Changes I Want For Flash Season 2

The Flash returns in just under 2 weeks and as you probably know, it was my favourite superhero show from the last tv year (Sorry Daredevil). But that doesn't mean it was perfect, i did have a few flaws that I hope they work out in the next season. But to be fair, i actually don't have that many flaws and even the ones i do, most of them are just nitpicks that i won't be tearing my hair out if they don't change, but nevertheless, they are still issues I have.

The first one is Cisco's constant referencing. Now look, I love Cisco and the one of his roles is to act as the geeky relatable character, and I love characters that constantly make references, Abed from Community is one of my favourite characters. The problem is how often they force in his references, take for example in the season finale, they talk about the possible end of the world and Cisco says "so long and thanks for all the fish" a reference to Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy. But see it doesn't work because it's supposed to be a serious scene and he says it in such a serious manner it comes across as awkward, and even then, the best references are the ones that still make you laugh even if you don't get the humour, here, if you don't get the joke it is really confusing. This started a lot of more in the latter half of season one, after the show had gotten feedback from fans and they noticed they liked Cisco being geeky, so they decided to increase that ten fold by forcing in more nerdy references whether they fit or not. So in season two i want them to cut back on the forced references.

The next one is Barry's speed consistency, now i know he's still young and hasn't reached his full speed yet, but he's still fast enough to catch a bullet, he's fast enough to run on water, he's fast enough to travel through time! Barry is really fucking fast. So why a bunch of robot bees were able to keep up with him and why Captain Cold is able to aim fast enough to hit him with his ice gun, it's ridiculous and doesn't make sense. So in season two, don't put him in these type of situations where he can obviously outrun the problem.

And the final problem, and really this is the only serious problem I have with the show that I feel they have to change. Iris West. Pretty much everything about her is bad. In season one the only way how she tied into the story was as a love interest, as a potential love interest for Barry or an actual love interest for Eddie. Even then she was a horrible girlfriend for Eddie, she didn't trust him, she gave him an ultimatum because he kept secrets even though she keeps secrets herself, the hypocritical bitch. She never did anything nice for him and expected him to treat her like a queen. Then when she finds out Barry's secret she gets incredibly grumpy and self-entitled. Iris, here's a life lesson for you PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE SECRETS! Even her friendship with Barry, the two are supposed to be best friends and help each other out with their problems, but it's always him helping her, never the other way around. In one episode, Barry is sat in the coffee shop, very clearly upset, Iris walks in and says "oh no, we can't both be having the worst day ever, i was hoping to vent" and then proceeds to talk about her problems and doesn't even ask about Barry. Jesus lady! You're best friend is clearly upset and almost never complains about his problems and your first thought it "no! I get to complain!" at the very least ask him if he's okay you cunt! And now that Eddie is out of the picture, what is her role? Joe is a cop, Caitlin and Cisco are scientists, Professor Stein and Ronnie are scientists and superheroes. What does Iris add? What is her role? It took her 20 episodes before she even caught up with everyone else, her subplot of her becoming a reporter was boring as hell (Seriously, this is a show about superheroes, why do we care about her job?). Iris was an awfully written character in the first season in every sense so they have some massive improvements to be made. For starters, make her an emotional anchor for Barry, have her help with his problems, talk to him, be his shoulder to cry on and don't turn into a bitch everytime he does something you don't like. Next, don't feel like you have to force her into the story, don't make her part of the superhero gang, make her Barry's connection to a home and a normal life. But we don't want her to just be a tag along for Barry, give her an arc with Joe, maybe something about her mother comes up, maybe the two have conflict (that she is reasonably upset about for once) and give her an arc to go through and doesn't just feel like a tack on.

So those are changes I would want for season two of The Flash, will any of these things happen? Who knows, but we will find out very soon, seriously though, two weeks is too long to wait!

-Danny