Incidentally, is it me, or does it feel like these first three, or at least the last two, episodes have been cutting down on the amount of time Barry spends in costume? This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, as we know we’ll get plenty of costumed action once Crisis on Infinite Earths gets moving. Between that new design and that brilliant new Flash costume, when both Barry and Frost are suited up, it makes for some striking visuals. I still could do without the “Frost learns something new about living” stuff each week, but when we’re getting the best moments between her and Barry that we’ve seen in years, it’s a worthwhile tradeoff. Her moments as a “metahuman consultant” with Barry were great, as was her confrontation with Dr. But both of those characters have been bright spots in these first few episodes, particularly Cecile, who is no longer being played strictly for laughs, even in lighter moments (which she’s great at), and has a real sense of purpose. Longtime readers of my reviews (I’m sorry) know that I haven’t been much of a fan of Cecile’s meta powers or the ongoing and increasingly visual Caitlin/Frost dichotomy. But what has far more quietly happened has been how the writers this year have managed to (so far) make every single disparate element of this show work in harmony. New showrunner Eric Wallace made it clear at SDCC what his big picture efforts to fix the shortcomings of the previous two seasons were, namely by dividing the season in half with two different big bads. Oh yeah, and did I mention we also get a new Harrison Wells this episode, too? And then it gives us some almost fish-out-of-water moments with Frost helping Barry investigate a crime scene. And then it changes things up yet again by bringing in Ralph’s mom for some amusing, non-powered Central City lowlife action. “Dead Man Running” kicks off with a horror movie style opening scene with goons paying the ultimate price, and then promptly switches gears for a somber sequence with Barry telling the rest of Team Flash about the impending Crisis (even though he waits until the end of the episode to tell them the truth about his own fate in it). Not to spoil the rest of my review ahead of time, but The Flash season 6 is three-for-three right now, and I’m starting to feel pretty confident about where things are headed.įor the third week in a row, I’m compelled to talk about the overall tonal balance of this season so far. “Dead Man Running” puts in a lot of work to make Rosso’s journey more engaging and believable, and it does it in the course of an episode that covers a lot of ground in other areas, too. Remember how last week I said that I was worried that The Flash went straight from zero to mustache twirling villain too quickly with Dr. This article contains The Flash spoilers.
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