The
Flash 2/10
I have
been trying to think of another show that dropped in quality as much
as this second season of The Flash did. Daredevil was bad in its
second season but Punisher helped quite a bit. Sadly, there was no
gun wielding psychopath to save this show. Between there being 23
episodes and the fact that it took a break in the middle I had to
reread what even happened this season. This season starts off half a
year after the last season where Barry Allen feels bad for taking
credit for saving the Earth and his city. By the way, when his city
is in trouble, it kinda is world threatening which makes me wonder
why Green Arrow and Supergirl don't call to offer help.
A
portal opens up and this guy named Jay Garrick who is Earth-2's Flash
shows up talking about this evil speedster named Zoom. Also that
Earth's version of Professor Well's shows up at some point. He is bad
on his planet but not evil the way the fake professor that turned out
to be someone impersonating the real Wells is. Goddamn it, this is
confusing. He also has a daughter. By using the internet I find out
that this girl will one day become a speedster as well.
A lot
of time is dedicated to villain of the week stuff where no one seems
all that dangerous and Zoom is more than enough. Maybe they should
have brought him out way later in the season because I was so over
him well before he unmasked and showed himself to be “Jay Garrick.”
They try to figure out how to send him back, and then Flash gets the
guilties and ends up going to Earth-2 after sending Zoom back, and
meets his doppelganger, and they bring Wells' daughter back with
them, then they get stuck in Earth-2, they meet Killer Frost and she
is hot but whatever.
Know
what? Not gonna waste more time explaining this season. There was so
much nonsense in this. It felt like a different show in tone every
other episode. Characters would act one way in an episode and then do
shit way out of character the next. Oh worse they would do it within
the same episode. Last weeks episode had me cracking up because
everyone was happy but there was a few minutes left so of course Zoom
appeared and stuck his hand through Flash's dads chest and they bring
him back but as another Flash in the last episode. I didn't even
care! I knew episodes ago that the guy in the mask held captive by
Zoom was gonna look like his dad before his dad told him “Huh. My
mother's maiden name is Garrick!” and Barry had no reaction to it.
This fucking genius guy, who last time I checked has not done police
work since episode five maybe, didn't pick up on this clue?!
Oh,
and to top everything off, the last episode and the fate of the
planet is predicated on a race. A race! Flash wins of course but then
he says “Yeah, everything in my life is shit and I have saved you
all and could bang hot ass Iris but I feel the need to make shit more
complicated!” and he races back in time to stop his mother from
being killed. I don't even care. Make a third season. I won't watch
the garbage. Last season they had 23 episodes and only one stunk.
This time they had 23 and I can't point out one where I thought “Oh,
this was a good one!”
What
happened? Why was this so bad? Is it that there were so many
episodes? Too many writers and director changes? Were people told how
each episode should go and they decided to just go their own way for
someone else to clean up later? Either way they took a beautiful
thing and shat all over it.
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