Jessie Robertson reviews the fourteenth episode of The Flash season 4…
I’m sorry guys; this week’s episode was a complete dumpster fire. We meet our 9th out of 12 bus metas, country singer hopeful Izzy Bowin, otherwise known as one of the goofiest villains in Flash’s Rogues Gallery, the Fiddler. Their first meeting plays off like a really bad episode of that really bad TV show Nashville and we get a long country performance that was much better left on the cutting room floor. The only note of interest is that DeVoe, of course being all knowing, shows up to also extract Fiddler and her sonic power actually effects him, er, her. I already forgot Thinker switched bodies to the Bad Luck lady, and boy, her trying to deliver the dialogue of DeVoe was a bad fit.
Well attempt one failed so attempt two the team took no chances and brought her back to STAR Labs. Then, Barry, as he does to everyone he just meets, revealed his true identity. Wasn’t this the same guy who refused to do it while he was serving time in prison? But, sure, if you live in Central City and happen to spend more than 5 minutes with him, he’ll tell you. Then he becomes her trainer; as now that it’s known she can effect Thinker, they need to train her. And this sequence was atrocious. Bad music, Barry “pushing” it too far by using skeets thrown at her. But, I just got out of prison guys, come on? Oh, well now we understand.
The next really bad story line going on here was Ralph finding a love interest. Again, we just met this girl and by the episode’s end where DeVoe finds his next husk, Ralph is in love with her. He even vowed to protect her from anything. Based on what? The two conversations you’ve had, ever? I get trying to tie bigger stakes in with Ralph but come on, this is weaker than the idea that Ralph can actually keep pretending to be DeVoe for , I don’t know, I guess as long as he’s alive. Has Central City Police really not looked into this at all? He couldn’t be the prison warden for more than an hour when dealing with Amunet. Ugh. (Frustrating time to be a Flash fan.)
I will say I think I’m one of the few people enjoying Cecile’s delight at being a psychic now; there was an interesting side plot where Harry is trying to connect with her because, well, he’s older than everyone else and wants a friend his age. That makes total sense. Cecile has a bigger part to play, I’m thinking because if she just loses these powers when the baby’s born (which I’m expecting around finale time), that was a completely random side plot to run. So, DeVoe’s in another body and The Flash continues to not impress, in one generally one of the worst episodes in the history of the show.
Rating: 4.5/10
Jessie Robertson
