So, we got our big revelation for the season. Savitar's identity is revealed. If I were Cisco and saw how Savitar turned himself into a human, I'd name him The Reverse Transformer. Or something like that. It sounded much better in my head.
Anyway...
While, IMHO, it puts too much "melo" next to "drama" for the sake of Arrowverse, I looked at the whole "Barry-becomes-Savitar" conundrum from two different points. At first, I was thinking: "No. Barry can't become evil. I mean, unlike Cisco's and Caitlin's doppelgangers, even Barry from Earth-2 is a goody!"
Then I realized that even Barry from E2 has Iris next to him. Which, to the certain extent, finally gives some sense to the existence of Iris at the first place. Without powers and scientific knowledge, she is usually as useful as a pedal on a wheel-chair to the team. I mean, what exactly does she do for The Team Flash apart from saying: "Barry, you can do it! I believe in you!"?
Well, it turns out that's exactly the point of Iris and we should have realized that in the Gorilla Grodd episodes this season. She is a voice and image of reason that reminds Barry what makes him a superhero apart from being a speedster. Without Iris, Barry would have run into a vengeful madness as the sole thought of losing her makes him both bitter and ready to do things he neither would nor should have ever done. Remove Iris from his life and you have a vengeful speedster who saw murders of both of his parents and the woman he loves or, basically, Hunter Zolomon with much bigger trauma and smaller shoulders.
One big plus is the arrival of Anne Dudek to the show. I loved her at "House M.D.".
Anyway...
While, IMHO, it puts too much "melo" next to "drama" for the sake of Arrowverse, I looked at the whole "Barry-becomes-Savitar" conundrum from two different points. At first, I was thinking: "No. Barry can't become evil. I mean, unlike Cisco's and Caitlin's doppelgangers, even Barry from Earth-2 is a goody!"
Then I realized that even Barry from E2 has Iris next to him. Which, to the certain extent, finally gives some sense to the existence of Iris at the first place. Without powers and scientific knowledge, she is usually as useful as a pedal on a wheel-chair to the team. I mean, what exactly does she do for The Team Flash apart from saying: "Barry, you can do it! I believe in you!"?
Well, it turns out that's exactly the point of Iris and we should have realized that in the Gorilla Grodd episodes this season. She is a voice and image of reason that reminds Barry what makes him a superhero apart from being a speedster. Without Iris, Barry would have run into a vengeful madness as the sole thought of losing her makes him both bitter and ready to do things he neither would nor should have ever done. Remove Iris from his life and you have a vengeful speedster who saw murders of both of his parents and the woman he loves or, basically, Hunter Zolomon with much bigger trauma and smaller shoulders.
One big plus is the arrival of Anne Dudek to the show. I loved her at "House M.D.".