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@grantgust


Also Eobard said they're not the only two speedsters. I wonder who else he's specifically referring to that he knows as a time traveling speedster? Max, Bart and Wally are all time travelers at some point. And no he's not talking about John fucking Fox.

But my dear Zero, why wouldn't he speak of the best speedster?

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Think this might have been my favorite episode of the season. Time travel shenanigans are always fun. The Barry & Thawne scene in the secret room was so tense.

 

[quesalupa]

Barry gave absolutely zero fucks about the timeline. I don't blame the dementor for coming after him.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

jesus fucking christ a 3 week break? why bother even coming back break if you only air 2 episodes before the next break.

Its becoming increasingly pointless to watch shows live anymore. I can't wait until all shows are on the day one instant Netflix model.

 

[strafer]

man oh man, i forgot how cool old Wells was

 

[ZeroX03]

What I liked in this episode is that it legitimately felt like Eobard Wells was a guest star, because Harry feels like a completely different character. That's all on Tom Cavanagh.

 

[Klyka]

Its becoming increasingly pointless to watch shows live anymore. I can't wait until all shows are on the day one instant Netflix model.

But then you watch it all in one day and have a whole year break afterwards!

 

[jon bones]

the more i think about last night's episode, the more i loved it.

god damn this show is so great.

What I liked in this episode is that it legitimately felt like Eobard Wells was a guest star, because Harry feels like a completely different character. That's all on Tom Cavanagh.

seriously, they have utilized Cavanagh brilliantly in this show from day 1

 

[KonradLaw]

Its becoming increasingly pointless to watch shows live anymore. I can't wait until all shows are on the day one instant Netflix model.

Using this model you wouldn't even get any episode from S2 yet. Just all at once late april at best

 

[ZeroX03]

seriously, they have utilized Cavanagh brilliantly in this show from day 1

I should watch Eli Stone. That's where Kreisberg, Berlanti and Guggenheim all came together and worked with Tom Cavanagh, Matt Letscher, Laura Benanti, Victor Garber, Tom Amandes, Jamey Sheridan and probably more.

I bet Sam Jaeger was in the running for Hunter Zolomon (I'm going to stop calling him Jay).

 

[KonradLaw]

I should watch Eli Stone. That's where Kreisberg, Berlanti and Guggenheim all came together and worked with Tom Cavanagh, Matt Letscher, Laura Benanti, Victor Garber, Tom Amandes, Jamey Sheridan and probably more.

I bet Sam Jaeger was in the running for Hunter Zolomon (I'm going to stop calling him Jay).

You should, very fun little show. Was sad to see it go. Had a lot of heart.

 

[RS4-]

If only Arrow had anything close to the consistency of Flash.

Amazing episode.

 

[abundant]

I wish CW would take a lesson from ABC and break their seasons into two parts. You air the first part in the fall, go on an extended break, then air the second half of the season without anymore breaks.

It'd also help the CW scheduling issues, as they can shoehorn in various shows during the extended breaks, like ABC did with Galavant and Agent Carter.

 

[DeathyBoy]

I should watch Eli Stone. That's where Kreisberg, Berlanti and Guggenheim all came together and worked with Tom Cavanagh, Matt Letscher, Laura Benanti, Victor Garber, Tom Amandes, Jamey Sheridan and probably more.

I bet Sam Jaeger was in the running for Hunter Zolomon (I'm going to stop calling him Jay).

Watch Ed as well, you get to see the first hints that Tom C can play a sociopath.

 

[Tabby]

I really don't see the point in bringing the show back for 2 episodes if they're just going to go on another break.

 

[maxcriden]

Without spoilers please, how did this ep compate with the last one? Is it more of a villain of the week ep or more of a moving the whole story forward kind of ep?

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Without spoilers please, how did this ep compate with the last one? Is it more of a villain of the week ep or more of a moving the whole story forward kind of ep?

Moving the story along.

 

[Tabby]

Without spoilers please, how did this ep compate with the last one? Is it more of a villain of the week ep or more of a moving the whole story forward kind of ep?

More plot oriented. There's usually less villain of the week episodes when we get to the last half of the season.

 

[jon bones]

Without spoilers please, how did this ep compate with the last one? Is it more of a villain of the week ep or more of a moving the whole story forward kind of ep?

crazy bonkers episode - a must watch

 

[abundant]

I really don't see the point in bringing the show back for 2 episodes if they're just going to go on another break.

Because without those two episodes, The Flash would've been on a 9 week break. That's a huge risk to take, because you risk losing viewers on return. For example, after the 4 week break ended, The Flash had it's lowest rating yet at 1.1. Still great for the CW, but if it was on a 9 week break, the ratings could have dipped below 1.0.

