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The Flash 2×18: Versus Zoom

I don’t usually comment on episodes without Eobard in them but I felt I should after watching the episode this morning. So here are my thoughts.

The good

  • Loving the whole thing with Cisco’s power development and
    how he feels about it.
  • First time I have actually had any feels about Wally and the
    whole West family story arch.
  • Loving the black eyes on Hunter, that was beautifully spooky.
  • Hunter as his true self is far more animated and fun than he
    ever was as Jay. 

The bad

  • Harry accuses Jay of being a coward but he is terrified of
    Zoom. He is willing to let a whole world burn because he is scared of him.
  • Iris and Caitlin only talking about the men in their life…. Bah!
    Bad writing.
  • I find it amusing that the speech that Barry gave Cisco about being bros was instantly followed by the request to open the portal. Like if a known manipulator like Eobard had given that speech, we’d all be saying he was just manipulating him.
  • Why have guns if they aren’t going to shoot Zoom?
  • Using childhood psychological trauma to disable Zoom is
    really fucked up.
  • Barry made the supervillain mistake of gloating.

The confusing

  • Hunter’s backstory is pretty much the same as the New 52
    version of Eobard.
  • Despite everything else being so very modern in Earth 2 I am surprised
    by the archaic design of their asylum and the electroshock. Yes we still have
    mental health institutions that use electroshock but it wouldn’t be daily and
    it’s all very safe.

  • Why at the end are they still calling him Jay rather than
    Hunter? It’s the whole Wells/Eobard thing again.
  • How did Hunter create the portal back to E2 and then E1
    again?
  • Why is no-one shooting Hunter?
  • Is Eo in the iron mask? Or maybe it is Jay Garrick, as in where he actually got the name from?
  • Why the frick-frack did they just give Hunter Barry’s speed?
    Like without any contingency or sneaky stuff.
  • He kidnapped Caitlin, I am so not surpised.

OK, so not an Eobard item, but they didn’t have one. He does get a mention inside the pull out though.
I was in Forbidden Planet in London at the weekend and picked up this lovely faux leather Flash notebook by Insights. The paper is nice and thick with thin rule so it’s good quality. The inner cover images are cool and it has a back pocket too. I’m going to write all my creative projects in it so that they are actually replicable for once.

The Mattel Justice Buster Reverse Flash. Here are some shots of the details for anyone interested. Click the image to see the full picture. As you can see, the figure doesn’t exactly match the TV costume and they have neglected detail on the back. However it is quite nice, stands properly and could be easily improved with a little paint/shading. Plus as it isnt identical to the DC one you can buy both and have 2 Eos on your shelf 🙂

politeandnotgay:

Oh Eo, we’ve missed you [x]

When will Barry learn not to fuck with time? Also, who thought that he could actually fool Eo? Like seriously? This plot has ‘bad idea’ written all over it.

I am hoping that Tom drops the Harry voice, I like that there are differences between the characters he plays.

Great to see Wellsobard again though. Looking forward to this.