The Flash (TV Series) Rogues of War (2023) User Reviews

The Flash's downfall to mediocrity continues

[eladavivi-72143 · 6/10 · 27 February 2023]

The Flash has always been a comfort show for me and I rewatched previous seasons many times. This episode, this season, the past few seasons to be frank, were one of the most insufferable pieces of television ever created.

Believe me when I say this, I was a fan of The Flash since I was a kid. I used to watch episodes every week when the first few seasons aired and yes, they weren't perfect but they were very fun to watch as a kid and it was enjoyable for me to see The Flash have it's mighty battles and fight his biggest foes. But ever since the second half of Season 6, I have tried and tried time after time to sit through 40 minutes of cringe dialogue, messy plots and storylines, and ridiculous VFX.

I think one of the main problems of The Flash's downfall is unrealistic budgets causing the VFX to be ridiculous and having no choice but to hire TERRIBLE writers. This season started with the first episode being pretty good but this one was just unwatchable.

We start off with The Flash's latest enemies from the previous episodes, once again with cringy dialogue trying to steal objects to create a time machine for their benefactor, which is revealed to be Red Death. The Flash brings a team of rogues together to steal an object before the enemies steal it. They then for some reason, don't listen to Barry because apparently the rogues are just a group of sensitive little babies. Anyways, Barry apologizes because that's what big kids do and they get in the facility in the most least epic way. Apparently a highly guarded facility doesn't have security cameras and the rogues just stand there in front of the generators without any guards or any security cameras. The enemies then arrive and Chillblaine, being the worst character ever in the show, betrays Barry and the rogues and reveals to be Red Death's lackey. Once again, cringy dialogue. The CGI was... fine for The Flash. Red Death then reveals herself in the worst way possible saying "I am vengeance". She reveals to be Batwoman being the new avatar of the Negative Speedforce. This is by far the WORST villain reveal ever since Season 7.

Overall, a terrible episode. I didn't enjoy it at all and I had a very rough time sitting through it. I hope Eric Wallace and his writing team get a hold of themselves so this season could at least be better than Season 7.

Episode: 903, Rating: 6/10.

Disappointing

[pauli_gomez · 6/10 · 26 February 2023]

Ok, most of the episode was fine by the Flash standards. You know, still Allegra being boring, Barry making rookie mistakes, some drama about Iris' fellings, but decent action, FX, several meta on stage. I like Pied Piper a lot and I was actually enjoying the episode.

Then the reveal of the Red Death identity came too abruptly and not looked well. So the episode would have been much better if it ended a couple of minutes before.

I saw that a double-episode is coming, so I hope it is good. There is no much The Flash left and I hope it goes in a good note. Oh, I still think the characters need to mourn they missing comrades, instead of just shrug.

A Great Episode that Ends in the Worst Way Possible

[panagiotis1993 · 6/10 · 25 February 2023]

Barry and Iris are in France taking cooking classes? That's cool, didn't expect that. Before the season ends we will probably see Iris expecting a kid, which is cool. Once again Iris is very involved with trying to stop the villains, so tired of this, could use much less of that stuff in the final season. So the villains want to build a time machine, now that's interesting. So Barry wants to create his own team of villains? To fight other villains? Well that could be fun for sure. Allegra avoids talking to Chester. I don't really care about that. Lol, this line ''we need your powers to help save the city''. ''Hell yeah let's do this''. Ok this scene was funny. And they want to include Mark too? I like it. And Goldface? The most cheesy villain in the show? Gotta love the cheesy vibes of this episode. But I think it's kind of silly that the Flash needs the help of... Goldface haha, right?

After bringing the team together they kick Barry off the team? I didn't expect that. And Chester mentions Wayne Enterprises? Niice. Love how no one was surprised when they realized that Barry is the Flash. And Team Red Death shows up, niice. Red Death finally shows up. Now it seems like we will have Team Flash vs Team Read Death against each other. 2 teams, 2 speedsters and many criminals. I think that sounds cool. ''We find this new speedster and we stop him!'' hell yeah. Wow this episode was great until the ending where we get the identity reveal of Red Death who is Batwoman? I really never expected that Red Death would be Batwoman under the mask. This is the next huge threat? The next big villain? That's a letdown in my opinion. I would give this episode a 7.6/10 rating but I will give it only a 6.5/10 because i didn't like how it ends.