 

[maxcriden]

Moving the story along.

More plot oriented. There's usually less villain of the week episodes when we get to the last half of the season.

crazy bonkers episode - a must watch

Excellent! Glad to hear it. Thanks all! (and double thanks Jon for helping me out here and in the SHIELD thread!)

 

[ZeroX03]

I don't know if you guys can tell, but I'm quite fond of Arrowverese shows. But even with all my enthusiasm, I'm not all that bothered by breaks, while some of you seem livid.

Arrow's next break should be fun.

Spoiler

Looks like it's gone for two weeks after the death

.

 

[Penguin]

I wish CW would take a lesson from ABC and break their seasons into two parts. You air the first part in the fall, go on an extended break, then air the second half of the season without anymore breaks.

It'd also help the CW scheduling issues, as they can shoehorn in various shows during the extended breaks, like ABC did with Galavant and Agent Carter.

Honestly when they first announced it, that's what I thought Legends would be.

It would be a 16 episode series that aired twice a week (Tues/Wedn) for 8 weeks so that you could bridge the gap between Arrow/The Flash winter and Spring seasons.

 

[abundant]

I don't know if you guys can tell, but I'm quite fond of Arrowverese shows. But even with all my enthusiasm, I'm not all that bothered by breaks, while some of you seem livid.

I'm not too bothered by the breaks as well. Sure, it could be better, but it is what it is. Plus there's so much stuff on TV, it''s easy to keep yourself entertained. Like we talked about yesterday, even though Flash and Arrow are going on breaks, we still have the final 3 episodes of iZombie left + Legends to look forward to.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

I don't know if you guys can tell, but I'm quite fond of Arrowverese shows. But even with all my enthusiasm, I'm not all that bothered by breaks, while some of you seem livid.

Arrow's next break should be fun.

Spoiler

Looks like it's gone for two weeks after the death

.

New iZombie episode next week, and then I think they're putting the final episodes back to back on April 12th to fill in the gap with Flash being on break. So my Tuesdays are still set.

Put me down as another person that just assumed that Legends of Tomorrow would be a show to fill in the breaks between Flash and Arrow. Sorta like what Agent Carter does for Agents of SHIELD, or what The X-Files did for Gotham. A tighter more focused season might have helped Legends out.

 

[dead souls]

^
Exactly. I love The Flash but two iZombies back-to-back is even better.

 

[ZeroX03]

Legends 16-episode order and the reality of production schedules means they would've had to start filming months earlier if it was a mid season show that aired double episodes a week. It might have been originally intended to fill in the gap, but with an order that big it wasn't too feasible.

 

[morningbus]

I wish CW would take a lesson from ABC and break their seasons into two parts. You air the first part in the fall, go on an extended break, then air the second half of the season without anymore breaks.

It'd also help the CW scheduling issues, as they can shoehorn in various shows during the extended breaks, like ABC did with Galavant and Agent Carter.

I'm not sure if CW is too eager to replicate the ratings success of Galavant and Agent Carter.

 

[maximum360]

Goddamnit Barry

Watching now

I get that its going to be hard for him to not interfere with Eddie or whatever

But jesus Barry you made it about 30 seconds

Seriously. It was a great episode but he apparently just can't help himself. I was LOLing the whole time. He has zero self control.

 

[Kyoufu]

That was a fun episode.

It was also a reminder at how fucking great Cavanagh is at playing the Eobard Thawne character.

He's seriously amazing.

 

[abundant]

I'm not sure if CW is too eager to replicate the ratings success of Galavant and Agent Carter.

Anything is better then the ratings CW gets for reruns.

 

[dead souls]

I'm not sure if CW is too eager to replicate the ratings success of Galavant and Agent Carter.

That's exactly what I thought when I read that comment.

Anything is better then the ratings CW gets for reruns.

Reruns don't cost anything though. ABC paid to make bridge shows that totally flopped.

 

[morningbus]

Anything is better then the ratings CW gets for reruns.

Their Flash reruns, for example, actually perform better than some of their new programming in the same time slots. And they're practically free.

I'm not going to pretend to know the calculus behind CW's decisions, as I think they rely heavily on international sales to the point where airing stuff in the US is sometimes little more than a formality, and I'd certainly love less breaks as a fan, but I do think there is some method to their madness.

 

[Nori Chan]

This is like your trainer shoving steroids into your hands and telling you fuck off.

This is the greatest thing I have ever read

 

[Urban Scholar]

That was a fun episode.

It was also a reminder at how fucking great Cavanagh is at playing the Eobard Thawne character.

