We are constantly talking about how good he is, for good reason, but he knocked this episode out of the park. Ziah: Forget what we were just talking about, it’s Jesse L. And I’d be fine with the sci-fi stuff if they’d managed to give Kadabra some sort of personality beyond “generically devious.” But like, the water thing in the beginning was so gloriously on-the-nose. Just make him a magic man that does those devious tricks! Like the one with the ace, but it’s not an ace, it’s a two of hearts, but you only show that card if it’s a couple, otherwise it’s a five of diamonds, you know?ĭylan: I will say that the 52 card pickup trick with the multiplying cards looked pretty cool. Apparently that was the deal with the original Abra Kadabra, but I don’t remember any of that nonsense. And yeah, I feel like David Dastmalchian did the best with what he was given, but in the end, this version of Abra Kadabra is just… what the heck was going on with this dude? He’s from the 64th century, but also fights Barry Allen in some vague future? He’s got a magic gimmick, but it’s all nanotechnology? It feels like there’s like two too many things in the mix for this dude, right? Have you?ĭylan: I have no idea who that is. Just not a whole lot going on with this iteration of him.Īlthough! I looked up some of his info on Wikipedia so we would have something to talk about, and it turns out that this episode’s storyline was based on a Flash comic in which a bounty hunter from another earth arrests Abra Kadabra for crimes, and plans to execute him! The bounty hunter was a character named Peregrine (Not She-Cisco), and I have never heard of this character in my life. And after two full seasons of hoping that either him or the Mirror Master would be a season-long big bad, I have to say I’m okay with him going off to his death. The Flash is currently airing on Tuesdays on Sky1.Ziah: Well, Dylan, Abra Kadabra happened. It will be interesting to see where the next episodes take us, with Barry already going back to his ‘own’ timeline, what has he messed up this time, and how long will it stick? We’re not saying we would rather see the return of King Shark, but for the love of Barry please be more original. We’re just guessing, but it’s become the formula for Flash bad guys now and we’re pretty tired of it. We get it, Wally’s fast, Barry’s faster and this new person will want to take it from them. For starters, why bother creating this brilliant new world if you’re only going to use it for one episode? We wanted to see Ramon Industries taking on the bad guys! Why on Earth would you make the first bad guy on the season somebody who is another bloody speedster? Enough of the speedsters. To the point where his own mother is hinting at him to move the hell out and get a girlfriend.įor all its upsides, the episode does have a few flaws. He fumbles, he stumbles over his words and he’s cleared failed spectacularly to ask Iris out in the three months that have passed. He is still the fastest man alive, but he’s no longer needed as a superhero. In the Flashpoint universe Barry Allen is Barry Allen. Giving Barry a break is great, and actually, seeing Gustin act as Barry over The Flash is just as rewarding. His comic timing is perfect, and his interactions with Iris are some of the best character driven scenes we’ve seen on the show. Watching the yellow blur saving the city is fresh, having not being given much of a chance to shine in the last season, it’s brilliant to finally see Lonsdale get something to play with. He still lives with his parents, he doesn’t know Iris (Candice Patton), Joe (Jesse L Martin) is an alcoholic, Cisco is rich, Caitlin is a children’s doctor and, oh yeah, Wally (Keiynan Lonsdale) is Kid Flash. Barry has messed with time, and now the world is different. Fans of the comics will know what this means, but for fans of the TV show it means something else. So when he went back at the end of Season Two and he actually did save her this time, shit went down.Įnter Flashpoint. We’ve seen it a few times now, he goes back, he doesn’t save his mum, he goes back to the present, and (mostly) everything is hunky-dory. When Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) travels in time, you know he’s going to mess something up.
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