BORING, LIFELESS, WHAT HAPPENED

[lucasbradshaw2022 · 23 February 2023]

Honestly, if this show is ever going to come close to the once and great show that it was, you have to get rid of Allegra and Chester. This show is called THE FLASH, not Allegra and Chester's relationship problems. To the writers, directors and everyone behind the scenes, please make the show more focused on THE FLASH. I can promise you now, you would get your first episode (for the first time in like 2 years) over a 9, if you got rid of Allegra and Chester. They are absolutely useless, boring and damn annoying. No one would miss them. Also, please use your actors acting abilities properly, they seem so dry and lifeless now. It's a hard and slow watch. Please show sort of passion and effort for your show, I love this show, *loved this show. We can only hope that they actually gonna listen to the fans now. At least make the show go out in a bang man.

The Reveal could have been better

[abhishekkoushik-88614 · 7/10 · 25 February 2023]

The Reveal of the red death's identity could have been a lot better, in my opinion, the line 'I am vengeance' said by her was just plain cringe. It sounded like a voice break. Her suit, it's not intimidating at all, they could have designed it a little less boxy. My interest in Chester and Allegra's relationship declines over time. The main problem of this series always has been to make the show about Barry Allen a.k.a the flash and his family and not about any other characters. The flash's identity was revealed to Gold Face and the fire meta, I am surprised at the fact that all his villains don't know his name and life. The direction could have been better, and the close-up of all rogues looked like a power ranger scene. And what is this about the negative speedster cancelling the flash's power, if the negative speed for a could do that, why has thawne never used it during his battles against the flash? It also seems that Barry never suits on as the flash until the very last second. Khione seems to be an interesting character and I wanna see more of her.

So far the worst season ever

[lunafanaticx · 1/10 · 24 February 2023]

The reveal made me laugh my eyes out. It wasn't Bruce Wayne, it was BATWOMAN. Not only that, Red Death isn't intimidating at all. If I saw that suit in real life I would laugh my ass off and not be scared for a single moment. They should have done it like Zoom, that genuinely scared me in real life. The "I am vengeance" line made me cringe to death. Worst villain ever.

I know that the CW doesn't have the rights for Batman, but I would've just scrapped Red Death entirely. Plus, Reverse Flash being defeated last season was a huge waste, especially the WAY he was defeated. I wouldn't have done that, Reverse Flash was last season material.

If I were the executive of this show and the writers came up with this stuff, I would've fired them all in an instant. If you write this, you have no potential and you just generally don't deserve to be part of this industry. To see that the exec wrote and directed this show genuinely makes me not disappointed but MAD at Eric Wallace. How could you ruin a show and be so ignorant about it? How could you make this and think what you made was amazing? I genuinely don't understand.

I love the flash

[xzcvpll · 10/10 · 23 February 2023]

The flash Season 9 episode 3 is great it feels so good to do a episode like this again and red death is really a great villain I loved seeing Barry working together with some of his greatest foes just like in some of the greatest episodes of the flash in the first seasons and also the ending was great a real different ending to a flash episode I really thank the people making this season cause they listened after the boring season 8 the crap cgi fest of season 7 and the slow boring season 6. This season feels like a fresh new thing not the same boring flash episodes so thank you flash team!!!!

The worst episode in the series so far.

[GomezAddams666 · 1/10 · 23 February 2023]

This was by far one of the most cringe inducing hours in television I have ever seen.

Can we build a time machine and go back to a time when The Flash was good?

This series used to be a superhero TV show, and it had comedy, too. None of the so called "jokes" landed tonight, and the story was nonsensical at best.

So there is an evil speedster trying to build a Cosmic Treadmill, and yet there is time for Iris to a have a mid-life crisis, and for us to explore the Chester/Allegra "will they, who gives a crap?" relationship. This si a ful-blown soap opera now.

Also, is there anyone in Central City hero or villain that does not know Batty Allen is the Flash by now? Why does he even bother wearing a mask anymore?

To top it all off, it seems the writers want to give the impostor Batwoman an ending because her miserable series was cancelled. This isn't about team flash anymore, as the impostor had zero relationships with team Flash before, so her arc doesn't even make sense. This is about letting her have a moment in the Sun, no matter how unpopular she really is.

Not only is this by far the worst episode in The Flash, but it is also one of the worst episodes in the entire history of television.

Run, Barry, tun from this horrible series and create a Flashpoint where Eric Wallace never takes over, the story is good, and the show focuses on The Flash, not on Iris and friends.

GREAT EPISODE!!!!!!!!!!

