"Versus Zoom" is indeed one of the most anticipated episodes this season as the title already suggest, it is when Zoom and Barry finally fight after all the stakes have been set and the mysteries and questions continue to be solved. The episode does a great job of establish Zoom's character and the parallelism between him and Barry and the theme of a family being there to be able to support each other, yet the episode still has some minor to glaring flaws and plot holes that don't really add up.
First off, the episode starts off with a well done flashback to Zoom's story and origins which does a great job of conveying to the audience of how much of a broken character Zoom is and how much similar the Flash could be to the Zoom at the end of the day. The episode also has great heart in being able to correlate the relationship of both Barry and Joe. Before the battle between the flash and zoom even started, they also actually gave us an actual reasonable and realistic plan at the start which meant that there was no need for the battle which I particularly liked because of the way the show actually acknowledges that there were other directions the team could've taken yet they didn't. Plus, there were some references from Star Wars and more that were made to fill up some of the analogy given in the film which were actually quite hilarious and actually makes sense for the situation which was honestly surprising. Plus plus, the action and visuals are incredible and it's heart pounding when the Zoom and Flash battle eventually starts and when it ends. Although there are a few mis- steps as well leading to that battle. The Iris subplot is now back to finally annoy us for like the 10th time (I lost count) in this whole series. Sure, maybe Iris is now more developed and her characters is now much more steadfast (no pun intended), it still doesn't change the fact that her subplot was so out of place and unnecessary for this episode. Then there came some minor to glaring plot holes *SPOILERS FROM HERE ON OUT*
Firstly, why didn't the Flash make any mention of his travel to Supergirl's world and why didn't he use this to his advantage? He was able to open a breach and travel to another world, WHY COULDN'T HE ASK HELP FROM WELLS AND HIS TEAM IN ORDER TO REPLICATE THAT AND GO OPEN A BREACH TO EARTH 2?? Instead, they had to use Cisco, who in fact was even unwilling to do it in the first place. Secondly, something minor but how the hell did they get full body cut outs of Zoom's parents? They literally had the time and effort to get HD looking full body shots of his parents just to freaking deter him. Thirdly, why was there a need to take Caitlyn? it honestly felt anti-climactic and unnecessary for Zoom to do considering he got what he wanted. Was it just because he got triggered because she reminded her of her mom? Does Zoom still actually love her? This episode just leaves more questions open than actually answered.
First off, the episode starts off with a well done flashback to Zoom's story and origins which does a great job of conveying to the audience of how much of a broken character Zoom is and how much similar the Flash could be to the Zoom at the end of the day. The episode also has great heart in being able to correlate the relationship of both Barry and Joe. Before the battle between the flash and zoom even started, they also actually gave us an actual reasonable and realistic plan at the start which meant that there was no need for the battle which I particularly liked because of the way the show actually acknowledges that there were other directions the team could've taken yet they didn't. Plus, there were some references from Star Wars and more that were made to fill up some of the analogy given in the film which were actually quite hilarious and actually makes sense for the situation which was honestly surprising. Plus plus, the action and visuals are incredible and it's heart pounding when the Zoom and Flash battle eventually starts and when it ends. Although there are a few mis- steps as well leading to that battle. The Iris subplot is now back to finally annoy us for like the 10th time (I lost count) in this whole series. Sure, maybe Iris is now more developed and her characters is now much more steadfast (no pun intended), it still doesn't change the fact that her subplot was so out of place and unnecessary for this episode. Then there came some minor to glaring plot holes *SPOILERS FROM HERE ON OUT*
Firstly, why didn't the Flash make any mention of his travel to Supergirl's world and why didn't he use this to his advantage? He was able to open a breach and travel to another world, WHY COULDN'T HE ASK HELP FROM WELLS AND HIS TEAM IN ORDER TO REPLICATE THAT AND GO OPEN A BREACH TO EARTH 2?? Instead, they had to use Cisco, who in fact was even unwilling to do it in the first place. Secondly, something minor but how the hell did they get full body cut outs of Zoom's parents? They literally had the time and effort to get HD looking full body shots of his parents just to freaking deter him. Thirdly, why was there a need to take Caitlyn? it honestly felt anti-climactic and unnecessary for Zoom to do considering he got what he wanted. Was it just because he got triggered because she reminded her of her mom? Does Zoom still actually love her? This episode just leaves more questions open than actually answered.