‘The Flash’ Review: “The Man Who Saved Central City”
Ellie Wells ’18 / Emertainment Monthly Staff Writer
Copy Edited By: Lindsey Buttel ‘18
*Contains spoilers*
As the adored first season of The Flash came to a close, viewers caught a glimpse of a familiar helmet. Comic book fans recognized it as the winged cap of Jay Garrick (Teddy Sears), The Flash before Barry Allen, and as per the comic books, The Flash of an alternate universe called Earth-Two. It was the beginning of a promise of many exciting things to come that was finally delivered on in the season two premiere, “The Man Who Saved Central City.”
Atom Smasher turns out not to be a meta-human who was affected by the particle accelerator, but from another world all together. He also gives a first tease at the mysterious Zoom, telling Barry that Zoom promised he would get him home if he killed The Flash.
There’s a surprise in the form of a video message that Thawne has left for Barry; Thawne confesses to Nora Allen’s (Michelle Harrison) murder and thus sets Barry’s father free. There’s an odd anticlimactic feeling to it all considering how much Barry focused on it in the first season, but there’s also an underlying unease to the whole sequence. Only time will tell how it plays out.
In the last moments of the episode, the mysterious man that followed Barry around is of course revealed to be Jay Garrick.
Episode Grade: B+