Listen, I understand not all episodes can be winners and there are definitely some cool parts about this specific episode, but it feels so over the top / dramatic / a mess of emotions that don't really carry the same weight in the actual dialogue. Actors can only do so much before you realize the lines they're reciting aren't as impactful as maybe the director wants them to be.
Watching this episode made me remember that the team behind the Flash both on screen and off screen are the weakest part of the show. The last two episodes previous to this one were stellar! Dialogue was meaningful, stakes were high, everyone had a purpose.
Then enter this team flash episode where we get no emotion behind the lines of Caitlin 3.0 , we get Cecil telling us how to feel because she's "picking up some major emotional feelings" , we get Chester ONCE AGAIN serving 0 purpose other than to worry about a woman, and Iris who also just delivers lines like she has a gun being pointed to her head and will get shot the moment she says I don't want to do this anymore.
I laugh at lines like "Is that..." "Caitlin's old apartment? Yeah."
This show LOVES having people start a sentence for someone else to finish it. The problem now is that it's never a natural interruption. There's a beat there that shouldn't be....just finish the line! The writing for this show is awful when it focuses on an ensemble.
Even poor Eddie has to do dumb stuff like awkwardly laugh with a sense of insanity while standing in a grave. Why? Just make him normal.... Okay I'm done talking. Hopefully the next one has more purpose.
Watching this episode made me remember that the team behind the Flash both on screen and off screen are the weakest part of the show. The last two episodes previous to this one were stellar! Dialogue was meaningful, stakes were high, everyone had a purpose.
Then enter this team flash episode where we get no emotion behind the lines of Caitlin 3.0 , we get Cecil telling us how to feel because she's "picking up some major emotional feelings" , we get Chester ONCE AGAIN serving 0 purpose other than to worry about a woman, and Iris who also just delivers lines like she has a gun being pointed to her head and will get shot the moment she says I don't want to do this anymore.
I laugh at lines like "Is that..." "Caitlin's old apartment? Yeah."
This show LOVES having people start a sentence for someone else to finish it. The problem now is that it's never a natural interruption. There's a beat there that shouldn't be....just finish the line! The writing for this show is awful when it focuses on an ensemble.
Even poor Eddie has to do dumb stuff like awkwardly laugh with a sense of insanity while standing in a grave. Why? Just make him normal.... Okay I'm done talking. Hopefully the next one has more purpose.