SOME SPOILERS AHEAD.
It looks like Barry finally, truly understood that he monumentally screwed up when he created Flash Point. I thought that realisation had come to him a long time ago, but it seems to have sunk in a lot deeper in this episode. It opened with him thinking about how it impacted the lives of everyone on Team Flash and how big of a mistake he made.
I was very pleased that the speed force was pissed at him for creating Flash Point. I expected that his time there would have been spent with him being punished by it for doing so…but that’s not what happened. I will say that by this point in the season it’s unnecessary to confront Barry with the colossal mess that was Flash Point, but, the speed force was the last entity that needed to confront Barry about it and it did that for all of one sentence. It didn’t spend any of it’s time with him admonishing him for what he’d done, instead it was trying to build him up and give him back his confidence.
Eddie, Ronnie and Captain Cold (I’m going by what the speed force said in his case because I don’t watch Legends of Tomorrow) were all people who gave their lives in a last heroic act because Barry inspired them. On the surface it looked like the speed force was reminding him of the deaths he’d caused, but what it was doing was reminding him of his heroism and what an inspiration he’d been. All so that he’d come to realise that he couldn’t put the task of saving Iris’ life on someone else and needed to do it himself.
It did remind him, though, that he can’t escape the consequences of his actions. And the biggest consequence of Flash Point is Savitar; the same person who is going to kill the woman he loves. So in that way, I guess, the speed force was pushing Barry to take responsibility for what he had done. He has to be the one to save Iris and by extension defeat Savitar, because his emergence is a direct result of Barry’s actions. By saddling Wally with that responsibility he was running away from the problem he had created.
The speed force also very aptly explained why it is that not a single speed wraith went after Barry when he created Flash Point; it felt sorry for him because his dad died so it just let him screw everything up…again.
It’s entirely unfair that Jay had to take Wally’s spot in the speed force. Why do they even need to have a speedster trapped in the speed force in the first place?
Jesse was insufferable this week. She was impatient, rash and reckless, which is usually Wally’s schtick so I guess he was rubbing off on her. She herself acknowledged that one speedster alone couldn’t take on Savitar and then preceded to go after him anyway! Beyond that stupid plan her entire attitude and behaviour was just deplorable. I was disgusted by the fact that she punched HR when all he was trying to do was keep her from getting herself killed. She was an ungrateful brat and a down right bitch for the majority of the episode.
Her little speech of being “the real Flash” on her earth held no weight at all because she abandoned her responsibilities to be with Wally. It was only when HR “insulted” Wally that she showed any sort of care for Earth-2, which she didn’t even return to at the end of the episode when she left. Earth-3 does need a Flash, but so does Earth-2 Jesse! What are her priorities even?
What did she even hope to achieve by going after Savitar? She didn’t have much of a plan beyond just using the piece of his armour to find him. Speaking of, why did that thing only just start moving when it’d been trying to get back to him the entire time? That didn’t make any sense.
I was hoping she wouldn’t fall into the trope of the girlfriend (super powered or not) of the hero, who refused to do what she was told and entered the fray, only to end up endangering not just herself, but everyone else. She didn’t do that, but only because she got help from HR; the same person she so rudely punched. Jesse was utterly lost before he stepped in and tried to help her. If not for him, she would have died and she would never have thought of using the piece of Savitar’s armour to stab him.
It was also because of HR that Team Flash realised that Savitar is a person under the armour…which I thought they already knew, so I’m not sure why they acted like it was a surprise. Sure, Savitar calls himself a god but they never indicated that they believed that. I’m sure that on at least one occasion someone on Team Flash told Savitar that’s he’s not a god. Plus, in episode nine – after Savitar made his first appearance – Jay told Barry that every story he’d ever heard about Savitar said the he was the first man to be granted speed. Jay did follow that up with “he became a god”, but I feel like Team Flash always knew and acknowledged that he titled himself a god and that it wasn’t actually true.
Iris was so cold to Barry in this episode. He got it the worst when she took five million years to say “I love you” back. Maybe if she hadn’t been so cold and actually talked to him and took the time to have a chat with him about where they were in their relationship – as I think she should have, considering she didn’t know whether or not he would come back to her – they wouldn’t have broken up. I really don’t understand why Barry broke up with her and what it had to do with embracing the future. It was a crappy thing to do just when she’d forgiven him and given him the time of day.
And is anyone on Team Flash ever going to acknowledge that their plan to change the future by changing the headlines on the news crawl didn’t work? Ever? Because it looks like Barry has given up on that plan now and that little fact would have been a very good reason to do so.
