Actually this was a pretty solid episode. Unlike last week's rage monster episode. This one works on pretty much every level. Team Flash (which I'll point out is a term I hate because not everyone has a Batman-like family and The Flash has always been a more solo hero than team based but at 5 seasons in this will probably be the only time I mention it) actually takes a good step towards solving the big bad Cicada problem. Try to use his daughter to get through to him on a personal level. it's a brilliant idea that they should have tried AGES ago when they first learned Cicada's backstory.
They use cheesy handwavy technology to go inside her head. They use cheesy handwavy biology to explain that the head has a psychological immune system that will fight them. Honestly that makes so much less sense than the first sentence in this paragraph I literally signed and almost rolled my eyes in person by myself. But narratively it works fine. They have to get in and get out quickly or the brain protection will attack them. The two interesting results of this are [spoiler](1) [spoiler]the name drop of Red Death[/spoiler] and (2) [spoiler]the girl is evil[/spoiler].
Think that second result is interesting. I feel it's somehow related to [spoiler]the dark metal or meta metal or whatever we're calling it this season that was left in her head because "it was too dangerous to remove"[/spoiler] which means either we kill a little girl or we fix it.
This is a reprieve from the worst characteres on the show Caitlin/Killer Frost. a) why is she still named Killer Frost? It makes no sense and I will complain about it every chance I get. NOTHING ABOUT KILLER FROST MAKES SENSE!!! I have to rewatch the episodes with her father to even see if her being a metahuman before the explosion makes sense b) just bloody integrate the personalities already. I mean what happens when everyone else is dating and they finally need to give Caitlin a boyfriend? Does he date both of them? Do they each get their own boyfriend? Ugh the whole thing is just stupid but we don't have to do anything about it this episode.
Ralph and Cisco are a fun team. It's good to see Ralph just wanting to connect man-to-man. There's not a lot to say about their interraction but it was charming. Hopefuly they give Cisco a new love interest and hopefully they don't take her away for no reason. We don't need Cisco to be the Xander "Zebo" Harris (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) of the group.
Review by wolfkinBlockedParent2019-01-30T14:28:32Z
Actually this was a pretty solid episode. Unlike last week's rage monster episode. This one works on pretty much every level. Team Flash (which I'll point out is a term I hate because not everyone has a Batman-like family and The Flash has always been a more solo hero than team based but at 5 seasons in this will probably be the only time I mention it) actually takes a good step towards solving the big bad Cicada problem. Try to use his daughter to get through to him on a personal level. it's a brilliant idea that they should have tried AGES ago when they first learned Cicada's backstory.
They use cheesy handwavy technology to go inside her head. They use cheesy handwavy biology to explain that the head has a psychological immune system that will fight them. Honestly that makes so much less sense than the first sentence in this paragraph I literally signed and almost rolled my eyes in person by myself. But narratively it works fine. They have to get in and get out quickly or the brain protection will attack them. The two interesting results of this are [spoiler](1) [spoiler]the name drop of Red Death[/spoiler] and (2) [spoiler]the girl is evil[/spoiler].
Think that second result is interesting. I feel it's somehow related to [spoiler]the dark metal or meta metal or whatever we're calling it this season that was left in her head because "it was too dangerous to remove"[/spoiler] which means either we kill a little girl or we fix it.
This is a reprieve from the worst characteres on the show Caitlin/Killer Frost. a) why is she still named Killer Frost? It makes no sense and I will complain about it every chance I get. NOTHING ABOUT KILLER FROST MAKES SENSE!!! I have to rewatch the episodes with her father to even see if her being a metahuman before the explosion makes sense b) just bloody integrate the personalities already. I mean what happens when everyone else is dating and they finally need to give Caitlin a boyfriend? Does he date both of them? Do they each get their own boyfriend? Ugh the whole thing is just stupid but we don't have to do anything about it this episode.
Ralph and Cisco are a fun team. It's good to see Ralph just wanting to connect man-to-man. There's not a lot to say about their interraction but it was charming. Hopefuly they give Cisco a new love interest and hopefully they don't take her away for no reason. We don't need Cisco to be the Xander "Zebo" Harris (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) of the group.