The Flash | Season 6 Episode 18 - "Pay the Piper"

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I'm back for a new week of rants and I'm happy to report that we're starting on a good note.

That's right guys, this week's episode of The Flash was pretty good. Not as good as it used to be, but still better than some of the previous episodes. And you know why? Because for once they focused on Barry/The Flash and 'forgot' the Iris/Eva story-line. You already know how I feel about that (and I'm going to talk a bit more throughout the post) so I'm not going to focus on that (now). Instead, let's start with some good things. The episode still had it's downs, which I'll get into later, but there was a lot about it that I liked so let's talk about those first.

As we saw in the preview, this episode was going to be kind of about Godspeed, and that is already a good thing. I said this while I was live tweeting but I'll say it again - Godspeed would be such a better villain than Eva. I guess they're setting that up for an upcoming season, but I wish they had done that this season. But, apart from Godspeed we also had the comeback of Hartley Rathaway.

We learn that Crisis messed up the timeline even more and that Hartley is even madder at The Flash than he was before. Luckily, Team Flash comes up with an idea - saving Hartley's boyfriend that was injured the last time Barry and Hartley fought, in exchange for Hartley helping Barry defeat Godspeed. It doesn't work that well in the beginning but, as usual, they manage to do it. It's a long process but we all know that Hartley is a softie deep down and, personally, I love him. So, he does help Barry and they do kind of defeat Godspeed in the end (and help Hartley's boyfriend). I say kind of because, in the end, it is revealed that this wasn't the real Godspeed, yet again, and that there's someone 'controlling' these Godspeeds. Also, side note, am I the only one that didn't remember they had caught so many Godspeeds already?! I don't know but lately it seems like they're adding up stuff to the story that didn't happen in previous seasons. Maybe it's just that there has been too much going on. Let me know if you remember in which episodes this happened or if they just mentioned it in this episode.

The other story-line that I enjoyed, even though it was clearly filler and just a plot point to send Caitlin off, was Ralph and Frost. Caitlin's story-line in the previous episode was almost nothing and it really annoyed me. At least, in this episode, it was deeper and better explained. Also, yeah, maybe I'm a bit biased because it involves Ralph and I'm a sucker for anything with Ralph. I can't help it. He's such a great character! However, it was pretty clear that they were trying to cover up Danielle's pregnancy and that this was a way to not have her in the last episodes which, by the way, are not happening anymore (I'll get into that in a minute).

On a more technical level, I think this episode was pretty strong. Not only they brought back those chasing scenes with The Flash and another speedster, which I love, but also the editing in the Mirrorverse with Iris and Kamilla was so good! I wish they had done that throughout the whole season when it was scenes in the Mirrorverse. Well, but that was about it when it comes to good things in the Mirrorverse. I'm really so tired of the whole Iris and Eva thing, you have no idea... The whole concept looks dumb to me and there's way too many plot wholes. Just get done with it already! Well, I guess they are.

That's right guys, next week's episode will be the season finale. That really caught me off guard. I knew they didn't have time to film the last three episodes but I thought they were going to wait, just like Supernatural. Well, I guess not. I don't know what that's going to work and how everything is going to wrap up but, to be honest, I'm not expecting much. This season didn't look good already and with an unexpected ending... Everything points to a crappy season finale but... I might be wrong. I hope I'm wrong!

Anyway, Cisco did talk about going to Atlantis to get something so... Are we going to see Aquaman?! I doubt it, to be honest, but with Ezra Miller in the crossover... You never know.

And... That's it from me. An improvement but not enough to save this season...

Let me know your thoughts on this episode and what are your predictions for the season finale and I'll see you tomorrow for a brand new rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 6 Episode 17 - "Liberation"

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I'm back with a new The Flash rant and thank god this week's episode was better than the last one. Still, it wasn't what the show used to be and I don't get why people are saying this is one of the show's best episodes ever but it sure was an improvement from previous episodes.

Overall, my complaint is the same - the villains. The villains are so annoying this season. Plus, the fact they wanted to give Iris more things to do just made everything worse, to be honest. Again, I'm going to repeat myself, but the show is called The Flash so Barry should be the main focus... But anyway, let's get into what really happened in the episode.

Well, I guess the main thing is really that Barry finally figured it out that Iris isn't Iris! We knew this was going to happen because of the preview, but still, it was nice to see they go full on with that story and not coming up with something to deny his theory or something. I mean, I guess they tried but, in the end of the episode, Barry figured out the whole thing and even talked with Eva. Sure, Iris is still stuck inside the mirror but at least there's no 'bullshit' anymore and we can finally move on with the story.

That was basically the only 'good thing' about this episode. I did like the end though. The CGI with MIris with those 'glass arms' was so cringe though and the fight overall was not great but I liked the moment where MIris just 'breaks'. It did not make much sense that she, out of a sudden, decided that she 'liked' Barry, but okay... I can deal with that. What I can not deal is that they decided to go back to Ramsey. He wasn't even good before Eva came along. And him, along with Eva and Black Hole... I just couldn't. I hope they not go back to him again because I can't deal with more crappy villains.

Ramsey was just a way for Eva to get out of the mirror, so let's hope he doesn't get involved any further. And after getting to him, we get to see that whole thing that I already talked about - real Iris finding out Eva's real plan, Eva trapping Iris in the mirror, MIris fighting Barry and Eva getting out of the mirror. That still left real Iris inside the mirror so now Barry has to find a way to get to her (unfortunately). Okay, I might be a bit mean right now. I did like that ending with them talking to each other through the mirror... It was emotional, so I'll give them that.

That was the meat of the episode. However, there was another story. Not that it needed to be, though. To be completely honest, the side story - Caitlin's story - sounded like a lot of bullshit and really just a filler. Turns out Caitlin is still 'injured' from her fight with Sunshine and creating some type of reaction sending her human part into hypothermia. With that, Caitlin decides to talk to her mother. That was it really. Ralph and Cisco found her, realized they couldn't do much and Caitlin decided she needed her mother's help. I really don't know why they needed to add that.

Anyway, this was this week's The Flash episode. As I said, better than the last one but not good enough. By now I already lost my hope with this season so I'm just rolling with it.

Let me know what you thought of the episode. Are you as disappointed as I am with this season? Or are you one of those people that loved this episode? Tell me everything and I'll see you tomorrow with a new rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 6 Episode 16 - "So Long and Goodnight"

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So, The Flash is back with a new episode but, unfortunately, with one of the worst episodes I've seen lately.

There's so many things that I disliked about this episode but, overall, I think it was more on a technical level. Still, the story is really boring to me and I've said that before. Ever since the Crisis I feel like they were lost on which direction the show would take. They've been stuck for so long on the 'Barry is missing' thing that once that didn't happen, they didn't know what to do - mainly with Barry. And, because of that, and because of all the people that wanted more Iris (not me though) they created an Iris centered story-line which really isn't working.

There's mainly two stories in this episode - Joe's and Ralph's. I'm going to start with the worst one so we end on an happier note.

The story that I found really boring and just lame overall was Joe's story. Not that I disliked that they were targeting Joe, it was just the way the writers put the story. First of all, that first scene with Joe's car accident was really awful - really badly edited. The song choice didn't fit the show at all and where they decided to put it was really odd (in between other things). I don't know, I just felt like it didn't fit the show's identity.