[tj-84168 · 10/10 · 23 February 2023]

Great episode!! This episode started out as a classic heist episode trying to steal tech!! Then turned into a great episode character development episode!! I liked the premise of hiring rouges to steal something that's very valuable!! Like that we saw a lot of red death this episode!! Very menacing finally found out who red death was!! As well as got some cool scenes with red death!! Like when Barry thought red death was Thawne because of their lighting was really cool!! Overall loved this episode can't wait for how they develop this storyline and how things go!! Really cool episode excited to see what this season has to offer and sad that it is its last!! :( But still excited to see what this season has in store!!

The Single Worst Episode of The Flash in Years!

[demigodshmurda · 1/10 · 23 February 2023]

No, I'm not overexaggerating for dramatic effect. Don't believe me? Well then join me nonbelievers on my journey into madness as I attempt to explain what I just watched.

The most disappointing aspect of this episode is that somehow in this trash fire, I didn't get bingo. I guess two out of three ain't bad, but still. Yikes! The fact that this episode somehow found a whole new way to suck despite me covering the different levels of suckage pretty thoroughly on my bingo card is baffling!

Red Death's Rogues are creating a Cosmic Treadmill. Firstly, how does Barry know how to create a Cosmic Treadmill off the top of his head when they still haven't built one in the present day? And secondly, why are we seeing flashbacks to things we saw two episodes ago? We know who Captain Boomerang is, and we know that he stole a battery from that Portable Particle Accelerator. We don't need to be reminded of this every few seconds! TikTok Brain hasn't affected us that badly yet!

So Barry assembles a new team of Rogues to steal the engine before Red Death's Rogues can. They do this because they need to shut down four power generators simultaneously to shut off a meta dampener so that Barry can phase into the vault the engine is being kept in, and four unique skill sets are required for the job. This concept would work if Barry didn't have Flashtime as a power. He even used it casually during the season 8 premiere "Armageddon, Part 1", so I have no idea why that's not an option. Or here's another idea, Barry can do that lightning explosion thing and hit all four generators by himself. The writers love making him throw lightning as if he didn't spend an entire episode learning to do that in season 2, and it's something he's also done casually when he blew up Caitlin's apartment in the episode "The Curious Case of Bartholomew Allen". Or even better yet, Barry can just call up Superman and have him ask General Lane for the engin-- Oh right, Todd Helbing retconned Superman and Lois out of the Arrowverse. Well okay, I guess that's the only option that's off the table. But seriously, the writers never give a reason why Barry can't easily do this by himself. And no, "because there's a meta dampener in the room" is not an answer as I'll explain later. Because then the episode can't happen? Well crap, you got me there.

So Barry assembles a team of Dollar Store Captain Cold, Hartley Rathaway aka an actual cool character, the Hotness and Goldface. Not only are two of these guys wanted criminals, but they all hate each other for... Reasons, and a fight almost breaks out. So Barry scraps the plan and says they're all gonna follow his lead, and then suddenly they don't hate each other anymore and vote Barry out of the plan. YOU WERE ALL AT EACH OTHERS THROATS NOT THREE SECONDS AGO!! WHAT HAPPENED!!

*inhale* *exhale* *inhale* *exhale* Sorry about that. My therapist told me that getting angry about stupid things on the Flash is bad for my health.

But seriously, all of the sudden they're just all cool with each other? Why? How come they're not arguing anymore? Because then the episode can't happen? Well crap, you got me there.

And there are definitely better people to get for the job than this. How about Barry goes to get *actual* Captain Cold from some other point in the timeline? He's done that before during the season 3 episode "Infantino Street", and Snart did reform and become a better person because of Barry, so you'd think that would be a smart idea. Snart's even proven to be a genius in his own right since he made his own modifications and upgrades to the cold gun as proven in the season 2 episode "Running to Stand Still". But I guess getting Snart requires Wentworth Miller being willing to come back, and he said he'll only do it if the right story comes along. Once you've played the "time traveling to get help from Snart" card though, you gotta find some reason that card's not on the table anymore instead of relying on the liability that is Chillblaine.

Or instead of stealing the device at all, how about Barry just runs around the entire city searching for the Red Death's Rogues' hideout like he searched the entire city for the Trickster's bomb in the season 1 episode "Tricksters"? Because then the episode can't happen? Well crap, you got me there.

