Spoiler Alert!
Hello people!
I know, I know... Late as per usual, so let's just get past that move straight to the episode!
Last week's episode was... Okay... I can't say it was bad because I was fairly entertained, the thing is... Again, this is the final season and this episode didn't add anything to the overall plot... It just added more things and made it more complicated... I mean, not exactly complicated but they're entertaining plots and characters that we didn't really remember and bringing characters from other shows which, I know they are an important part of this final season but c'mon! We want more Flash and less everything else. On top of all of that, it looks like they're coming to an end with a very specific character's story and that just makes me really sad because it was someone that I was starting to like and I thought he gave so much to to actual story... Anyway, I've rambled enough, let's get into specifics.
As I said, this episode was all about soemthing and, to be honest, didn't really matter for this season - Nia Nal searching for some type of dream energy.
First of all, I haven't seen all of Supergirl so I barely knew who Nia was and second, why do we need that storyline on The Flash?! The only thing that connected all of this was Nia seeing Iris in the dream/nightmare where she lost her powers and so, because of that, she went to Central City to ask for Iris' help. Of course there wasn't much Iris could do and this whole thing got them stuck in a dream/nightmare with the sole purpose of making Iris realize that destiny is not one choice, but the result of a lifetime of choices (that because this whole episode is about Iris and her article that will get her to win a Pullitzer).
The end of this 'dream' is really anticlimatic because Iris realizes that and Nia has to realize that she needs to give up control and when she does so, she meets the spirit of the first Naltorian with dream abillities and after that they wake up... So anticlimatic!
Besides that storyline we follow that other storyline with Mark and Khione which I was really getting into but they had to screw everything with this episode.
Everything started with Mark taking Khione out to do activities that he liked to do with Frost and completely ignoring everything that Khione actually wanted to do. Of course she realizes that he's doing and leaves. Later, Mark apologizes to Khione and decides to leave Central City, causing Khione to inadvertently freeze Cecile's banquet.
This last bit was interesting, yes, but I'm kind of angry that they're just 'getting rid of' Mark just like that... I was really enjoying the dynamic between those two and it almost made me forget about the whole Caitlin/Frost fiasco. The show really screwed up with killing Caitlin. Not only she was a character that most people liked but creating Khione to replace her and not give her enough episodes to grow... It's really disappointing and at this point I've lost hope that they'll be able to finish this season on a good note.
Of course I'm going to keep watching but I already know that Oliver is going to be in episode 9 so... I'm not going to be that pumped for the remaining of the season... But we'll see... I'm not really hopeful but I guess I'll keep watching to see what stupic things they do with the remaining of the show.
So, the new episode comes out tonight so I don't expect a lot of feedback from this post but, if you're still interested, let me know your thoughts and what are your predictions for the rest of this final season. Do you have hope that this will have a somewhat decent ending? Or you're not expecting that anymore, just like me? Tell me everything and hopefully I'll see you very soon with the new episode!
Love,
Daniela.
