The Flash "Going Rogue" Review/Thoughts

This week on The Flash, we watch as Dr. Wells tries his hardest not to fire Cisco, one of The Flash's more famous villains makes his debut, and we are graced with a special guest appearance by THE Ms. Felicity Smoak.

Episode Description: The Flash confronts his toughest enemy yet, Captain Cold, as he plots to steal the Kahndaq Dynasty Diamond using a stolen "cold gun" from S.T.A.R. Labs

High Points: 

• Felicity!
• Valid concerns raised by Felicity (increased aging, potential unknown weaknesses) 
• The "slow-motion" action scenes like The Flash breaking up the truck robbery
• Barry training his ability to multi-task at high speeds
• Leonard Snart! (finally a villain who wasn't put away after one episode)
• Dr. Harrison losing his cool with Cisco (Be careful you don't show your hand Eobard..)
• Cisco pulling a total Batman move by having a contingency plan for The Flash
• The train rescue scene was awesome
• Barlicity! The only acceptable substitution for Olicity or Biris
• The ending features Mick Rory/Heatwave which means The Rogues are forming up

Low Points: 

• There was one too many cold-related puns while trying to introduce Captain Cold
• Passive Aggressive Barry ("I don't feel like talking")
• Eddie losing E=MC Hammer points during trivia night (It's the Millennium Falcon Eddie...pull your head out of your ass..)

Verdict: Lots to be excited about this week. Even though big villains have been implied for weeks now on this show, we finally got our first actual taste of one. Leonard Snart, a.k.a. Captain Cold made his debut tonight and the "cold gun" looked awesome. He was played as a little more trigger happy than usual. He straight up shot one of his crew members just for questioning him, but other than that he seems like the cold-hearted leader of The Rogues that we all know and love. Plus he looks to serve as a good arch-nemesis for Barry in this show, due to the fact that his powers counteract The Flash's, and that he exploits Barry's priority of keeping people safe over catching his man to his own advantage. Also, Captain Colds rendezvous with Heatwave at the end of the episode gave us something to look forward to for future episodes: The Rogues are assembling! It was also a very interesting detail that his gun was actually designed by Cisco, who made it specifically to stop The Flash if he turned out to be evil. Sounds an awful lot like the contingency plans a certain Justice Leaguer has set in place. I'm not saying that Cisco and Batman are connected in anyway, but it was kind of a cool nod to that. And of course, Felicity Smoak came to visit Central City in this episode, and as always she dazzled us with her fan favorite charm that we have come to love on Arrow. With so much excellent ground work being laid this week, and with the promise of Captain Cold reappearing in the near future at the head of The Rouges, this week's episode scores an 8.5 out of 10.

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