So the new Rogues are about to break into the DoD, and Barry shows up and outs himself as the Flash. (Well, technically he gets outed by the Hotness, but he went there with intentions to reveal his identity, so I'm counting it.) You know that joke people say about how many people know Barry's secret identity? Yeah, well add another wanted criminal to the list. I guess the Hotness knowing isn't that big of a deal (outside of the possibility of him slipping up at any point), but you'd think Goldface knowing would be a huge deal! The guy has a vendetta against Barry specifically for tricking him in the season 5 episode "Goldfaced", and the Flash got him locked up on at least one occasion! Why on god's green earth would Barry think telling him would help his case at all? Because then the episode can't happen? Well crap, you got me there.

Also, and I'm just thinking of this now, when the Rouges ask Barry why he needs the generators shut down to just unlock the vault, why doesn't he just say "As a distraction"? Sure, it'll probably put them in an even worse mood than before, but at least he doesn't tell known criminal Goldface his secret identity that way. Why not use that as an excuse? Because then the episode can't happen? Well crap, you got me there.

So when the heist actually happens, each person goes to disable their generators, and once they're shut down Barry phases into the vault and grabs the engine. Except... Both Goldface and the Hotness are metas. If Barry can't use his powers, why can they use theirs? Because then the episode can't happen? Well crap, you got me there.

And then Red Death's Rogues show up, and while it is cool that they pit the deaf one up against Pied Piper, these fight sequences are laughable! The cgi on the boomerangs being reflected by Goldface's chain looks terrible, the firefight between the Fiddler and the Hotness is terribly shot since they're both in such close quarters, and Hartley gets flipped to the ground by getting hit in the arm! And I'm not even worried about Hartley dying since he's fighting someone he literally can't mouth off too! And if Hartley's gonna die, he's gonna go out mouthing off to someone! Long gone are the days of James Bamford and Walter Garcia it seems, because I can't find some good fight choreography anywhere!

Also, they clearly cover up the stunt guy's entire face with Hartley's hood in one shot, and no it wasn't as clever as they thought it was.

And let's not even mention that when Red Death shows up, she's able to completely shut down Barry's speed. When the other three Negative Forces were all present in the same room, they were only able to *partially dampen* Barry's powers as shown by the episode "Negative, Part One", but the *Avatar* of the Negative Speed Force is able to completely shut his powers down. Never mind that Red Death didn't even need to show up because her Rogues carry teleporters on them (though this episode's opening scene implies that they stopped doing that for some reason), I'm just confused as to why the writers keep retconning in these new powers! Because then the episode can't happen? Well crap, you got me there.

And then at the end of the episode, we see Javicia Leslie getting up in Dollar Store Captain Cold's face, and she says "I am vengeance." Now, I see what they were going for. That's a pretty iconic Batman line, so using it to introduce a character that's canonically a Batman doppelganger is actually a smart idea. However... Are we sure that was her best take of saying that line? Are we really sure? Because I found it hysterical! No joke, this was, to my memory at least, the first time I've ever busted out laughing because what I was watching was so bad! And what's with her hair being half black and half white! And just the framing of this scene in general! Every single thing is working against this scene in the most hilarious way possible!

And I can't help but feel like Stephen Amell would've delivered this line a lot better, and he probably wouldn't have even needed to try that hard. Seriously, Stephen Amell doing his signature mumble-growl and saying "I am vengeance" would've *instantly* had the impact that scene was going for!

Also, and this is probably a nitpick, I think I know my issues with the Red Death armor. I definitely think this thing would've worked better as a sleeker suit similar to that of Zoom from season 2. But if you're dead set on making an armored suit, I think the eyes should've been a little wider, the shoulder pads a lot smaller, and the chest a lot flatter. I understand wanting the Red Death logo to light up like it does in the comics, but that definitely could've been accomplished with some pinkish white coloring and an airbrush. The Red Death armor just looks so boxy in its current form, and it doesn't look very threatening as a result. Zoom's suit from season 2 is a great example of how to make a slimmer suit threatening, and conceptually Red Death could've had an even more threatening version of it. But I guess we're stuck with Zoom At Home.

Wow this episode was bad. This was essentially just "Because then the episode can't happen? Well crap, you got me there.": The episode! And the result is that this just wasn't a fun episode. If you enjoyed this episode, that's fine. But to me, this was without question the single worst episode of The Flash in years.

1 / 10.

