Warning: this review contains full spoilers for The Flash: Season 6, Episode 3. If you need a refresher on where we left off, here's our review for Season 6, Episode 2.
The Flash hasn't given viewers much cause to feel optimistic over the past several years, but it really seems as though the series has turned a corner in Season 6. The new year started off pretty well and has only improved from there. "Dead Man Running" seems to cement the new status quo and a new era in which that classic Flash appeal is finally back.
There's been a noticeable shift in the general tone of the series this season. Not necessarily in terms of it being lighter or darker, but simply more confident and consistent. The series is dark when it needs to be dark, but it's also careful to balance out the more dramatic elements with goofier subplots. That's in stark contrast to Seasons 4 and 5, where the humor often felt forced and overdone, as if in self-conscious response to the criticisms of Season 3's Flashpoint/Savitar storyline. Here, The Flash has finally found its sense of balance again.
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The Flash hasn't given viewers much cause to feel optimistic over the past several years, but it really seems as though the series has turned a corner in Season 6. The new year started off pretty well and has only improved from there. "Dead Man Running" seems to cement the new status quo and a new era in which that classic Flash appeal is finally back.
There's been a noticeable shift in the general tone of the series this season. Not necessarily in terms of it being lighter or darker, but simply more confident and consistent. The series is dark when it needs to be dark, but it's also careful to balance out the more dramatic elements with goofier subplots. That's in stark contrast to Seasons 4 and 5, where the humor often felt forced and overdone, as if in self-conscious response to the criticisms of Season 3's Flashpoint/Savitar storyline. Here, The Flash has finally found its sense of balance again.
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