This was a very poorly focused episode and yet, i actually think it worked really well in the show's favour. The main plot of the episode actually got the least amount of focus, atleast in comparison to other episodes. Really what does get more focus than normal is the gang just hanging out, and you know what? I like it like that. I've always said that my favourite parts of the show are just the characters hanging out and being friends, because unlike Arrow, i feel like these people would still be friends even if they weren't superheroes, and seeing Barry & Caitlin going out drinking was hilarious, and if you've ever had to take care of a friend while drunk, you know how Barry feels. Also we got to see Barry sing, finally, for those of you who don't know, Grant Gustin was in several episodes of Glee and was an amazing singer (Just listen to the Glee cover of Smooth Criminal, it's fantastic) I just wish they did the whole song rather than just 30 seconds. But this also leads to something i feared would happen in the show, the blossoming of Barry & Caitlin as a couple...now being honest, this didn't bug me as much as i thought it would. They aren't a couple yet, they're taking their time to build up to it, the two have great chemistry and if Ronnie is a different person then that means no stupid love triangles. So do i want this to happen? No. Will I be upset if it does? Not really, which is better than i thought i would be.
Then there is the plot of Cisco freeing Hartley, now if last week didn't make it clear, I love Hartley, he is so far, the best villain on the show, and i'm glad that Cisco actually had a contingency plan in case Hartley escaped, because you know he would have tried to escape. But i found this to be a tad forced, i don't understand how Hartley knew all of the things he did, nor do i understand the logic of his escape plan, why does his implant affect Cisco? But what it did lead to was a very nice scene between Cisco and Caitlin, he confesses that he locked Ronnie away and practically sentenced him to death. Both Cisco's guilt and Caitlin's forgiveness were excellent, Cisco talks about how he feels guilty, like maybe if he waited just another minute then Ronnie would be alive, and Caitlin responds the way Ronnie would have, she forgives him, and assures him that he made the right call. It was a great scene.
Also was great were the scenes between Barry and his dad, they're emotional, well performed and very well directed, they don't need to explain every detail on how they're feeling, something that i've complained about for Flash and Arrow before (Though they have been doing that less and less these days) and they can actually use some subtlety to get the emotions across. I am yet to see a bad scene between these two characters, they're not too forced, they're not too far apart, they're just right.
But a lot of stuff was just sort of sidelined in this episode, Dr Wells, Joe, Iris & Eddie barely have anything to do, hell, Eddie only has a couple of lines. And the main plot of the episode, like i said, didn't really have a whole lot of focus or development. I mean it still tied in thematically and was still structured properly, but overall, wasn't what i remembered about the episode.
Oh...and mother-fucking-Gorilla GRODD! Hot damn was that awesome to see, they're yet to fully show him, they're downplaying him for now and slowly but surely giving us some more of him every couple of episodes. I cannot wait to see where they go with this.
So overall, the stuff that I really like about The Flash got the most focus here which is awesome and i don't have any major issues with the episode, just a lot of stuff got sidelined. I'm giving this episode a 9/10...oh god that probably means Arrow is gonna suck tomorrow.
-Danny
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