Every time he Vibes, Cisco increases his chance of death. As I predicted in “The Death of Vibe”, it seems that Cisco’s powers are diminishing as a result of his battle with Cicada. What’s probably the most compelling aspect of this B-story is what’s going on with Cisco. The Elongated Man is known to be one of the smartest people in DC Comics and it was cool to see Ralph show off his detective skills in front of the overconfident Sherloque Wells. First off, I’m loving the dynamic between Ralph and our new Wells. It’ll be interesting to see if this trend continues.Īs our B-story, we had some developments in Caitlin’s search for her father. Ragdoll’s ability to contort and stretch his body is akin to Ralph. Spin’s abilities (well, technically her phone’s abilities) were reminiscent of Kilgore. Not only did we get an amusing homage to Spider-Man with Ralph but Iris actually got to have her own heroic moment by jumping off of a freaking building to unlock the power-dampening cuffs on Barry.īefore we move on, did Ralph eat Rag Doll there at the end? Or was Rag Doll just buried under him? I really hope it wasn’t the first one.Ī theory I’ve had regarding these new meta-powers is that all of the villains we will see over the next few weeks have abilities from our season four bus metas. The climax of the episode was also something I’ll remember when discussing The Flash season five. There are some scenes from him in this episode that I won’t forget in a long time. James is a contortionist that is best known for his work in the thirteenth season of America’s Got Talent. A lot of this credit goes to the actor, Troy James. The highlight of this episode has got to be its villain of the week, Peter Merkel AKA Ragdoll. The way they both ended up accepting each other on their own terms was also a good call. Getting back to the episode, I’ve really enjoyed how the show has handled the drama in the West-Allen household so far. He will be sorely missed and hopefully, he’ll be back on The Flash soon. It was obvious from the past few episodes that something was bothering Martin as most of the time, he was either sitting down or leaning against a wall. Martin, who plays Joe West, is reportedly taking a medical leave of absence from The Flash due to back problems. For those of you who haven’t heard, Jesse L. Taking nothing away from Cecille as a character or Danielle Nicolet’s acting chops but I can’t help but think that her role in this episode was meant for Joe. On Nora’s end, she got to see a different side of Iris courtesy of Cecille.
Her fears that Nora would push her away, just like Iris did to her mom, made a lot of sense. I hadn’t even thought about Iris’ mother until she brought it up to Barry.
The slo-mo shots at the Gala were unnecessary though as they just took me out of the scene. It was nice to just see these two as a couple for once. These two don’t get to share scenes outside the Star Labs hallway or their loft together often. The main focus this week was on Barry and Iris (mostly Iris though). Even though the relationship between her and Iris was at the forefront in “All Doll’d Up”, she didn’t play a huge factor into most of the episode. Cicada has taken up a large chunk of screen time over the past few weeks. Something both shows have done well is juggling its storylines. Arrow has been killing it with almost every episode and The Flash is not that far behind in terms of quality. After a down year, it seems that the Arrowverse is in a strong resurgence.