#THE FLASH SEASON 5 EPISODE 19 SERIES#

#THE FLASH SEASON 5 EPISODE 19 SERIES#

But if Nora turning against her parents gives the series the spark itвЂ™s been needing, then maybe there is something to salvage out of this troubled season. ThatвЂ™s bad news for the ongoing Cicada conflict, This episodeвЂ™s feeble attempts to reignite that flame have only backfired. Now it appears that Nora has emerged as one of the main antagonists of Season 5. We even got another fun variation on the traditional Thawne coaching speech as he helped Nora make her first contact with the Negative Speed Force. Thawne is simply a man whose realized his race is nearly run and is trying to guide this surrogate daughter the same way he once guided Barry. ItвЂ™s easy to assume heвЂ™s manipulating Nora and trying to get his revenge against Barry by destroying BarryвЂ™s relationship with Nora. ThereвЂ™s a extra dose of nuance to Thawne. Yet rather than rehash old battles, Thawne is taking on a much different and more unpredictable role. Thawne remains BarryвЂ™s truest and greatest enemy.

Bringing this villain back is probably the wisest move the writers have made this season. And itвЂ™s fascinating to watch Nora work through her worst fear and begin to fall victim to the darker aspects of her personality.ДЄnd then thereвЂ™s Thawne. For the first time in years, his relationship with Iris has been profoundly damaged. Regardless of how much he might be the architect of his own misery, BarryвЂ™s emotional crisis brought a new weight to the season. That aside, this family drama connected in a way the Snow family kerfuffle didnвЂ™t. This is one case where the writers should have just let her lay into Barry and finally take him to task for being such a monumental dope. SheвЂ™s also completely in the right to hold BarryвЂ™s past mistakes with Flashpoint and other bad decisions over his head. Iris is completely in the right to be upset about having her daughter cut out of her life without so much as a warning. This episode didnвЂ™t do a very good job of trying to play both sides of that particular argument.

Even there, there were a few bumps in the road when it came to exploring the fallout between Barry and Iris. The closer we get to the season finale, the more unfocused and scattershot the series is becoming.ДЄgain, most of what did work in вЂњSnow PackвЂќ hinged on the rift between Barry and Nora. Which, honestly, might be a legitimate concern given how things have been unfolding lately. There wasnвЂ™t a more elegant way to work Cicada into this episode? ItвЂ™s as if the writers suddenly grew paranoid that viewers might forget all about the character whoвЂ™s ostensibly still the main villain of the season. Most frustrating of all is the way Cicada was abruptly shoehorned into this storyline, showing up at the last minute to conveniently kill off Thomas and steal his MacGuffin. At best, the special effects involved with Killer Frost and IcicleвЂ™s big ski battle added a little spice to the conflict. Neither she nor her mother seemed particularly affected by ThomasвЂ™ sudden return or his sudden sacrifice. If anything, the Icicle storyline was surprisingly flat and and lifeless considering the major emotional roller coaster Caitlin is dragged through. This episode did nothing to redeem the character or add new layers to his relationship with Caitlin and Dr. Even the early promise surrounding the identity of her father quickly evaporated once Icicle actually stepped onto the stage. After all the build-up to her Killer Frost transformation in those first three years, no one has seemed to know what to do with the character since. ThatвЂ™s generally been the case with every Caitlin-centric episode since the beginning of Season 4. It pretty much goes without saying the Killer Frost/Icicle material failed to impress.

The flash season 5 episode 19