Hi folks! Welcome back to our weekly recap of The Flash. This week’s episode is named “O Come, All Ye Faithful”, it was a Thanksgiving episode and featured a lot of paternal-themed stories, let’s dive right in.
1. First, Killer Frost is steadily coming back
At the beginning of the episode, Killer Frost RSVP’d to Team Flash’s Thanksgiving dinner, then, Barry and Caitlin talk about how the collection between the two personalities is becoming stronger every day.
Then, at the end of the episode, she appeared for a minute to mock Cisco and Sherloque for not being on board with the holiday, more on that later, but fans can rejoice, because after last week’s episode, it seemed that Caitlin is getting better at turning into Killer Frost, it’s great because she might be fully recovered really soon.
2. Weather Witch hold no punches
This episode’s “monster of the week” was a young gal named Joss, daughter of one of the very first bad guys, appearing with his brother on the pilot of the series.
At first, it seems that she wants to free her father but then HOLY SHIT! She throws a freaking Hummer at him! Well, at a hologram of him, but still. She is a badass villain with a simple idea on her mind, to kill that “selfish dick” who abandoned her for his career in crime.
It was kind of refreshing to have a villain that doesn’t want to become millionaire or dominate the world, she just wants to kill the man than abandoned her. In fact, the villains of the latest episodes are having that trait, neither Spin, Rag Doll, Icicle or Weather Witch attack for a grandiose reason, they just have a personal motive, and to me, that’s good storytelling!
3. Cicada is not a father… but he is
Speaking of which, this episode featured a lot of scenes and flashbacks of the season villain, as you remember, last episode we ended up doubting that Orlin was a father, and this episode gave us the answer quickly.
He is the uncle of Grace, before she came in his life, he was a self-hating wreck, but we see how, thanks to the girl, he grows, matures and find happiness, just to see all that throwed away because of the Day of the Enlightenment.
He – thanks to the doctor – blames meta-humans for stealing his happiness and putting Grace on a comma, so he decides to avenge her by killing metas. You see? Even the main villain of this season is human, he doesn’t want to kill Flash or conquer the world, he just wants to see her niece/daughter healthy again, that’s a great and refreshing motivation for a villain.
4. FLASH NO MORE!?
After a couple of weeks repairing Iris and Nora’s relationship, this episode we see the daughter refocusing her angst and anger, this time against his father.
After being struck by lightning – boy, Barry is a human lighting rod! – and almost dying, Nora realizes that Flash is constantly risking carelessly his life, she believes that’s the reason why he abandoned her, because of his negligent behavior.
She asks Barry to drop the mantle, that’s how he won’t disappear, by not saving people. Of course, he is not going to stop being the Flash, but on the last confrontation with Weather Witch, he doubts before risking his life again. That’s when Nora realizes, he can’t stop, people will die if he is not there, because with great power, comes great responsibility.
5. Thanksgiving
Lastly, this episode also focused a little on thanksgiving, after Sherloque questions the reason for the Holiday, Cisco and Caitlin decide to not celebrate, after all, the year has been a tough one for both.
At the end, Killer Frost convinces Cisco and Sherloque, if she is thankful for something, even when she was unconscious all year, surely, they can have some reason to be grateful for. Keep in mind that people, this year have been really crazy and sad, but all we can do is being grateful for the good things and work to make next year a good one.
And that’s it for this episode, I like the way this season is going, with the paternity theme and their better villains. What did you think of this episode? Leave your comments below and join us next week for our take on episode 508, “What’s Past is Prologue”, the 100th overall directed by Wells himself, Tom Cavanagh.
