The Flash (6×02) A Flash of the Lightning Review

For our review of the last episode of The Flash, click here.

Synopsis: Faced with the news of his impending death, Barry’s resiliency suffers as he struggles to fight fate; Cecile’s career as a D.A. conflicts with her identity when she crosses paths with a villainous meta-human. (IMDb)

The Flash is setting up by the upcoming Crisis on Infinite Earths in every way possible. This week’s episode introduced us to potentially what’s to come and what it holds in store for the Arrowverse. If you’ve read the comics, you’re well aware of what characters meet their end, but something tells us, it’s going to be very different for the television adaptation.

After the Monitor gave his warning about the impending crisis, Barry decides to time travel to the future to the very date this is supposed to happen. But a wall of anti-matter not only prevents him from doing so, also injuring him in the process. To figure out how the heck he’ll be able to do any of this, Barry heads to Earth-3 to talk to Jay Garrick. Little does he know this version of Jay is married to a woman named Joan–Barry’s mother’s doppelganger.

Thanks to Joan and Jay, Barry is strapped into a device (and the iconic O.G. Flash helmet) to allow his mind to travel into the future since his body won’t be able to. Barry is simultaneously exposed to multiple realities at once, including the crisis that takes the lives of all those he loves. Coming out of this nightmare, there’s one thing Barry believes–he does have to die to save everyone else.

While Iris refuses to believe that this is Barry’s fate, Barry is convinced that this is his purpose in life and the reason for his powers. He’s meant to save the world because of his powers, and now it’s time he does just that. Given how many times these guys have mucked around with timelines, you’d think Barry would be open to the idea of doing so again.

Maybe it’s the fact that Barry’s brain is scrambled from the weird time-travel, or that he truly believes this is his mission. In either case, Papa Joe steps in to remind Barry that it’s not about giving up, but rather making the sacrifice and being resilient.

They’re not sure what tomorrow will bring, but Iris and Barry realize they have one major task at hand–preparing Team Flash for the crisis and a world without the Flash. Ugh, just typing that hurts.

While Barry was off in the future, a lot was going down with Team Flash. Cecile had a case involved a young woman named Allegra Garcia (Kayla Compton). She was in facing a murder charge but Cecile had a feeling she was innocent. Not only was Cecile right about Allegra’s innocence, but proved that Allegra’s cousin/sister Esperanza (Alexa Barajas) was responsible for the murders.

This all led to Cecile making a big career decision by the end of the episode. Seeing how tough it was for Allegra as a meta, she decides that she wants to be a defense attorney for metas. How sweet is that!

There’s some interesting stuff going on with this season’s potential villain, Dr. Rosso, but it’s not entirely clear where that storyline is going. Hopefully as the episodes go by, we’ll see what his plan is and what he intends on doing.

Until next week!

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