Random thoughts:
- High fives to HR for the tether idea. That was brilliant.
- But you haven’t changed the future Barry…
- Do you want to die Jesse? Because going after Savitar is how you die.
- Someone actually thought to check the byline on the article in the time fault! Thank you, Iris. Thank you.
- Calm down, Jesse. Geez.
- The CGI used in the fight between Barry and the Black Flash was awful.
- Did she really think that throwing lightning and Savitar would work?
- Golden Age reference!
The Flash airs Tuesdays at 8 PM on The CW.
This was the second episode in a row with a “bad guy” that wasn’t really a bad guy,who can’t exactly be blamed for their killings and is very sympathetic. Here, we had an old man with dementia who was not at all aware of what he was doing.
I wouldn’t think that Nick would have needed to urge Dr. Landeaux to testify that Mason’s actions didn’t have anything to do with the death of the old woman. He himself told them that and I imagine that he would testify as such if he had to, without being told anything. Nor was urging him to change the nurse’s mind necessary. In a court of law I’d imagine that his expertise as a doctor would be trusted more than her speculating that the old woman died of fear.
I think that Eve/Juliette seeing the skull thing in the mirror has little to do with the fact that she saw the symbols on the cloth and more to do with the fact that she experienced the death grip and was almost dragged to hell. So the fact that Diana can see the symbols doesn’t so much put her in danger, in my opinion, and not from the skull thing, as much as it points to her being in a dangerous situation already by virtue of being Diana and having the abilities that she does.
We got two monsters this week – that weren’t actually wessen? – in this episode and they had a symbiotic relationship; the yuboko, a tree which survives on human blood, and a kenoshimobi, a Groot/Ent-like walking tree thing which killed humans and fed it to the yuboko. This episode took the idea of the carnivorous plant and nature fighting back to a whole other level.
Given how freaked out that Monroe was when he saw the faces in the tree – this isn’t a weirwood’s kind of face either – and the fact that Rosalee is pregnant and that that was a very dangerous situation, it was strange to me that he was almost nonchalant about her going out to the forest. He’s usually very protective of her and inviting her there was the direct opposite of that.
It was amusing how all of the adults turned to Diana and hung onto her every word when she was explaining what happened in the bathroom mirror. Clearly she knows more about what’s going on than they do. Her being a child, though, she doesn’t really know how to express it. It’s kind of creepy how she has such a better understanding of it than everyone else. Adalind isn’t as worried about the fact that Diana is obviously connected to this as I thinks he should be. Renard is, though. I’m very interested in seeing how this plays out.
I was so proud of myself for figuring out that this episode would be based on Frankenstein. I’d noticed the reference in Victor Shelley’s name and didn’t think anything of it. Until Wu told Nick and Hank that the two sets of prints that were found at the crime scene were from dead men.
My question is though: where was his son for the six months in between the experiment and his reemergence? And why did he wait until then to attack the doctors? It’s a bit of a minor detail, but it’s quite the narrative gap. And how did none of Shelley’s colleagues see the missing posters of his son? That should have clued them into the fact that he didn’t, in fact, kill him because those posters had to have gone up after the experiment. There would be no reason for him to put up missing posters after the accident and before the experiment because his son was reported to have died. Team Grimm found an article stating that he had.
We revisited the mirror gateway to hell and this time Eve/Juliette encountered it in a hand held mirror at Monroe and Rosalee’s. Does the fact that the skull thing reached out and choked her mean that it can cross over into their world/realm/dimension or whatever? Also, bravo Eve/Juliette for biting it’s arm. It’s obviously connected to this big event that the constellation calendar is predicting. We have yet to see how. Could it be that the skull thing crossing into their world is the thing that’s coming? Or is it simply the opening of a portal to hell?
This episode was beyond hilarious. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed this much and this hard watching and episode of Grimm. It’s a shame that this is the final season and we won’t be getting more episodes like this, if at all. I loved this episode and it’s my favourite of the season so far. This was very much a filler episode and it was filler done right.
The character with the funniest moments in the entire episode was Hank. I don’t even think he realised that he was talking to himself in the mirror. I broke down with laughter when Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” started and Hank began singing along to his reflection. I had the same reaction when he saw himself in the hallway mirror. That was comedy gold.
