The Flash (3×21) – “Cause and Effect” Written by:          Judalina Neira & Lauren Certo Directed by:        David McWhirter So this week’s episode picks up exactly where we left off last week, Barry vs future Barry and the producers have realized that after this long the last thing we need is mystery.  Barry has figured it all out, Savitar-Barry is a time remnant from the final battle between Barry and Savitar that was abandoned by everyone since he was an extra Barry.  He traveled back in time and closed the loop and he’s almost finished with his apotheosis. He needs two things, Iris’ death and… a secret thing.  Barry…

The Flash (3×20) – “I Know Who You Are” Written by:          Bronwen Clark & Joshua V. Gilbert Directed by:        Hanelle Culpepper Greetings from the Bluegrass State!  Let’s talk about the Flash, so we start with Barry and Savitar facing off and Barry tells him the episode title that he knows who our villain is.  Then it’s back to the previous day where Joe is lamenting his lady love’s commitment to her exercise routine but don’t worry Joe.  Cecile loves you anyway… No really, she loves him she even says the words and like the male stereotype that television writers thinks we all are he starts to freak-out.  But…

The Flash (3×19) – “The Once and Future Flash” Written by:         Carina Adly MacKenzie Directed by:       Tom Cavanagh O-KAY!  Quick thing first, thanks Michael for taking the controls for the last review.  You did me proud.  You even kept it short, I get the feeling I would’ve gone on some sort of tangent about the origins of the word “Abracadabra” in the Kabbalah… and here I am; about to fall into that trap now.  Let’s get to the review. We open on snowy Central City while Barry and Iris contemplate their future.  Not together and not in the same way, Iris is essentially planning her will while Barry’s…

The Flash (3×17) – “Duet” Written by:         Aaron & Todd Helbing Story by:              Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg Directed by:       Dermott Down I tried.  I want you to know that, okay? I tried to be objective.  I can recognize that just because something’s not for me it can be good.  Hell there’s been episodes of the Flash that I didn’t care for that I can still understand why people liked but this… This was like a perfect storm of everything they’ve done that I think hurts the show wrapped up with a nice pretty bow.  It didn’t tell us anything of substance about the characters that we didn’t…

The Flash (3×16) – “Into the Speed Force” Written by:         Brooke Roberts & Judalina Neira Directed by:       Gregory Smith So things have gotten pretty bad, Wally’s trapped in a Speed Force and it seems like the gang is left with three options.  There’s the pragmatic option; Move on, accept that Wally’s basically dead and learn to accept that while avenging his death by defeating Savitar.  This is a really bad plan and not even remotely heroic so we’ll save it for the last resort.  Option two: The intelligent plan.  Figure out a way to reverse what you’ve done, research figure out exactly what future Barry did to trap…

The Flash (3×15) – “The Wrath of Savitar” Written by:         Andrew Kreisberg & Andrew Wilder Directed by:       Alexandra La Roche Opening on a race with Barry and Kids this weeks and shortly after noticing that HR does like phrase things in a creepy way we learn that the goal of this escapade was to train Wally up to the speed he’ll need to stop Savitar from killing Iris, which he is now officially fast enough to do.  Well that’s good!  Let’s just go ahead and call it a season then, I guess that Wally seeing Savitar everywhere he goes is just a red herring.  The day is saved,…

The Flash (3×14) – “Attack on Central City” Written by:         Benjamin Raab & Deric A Hughes Story by:              Todd Helbing Directed by:       Dermott Downs Part Two!  Let’s go! I’ve got to make lunch! We finished last week with Gypsy (who is still totally genderbent Cisco from Earth-19!) about to bring the Gorilla Army to Earth One.  So what better time than now for a cute shippy, Barry/Iris breakfast scene? With that out of the way and we’re over to STAR Labs where it seems HR blew up a Hallmark Bomb in the Speed Lab and I find myself wondering if they’d planned for this episode to air three…

The Flash (3×13) – “Attack on Gorilla City” Written by:         Aaron Helbing & David Kob Story by:              Andrew Kreisberg Directed by:       Dermott Downs We open this week on Caprica with Helo and Sharon…  I mean the Island Oliver… Dammit! Gorilla City (Don’t blame me they all look like the same park outside Vancouver!) and Wells is being chased by- you guessed it- Gorillas.  Then it’s back to Earth One for some exposition and recap.  Jesse needs help, and Team Flash is gonna go to Earth-2 to do it because this totally isn’t a trap or anything.  Besides, there’s a mention of a “Gorilla Attack” on the big future…

The Flash (3×12) – “Untouchable” Written by:         Brooke Roberts & Judalina Neira Directed by:       Rob Hardy Okay, so I’m a little late with the review. Sorry that I am an old man with responsibilities and a full time job that can (not) literally (but figuratively) eat my time. I don’t know why you’re getting mad, you’re not perfect either! Sitting there reading this, in whatever state of dress you call that! Also, that coffee cup is tacky put it down. But everyone makes mistakes, maybe we shouldn’t get caught up in who was late and just get on with the review… We start off with a Flash vs…

The Flash (3×11) – “Dead or Alive” Written by:         Zack Stentz Story by:              Benjamin Raab & Deric A Hughes Directed by:       Harry Jierjian Digging right in this week. After a pretty meaningless dream sequence from HR Wells we open with Barry and Wally chasing down some gun runners.  It looks like the speedsters are working well together and Barry even lets Wally take a bow (and a selfie) with the high school cheerleaders they save before he leaves behind a flaming lightning bolt.  Bad call Barry, the flaming logo is a DareDevil thing that’s gimmick infringement and he’s a lawyer. Back at STAR Labs, new teammate Julian has…