Spoiler Alert!
Hello everyone and here I am with the brand new The Flash rant!
Well, it looks like this week is off in a good start with not only a funny episode from The Challenge but also a really funny episode from The Flash!
This episode wasn't necessarily tied to the whole storyline of this season (I mean, it was but it was also kind of a side story). We knew that this was going to happen eventually and after seeing the title of this episode I knew straight away what this episode was going to be about - and I was right. I didn't expect it to be this funny, but it was, overall, an episode about Ralph becoming really a superhero and be part of the team like 100%. This was what I thought would be Julian's character, in a way. Not the whole funny thing and 'being a superhero' but like be part of the team 100% but for some reason they 'got rid' of Tom Felton (which I still don't know the reason for) and basically Ralph is replacing him. Also, this storyline makes sense now because, although we have Cisco and Killer Frost, they are part of the 'tech team' and they can't always be out there to catch the bad guys and now, with Barry in prison, we needed someone to take The Flash's place and that's exactly what Ralph is/is going to be. I totally love his character, I've been liking him since the start really so I just loved this episode and I love the fact that he's grown, without stopping to be funny and slightly childish, and helping the team.
So, the episode actually begins with Barry in prison in the middle of a riot and we see his struggle between wanting to help and at the same time not really being able to because they can't know that he's the flash. He eventually helps but yeah, just with the scene I could see his struggle.
After that, still following Barry's new life in prison, we see him the next day meeting with Axel, who we've seen in a previous season (I think) and who is later broken out of prison by his mum.
Coming with a not so elaborate plan to get his father's attention, Axel challenges Ralph by threatening to cause chaos in the city. Ralph then gets to him and that was a pretty funny scene actually, probably my favourite the entire episode, ending in a not so funny way with Axel shootin some type of acid to Ralph and really injuring him.
Of course, after that, Team Flash starts thinking of a million things to stop Axel and, when it gets to the coment where they really have to go to him and 'fight', Ralph chickens out because he doesn't want to die. After that, we goes to the prison where Barry is to try and get him out of there and that's when Barry has a really deep conversation with Ralph about the fact that being an hero isn't about not being scared, but having the ability to rise above your fear, which gives Ralph some confidence and that's when he goes and helps Caitlin and Cisco who just got into a trap.
A pretty touching (in a way) moment is when Ralph attempts to shield both Cisco and Caitlin from an acid shower, even knowing that he's going to get hurt. In the end, Wells manages to hack into the shower system and Ralph doesn't get hurt at all but what matters is the thought and the meaning behing what he did, which was trully touching.
In the very end Iris visits Barry in prison, where they reaffirm their love for each other, meanwhile, at Jitters, Ralph and Cisco go get coffee and meet the excitable girl that was also and Barry's wedding. The girl then is seen writting in her journal with a really weird language/hand writting (which is pretty similar to the one that Barry was writtin when he came out of the speedforce). This ending was really confusing and I don't know how this ties with the whole DeVoe thing but let's see. Also, most people suspected that this girl was Barry and Iris' daughter from the future but now, I don't know... Let's see!
Let me know all your thoughts, predictions and theories, because I'm really curious about this whole thing, and I'll see you Friday with new Supernatural and Arrow rants!
Love,
Daniela.
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