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0 on The Flash 8x14 Review - Funeral for a FriendFunerals are tough in real life, and they're tough to write. It's easy to slip into corny and saccharine aphorisms, leaving the event feeling hollow. This week, Team Flash is trying to figure out how to say goodbye to their fallen friend ahead of her funeral. Spoilers follow for The Flash Season 8, Episode 14, "Funeral…
Across eight seasons of television, it's inevitable that the cast of a show will change. Throughout the Flash, we've said goodbye to a whole bunch of allies and enemies. This week, it's time to let a member of Team Flash go. Spoilers follow for The Flash Season 8, Episode 13, "Death Falls." "Death Falls" Team Flash…
The big bad for The Flash's second arc of Season 8 revealed itself last week: Deathstorm. The otherworldly entity is leaving charred corpses all over Central City, and seems to have an eye for Caitlin Snow, despite saying that it is not, in fact, her late husband Ronnie. Spoilers follow for The Flash Season 8, Episode 12,…
This season's focus on Caitlin Snow continues this week right where it left off: with Caitlin facing down the black flame, which is talking to her using words spoken last by Ronnie, the husband she lost twice--first in the show's premiere, and then again when he, as Firestorm, flew into a singularity to save everyone. Spoilers follow…
With Barry Allen having two father figures in his life--Henry Allen and Joe West--The Flash often leans toward stories about fatherhood. This episode, it's time for dads to step aside as the Snow family reconvenes to fight the Black Flame and Iris helps her new phantom friend find her birth mother. Spoilers follow for The Flash Season 8,…
After a couple of surprisingly solid episodes, can The Flash keep the streak--pun intended--going? The focus is once again off of the Flash himself, shifted instead to Chester P. Runk, as Team Flash tries to find who or whatever is responsible for the charred corpses appearing around Central City. Spoilers follow for The Flash Season 8, Episode 9,…
The band is staying together for The Flash season 8 it would seem. Three series regulars for The CW's The Flash have signed on to season 8. Jesse L. Martin (Joe West), Candice Patton (Iris West-Allen), and Danielle Panabaker (Caitlin Snow/Frost) have all signed on for new deals as their current agreements expired with the…
Caitlin Snow's journey to Killer Frost and back has been an interesting one, from Earth-2 doppelganger to split personality to main personality to two different people. But now, the crimes of old are coming back to haunt Frost in an episode dedicated primarily to her. Spoilers follow for The Flash Season 7, Episode 7, "Growing Pains." "Growing Pains"…
The Flash has begun introducing the other Cosmic Forces in earnest, and I'm excited about the potential it has to mix things up for the show. However, the show has a rough track record with taking interesting ideas and doing the least interesting story possible with them. Please don't disappoint me, Flash. Spoilers follow for The Flash…
I've been struggling with The Flash for some time. For some reason, the showrunners continually go back to two wells: What if the villain was a speedster, and what if Flash lost his speed? Neither of these wells are particularly fresh at this point. But now, as The Flash gets started with its new season, I find…
After the end of a big storyline, you need a chance to come down from the drama, right? What better way to do that than with a villain-of-the-week episode! As both Team Flash and Central City try to recover from the invasion by the Mirror Monarch, an old enemy shows up to give Flash a…
When you're making TV week by week, you have to roll with the punches. On old soaps, sometimes someone would have to pinch-hit for another actor for a day, and a voiceover would say "so and so is playing the part David on today's episode." The Flash got a whole flurry of punches to roll with.…
The Flash can be a tough character to write for much the same reason that Superman can be. They're both wildly powerful characters who can do things like rewrite time and reboot suns. There's tons of room for fun with their powers, but they can be difficult to get right. This week, The Flash gives…
The Flash was one of many, many shows in 2020 that ended suddenly, without a proper season finale to leave us satisfied for the next season. Instead, we got a cliffhanger with lots of slick editing. The show could pick up where the finale left off, or it could rush through the ending the team…
There are different advantages to filming shows in different ways. When NBC's Community was airing, it was filmed while the season aired; the show was able to respond to fans by doubling down on weirdness and certain character relationships. When a show like Westworld is filmed all at once, the actors and crew are able to…
COVID-19 is inescapable. Even in our favorite escape--a good ol' superhero show--the coronavirus finds a way to muck things up. With The Flash, it comes in the form of a heavily shortened season. We're a few episodes short of a full stack, putting extra weight on the ones we have. This week, that weight rests on…
The only word I can think of to describe how The Flash has felt the last few weeks is "stuck." It's very literal, too. In the real world, our noble but sometimes dumb hero Barry has been watching his speed drain away. Meanwhile, Iris has been stuck in the mirror universe. Only Ralph Dibny and Sue…
The CW's Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover is done, but thanks to the state of the world we're in a Crisis on Infinite Television Shows. Shows are ending seasons early and moving storylines to next year, while others are just big question marks. After going on hiatus due to COVID-19, The Flash is back. I'd…
In the beginning, there was Harrison Wells. And then, Flash willed the multiverse into being, and countless Wells appeared. Each year has had its own Wells. Harrison, Harry, Sherloque, Nash, and H.R. have all left impacts on Team Flash. Whether it's Harry bonding with Cisco, H.R. sacrificing himself for Iris, or Eobard Thawne being Eobard,…
Alright, Flash, enough already. Over on Legends of Tomorrow, the Time Idiots are dealing with revived villains. They're calling them Encores. It's been fun and silly. When The Flash brought back Mirror Master as a new character with better effects, I was stoked, and I'm still digging it. But now it's starting to feel like a crutch. Where Legends…
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This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com