Meh. So much meh

[siggy03 · 3/10 · 24 February 2023]

This episode was better than last week, but not by a mile. First of all let's see what I liked in this. I was glad to see all the characters they brought back (I might be one of the only persons liking Goldface here). Then I'm also glad they brought Javicia and Ryan back to give a proper ending to her character. But this leads us to a problem now. The CW doesn't have the rights to use the Batman character. A lot of people are complaining about it but they just can't use him, so they used Batwoman, which is not a bad idea. But I would have liked the CW to go further with their idea. This is why using the « I am Vengeance » line felt off. And how she said it wasn't great. Then about the rest of the episode, most of it felt like filler. Don't tell me they couldn't have done better, since they did Season 3's « Infantino Street » which is the same type of episode. Overall I'm starting to be scared for this season. If season 8 (which wasn't bad) is better than this one, it's gonna be a waste.

Cosmic Disaster

[RahulM007 · 9/10 · 23 February 2023]

"I am vengeance."

Red Death might become a top-tier villain, tied with Reverse Flash and Zoom. This is a chance for Javicia Leslie to showcase her acting chops and incredible range. I'm a little worried that the blue crystal hasn't come into play yet. Perhaps the season 8 cliffhanger is only going to be paid off in the second graphic novel. Either way, I am stoked to see where the Red Death arc is headed. I am hoping to see Iris interacting with Ryan Wilder in some capacity, given their close relationship in the Reverse-Flashpoint timeline. I would love to see Barry fostering a friendship with the Earth-Prime Ryan Wilder aka Batwoman, similar to his bromance with Oliver.

As much as I adore Allegra and Khione, their scene in the episode could have been cut. Instead, more of the runtime could have been devoted to the Rogues battle. I honestly did not expect Mark Blaine aka Chillblaine to turn against Barry and the rest of the Rogues. On paper, his betrayal makes sense, but it was still surprising to say the least. Nevertheless, his loyalties still lie with Team Flash, which is apparent in the final scene where he confronts Red Death.

There were several callbacks in this episode. Iris and Barry taking a cooking class is an obvious nod to the running gag that Iris is a bad cook. Masonville is namedropped by Chester, which is a callback to season 3 where Barry and Savitar reminisce about their childhood. As a child, Barry used to go to Masonville with his parents to eat ice cream. General Wade Eiling was also namedropped, which is a throwback to season 1 where he was mind controlled by Gorilla Grodd.

The gender bent and Post-Crisis version of Murmur trying to recruit Hartley Rathaway aka Pied Piper immediately sets her up as devious and malicious. To be frank, all the Rogues being pitted against each other was super cool to see and reminded me of team-up action movies like "The Expendables" and "Ocean's Eleven."

To conclude, as predicted the Flash managed to up the ante this week and deliver an action-packed and hilarious outing featuring the formidable Rogues. If this episode is any indication of what this graphic novel has in store, then we are in for a treat. I do wish, however, Red Death would stay as a villain for a full season (20-22 episodes), instead of only five episodes. Red Death has the same potential as other fan-favourite speedsters, like Reverse Flash and Zoom.

Final verdict: 9.5/10.

I have to agree with everyone that is saying this is the worst episode

[Kenpesile · 1/10 · 2 March 2023]

This episode was just hard to watch. The flash manages to convince other metas to join him on his crazy mission with very little dialogue. It was like the writers were too lazy to even try to develop a story. It is also super convenient how there are 3 components to a meta dampener and they have the exact 3 people to counteract it. I never write reviews and this episode was just so bad I had to write something. I am happy this is the last season if this is how they're going to continue to tell stories. Don't waste my time. Also, the big reveal at the end...really? You not only change the Red Death but you tell the actors they have to pretend to be afraid of the LEAST terrifying person in the entire episode?!

Eric wallace please never run a show ever again

[juanmaprior · 3/10 · 27 February 2023]

For the god sake, dont let Eric Wallace to take a show in the future because he will ruin it.

I wasnt expecting the last season to be that bad and I dont care we are about all the familiar charachters in the season finale.

Eric Wallace has destroyed this show since he began to run it. This is about a mediocry soup opera where team flash and Iris have placed so much screen.

I cannot believe they think we were gonna enjoy this pathetic Red Death's identity. They are trying to giving a second chance to a character who sucks from a show that nobody were interested in. How they really believe we were gonna enjoy it? Nobody cares about this batwoman, she hasn't had any ties with the flash nor even team flash. And armageddon were another timeline so it doesnt make sense.

