Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
Next week’s episode of The Flash sounds promising indeed, with Barry and friends making their first journey to Earth-2 and meeting the evil versions of some familiar faces. Unfortunately, that’s next week’s episode. This week’s installment was more focused on setting the stage for that storyline. Only the always dependable Dr. Wells saved this episode from being a relatively mediocre addition to Season 2.
A lot of the blame can be foisted on Tar Pit (Marco Grazzini), who proved to be one of the least memorable villains in the show’s history. With Tar Pit, there was the sense that we’ve seen it all done before, and done better. He had the textbook origin story - a small-time criminal who was changed by the particle accelerator explosion and now seeks revenge on the people who wronged him - and served as little more than a plot device throughout the conflict. When he actually appeared at all.
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Next week’s episode of The Flash sounds promising indeed, with Barry and friends making their first journey to Earth-2 and meeting the evil versions of some familiar faces. Unfortunately, that’s next week’s episode. This week’s installment was more focused on setting the stage for that storyline. Only the always dependable Dr. Wells saved this episode from being a relatively mediocre addition to Season 2.
A lot of the blame can be foisted on Tar Pit (Marco Grazzini), who proved to be one of the least memorable villains in the show’s history. With Tar Pit, there was the sense that we’ve seen it all done before, and done better. He had the textbook origin story - a small-time criminal who was changed by the particle accelerator explosion and now seeks revenge on the people who wronged him - and served as little more than a plot device throughout the conflict. When he actually appeared at all.
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