He's seriously amazing.

Tom is GOAT material, straight up. He flipped his emotional state on a dime while talking to our Barry and then maintaining his ruse like nothing. This man can act!! Damn

 

[Joni]

That was a fantastic episode, but I was expecting Barry 2016 to go back in time, make sure Barry 2016-1 didn't knock out Barry 2015 so the influence on time disappeared to defeat the Dementor. It was surprising they kept that Pied Piper twist, but he felt a lot more sympathetic this time around. And damn if Barry isn't a coldblooded liar, making Wells think he won.

 

[jon bones]

i secretly hope the show wraps up next year

my heart can't take WB fuckin this up bc of the movie

make Grodd the ultimate big bad and wrap it all up in a tight, 3 season show

 

[roflwaffles]

One of the biggest pitfalls of S2 is that Zoom, while menacing and brutal, isn't really a character. It's definitely missing Eobard-Wells which elevated S1 to greatness.

 

[Joni]

i secretly hope the show wraps up next year

my heart can't take WB fuckin this up bc of the movie

make Grodd the ultimate big bad and wrap it all up in a tight, 3 season show

We have to trust in Geoff Johns being a Flash fanboy, and in Batman v Superman being maimed in the reviews.

 

[Shanlei91]

i secretly hope the show wraps up next year

my heart can't take WB fuckin this up bc of the movie

make Grodd the ultimate big bad and wrap it all up in a tight, 3 season show

I want this show to go on for eternity or until Barry's great head of hair falls out. Whichever comes first.

 

[Sölf]

Great episode. Since I don't read the comics, I have no idea what the fuck is happening in the promo. xD

Chariot explained a few things to me. And god damn, I miss Eobard Thorne Wells, it was great seeing him again. Also, this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/FlashTV/comments/4ckt7q/i_just_want_to_show_love_to_an_under_appreciated/

 

[The Light]

Wouldn't it have made more sense to go back to the time Barry helped Thawne go back to the future? I laughed at Thawne being smart enough to notice Barry is from the future yet dumb enough to believe he would win in the end.

Also something that didn't make sense to me is that future Barry is supposed to be much faster than Thawne and past Barry at that point in time so why was P.Barry able to keep up to help future Barry escape?

 

[BLOODED_hands]

Wouldn't it have made more sense to go back to the time Barry helped Thawne go back to the future? I laughed at Thawne being smart enough to notice Barry is from the future yet dumb enough to believe he would win in the end.

Also something that didn't make sense to me is that future Barry is supposed to be much faster than Thawne and past Barry at that point in time so why was P.Barry able to keep up to help future Barry escape?

Plotforce and speedforceaintgottaexplainshit.gif

Best not to think too hard about it

 

[jon bones]

We have to trust in Geoff Johns being a Flash fanboy, and in Batman v Superman being maimed in the reviews.

praise be to GJ

I want this show to go on for eternity or until Barry's great head of hair falls out. Whichever comes first.

Arrow barely made it 2 seasons before turning to garbage... i want to be able to recommend a comic book show that is amazing start-to-finish to people. if Flash can stick the landing in S3 it'll be just that.

 

[Luigi87]

Wouldn't it have made more sense to go back to the time Barry helped Thawne go back to the future? I laughed at Thawne being smart enough to notice Barry is from the future yet dumb enough to believe he would win in the end.

Also something that didn't make sense to me is that future Barry is supposed to be much faster than Thawne and past Barry at that point in time so why was P.Barry able to keep up to help future Barry escape?

The Time Wraith was apparently slowing main Barry down, so I think that's why Past Barry was generally able to catch up.
... that's all I got.

 

[Shanlei91]

Arrow barely made it 2 seasons before turning to garbage... i want to be able to recommend a comic book show that is amazing start-to-finish to people. if Flash can stick the landing in S3 it'll be just that.

I like to think Arrow's quality was sacrificed so we could have The Flash.

 

[Beren the Empty-Handed]

That was awesome.

I love this show.

Now to simply wait patiently until it returns...

 

[Anbokr]

yeah this last episode just shows how amazing wellsobard is, they gotta find some way to bring him back

 

[whiterabbit]

I watched the episode that aired last night and caught up on the previous two episodes (King Shark and Trajectory) on the CW website - it's cool that they stream them there.

I'm glad it's still as good as the first season. Great show.

 

[Joni]

praise be to GJ



Arrow barely made it 2 seasons before turning to garbage... i want to be able to recommend a comic book show that is amazing start-to-finish to people. if Flash can stick the landing in S3 it'll be just that.

That was by coincidence also the season they had to rewrite a lot because of stupid warner and insecure will Smith.