Flash Season 3 is here as quick as lightning. Photo/Flash Podcast
The Flash is back for a third season and here is a recap and review in case you missed it.
Barry (Grant Gustin), who stopped the murder of his mom at the end of last season with a little time travel, has been living happily in his new time line for three months. He had to start over with Iris (Candice Patton), but things could not be better. He still has his speed, his parents are alive, and he doesn’t have to play hero anymore.
But evil still lurks in Central City so Barry helps the new Flash, Wally (Keiynan Lonsdale), battle mysterious speedster The Rival. In the process, Barry has to reassemble his old crew that didn’t exist in this new reality, which proves harder than expected. No one is like he knew them: Cisco is an arrogant billionaire and Caitlin is a simple pediatrician.
Neither knows about or wants anything to do with crime fighting.
To make matters worse, Barry has Reverse Flash locked up and may have to let him out to undo everything the Flash fought for because Barry’s memories of his old life are fading.
Turns out, better doesn’t mean perfect.
New hero, new enemy, new time line — sums up Season 3, Flashpoint. Photo/YouTube
This story is adapted from the groundbreaking Flash comic story Flashpoint written by the show’s executive producer (and DC guru) Geoff Johns that relaunched the whole DC Comics universe five years ago.
Since the first season, Flash has been bending the rules of time and dimensions so logic goes out the window. However, the point where it gets harder and harder to be creative and plausible has been reached.
Barry’s solution for fixing things is questionable; and why he would work with or listen to the Reverse Flash after all this time is beyond reason. Not only that but doing a complete 180 in the season premiere is too sharp a turn.
It’s going to be tough to tell how the show will fit into the rest of the DC TV Universe from here on. Writing, action, and tone are consistent although Johns, Andrew Kreisberg, and crew are tripping over themselves to heighten drama and adapt the Flashpoint story in a fresh but faithful way.
Normally that would cripple a show…but, all things considered, Flash is still an addictive ride and a cast that gives it their best.
Now that is a paradox.
