build the Speed Force trap and save Barry from joining Daisy Johnson's club for superheroes who lost a loved one, abandoned their teams and turned to Fall Out Boy and unfortunate hairstyles/eye makeup to show how heartbroken they are.