I was expecting to see more care in its last season, something like the Arrow final season where each episode were a true homage of its previus seasons. How idiot I have been to believe Eric Wallace would be able to do even that. I am sorry but he shouldnt have stayed as the showrunner. He has proven that role is too much for him and I dont understand why they have trust the last season of an iconic show to him :(

The Flash is missing (and no action)

[jp7570 · 1/10 · 23 February 2023]

It sure seems like Grant Gustin does not like wearing the red suit anymore. Last week, he didn't show up in costume until 43 or so minutes in. This week, you have to wait until 51 minutes in to see, you know, the Flash. And even then, the action is short and the Flash is knocked for a loop. You would think in his ninth year doing this, the writers would have let the Flash character get a little smarter about how he fights the villains. (Oh, and apparently Barry's secret identity seems to be the worst kept "secret" in Central City.)

So this is the set up for the final "epic" last episodes. Yet we still get a lot of whining and moping (Barry and Iris, Chester and Allegra, etc.) Joe and Cecile are AWOL from this episode completely, and Danielle Panabaker's new character has precious little to do (except show off the semi-blue hair).

This is not how we want to see this show end, but it is apparently what we are going to get. Season 1 started out strong, but just like another Berlanti series (Supergirl), the quality kept slipping away each season. So by the time the final season wraps up, the audience is left with a collective "FINALLY" (and not in a good way).

50 times better than the first two episodes!

[Supersmashbro69420 · 5/10 · 20 April 2023]

From the stuff I saw in the first two epiodes this season, I had no expectations for this episode. But, it was actually better than I thought! The "heist" thing with this episode was really good, otherwise it WAS pretty boring, so Barry's storyline really saved this episode. Because there a lot of cringe stuff going on, like the Chester and Allegra thing. Khione was also very bad, I can't believe what they're doing with Danielle Panabaker, she's such a good actress! Cecile didn't appear much, WHICH IS GOOD COMPARED TO THE OTHER EPISODES! I also liked some of the fight scenes this episode, and the first confrontation between Flash and Red Death was actually very good! Mark Blaine was done very good, I'm glad they weren't making him a main filler side protagonist like in seasons 7 and 8. However, I don't wanna talk about what I saw in the ending scene of this episode, and if you've already watched this episode, you know exactly what I mean. This is in my opinion the best episode in the Red Death arc, and a 7/10 for a rating.

Revisiting Season 9: Rogues of War

[lbramson · 4/10 · 18 May 2023]

Um...I liked the start. The beginning, in fact, most of this episode wasn't bad. The little heist was kinda fun and it tied up the loose ends in the past 2 episodes! However, and a BEEG however, there is still the ending. This episode would've been fine had the ending not been here, but it is. Hearing Ryan Frickin' Wilder say "I am vengeance" was so over the top and made me wish I was deaf! To add insult to injury, the dialogue was so awful, just so awful! The rogues literally say catchphrases, I'm not joking. Who is writing this?! They need to be fired immediately! All in all, I enjoyed a good bit but certain moments made me want to gauge my eyes and ears out with chopsticks! 5/10, could've been so much better.

Really

[steokeogh · 1/10 · 11 April 2023]

So a lot of things bug me about the last few seasons, a lot. But this season just keeps getting worse as rhe episodes go by, yes only three in but its already bottom of the barrell stuff. Are we supposed to accept that mid super heist, each team member had time to change from their "disguise" to super baddy costume? And didn't get caught or seen on camera? It's getting more and more disappointing as the episodes go by. I keep thinking it can't get any worse then something like this happens. The writers have clearly given up and are just going through the motions now. Remember when there was suspense and an actual story worth following?

Another talking episode w/ 0 progress

[sbuhrman-74798 · 1/10 · 9 March 2023]

The go to algorithm for this show for a very long time is have A BUNCH OF SCENES where characters just talk to each other about their problems and for that episode, some of them may learn something, but their problem will only resurface the next week or so. People who defend this "super hero show" don't understand the potential it once had. This showrunner trashed a once beautiful , suspenseful show. The writers recycle old scripts with different names.

Let's talk the heist this rouges team pulls. They walk in, everything goes smooth, then there's a plot twist (or tried to be a plot twist) . And it's all based off of emotion (go figure). That's not surprising at all.

Non of these individual fights have high stakes. The choreography is VERY staged and non believable. Red death has the same voice as past speedster villains. I'm watching recycled plots. How are we throwing away the final season of the longest running show in this universe???

This would be intense and interesting if they didn't just do the same thing every season. "Team Flash can't stop him on their own" I've heard this line before. What's the point of having a team when you don't ever believe in them????

So many things that's wrong with this show and every episode is disappointing. I ramble on. Like every week I'll just say poor Caitlin and their piss poor way of using her character.