Warning: full episode spoilers follow.
When last we saw Barry Allen in the final moments of Flash's Season 1 finale, he was racing up a building in a desperate, possibly futile attempt to prevent Central City from being devoured by a temporal vortex. It was certainly a dramatic way to cap off the season, if not necessarily kind to fans who have been waiting impatiently ever since to find out what happens next. Luckily, the show returned tonight to kick off the next chapter in Barry's increasingly complicate life, and all is right in the land of television once more.
Surprisingly, "The Man Who Saved Central City" didn't immediately pick up where "Fast Enough" left off in May. Rather than showcasing the immediate outcome of the wormhole kerfuffle, the show jumped forward six months to showcase a drastically different status quo for Barry and friends. The main takeaway being that while Barry saved Central City (hence the episode's title), everyone in Team Flash was worse off for the experience. Barry became a loner, throwing himself into his job by day and slowly rebuilding the city by night. Cisco and Caitlin went their separate ways. Iris still mourned the loss of Eddie. The opening was really effective at setting up this new, depressing status quo by first showcasing a victorious Barry defeating villains (with a welcome cameo from Captain Cold and Heat Wave) and basking in the loving adoration of his friends before revealing that this was all a wishful dream on Barry's part.
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When last we saw Barry Allen in the final moments of Flash's Season 1 finale, he was racing up a building in a desperate, possibly futile attempt to prevent Central City from being devoured by a temporal vortex. It was certainly a dramatic way to cap off the season, if not necessarily kind to fans who have been waiting impatiently ever since to find out what happens next. Luckily, the show returned tonight to kick off the next chapter in Barry's increasingly complicate life, and all is right in the land of television once more.
Surprisingly, "The Man Who Saved Central City" didn't immediately pick up where "Fast Enough" left off in May. Rather than showcasing the immediate outcome of the wormhole kerfuffle, the show jumped forward six months to showcase a drastically different status quo for Barry and friends. The main takeaway being that while Barry saved Central City (hence the episode's title), everyone in Team Flash was worse off for the experience. Barry became a loner, throwing himself into his job by day and slowly rebuilding the city by night. Cisco and Caitlin went their separate ways. Iris still mourned the loss of Eddie. The opening was really effective at setting up this new, depressing status quo by first showcasing a victorious Barry defeating villains (with a welcome cameo from Captain Cold and Heat Wave) and basking in the loving adoration of his friends before revealing that this was all a wishful dream on Barry's part.
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