Honey, I Shrunk Team Flash
- Episode aired Jan 30, 2018
- TV-PG
- 42m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
2.9K
YOUR RATING
The team battle a meta who can shrink anything he touches; Cecile's pregnancy gives her temporary powers.The team battle a meta who can shrink anything he touches; Cecile's pregnancy gives her temporary powers.The team battle a meta who can shrink anything he touches; Cecile's pregnancy gives her temporary powers.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Cecile mentioned not receiving a totem from her grandmother, it is a reference to Vixen (Mari McCabe) who wears a totem around her neck that gives her the abilities of any animal.
- GoofsWarden Wolfe poisons Barry to make him pass out. It's previously been established that because of Barry's super fast metabolism any drug, including alcohol and pain killers, have very little effect on him and do not last long. It's unlikely that Warden Wolfe would have accounted for Barry's metabolism when he drugged him so if it had any effect at all it most likely would have only lasted for a few seconds.
- Quotes
Caitlin Snow: You okay, guys?
Cisco Ramon: Are we doing okay? Are we doing okay? Does it look like we're doing okay? We're two inches tall, Caitlin!
Ralph Dibny: Yeah, I'm, like, Cisco's size now. Is this how you always see the world?
Cisco Ramon: Oh, that's really funny, man. I guess your body just shrunk down to a size that's proportional to your brain!
- Crazy creditsCecile refers to Sylbert Rundine as Dr. Shrinker which was a popular Saturday children's show in the 1970s about a villain who could shrink objects and people.
- ConnectionsReferences Dumbo (1941)
Featured review
A Keen Balance of Tone
Remember how last week's episode was a pleasant surprise after diverting from the DeVoe storyline a little bit? Well, tonight's episode actually did more of the same, and in a surprisingly effective way. I did not expect to laugh out loud watching The Flash tonight, but sure enough, I did more than once.
I'm beginning to enjoy this Shawshank feel (which was actually referenced tonight) to these prison sequences. Barry and Big Sir developed a nice back and forth within a few episodes and the latter's arc in tonight's episode provided a nice emotional weight to something Team Flash was doing (help prove him innocent), while they had a humorously charged villain to deal with on their own. Is that two straight weeks where the tone of the episode was the highlight for myself? Yes, it was. Should we just keep Barry in jail for the time being?
But the great thing is, these two plot points (Big Sir's escape and Team Flash taking down Dwarfstar) were complemented well by the fact that it still proves just how ahead of them DeVoe really is. The best of villains are felt even when they're not on screen. While I still don't approve of the actor change to DeVoe, I can't deny that he's definitely made his mark on Team Flash's usual shenanigans in Central City.
Aside from the random reveal that Cecile has mind control powers (has no one made the connection that it could be related to DeVoe or maybe he's inhabited her body now somehow too?), the episode was a feast for the eyes and ears. With laugh out loud humor and a dramatic undertone, there was a lot to like. Also, does anyone find it weird this episode aired the same day that the Ant-Man & the Wasp trailer debuted? Probably a strange coincidence.
8.5/10
I'm beginning to enjoy this Shawshank feel (which was actually referenced tonight) to these prison sequences. Barry and Big Sir developed a nice back and forth within a few episodes and the latter's arc in tonight's episode provided a nice emotional weight to something Team Flash was doing (help prove him innocent), while they had a humorously charged villain to deal with on their own. Is that two straight weeks where the tone of the episode was the highlight for myself? Yes, it was. Should we just keep Barry in jail for the time being?
But the great thing is, these two plot points (Big Sir's escape and Team Flash taking down Dwarfstar) were complemented well by the fact that it still proves just how ahead of them DeVoe really is. The best of villains are felt even when they're not on screen. While I still don't approve of the actor change to DeVoe, I can't deny that he's definitely made his mark on Team Flash's usual shenanigans in Central City.
Aside from the random reveal that Cecile has mind control powers (has no one made the connection that it could be related to DeVoe or maybe he's inhabited her body now somehow too?), the episode was a feast for the eyes and ears. With laugh out loud humor and a dramatic undertone, there was a lot to like. Also, does anyone find it weird this episode aired the same day that the Ant-Man & the Wasp trailer debuted? Probably a strange coincidence.
8.5/10
- ThomasDrufke
- Jan 30, 2018
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