Actually The Flash, really doesn't have that much to do in this episode, he has a quick fight at the start, battles Piper a couple of times and that's really it. A whole lot of this episode focuses on Barry and his friends, which is a good thing because at the end of the day, that's where the emotional weight lies. Up until this point, Wells has always been the mentor of the group, and while we know of his secrets, the gang doesn't, up until this point where they learn more about his past and now he has to earn their trust. It's a conflict that hasn't been discussed yet in this show and it makes for good character development. And it makes me think that while Wells is also a villain in secret, he may actually consider the others to be his friends, which makes me wonder what his true motives really are. My favourite moment is again, a very small one, when they all take a photo together, with Barry still in costume. Obviously this is going to bite them in the ass later on in the season, but it just helps to solidify this friendship that the four of them have made.
This was also a really good episode for Cisco, he had a personal connection to Piper, that being that they were rivals when working for Wells, and also he got the best line of the episode "he was an asshole, but sometimes...he was a dick". I also liked the interactions between Cisco and Piper, you can tell these two really didn't like each other and it allowed Cisco to show a side of himself that he hasn't before. He's always been the light hearted, goofy nickname kinda guy, here, we see someone who genuinely gets under his skin, and it was great.
And the villain of this episode was incredible, I love this villain. Yes he did do the ultimate villain cliche where he gets captured just to break out because "it was all part of his plan" yeah that's stupid, but apart from that he was awesome. I love his backstory, yeah he was an obnoxious and cocky prick but he wasn't a bad person, when he knew there was a risk of the particle accelerator that it could kill people and wanted to shut it down. I also loved his behaviour in the show, every scene he's in, you always feel like he has complete control, he knows exactly what you're going to do, it was so eery and cool. Also you know, an openly gay supervillain, that's kinda cool, i haven't seen that before. They also imply that he'd be coming back later on, I hope so because so far, this is the coolest villain on The Flash.
Also unlike the previous episode, this one has an established theme that connects the characters' personal lives to their hero lives, and that being the theme of forgiveness. Piper is a villain because Wells fired him and threatened to ruin his life, and because he kept this from Team Flash, he begins to lose their trust. He needs to admit to what he did was wrong and find a way to make up for it, which he did. See guys, consistency and theming always makes things feel more cohesive.
My only problem with this episode is Iris, because what she's doing is so uninteresting and disconnected from everything else that i didn't give a damn about it, and not to mention she had like 2 scenes dedicated to it, that's hardly substantial time to set up a subplot. Or maybe they knew people wouldn't give a damn so they didn't even bother.
In the end, this episode gets a 9/10, almost everything worked about this episode except for Iris's subplot.
-Danny
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