User blog:Konstant888/The Flash 4x22 "Think Fast" - Review

OMG, I just had a brilliant idea. What if we make the entire world so dumb, they can’t even remember how to speak. It would be like the Prehistoric ages, when the first from the human kind had to learn how to hunt, make tools, light up fires. Imagine how cool it would be if we had to do that all over again, except now the population of the world is millions of times bigger. I am sure one person would be able to teach us all of that. We wouldn’t starve at all. So basically, Thinker’s plan is just the best! Spoilers for the episode.

BY FAR the best part of the episode was Diggle throwing up in that trash can! He is a national treasure! All the scenes with him should be considered art!

With that out of the way, there were some good parts of this episode. Let’s start with the very best. I loved the scenes with Caitlyn, Cisco and Yoda…I mean Barry. The idea that he was going to take them in Flashtime with him was very creative. I enjoyed that a lot and it ended up working very well. But the elephant in the room here is the argument scene. That was so amazing! It was so well acted by Grand and Carlos. Both of them had some very thoughtful things to say. It was very emotional. The great friendship between Barry and Cisco and Caitlyn was very well explored in Season 1 and I am so glad they brought it back this episode. I was starting to think they have forgotten about each other. And one short moment from that scene was when Harry stopped Iris from interfering. Can you see the segue coming?

OMG, IRIS IS SUCH A BITCH! Sorry if you like her. Insult me as much as you want. I usually don’t hate on her, sometimes she is good. This episode tho…uggghhhhrrr. Harry was really nice. I really feel for him. It is sad that he is always bumping into chairs and never knew what to say. And he was totally right about Marlize. Yet Iris was always there to be a bitch, to be annoyed, to insult him and be rude. Doesn’t she understand what the man is going through?! She would’ve totally gonna ruin that scene with Barry and Cisco if Harry hadn’t stopped her. Always interfering, always shoving her nose in another people’s business.

I want to talk about Cecile for a moment. She was funny this episode. But legitimately funny. I laughed. The actress is great and she has a nice dynamic with Joe. The problem was how pointless all her scenes were. Her powers are very pointless as well. I don’t understand why they didn’t give DeVoe or Marlize more scenes. They wasted them on some humor that isn’t needed in the second-to-last episode.

I also wanna give a shout-out to Caitlyn. The fact that Killer Frost has always been in her is…WOW. What a twist! I really like it. Really intrigued to see what is going on with her.

And now the main part of the episode – the Enlightenment. The way they almost stopped it was great, but I already mentioned that. The CGI looked great too. But DeVoe was so smart (as always) he still impresses you when you see how some steps he took earlier are now paying off in cool ways. He was so badass in the opening scene. The way he completely destroyed those A.R.G.U.S. soldiers using all of his powers was awesome. You could tell he is not a fighter, but he is just too brilliant. His motivations are great. When he was talking to the Flash, telling him why he wants to “enlighten” the world, I was totally thinking that all of that makes so much sense. Why not get rid of nuclear weapons? Why not stop kids from getting obsessed with their phones? Why not have piece? And Barry made good points too, about not having free will and forgetting all that you love. It was great. DeVoe’s plan, however, doesn’t fully make sense, like I said in the beginning, but I choose to not question it and enjoy the rest of the season. And now that the episode ended with such a great cliffhanger, I can’t wait for the finale.


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