The Lieutenant had no idea who he was messing with when he kidnapped Diana. I was at no point worried about her. The second he nabbed her, I laughed. She could tear him apart with one finger without blinking and he would never see it coming. And he didn’t! She didn’t tear him apart, but she did throw him around the room for a full day. He completely underestimated her. Renard himself wasn’t worried about her at all. He knows his daughter.
I totally forgot about the gate to hell that opened up in Nick’s bathroom mirror, complete with scary skull with glowing green eyes. Considering the tone of the rest of the episode, that was quite the random inclusion to have. It looks like it will be dealt with to some degree in the next episode.
Kaveh Holder and Amaya Howard took home their crowns as Mr. and Ms. SMS Model Search 2017 this past Saturday, March 11th, when the finale of the months long competition was held at the St. Michael School. Last year’s winners, Joshua Soudatt and Tiara Pantlitz, returned to crown the pair. The first runners-up were Menelik Babb and Shonya Ward and the second runners-up were Jaren Worme and Alyssa Bryan.
The show included musical performances by Romario Wilkinson, Megan Green and Joaquin and 
Most Improved (Male): Nicholas Sobers
The Barbadian self-described “Caribpop” band Cover Drive released their new single “Breakdown” this afternoon. The single was accompanied by a lyric video, a format which has become common place for the band. The video sees the band performing in a recording studio intercut with images of front-woman Amanda Reifer and another female wrapped in strings of lights.
At first I thought that maybe it was Liv who’d done it. She was uncharacteristically wrong about Cyrus being guilty and she steadfastly stuck to that belief, even after Team Pope discovered the $2 million that was sent to Tom that proved his innocence. Add that to the way she reacted to Quinn when she asked Liv what they would do about Cyrus and I thought that she was trying to get her off of her back because she was getting too close to the truth.
But then he handed Liv the document with the information from the bank account that was in her name that showed it was the source of the $2 million that was paid to Tom. He seemed to be genuinely upset with her and the actions the document implied, throwing her desire to run a clean campaign in her face. Because he responded that way, I dismissed him as a suspect as well and briefly entertained the idea, again, that it could be Liv. This being a Shonda Rhimes show and all, misdirection is a core component to almost every story.
I’m entirely intrigued as to who she is and what organisation it is that she represents. Maybe it’s the electoral college? I don’t think it’s very likely it’s a government organisation, though, because I don’t think Papa Pope would be afraid of the U.S. government. I think he’s proven that he isn’t. I’m also very curious as to why they want Mellie to be president. I don’t think Mellie herself has anything to do with this conspiracy. She’s likely just someone they think that they can use to further their agendas.
Jake was being absolutely terrible to her. Unnecessarily so. It seemed like he didn’t care about maintaining their marriage anymore because he didn’t even bother to lie to her to get her to back off. Considering how poorly he’s treating her, Vanessa needs to pull herself up by her bootstraps, realise that their marriage is not what she wants it to be and either accept it as it is or leave. Or do as Mellie suggested and figure out what it is that she wants to get out of the marriage and work toward that. Which it looks like she did by doing the interview with Sally. Please let this be the end of Vanessa drowning her sorrows in alcohol.
He drank himself into oblivion because he felt guilty for giving away his son, but that drinking made him a failure as a parent to the son he still had, which only made him drink even more. Everything about David’s father was just so sad. Depressing even. When he finally got his act together to try to be a better man, a better husband, a better father for his family…he died. He hardly got the chance to be better and then David ended up hating him anyway because he didn’t know what his father did.
David was generally a bit of a douche toward Hook for a good chunk of the episode. He was dropping some very snide remarks about Hook being unconscionable. I chalk this up to the writers laying it on too thick to drive home Hook’s point that David didn’t see him as the changed man that he was. As far as I can remember, David was never that way toward him and that particular issue never existed until this episode because they needed drama.
He did try to kill Sheriff Nottingham and then he stole that mysterious box from Regina’s vault. It’s clear he has ulterior motives for coming to the real world, but I’m really hoping that it’s not something evil or underhanded and he has an easily justifiable reason for being so deceitful.
Regina’s comment about the ease with which we crossed into the real world reignited reservations I had about the cabinet in the last episode. If “Not Her Robin” was able to pass through, who says that someone else from the wish world won’t in the future? We have no idea what wish world Pinocchio did with the cabinet and Emma and Regina made no demands of him to destroy it after. In fact, they at no point acknowledged the potential dangers of having the cabinet around or that anyone besides them could use. Like the thought never even crossed their minds. I’d like to think they’re more vigilant and careful than that, but it looks like they weren’t. Or the fact that it never came up means that someone else won’t use it.