Oh, I must say that I did have to re-watch the episode. Not only because I was kind of distracted when I watched it live but also because I didn't remember much of what was going on - and that is another of my complaints. With all this hiatus, and long hiatus, I don't remember the story anymore. I don't blame them or the hiatus, I know it's not their fault, but they didn't have a previously in the beginning of the episode and so, when it started, I was pretty lost.

But anyway, after that 'first' scene with the car, there's a bunch of other stuff - stuff with Black Hole and with Eva. And, I've said this before but I'm going to say it again - they are really putting Barry on the 'backseat' for this season and I don't know if it's working. The whole thing with Eva and Fake Iris is the worst really. Eva basically has a plan to make Fake Iris make Barry loose his speed and the way Fake Iris acted in this episode... Was so unlike Iris. At this point, I really don't know how anyone caught it yet. She really overreacted, mainly the end, but really throughout the whole episode and, needless to say, I was so annoyed!

And well, there were a few other things that annoyed me and, in my head, didn't make sense - such as Joe calling Cecile Babe?! That was really odd to me. Then, with the bomb, they clearly had time to run away but... Oh well... Rag Doll was a nice touch though, because he really is that creepy and I like the vibes he brings to the show but, once again, way too many characters popping into the episode for no apparent reason. Not only that but also their acting. I feel like the people who didn't have a big part in this episode, their acting was really off (Nash, Cecile and Allegra).

It was a really awful episode and the cherry on top was that ending. OMG that ending was the most over-dramatic thing I've ever seen. Joe's going to witness protection, okay... What's the big deal?! They all were acting like he was going to die or something and, again, the score they chose was really off - way too dramatic. And don't even get me started on the whole Iris thing like... That was so unnecessary... Jesus!

Luckily, Ralph was in this episode to kind of save it. Okay, I might be a bit biased but his story-line really was the best part of the episode. I loved the whole thing with Cisco, with Cisco meeting Sue. Cisco is clearly and Ralph/Sue shipper (do they have a name yet?). I must say, I was kind of afraid I wouldn't like her because I love Ralph so much but I think they look pretty cute together and I can't wait to see where they go from here.

Well, this are my thoughts on the latest The Flash episode. I know I was really harsh on it but I'm just being real here. This season really took a turn for me and I feel like without Arrow, The Flash lost it's magic (not that it has anything to with Arrow but it's just a 'coincidence'). Let me know what you thought of the episode and I'll see you tomorrow with a The Challenge rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 6 Episode 14 - "Death of the Speed Force"

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I know, this review is long overdue but... Better late than never right?!

Well, to be completely honest, I wasn't able to watch the episode live and then I kept putting it off because the previous episodes haven't been that great. This season of The Flash, mainly after Crisis, has been really poor. Really convoluted with story-lines and with no particular direction. However, I think we finally got somewhere! The episode still started out on a really rough note, but it of better in the end and I'm hopeful for what comes next. There is still so many issues with it tho, so let's get onto it.

First of all, the multiple story-lines is still an issue. There was way to many things happening in this episode - 6 overall in this episode - starting out with two comebacks. Like they couldn't have waited to bring one at a time. I know, Wally was just a special guest in this episode, but they had to mix that with Cisco coming back so, right away, two plots that shouldn't have been together. And this gets even worse because both this characters come with two different plots.

Wally's mission in all of this was warn Barry about the Speed Force which, from the title, looks like the main plot of the episode, but it really doesn't shine because of everything else that is going on. However, I did like that they intertwined the Speed Force dying with the Spectre (aka Oliver) which is always nice. Needless to say that the Speed Force does die in the end which, ultimately, was a good thing. I say this because it brought us a more interesting plot - building Barry's own Speed Force. I see that story-line being way more interesting that everything else that they're dealing with (aka Iris story) so let's just hope they take advantage of it and that they do it well.

Then, we have Cisco who has his own story. Kind of two, to be honest, because he helps with the 'baddie of the week' but I guess I can say his main story is the one with Nash and, in this case, with Thawne. Yes, I know I said in my last The Flash rant that I was kind of annoyed that they're bring Thawne back but, hear me out. This Thawne being in Nash's body and without powers?! This looks way more interesting than the 'usual' Reverse Flash. I don't know about you but now I'm curious to see what Thawne does and what the producers do with this story. Again, let's hope they come up with something interesting and stronger.

Those where the two things that redeemed this episode for me. The remaining story-lines were really poor and not interesting at all! We had the baddie of the week, as I said, which was boring and I really don't want to get into it (I don't think it matter for the rest of the season, to be honest), and we had a bit of a development when it comes to the Iris story-line in the mirror.

Well, turns out, Kamilla discovers evidence of mirror Iris' true nature but, in the very end, the 'fake Iris' shoots Kamilla with the mirror gun and... there she goes. I can't remember if she's really dead or if something just happened to Kamilla so, if you do, please let me know because I was so shocked with that last scene! I assume Kamilla is dead because, as I said in my last rant, they are introducing way too many characters so it's time to get rid of some. In a way, they already got rid of Nash and I guess now Kamilla as well?! I don't know, please enlighten me.

Anyway, this are my thoughts on the latest The Flash episode. Tell me what you think and I guess I'll see you in an hour on twitter for the new episode!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 6 Episode 11 - "Love Is A Battlefield"

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I'm back with a new The Flash rant and... Same old, same old.

That's right, this week's episode of The Flash was another disappointment. I would go as far as saying that this episode was worse than the previous one. I don't know what the producers are thinking but having Iris in the center of the story is not doing for me. Okay, I know I'm a bit biased because I'm not a fan of her character but still... The show is named The Flash for a reason, and Barry is the center of the show and they're sidelining him and it's not working.

And if that wasn't enough, they bring back an old bad guy (or should I say girl) - Amunet. Don't get me wrong, she's fun and all, but I'm so tired of the same plots and the same villains... They really lost it's track with this whole Crisis thing. I would much rather have Barry vanish in Crisis and just see the Team dealing with that. I think that would be so much more interesting and, of course, having Barry back after a few episodes. That would be really predictable, I know, but it would be so much more interesting that this 'nothing' plot.

I'm not even going to touch on the Amunet story-line because it's just pointless. It was just a plot to have Iris run this plan and kind of show that she's not the real Iris (which we see by the end of the episode). I'm sensing that this 'not Iris' thing will get pretty old really soon but let's hope I'm wrong, because I don't want to see another of my favorite shows fail.

Luckily, there was a nice plot in this episode - Frost and Allegra.

Meanwhile those things where happening with Iris and Barry, Frost convinces Allegra to reconnect with her ex-boyfriend. That wasn't major, but it was a nice little thing. Also, they touched on the Nash being Allegra's father thing and, in the very end, Nash starts seeing a glimpse of Harry. I have no idea what that means, but I'm intrigued.

Overall I just feel like the show lost it's essence. Cisco left for a while, there's no Caitlin and only Frost, Ralph is nowhere to be seen, they put Iris as the 'leader' of the Team Flash and in the center of the show and Barry was barely Flash in this episode. I don't know, I'm just loosing faith. I don't want this to become Supergirl (which I stopped watching because it was getting really bad). As I said, I have hope and I'm going to keep praying that they find their way but I can't see that happening anytime soon.

Well, I'm pretty disappointed in the show, as you saw but I would love to know what are you thinking of this last episodes post-crisis. Do you feel the same way as I do or do you like having Iris be a main character in all this? Let me know everything and I'll see you soon in my next rant!
Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 6 Episode 9 - "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three"

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Part Three of the crossover is here and I have quite a few opinions so, let's get into it.

After really thinking about everything that has happened in the last three episodes, I've came to the conclusion that, so far, this crossover isn't as good as I wanted it to be. By the way, this review will not only have thoughts on this particular episode, but the Crisis overall, from what we've seen so far. That's right, I'm a bit disappointed with what we have seen until now. I was supper stoked about getting all my favorite heroes interaction with each other that I forgot that might be a problem. And what I felt was that they had to include so many heroes and so many Easter eggs that the magic of a crossover, and the overall plot, was lost. Truth be told, I don't even think that had put that much effort into the story as they have in the small details. Don't get me wrong, I'm loving all the little things (you know how excited I was with that two seconds Titans cameo) but I wanted more and, so for, I'm not getting it. There were a few great moments in this episode tho, so let's get into those.

Black Lightning was finally incorporated into the Arrowverse and that was definitely a good thing. So glad they did that. I'm not even the biggest fan of Black Lightning as a show, I mean, I watch it, and I like it, but I still prefer Arrow, The Flash and Legends, but seeing him among all my favorite heroes sure made me appreciate Black Lightning a lot more and I love his interaction with Barry. Who would have thought that they have so much in common? I really like that heartfelt conversation that they had and sure one of the highlights not only of the episode, but the whole crossover.

They also introduced a whole new character in this - Ryan Choi - who is played by Osric aka Kevin in Supernatural. Of course I liked this even though I'm still confused on why he's here and why is he a Paragon (that whole thing with Paragons is a whole other story, and I'll get into that in a minute).

But, for sure, the best part of this episode, with no doubt, was Lucifer! Yes, Tom Ellis made a cameo as Lucifer and I loved it! And I don't even watch Lucifer (yet, I've been planning to). I just loved his interaction with Constantine and, truth be told, it was just so surprising! A bit like the Titans cameo!

And speaking of Lucifer, Constantine, Diggle and Mia went to Lucifer for help to find Oliver's soul and getting a way into Purgatory which is, none other than Lian Yu. Of course, it had to be! And, although I loved this, mainly because they did get Oliver back, I have so many issues with this plot. I mean, the Purgatory and everything makes sense but then, as soon as they find Oliver, he doesn't recognize Diggle nor Mia and it only takes Diggle saying 'It's me Oliver, Diggle!' and, just like that, he remembers?! I mean, I get it, they had to get to the point but c'mon! It was such a sloppy writing! But it doesn't end there. As soon as they find Oliver's soul, Spectre appears and says that Oliver has to be the new Spectre and... Oliver just says Okay?! Once again, I get it, they have to get to the point, but it was way too quickly and I didn't like that. I liked that Oliver is back though and, for that, I can't be too mad.

What made me kind of made was something else. Or a few something elses.

First, they just find the remaining three Paragons in the beginning of  the episode - Barry, Paragon of Love, J'onn, Paragon of Honor, and Ryan Choi, Paragon of Humanity. The way they found that kind of annoyed me but what annoyed me the most was who were the Paragons. I mean, I should have seen that Barry was one of them, but they could come up with something different. Plus, they could make Black Lightning one of them and it would make a lot more sense to why they brought him instead of what they came up with, but I guess that's just me.

Something else that I was expecting but still, I didn't like, was the way around Barry vanishing that they found. The article said The Flash varnishes, but they didn't say which Flash. Yes, that's what they came up with and, instead of Barry vanishing, it was Flash from Earth-90, played by John-Wesley Shipp that vanished. It was a cute moment though, with some actual footage from the 90s The Flash show, but I guess that was it. And since I didn't watch that show, I didn't feel what most people felt.

Then, there were this whole West-Allen moments that you know how I feel about them. I just don't ship them and I don't even think the actor ship them because the chemistry between them, specially in this episode, was zero. 

And yeah, in the end, the Anti-Monitor while working through Lyla, kills the Monitor and destroys the last Earth, Earth-1, and everyone in them. Luckily, Pariah sends the seven Paragons to the Vanishing Point, where there is no time and space, and it's in that moment that they learn that Lex Luther used the Book of Destiny to replace Earth-96 Superman with himself. And that's it.

My bet is that this is going to be a Infinity War/Endgame scenario, where this was the lead up and now the last two episodes are going to be the final battle where actually all the heroes are going to be present. I also think that it's in those two episodes that some major deaths are going to take place because, so far, the only people dead are not important characters and there has to be some repercussion. 

Overall, it isn't the best crossover but it isn't finished yet so I'm hopeful (as always). Heck, at least, Oliver is not dead, and that does for me. Oh, and I forgot to mention, there were not enough Barry and Oliver interactions this crossover and they are one of the main reasons why I love crossovers so I guess that's why I'm not loving this one.

Anyway, let me know your overall thoughts of the Crisis so far. Are you happy? Are you disappointed? Tell me everything and the Crisis is only back in January but I'll talk to you tomorrow with a new The Challenge rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 6 Episode 8 - "The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2"

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Here we are with a brand new week of rants! Unfortunately, I'm not starting on the best note.

You know I love The Flash and they have been having such a great season but... This last couple of episodes weren't that great, specially this one. I don't know what it was, but it felt like they're just trying to fill in the time to get to the Crisis. At the same time, I feel like they wrapped the Rosso/Bloodwork thing way too quickly. I seriously didn't get it. Personally, I think it would be best if they kept Bloodwork as the villain for the rest of the season (doesn't matter if we have Barry back or not) but I guess they're planning on dealing with Barry's vanishing for the rest of the season (even though I don't think that's going to happen at all so... We'll see).

There's not much I can say about this episode, really. It was mostly Rosso attacking Central City and converting all the citizens into his "Blood Brothers and Sisters". And of course Team Flash had to do something.

Initially Iris and Cisco 'argue' on what they should do, since both have different plans. Iris tries her way to get Barry back to the good side but it doesn't work. Then, Cisco tries the light gun (or whatever it is called) but it doesn't work either. That's when Rosso basically let's them know his plan - taking the Particle Accelerator to spread his blood across all of Central City. As Rosso makes his way inside, Iris and Cisco think about what Barry said and realize that Barry saved them from Rosso and he's fighting inside his mind. That's when they understand Barry's plan.

Using a combination of Rosso's blood, the particle accelerator, and Allegra's powers, Team Flash subvert Rosso's plan and spread a cure to Central City. 

After seeing is plan failing, Rosso turns into  a skull monster, which was quite fun for me. It was creepy and gross and I love horror so... I loved it! However, this didn't make much sense to me. So, everyone else in the city was cured but not Rosso? I might be missing something here but it didn't make sense to me.

Anyway, in the end, Barry is able to distract Rosso and capture him, later sending him to ARGUS. 

The episode ends with the Team spending their last moments together before the Crisis, as wee see a red sky approaching. At the same time, at 7:58, Nash uncovers a wall of symbols before a blinding light pulls him in.

Even though this wasn't my favorite episode of The Flash, I'm still super stoked about Crisis. It's going to be as epic as Avengers: Endgame was! I cannot wait! I'm so damn afraid for the outcome though, but I'm also excited. Oh, and before I end this, where was Ralph in this episode? I mean, I know he was sent somewhere to be protected from Ramsey but... He should be back by the end of this episode... Does this mean that he isn't in the Crisis? Cause I'm going to be mad if that's the case. With so many superheroes there's no way they didn't have a spot for Ralph in the Crisis. I guess we'll see.

Let me know what you thought of the episode and which are your predictions for Crisis. Do you really think that Barry is going to die? Tell me everything and I'll see you soon with an Arrow rant.

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 6 Episode 5 - "Kiss Kiss Breach Breach"

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Welcome back to a brand new week of rants!

Unfortunately we're not starting with the greatest note. Don't get me wrong, I liked this episode of The Flash, but comparing it to last week, it was a bit lackluster. Actually, it was like The Flash and Arrow switched places - Arrow this week as freaking amazing (which I'll get into in my next post) and The Flash was... Meh!

The thing is, I know exactly why I felt this way - there was no Barry this episode. This really pains me to say but Barry is the glue that connects this show and, without it, you clearly feel like something is missing. This episode focused a lot on Cisco and, as much as I love him, there's a reason why Barry is the star of this series and that showed this episode.

There were a few surprises in this episode though, such as the comeback of Breacher who comes with not so great news - Cynthia's (aka Gypsy's) death. Yeah, that was a really surprising and sad thing. So, as you can imagine, this episode revolves around Cisco because of that, and because he decides to help and find out the guy who killed her - Echo, an hacker that she was previously hunting.

They decide to throw us some curve balls when they reveal that Cisco was the one who killed her but, with a show like The Flash that deals with time travel and different Earth's you know something is up. And that was exactly what happened. Cisco doesn't believe that he did it in his sleep and so he goes looking for answers and finds out that Echo is a doppelganger of himself that did it on purpose so Cisco would take the blame. But OG Cisco is smarter than Echo an so, in the end, Echo is captured and Breacher apologizes to Cisco for not believing him.

Well, in the meantime, while this was happening, they also gave us a few side story-lines such as Ramsey offering Caitlin to join him which she says no, and Joe following Nash to that place where we saw the Monitor and getting trapped underground, just to be saved by Ralph later. The episode actually ends with Nash telling them that he has found a way to save Barry from his impending death (can't wait to see if my eternium theory is right).

That's it guys. It was a really lackluster episode. But, even though the next one only comes in two weeks, it looks like it's going to be a good one - Ralph and Barry timing up (my boys) and it's the episode directed by Danielle Panabaker so, I'm excited!

Let me know what you thought of the episode and if you agree with my eternium theory. If not, let me know your theories, let's discuss!

I'll see you in a bit with my Arrow rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 6 Episode 3 - "Dead Man Running"

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I know, finally, I'm here with The Flash's rant. It took way too long but you know what? You save the best for last and that's what happened! I mean, this wasn't necessarily the best episode out of the ones that I've seen this week, but it sure was a great episode!

This doesn't usually happens and so, for the first time, I wasn't bored one bit and enjoyed every single sub-plot of this episode. I feel like everything was major for the end goal, which is kind of the Crisis, and needless to say that I'm super stoked for that so... Everything surrounding Crises makes me extremely excited.

There was mainly three plots in this episode - Barry/Killer Frost, Ralph/Cecile and Cisco/Iris. And, before I actually start, I just wanted to mention that this are duos that don't happen that often and I loved it! Please, give me more of this duos.

Anyway so the first story-line that we follow, and the main one of the episode is Barry/Frost's plot. This one also gives us a more in depth knowledge about this season's villain (besides the Monitor, obviously). The episode actually starts with Rosso inadvertently turning Mitch Romero into a zombie, leading to him attacking his own crew looking for dark matter. This is was Barry and Killer Frost go investigate. This also gives Barry the chance to 'teach' Frost how to behave when Barry's no longer there, after the Crisis because yes, that's something else that is really important in this episode - Barry tells Team Flash about the Crisis but doesn't tell them about him dying and so he's trying to 'teach' them how to 'survive' without him. The episode focuses a lot on being truthful not only with this Barry story-line but also with the other two duos, which I will get to in a minute.

Anyway so Rosso comes into play again when Frost remembers him from Caitlin's memories. Frost suspects him right away but Rosso is smart enough to convince Barry that he can help them. Luckily, Barry wasn't that naive this time and he catches him stealing dark matter from STAR Labs. Rosso eventually 'kind of' tells the truth and Barry persuades him to still help with Mitch Romero. Romero ends up getting inside STAR Labs and that's when Rosso learns that he can control him (through the dark matter). Eventually Killer Frost and Barry kill Romero making him overdose on dark matter and making for a great scene on the flash - one that actually could be in an horror movie. Personally, I loved it!

Meanwhile, Cisco and Iris investigate a "Harrison Wells" sighting, and briefly encounter Harrison "Nash" Wells who they then learn is searching for something called "Eternium". First of all, finally Tom Cavanagh is back with a new Wells and second, I don't know about you but I feel like this "Eternium" is going to play a huge part on Crisis and that is what's going to prevent Barry from dying. I'm just throwing it out there right now and we'll see if I'm right.

Finally, the third story of the episode - Ralph's - was one that wasn't hugely important but you know me, I just love Ralph and I love anything to do with him so I loved getting to know more about him, bout his family and, this might sound morbid but, I loved seeing him being a bit more vulnerable and not the 'bubbly' that he is all the time. Also, not only this was also my Truth, but this might also hint at Ralph's love interest which, to be completely honest, I'm kind of afraid. You know, I love Ralph so much that I kind of feel like I 'own' him? It's weird but I want him to have a love interest but I'm so afraid that I won't like her so... I just hope it is played by an actress that I like so I'm more likely to like her. 

And well, in the end, since this was heavily about truthfulness, Barry comes clean to the Team about him dying. At the same time, we see Rosso manipulating the substance Romero produced and use it in his cure, making him instantly wanting more.

I can see really good things coming out this season! I don't know if it majorly because of Crisis, since Arrow is being great too, but I'm just loving the story-lines and, as for The Flash, it's a different and interesting villain so... We'll see.

Let me know what you thought of the episode and I'm sorry I took way too long with it.

I'll see you guys next week with new rants!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 6 Episode 2 - "A Flash of the Lightning"

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Hello!

Here I am with another rant - The Flash this time.

Unfortunately, unlike Arrow, this episode of The Flash wasn't the best. Not that I didn't like it, I just feel like I was way more into Arrow's one than this one. Still, we found out some interesting things about Crisis, which got me excited. Those are the best parts of this episodes, to be honest. I'm loving that everything is connected to crisis this year and, I guess, apart from Batwoman, we are going to be mentioning the Crisis a lot! I don't mind though, because I'm super duper excited about it (even if, mostly likely, Oliver is going to die in it).

But enough of shit-chat, let's talk about this week's episode.

My favorite part of the episode was, by far, Barry 'going to the future' to see the aftermath of the crisis. Yes, Barry is traveling to the future again, but this time I guess the speed-force had enough of it and he wasn't able to. However, he did go to another Earth to Jay Garrick to try and 'just go there with his mind'. It's something really difficult for me to explain, but he basically went there and he saw multiple timelines where everyone died apart from one timeline - the one where he basically sacrifices himself to save everyone else. Conclusion, Barry realizes that he does need to die in this crisis and this really messed up with him.

At the same time this is happening to Barry, we see the rest of Team Flash deal with a new meta. It was interesting because it brought up different story-lines for different characters, such as Cecile, who his on this meta's side because she can sense her. This ultimately ends with Cecile realizing that she can't be the DA anymore and she's going to defend meta's from now on, which I thought was something really cool.

We also get to see a bit more of Killer Frost and her getting more 'human'. I still don't know how I feel about this whole Killer Frost thing where she's got the spotlight now. I mean, I love Killer Frost, but I guess what made her interesting and what made us want her more was the fact that she was Caitlin all the time and once in a while we got to see Killer Frost, and I guess I preferred that. I like 'bad' Killer Frost better than this humanized version of her. Although, it's really interesting to see Danielle Panabaker doing something different and playing kind of a different character. We'll see how this goes.

And well, I guess that's it for this episode. We didn't get to see much of this seasons villain and, to be honest, I'm way more interested in the whole crisis thing so I really don't mind.

Let me know what you thought of the episode. Are you excited for crisis? Do you think Barry is really going to die? Tell me everything and I'll see you in my next rant.

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 5 Episode 22 - "Legacy"

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Hello people!

Yes, a bit late but, since this is the Season Finale, I thought I could take a break for one day and just post today, I hope you don't mind.

I'm so surprised to say that Arrow's Season Finale was better than The Flash's. Yes, you heard it right! After all those weeks about 'bashing' Arrow and being so hyped about The Flash turned out that The Flash's Season Finale didn't live up to expectations.

The beginning of the episode was actually nice. We see the after math of last episode's huge cliffhanger, where Ralph puts himself in front of the dagger and he's the one affected by the mirror gun, leaving him in kind of 'pieces' (it's something really weird that I don't know how to explain) which leads to Cicada being able to escape (with the dagger).

Post that, the Team is really confused about why Ralph did what he did. Luckily, Sherloque understands everything and proceeds to explain Thawne's plan to the Team. After that, Nora realizes she has been played and then comes up with a plan to defeat Cicada without getting rid of the dagger.

The Team tracks Cicada to her younger self where Nora enter her mind and with help from a reformed Orlin is able to convince young Grace to take the meta-human cure. However, the shard in Grace's forehead is too powerful and Barry has to destroy the dagger with the mirror gun, which leads to adult Grace being erased while Thawne, back in 2049 gets his powers back.

Then, comes to 'exciting' part of the episode - Team Flash against Thawne (again).

They come up with a pretty cool plan where Barry and Nora are able to, in the end, subdue Thawne but, as they are about to 'kill him', a new timeline is coming into action and is trying to erase Nora. Thawne reveals that the only way to save Nora is for her to reenter the Negative Speed Force, however, Nora refuses to go back there, afraid to become like Thawne and ends up 'dying' in her parents arms. (Thawne also gets away in the meantime)

This was something that left me with mixed feelings. As sad as it was to see Barry and Iris being sad about their daughter being erased, Nora has been so annoying in this last few episodes that... I just didn't really care. It was exactly the same that it was with Emiko - I just felt relieved and happy that we are done with those story-lines (both Emiko and Nora) and we are ready to move forward.

After that, a similar thing to the one that happened in Arrow happened here as well - we see a bit of each character moving on, with Sherloque going back to his Earth and Cisco taking the meta-human cure. This last part was something that we knew was going to happen but it left me a bit confused - it was told that we were going to loose two main characters/actors in this season finale and, obviously, one of those was Nora but the other one I have no idea. I always thought that Cisco was going to leave, but they didn't really address it so... Where they talking about Sherloque?! Because, from what I understood, Thawne (who is also played by Tom) is going to be back next season so... Something here doesn't add up so, if you understood, please let me know.

Something else really cool that happened was Joe being promoted to Captain and also (former) Captain Singh letting them know that he knows that Barry is the Flash. At this point basically everyone knows that Barry is the Flash, and that's just really funny, to be honest.

In the very end of the episode both Barry and Iris find a farewell message from Nora and we, the audience, see the date of the crisis in the future newspaper changing from 2024 to 2019 so... Does that mean that not only Oliver is going to die but Barry is also going to vanish?! I'm really curious about this whole thing!

Both series look like are going to deal with Crisis the whole season and... I don't know how I feel about that. On one hand I'm excited but I'm also afraid they are going to mess things up. But anyway, let's see what the next season brings! For now, I'm excited and I just can't wait!

Let me know what you thought about this season finale and I'll see you guys in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 5 Episode 21 - "The Girl with the Red Lightning"

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Hello guys!

Thank god this episode of The Flash was better than the Arrow one, because I was getting really bummed that all my favorite shows were having crappy endings, but I guess I was wrong about The Flash.

The truth is, most of the episode was mediocre, really (even though I missed like 10 minutes of it and so I can't really comment on that) but, because I missed those 10 minutes, I watched the episode again (okay, the part that I missed) and since I had already seen the end, those 10 minutes made a lot of sense and I was not just mind-blown but also sad that I missed the most important part of the episode. Maybe it was better that way, to be honest, because maybe missing that part of the episode was what made me so shocked about the ending. But again, I'm bummed that I missed the Ralph part of the episode (and you already know that he's my favy-fave).

Anyway so, as we've seen on the trailer, this episode was not only about trying to catch Cicada (or like Cisco said She-cada) but also to try to save all the meta-humans and, for that, they gather them at CCPD in order to give them the cure (if they want to).

This episode also had a lot of couple moments - Barry and Iris, Cecile and Joe, and the cutest of them all Sherloque and Renee, the later who we found out (last episode, I believe) that is a meta and so Sherloque tries to help and save her but, like predicted, she doesn't really want to get rid of her powers and so, Sherloque comes up with another idea to save her from Cicada and so send her to his Earth, where she won't be affected by whatever Cicada might do.

My least favorite part of the episode was all the Nora stuff. I think it has been a pattern in this shows (The Flash and Arrow). A new character arrives - really cool and all but, after a while, they become extremely annoying and I just don't care about them, and that's what happened with Nora. And what made me more angry and just eye-rolling my eyes was her whole speech about her having learn from her mistakes and not being 'childish' and just dumb really when, 5 minutes before she says that, she went against her parents and did what she wanted to like... Are you for real?! That really pissed me off and yeah, I just didn't care about her whole thing anymore - just get rid of Cicada.

On the other side of the spectrum, and like I mentioned before, the part that I missed and I had to 're-watch', which was the Ralph part, that was my favorite (maybe because I saw it after understanding the whole thing). But basically Ralph was trying to figure out Thawne's plan (because he thought something didn't add up) but the others were more interested in stopping Cicada and I can't blame them really, they were kind of right. But what really got me in all of this was the fact that, in the end, it was Ralph, the only one that didn't know about time-travel or anything and just found about it like a few months ago, he was the one to figure out (kind of) Thawne's plan, and that just shows that Ralph isn't just the 'dumb' character and that he's also smart and, most of all, a good detective. (Can you tell that I really love Ralph?). 

But anyway, back to Cicada... They end up using Nora's connection to Grace to find her and go after her. Turns out she goes and attacks the CCPD. Then the whole battle thing happen and, while Barry, Killer Frost and Ralph fight her, Cisco tries to disable to cryo-atomizer. In the end, Cisco manages to and, when Barry is about to destroy the dagger, that's when Ralph realizes Thawne's plan - it was all about destroying the dagger all along, so he won't die.

In 2049, Thawne's time is out and he is about to executed. As he is strapped down, it is revealed that his powers are being damped by Cicada's dagger.

The cliffhanger in this was huge and I wish they had done the same with Arrow.

I'm super stoked about the Season Finale of the Flash and, to be honest, I have no predictions. We always knew that something was up with this whole Thawne thing but I would have never guessed this so... Yeah, so surprise and so clueless of what's going to happen.

Let me know what you thought of this reveal and what do you think is going to happen and I'll talk to you tomorrow!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 5 Episode 20 - "Gone Rogue"

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Hello everyone!

I'm sorry I took some time with this rant. But, you know the drill, let's not get into that and instead talk about the actual episode.

I have quite mixed feelings about this episode. The first time that I watched it (which I should mention, I only caught half of the episode, the last half) I thought it was rubbish. I thought it didn't do much, mostly thinking that we are one episode away from the season finale but then, after actually watching it, I thought it wasn't that bad. Yes, pretty much the whole episode was pointless, but there were few things that I enjoyed about the episode (*cough*Ralph*cough*) and mainly, I think this whole episode foreshadowed a lot that is going to happen in the remaining episodes and that's the best part of the episode. The whole thing with Nora was just really pointless and boring, and all of it just to introduce us to a gun that can destroy Cicada's dagger... It was a bit underwhelming, but in the end, it was okay...

But, because I always get more deep than that, let's get into some actual events. So, as I mentioned before, the majority of this episode was about Nora and the fact that she joined some Rogues in order to rob an weapons company. The Rogues that she joined were some interesting choices - Weather Witch, who had a soft spot for Nora in previous episodes, Rag Doll who always brings the creep factor, and which I love, and Brie Larvan, which is such a throwback to Arrow, and what is even mentioned by Cisco in the episode. Anyway, everything is going great with Nora's plan until.. It isn't. As you can expect, the bad guys turned on her and threatened to kill all the employees unless the Flash reveals his identity to the world. While Sherloque distracts the Rogues as a hologram of the Flash, Barry, Iris and Joe show up, where Iris and Joe help the hostages, ending in a fight with Rag Doll, which was pretty creepy but, once again, so cool, and Barry teams up with Nora to stop the remaining Rogues. In the end, as expected, they are able to stop the Rogues and, back at STAR Labs, that's when Nora reveals she was trying to steal a mirror gun capable of destroying Cicada's dagger. 

Meanwhile, Caitlin and Ralph discover that Cisco's meta-human cure prototypes have been stolen and realize that Cicada can use them, along with the atomizer she stole last episode, to kill all meta-humans on the planet.

I was kinds bummed that that was the only reason why Caitlin and Ralph went to Catlin's dad lab but I loved the talk that Caitlin and Ralph had about Ralph's love life and, I might be a bit biased but, congrats to Hartley because he really sold that moment like, he didn't need to say anything, just the expression on Ralph's face was enough to break my heart and that says a lot about an actor.

Anyway, in the very end we see Cicada working on the cryo-atomizer and seeing her uncle by her side which, I might say, really confused me. I believe that was just her thinking about him but... Who knows?!

And well, before I end, I would just like to point out one last thing, which is the talk that Sherloque and Cisco kept having this episode. It wasn't the first time but in this episode it was pretty evident that they are setting up Cisco giving up his powers and maybe even leaving the show?! I know there has been some rumors about Carlos leaving the show but then I think I read somewhere that they were denied but I don't know anymore. All I know is that the foreshadowing has been pretty heavy and I really believe that's about to happen.

So, let me know your thoughts on this episode, as well as your predictions and theories and I'll see you next week with new rants!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 5 Episode 18 - "Godspeed"

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Hello everyone! One final rant for the day!

Unlike the previous rants that I posted, this one is a really exciting one! I was so excited about this episode of The Flash! Not only it had Godspeed, it also had the whole story about Nora but it was also directed by Danielle Panabaker, which is awesome!

In the end, I loved this episode. Maybe I thought there was more to it (Nora's story, I mean) but what they gave us makes sense and I enjoyed it.

The whole episode goes through Nora's journal, which begins with just some 'mundane' stuff about her as a CSI and then we find out how she got around to Thawne and, the reason for that is simple - Godspeed.

I don't know what I was expecting but, the name Godspeed, and the looks that they gave us prior to the episode airing, made it look like this was a really badass speedster and... He just looked 'normal' to me. Actually, he's pretty much a fake because he used Velocity-9 so he's basically a rip-off version of Zoom. But anyway, so Nora encounters Godspeed, who is trying to upgrade the Velocity-9 and so that's when she finds out that she's a meta (a speedster) and that's why she goes to Thawne - first to get some Intel on how to defeat Godspeed and then to actually 'work' with him and just get better. It's also Thawne that basically let's her know that Barry is The Flash which she didn't know (and I didn't know either. I didn't realize that she didn't know Barry was The Flash).

After learning all of that from the journal, Iris decides to release Nora and let her explain all that's left to explain for herself but still, it isn't enough for Barry and so, after stating that he can't trust her no more, he sends her back to the future and says that he would feel any future attempts made by her to time travel. 

In the very end, Barry visits Thawne in Iran Heights and we see that Thawne only has 10 minutes left and then he's going to be executed.

This ending was a bit surprising and, at the same time, it almost looks like a good ending. This whole episode looks like a story of its own which, in a way, it is, but with all of this I completely forgot that we still have to deal with Cicada and I kind of wish Thawne was the villain again (and this coming from a person that has never been a big fan of Reverse Flash).

I know there's a new episode out already but I don't think I'm going to be able to review it today (and maybe not even tomorrow) so... Yeah, I guess that's pretty much it.

Anyway, let me know what you thought of the episode (even if there's a new one out already) and I'll see you in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 5 Episode 17 - "Time Bomb"

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Hello guys!

So, here I am with a brand new The Flash rant (and the last one for a while).

Just like Arrow's episode, this episode of The Flash was an highly anticipated one (because of the whole thing with Nora) but, unlike Arrow, this was a really pleasant episode, at least, in my opinion. I guess I'm just going to tell you right away my overall thoughts because, the truth is, there wasn't much story development in this episode - or should I say, the story was all the same and there wasn't a 'baddie of the week' or something. In this episode, there was the baddie of the season and the whole thing was really surprising to me.

We finished last episode finding out about Grace being also Cicada and, like I said, it wasn't a big surprise really and it was also pretty obvious that she was from the future, just like Nora. What surprised me instead, in this episode, was how quickly they figured it out. I was seriously thinking that they would drag this whole thing for a few more episodes (maybe even until the end of the season) but they didn't and they realized that this was Grace and that she was from the future. Then, like I said, the story was simple - they kept trying to find her and 'change her mind' throughout the whole episode, even to the point where Orlin was on Team Flash's side and... It all ended with a bang! I guess I should've seen it coming but the truth is that I didn't and, in the end, Grace killed Orlin! That really got me!

But this whole thing with Grace wasn't really the reason why everyone was looking forward to this episode - Nora and Eobard were, and we got our payoff.

Yes, they decided to leave everything to the very end but I guess it was worth it. Sherloque was the one to tell everything to the Team (with Nora present, though) because he figured it out during the episode (which we actually saw him following the clues). As you can imagine, Barry wasn't really happy and that scene actually pained me. You could really see the disappointment in Barry's face (congrats to Grant from the amazing acting) and then he took a really extreme measure - he locked Nora in the vault/'meta-prisons' (or whatever it is called) and, in that moment, I kind of felt bad for Nora.

The episode just ended like that and now we are going to have to wait until April 16 to find out more about this whole thing with Nora and Eobard, but I guess it's going to be worth it because not only I'm super curious about the finding out the truth but also the episode is called 'Godspeed' (finally) and it's the one directed by Danielle Panabaker so... I expect great things!

Unfortunately, I won't be able to post the rant right away because I'm going to be on holidays on April 16 so... I'm going to have to stay away from social media to avoid spoilers... It won't be too hard, I guess.

Anyway, before I end, I just wanted to add that Ralph was finally back for this episode and, you know me, that makes the episode even better.

Okay, I guess that's it from me. Let me know your thoughts on the episode and I'll see you, with a new The Flash rant, in April (but I'll see you tomorrow with a new The Challenge rant).

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 5 Episode 16 - "Failure Is an Orphan"

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Hello everyone!

This was another odd episode this week. I was able to watch it live, though, but I was caught up with something else at the same time so I had to re-watch the episode again today. It was kind of good because now I have everything fresh in my head, but it always pains me when I don't pay full attention to the episodes.

Anyway, I did enjoy this episode. I felt a little betrayed though because in the preview they made it look like Barry was going to find out about Nora and the Reverse Flash and they also made us think that we were going to see Godspeed and... None of that happened, which was really a bummer. Also, this was another episode without Ralph and you know how I feel about that. Plus, this was kind of a big episode when it comes to the story-line that I think Ralph should've been there but okay... I get it.

The episode actually begins with Nora visiting Thawne and the later telling her that they need to worry on finding Cicada because a new timeline is approaching and something really bad is coming with it. This makes Nora really rushing and getting all Team Flash on finding Cicada. That's when a new meta-human shows up, one that 'shoots' acid and it's in that moment that Nora realizes that the mark that that meta-human left when he attacked them, was also in the newspaper picture of Flash and Cicada's final battle. Thank God Nora didn't have any ideas and just told everyone about those facts and they really start working on finding Cicada, since the final battle is happening in that same day.

Meanwhile, Joe and Cecile go after Dr. Ambres, the one that has been helping Cicada, and that's when she reveals to them that Grace is also a meta-human now (not that big of a surprise, to be honest). I have to say, this were some of my favorite scenes, the ones between Joe and Cecile. I love their dynamic and it was just really cute.

Something else that I also enjoyed was the whole thing about Barry's speech. It has been a current 'theme' the fact that The Flash changes people's hearts with his words and, this time, this was essential. The first time it doesn't really work but, once they find out about Grace being a meta-human, Barry's speech really improved and he got Cicada to agree to take the cure, as long ad Grace takes it too. (The only issue in this whole thing thought is just that Barry keeps revealing himself to everyone but oh well...).

Cicada is taken to STAR Labs and given the cure, but during the operation the facility is attacked by a new Cicada, who takes down all Team Flash, takes Dwyer and kills Dr. Ambers.

And, in the end, it is revealed that the new Cicada is Grace which wasn't that big of a surprise, to be honest.

I don't know about you, but since that episode where Nora went into Grace's mind, I knew that Grace was going to be a meta and play a big part in the season (and not a good one). 

In the end, I liked the episode but I felt a bit betrayed, like I said in the beginning, but let's see what the next episode brings.

Don't forget to let me know what you thought about the episode and I'll see you in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 5 Episode 15 - "King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd"

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Hello people!

So, as promised, here I am with a brand new The Flash!

The Flash is back from hiatus with a bang! The series keep doing this and it's just amazing - they come up with loads of different ideas to keep the audience following the show and glued to every episode (something that Arrow haven't really been doing) and this is another of those amazing episodes that they come up with. I have to say that I had really high expectations for this episode and it surely didn't disappoint me (the only downfall for me was Ralph not being there but, you know, I'm really bias towards him). A lot of people were expecting this to turn into a sh*t-show (which you can clearly think of, when you see the title of the episode) but it wasn't at all, and I'm so happy about that!

Everything starts with Cisco announcing that the meta-human cure is ready and so, they decide that King Shark is the perfect subject to test it on. However, they all agreed that they wouldn't use the cure as a weapon so they have to go to him and ask if he really wants the cure. And so, they go to ARGUS (having Lyla two nights in a row was nice, though) and request to get in contact with King Shark who then attacks them (which they later find out he was being mind controlled by Grodd).

On a second attempt, things still don't go as planned and so Barry is forced to use the cure on King Shark without his authorization in order to save Cisco. We all knew this was going to shake some waters and I could already see Cisco being mad at Barry, again, which ended up happening. However, that's when they find out about Grodd, when Grodd mind-controls Cisco making the later punch Barry. Grodd also mind controls Caitlin and, in the end, steals Dr. Lamden's telepathy crown to amplify is powers and mind-control everyone in the city.

That's when everything goes down. Shay (the human form of King Shark), after discovering that there's still a bit of dark matter in his brain, making him still be bit of a Shark, decides to give up being human and get back to his King Shark form in order to help Team Flash fight Grodd, in a way to make amends with everything that he did as King Shark.

Then, it comes this epic fight between King Shark and Grodd and... There's really no words to describe it. You really have to see for yourself. The only thing that I can say is that, obviously, King Shark wins in the end and they put Grodd in a coma, so he won't be able to have access to his powers and run away from ARGUS, again.

In the end, Team Flash has a talk about how the cure really works and that's when Barry suggests giving it to Cicada, and that's how it ends.

However, that trailer for next week looked amazing and it looks like Cicada won't really be the big bad of the season so... I'm really excited for it!

Let me know what are your theories for what's to come as well as your thoughts on this week's episode! I'll see you guys tomorrow with a new The Challenge rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 5 Episode 14 - "Cause and XS"

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Hello everyone!

Yes, I'm late again, let's not talk about it and jump into the rant.

I need to point out something funny about this. The day that this episode aired was the same day that I went to the cinema to see Happy Death Day 2U (review on my YouTube channel, by the way) and, actually, I watched the episode right after I arrived home from the cinema so that was funny.

Anyway, this episode was all about re-living the same day over and over again (and see Nora fail every damn time) and I quite enjoyed it.

It all started with the fact that Barry had to go into the speed force in order to speed up the synthesizing process of the meta cure and so Nora was 'in charge' of keeping everyone saved, and that's where everything got screwed. Turns out, Cicada went after Iris (as expected, to be honest) and he kidnaps her. Iris is able to contact Nora and so she and Caitlin go to Iris' rescue. They arrive and that's when Cicada ends up killing Caitlin. Nora gets really anxious about the whole thing that she runs so fast that she turns back time, going back to the beginning of that same day.

Having another chance, Nora keeps Iris in STAR Labs this time but, instead of going after Iris, in this new timeline, Cicada kidnaps Ralph. You know, I'm really attached to Ralph (he's probably my favorite character on The Flash) and so seeing him getting kidnapped again really got to me. The scene played out just like last time but, instead of Caitlin, this time Ralph is the one that dies, which was so painful for me to watch (I remember last time. I was devastated when he died.). The thing is, I knew Nora was going to do it again so... It was fine but I really don't want to see Ralph die again. Thank You.

Nora keeps getting back and back and resetting the timeline but someone from Team Flash always gets killed. Before her final attempt, Cisco reveals what she has done, so she confesses and storms off. Cisco then goes to her to console her, which was something different, we haven't seen Cisco and Nora connect much so far so this was a nice touch which resulted in the both of them, alongside with the rest of the team, working on a plan to stop Cicada.

This time, they make it so that Cicada stabs himself with his dagger, forcing him to flee.

Barry returns, unaware of everything that happened, which was a pretty funny scene, and then has a serious talk with Nora where he warns her against messing with time any further.

In the very end of the episode we see that Sherloque finally decoded Nora's entire journal and so we are really close to see the Team finding out about Nora.

That was it for this episode. I'm really stoked about next one though because it's the King Shark vs Grodd episode and those are really good! Unfortunately, we are going to have to wait two weeks until the new episode so... It looks like for the next two weeks there will just be The Challenge posts (which is what I'm going to post next, in a few hours).

Let me know your thoughts on this episode and I'll see you in my next post!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 5 Episode 12 - "Memorabilia"

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Hello guys and welcome to a brand new The Flash rant!

I have a few things to say about this episode so let's jump right into it.

Overall, it was a good episode but it left me a bit underwhelmed. The whole thing about this episode was the idea to go into Nora's mind, see her memories and find out about what she's hiding and, throughout the whole episode, they made us believe that we were going to get some payoff but... It never arrives. I understand that this is a little early to get answers in that department, but you really made us believe that Barry and Iris were going to find out something about Nora and they never do. That's the downside of this episode. Good thing is, this episode also gave us a lot of hints about other stuff so it kind of redeemed itself.

So, they get right on with Barry's plan to wake Grace up in a way to 'stop' Cicada and, for once, it looks like everything is aligned. Sherloque proposes a method in which they can enter Grace's memories and wake her up from there. The thing is, Sherloque has another intention with this and, as a precaution, he says that two people have to enter Grace's mind in order to be safe and, right away, he suggests Nora and Barry, which Barry agrees right away (Sherloque always having in mind that Barry might find something in Nora's memories, because that is a possibility). Of course, Nora is afraid about what Barry might find and, when she gets the chance to get inside Grace's mind by herself, she takes it, without thinking in the consequences (as she often does). Obviously things go sour and that's when Barry and Iris have to intervene and go to Grace's mind as well but, instead of Grace's memories, they end up in Nora's memories.

This thing about Nora's memories was actually nice because we got so see the Flash Museum, which was something that I was curious about. 

As you can imagine, they have a lot of problems, not only Barry and Iris but also Nora and Grace, in Grace's memories but eventually Barry and Iris find the two girls, just in time to discover that Grace shares her uncle's anti-meta views, ending up attacking Nora.

Thankfully, they are able to get back to the real world, without Grace though, and that's when Caitlin reveals that Grace has some Dark Matter around her brain and that they can't go back to her mind.

This was the main story-line of the episode but there were other little things that were quite interesting about this episode, such as Iris creating her newspaper - Central City Citizen - which Nora reveals was only founded in 2021 and so Iris is changing the future.

Also, Cisco makes some headway on the meta cure, which Barry decides to use on Cicada.

The whole thing with Grace also brought some things to my mind and now I think that Cicada isn't really the big bad in this episode but Grace is! We saw something in Nora's memories about Cicada never dying and something tells me that he does, but Grace take's his place and keeps on killing metas. That's my prediction for now.

Let me know your predictions and I'll see you guys in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 5 Episode 10 - "The Flash & the Furious"

Spoiler Alert!

Hello guys and Happy New Year!

We are back to our usual program and we're starting off with a brand new The Flash episode!

Right away I need to say that I was sad that Ralph wasn't in this episode (you know me and my affection/obsession with Ralph) but, overall, it was a good episode. Also, I liked the fact that we basically went through an episode of The Flash without the flash really doing anything but I'll get to that in a minute.

The episode starts right away with the big cliffhanger from episode 8, with Nora going to Thawne and refusing to work with him because he killed her grandmother. After that, we get back to present time and we see that it's Cecile's first day back on the job and we see that she's going to represent Central City in the trial of Joss Jackam (Weather Witch). During the trial, Barry gets a call about a new villain, Silver Ghost, who possesses meta tech allowing her to access any car, who Barry and Nora go after. In this encounter with Silver Ghost, Barry touches her tech, leaving Barry phasing uncontrollably, and that's when the 'no flash in this episode' happens.

In a way to help Barry, Nora and Team Flash help Barry into the pipeline, where he can stabilize for 24 hours (which means he won't be able to help catch this villain).

Meanwhile, Silver Ghosts frees Joss from CCPD's custody so she can help her steal a WayneTech car in ARGUS's possession. I really liked this little 'crossovers' - the WayneTech (obviously Batman related), the ARGUS (Arrow) and there was also another little Legends connection that I liked when they gave Mick's book to Barry for him to read while in the pipeline.

Anyway, The Flash being The Flash, obviously they work out a way to stop Silver Ghost and Weather Witch. Unfortunately, the weren't able to catch them, but they were able to stop them and that's enough for now. Plus, Silver Ghost mentioned something about creating a Rogue Group and I like the sound of that so... Let's see what this brings.

But this episode wasn't all about catching Silver Ghost. We also had some stuff between Cisco and Caitlin, where Caitlin helps heal Cisco's hands and they agree to try to develop a meta cure, provided that those they help can choose to either have or not have their powers removed.

And well, in the very end of the episode, and because every episode of The Flash is basically a way to teach something, in this one Nora 'learns' that bad people can change so she returns to the future and agrees to help Thawne who, from the looks of it, doesn't have much time left.

Oh, and we also see Sherloque Wells going to the Time Vault and discovering that the files on Nora West-Allen have been deleted.

That's basically it for the comeback of The Flash.

This wasn't exactly my favorite episode, but it opened a lot of doors for good story-lines plus, we can forget about Cicada who, from the preview for next episode, is going to start kill again so... It's going to be interesting.

Let me know what you thought about the episode and I'll talk to you on Friday with a new Supernatural rant!

Love,

Daniela.