The Flash (7×01) All’s Wells That Ends Wells Review

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Synopsis: When an experiment to save Barry’s speed backfires, Nash Wells searches for a way to save The Flash and comes up with a dangerous plan. Meanwhile, Iris makes a startling realization inside the Mirrorverse and Cecile faces off with Rosa Dillon. (IMDb)

After nearly a year away due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Flash is officially back! The season 7 premiere was this week, and it didn’t underwhelm as much as expected. Sure, it’s not entirely what it should have been but it did have its moments, thanks to Tom Cavanagh and Grant Gustin.

The first three episodes of this season were meant to wrap up the storyline that was left incomplete back near the end of season 6 due to production shutting down. This meant that the whole Iris being stuck in the Mirrorverse subplot is still an ongoing plot point that will hopefully finish up so the season could move on. As you may recall, Barry had almost all his power drained from him last season, and when season 7 begins, he’s operating on just 1%. This doesn’t bode well for Central City who desperately needs their hero to come to their rescue, and of course, Barry doesn’t exactly give up on helping either. He’s been trying to catch up with Eva McCulloch as she zooms around Central City, but with his failing power, he’s managed to fail every time. Thanks to her mirror powers, she’s easily able to maneuver around buildings and such without getting caught. Let’s hope that doesn’t last for too long!

Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Nash and the Council of Wells are trying to figure out how to get Barry his speed back. There are very few options left if any at all, which makes the task ridiculously impossible to take on. Nash comes up with an idea to take all the multiversal particles within him and transfer it into the Fusion Sphere. The hope is that it will be enough energy to get the Artificial Speed Force up and running. He first opts to use Allegra’s thermal powers to pull the particles out of him and into the sphere. However, he failed to come up with a plan to actually contain the particles within the sphere, so in a sudden twist of events, all the particles zoom into Barry.

This part of the episode is actually quite hilarious as Gustin has to do what Cavanagh been so effortlessly doing all this time–playing the multiple members of the Council of Wells. As each of the Wells comes forward in Barry’s body, we see Gustin perform each one perfectly and hilariously. It was most certainly my favorite part of the episode, along with all the science mumbo jumbo).

Anyway, back to the particles! It turns out that the particles need a conduit to contain their power, which is something Nash knew before he had Allegra pull out the particles. But he doesn’t want to die for this cause, so he was hoping something else would work. But when it doesn’t, Nash offers himself up as the sacrifice in order to get Barry his powers back, and also save his life as the only thing that is keeping him alive with all the particles inside of him are his healing abilities. But since there is such little Speed Force left, if the particles don’t leave Barry soon, he will die immediately.

Clearly, the world (and this series) can’t be without the Flash, and so with that in mind, Nash serves as the conduit as the particles go back from Barry into him and then into the Fusion Sphere. This all comes together thanks to Chester who creates a device to have Allegra transfer the particles back into Nash’s body before he sends them into the Fusion Sphere. The whole experiment works and Barry gets his powers back, but it comes at the cost of losing Nash and the Council of Wells. Whether or not this is the final time we see Cavanagh is not known, but if it is, it is certainly heartbreaking. He has always been a personal favorite character, and if we have truly bid farewell, I will need a period of mourning to get over it.

Meanwhile, Iris is still stuck in the Mirrorverse, being taunted by all her past versions. It’s become more and more of a nightmare for her, and if she doesn’t find a way out quick, she may end up going completely insane. Despite not being the best part of the episode, Patton’s performance was on point here. Can we be done with the Mirrorverse?

The episode ends with the reveal that the Eva running around Central City is actually the mirror version, as the real one died on the night of the particle accelerator explosion. What does this mean for the story going forward? Not sure, but we’ll have to wait and see if it’s worth it.

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