the flash

This week’s episode of The Flash suffered from a lack of depth like several episodes have in the past. It’s one thing to have a rotating list of metahumans to give Barry and his team trouble, but wasting cool characters each week is a loss for both the show and its fans. “The New Rouges”was no different.

This week’s episode of The Flash brought the show back to basics. It was equal parts crime fighting and personal character development. Instead of the alternate timeline theme that engulfed the first two episodes, we saw Team Flash focus on defeating another metahuman that is terrorizing the city.

If there is anything we have learned from Hollywood when it comes to time travel, it’s that it never ends well. There are always unforeseen consequences that are hard to fix. Apparently, no one told Barry Allen this, though. In this week’s episode of The Flash, we saw exactly what these consequences meant to Barry and everyone else who has played a part in making him The Flash.

Let me start by saying I have mixed feelings about The CW as a network. On the surface, the majority of their shows are shallow romantic dramas that feature bits of predictable comic relief, à la Gossip Girl or One Tree Hill. On the other hand, they have mastered the art of creating addicting television that often falls into the category of being a guilty pleasure. “The CW-verse”, their interpretations of classic DC superheroes, is...