The Flash "Potential Energy" Review

Oh yeah! The Flash is back which means I'm back to reviewing it! And boy does this show come back with a...well, not a bang, more like a fizzle. For our returning episode we see Barry forced to take on The Turtle (Turtle Man as he's known in the comics, thus i will refer to him as such) the slowest villain ever, meanwhile having to balance his struggling relationship with Patty and in the end they break up. Oh and Wally and Joe have like 3 minutes of screen time.

So let's get the good stuff out of the way, cause boy do i have some bitchin' to do here. The main thing I loved about this episode is The Turtle Man, mostly because this is a villain I never thought would see a live action version. If you aren't aware, Turtle Man is the first villain Barry Allen ever fought in The Flash comics. Of course he wasn't nearly as cool there as he is here, giving him the ability to make everyone around him incredibly slow is a cool twist, but damn this show keeps surprising me with villains making appearances, first King Shark now Turtle Man? I can't wait to see who comes up next!

Now let's get to the bad of the episode...everything else! Why do superhero shows insist on throwing romances into the limelight? You're not good at writing romance! More importantly no one cares about the romance! This is a superhero show! But talking specifically issues with this romance, apart from it being the focus, is the flawed logic behind Patty for breaking up with Barry. Now she makes a good point earlier on that she puts up with a lot being Barry's girlfriend and complains about how he's keeping too many secrets from her...then drops a big bombshell on him at the end of the episode. So basically it goes like this "You never talk to me Barry, you don't trust me and it's not fair. Oh by the way i'm leaving town which means we have to break up, bye!" whaqubdgwfb--WHAT!? What a hypocritical bitch! Then the fact one of the subplots is another romance between Caitlin and Jay (Never a fan of that either) and it turns out he's dying because...reasons, and this makes for a good plot because...reasons.

Then finally there is the relationship between Joe and Wally and holy crap do I hate Wally! He shows up at Joe's door and now suddenly refuses to talk to him, blames him for never trying to find him, commits crimes in front of Joe despite the fact he's a cop! Okay, kid, none of this is your dad's fault, it was your bitch of a mother that left him and never told him she was pregnant with you, and then you make the claim "Some detective you are" HOW WAS HE SUPPOSED TO KNOW YOU EVEN EXISTED!? Also you do not get to show up at someone's door and then ignore them completely. Jesus Christ, I love Wally West in the comics but here he is an irritating douche nozzle. I know they're setting up his arc so the two will bond by the end of the show but we're supposed to want to see them get closer, honestly Joe was better off without this kid.

So yeah, wasn't a fan of this episode, bitchy characters doing bitchy things and acting like total bitches. 4/10

-Danny