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The fact that CicadaРІР‚в„ўs plan consists entirely of incomprehensible gibberish like РІР‚СљsuperchargingРІР‚Сњ the atomizer using the dagger powered by dark matter makes it feel even more like someone just assembling various power ups. This season has consisted of the team unable to confront Cicada(s) at every turn because of РІР‚СљreasonsРІР‚Сњ and each confrontation since the second half of the season has begun to feel more and more like an overpowered video game boss fight.

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In other words, destroying the dagger in the past would free Thawne in the future. And in the moment, the idea that theyРІР‚в„ўre actually using ThawneРІР‚в„ўs negative speed force to kill him is interesting enough, even though the minute you stop to think about it you have to wonder what the actual logic is.Р’В And then all of that is blown straight to hell by episodeРІР‚в„ўs end, with a РІР‚Сљlook how clever this isРІР‚Сњ plan of using the negative speed force to charge CicadaРІР‚в„ўs daggerРІР‚В¦which Thawne has been wearing this entire time under his vest as a way to dampen his powers. But leaning into it with a sadistic guard РІР‚СљteasingРІР‚Сњ a prisoner with the means of their execution is a pretty special brand of dick. Capital punishment is, letРІР‚в„ўs face it, fucked up, and the fact that it hasnРІР‚в„ўt been eliminated even 30 years in the future is a little upsetting. The future Thawne stuff has long been the most compelling element of the season, and that plays beautifully in the episodeРІР‚в„ўs opening minutes. In a vacuum, the stuff that works, really works. It could have been an adequate hour of The Flash, but like РІР‚СљGone RogueРІР‚Сњ itРІР‚в„ўs another example of how the show is now too far along to outrun its earlier mistakes, and even the good moments are dragged down by the weight of 20 previous episodes of missteps. In a season that has certainly tried to do too much, РІР‚СљThe Girl With the Red LightningРІР‚Сњ feels like the most overstuffed hour of the season. I sat there and stared at my screen for a moment wondering if there had been an error.Р”В«ut then when you think of everything that was crammed into РІР‚СљThe Girl With the Red LightningРІР‚Сњ it makes perfect sense why they wouldnРІР‚в„ўt even have the extra two or three seconds it would take to actually end that shot properly. Seriously, has there ever been an episode, not just for this show, but in the entire Arrowverse, that ended so abruptly? Ralph realizing too late what ThawneРІР‚в„ўs plan is and shouting for Barry not to use the mirror gun on the dagger would have been dramatic had it not played on screen like someone edited the end of the episode with a hatchet.

What a tremendously powerful opening for an episode of The Flash, and what a bizarre, letdown of an ending.