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Interesting Company. Barry meets his first non-evil meta-human in this episode as Plastique makes her live action debut. The core plot in this episode revolved around the character and her difficult journey. I wasn't entirely fond of Kelly Frye's performance, which felt quite wooden at times despite the harrowing circumstances surrounding the character, but she did bring out the best in Team Flash as they dealt with their failure to help reverse her powers. To be honest, this entire episode was a particualrly emotional journey and the series benefits from it, as Barry learned to deal with failure and friendship. The major subplot saw Barry and Joe attempt to convince Iris to give up her blog. I thought that the reasons behind this were flimsy at best and at this point I am counting down the days until Barry finally tells Iris the truth - after all, Arrow  has overused the theme of secrecy far too much by this point! Despite this, Candice Patton delivered a brilliant all r...

First Time For Everything. The Flash  rectifies one of its early flaws by developing the villain of the week to create a more engrossing conflict and tell the origins of one of our hero's most iconic villains - Captain Cold. Played by veteran actor Wentworth Miller, Leonard Snart a.k.a. Captain Cold is certainly the best foe Barry has faced so far in his debut season. Combining a menacing demeanour with a crafty personality to match, Miller really does justice to this classic DC character. I hoped his origin would give more viable explanation as to why he chose the cold gun, but it seems it served as a means to an end more than anything else. The plot itself followed Barry as he attempted to first track down and then lock up Snart and his crew of ne'er-do-wells. It was a relatively straightforward journey, although at least we now have our first villain to escape both death and imprisonment in The Flash , leaving the door open for Captain Cold to return and harrass the Sc...

No One Can Outrun Pain. As The Flash  entered its third episode, a familiar pattern has fallen upon the show as Barry continues to develop as a hero whilst another villain-of-the-week terrorised Central City. Said villain was dubbed by Cisco as The Mist - Kyle Nimbus was convicted with a death sentence on the day of the particle accelerator explosion. The result is a one-dimensional villain hellbent on 'getting revenge' as it appears all meta-humans apart from Barry are. This path has been tread for the last two episodes and I was really hoping for some kind of mix-up to the formula here, but it seems we will have to wait. Nimbus was creepy enough, but the CGI on his mist affects was poor and his confrontation with the Flash, whilst it did fit in with the idea of being unable to fight some things in life, was a short-lived and dull affair. Elsewhere, Iris and Eddie came out with their relationship to Joe who acted the stereotypical protective father unsurprisingly. Joe di...

Doubt Is His Real Enemy. The Flash  builds upon its debut episode with another fun adventure featuring a man who can produce clones of himself. Multiplex, as Danton Black became known, was another one-note villain who it seems will never get a chance to build upon his character. The only benefit which came from this villain was some cool sequences involving Barry and his powers being used to fight crime. The best of these was the grand finale, when Barry smashed his way through an army of Black's clones to then spear-tackle Danton himself. It seems a waste to me for Multiplex to be killed off after only one appearance, but it does at least add a darker tone to the show which it was feared to be lacking. The relationships between Barry and those he considers friends and family continued to develop this episode, as we watched Joe finally let go and believe in his surrogate son, whilst we also saw Barry struggle to hold back his emotions as he watched Eddie kiss the woman he lov...

Run, Barry, Run. Following his introduction in Arrow season two, Barry Allen a.k.a. the Flash finally gets his proper Arrowverse debut in the first episode of The Flash  season one and it is a solid debut for the Scarlet Speedster. Picking up slightly prior to the fateful lightning strike but just after the events of 'Three Ghosts', the show establishes Barry's position as a CSI along with his relationships to foster father Joe, love interest Iris and idol Harrison Wells within the first few minutes. We then travel through time to the day Barry awakens from his coma (which he spent most of Arrow  season two stuck under) to discover his city racked with changes. I enjoyed this angle on the beginning of the Flash's journey, as it acted as a great entrance for newcomers whilst also respecting those of us who have already seen Barry's transformation in Arrow . From here, events transpire rapidly as Barry discovers his powers and becomes acquainted with what will b...