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Zoom flash running12/18/2023 I was fairly mixed on this portion of the episode. Wells had another subplot of his own as the episode shed light on his connection to Zoom and what the villain is actually trying to accomplish. Wells had probably the funniest moment of the night, however, when he knocked on the door and demanded that the small child who answered turn over all their presents. For one thing, there was Caitlin and Jay doing their awkward “Will they or won’t they?” routine, all the time with Cisco in the background egging them on. Sure, Hamill hogged a lot of the spotlight in that regard, but there was ample humor to go around this week. With all this holiday drama afoot, I was glad to see that the writers didn’t neglect the humor. Luckily, it appears that the next episode will address the secret identity thing directly. I almost expected him to unmask as a means of convincing her to spare Mardon’s life (though that would result in two more villains knowing his secret). The whole ordeal also drew attention to how increasingly ridiculous it’s becoming that Barry hasn’t revealed his secret to her. