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I've been formatting my recaps by splitting between his normal and super personalities, so of course this episode overlaps the two in new and interesting ways. Now, let's take a look at what happened to the ordinary forensic investigator Barry Allen in this episode. It's one thing to have a character written as a constant damsel-in-distress like the classic Lois Lane, but it's equally silly to push a character in a reckless direction simply because of her superfriends.
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While Barry seems totally fine with it - and Candice Patton seemed thrilled to have her character jump out of a high-rise window - there's likely going to be a time in the future when The Flash won't be able to just zip over for a late-night rescue so that Iris can get a good scoop. Apparently, Iris has decided that her friendship with The Flash gives her leeway toward putting herself in more dangerous situations than usual. One of the drawbacks to having such a fast-paced production is that sometimes the emotional beats are rushed and simply don't have time to land the way they should.īefore we get to tonight's recap from both Barry's mild-mannered and super-speedy points of view, we should really talk about that cold open. Normally, The Flash is very good at balancing the plot elements between the dramatic and the action-packed this episode was no exception as far as run-time goes, but the tone was way off. The tone of "Family of Rogues" alternated, wildly at times, between very silly comic book capers and heartbreaking stories of domestic violence, drug addiction, and abandonment.
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The writers on The CW's The Flash apparently have a lot of parental issues to work out, so I truly hope that this episode was quite cathartic for them.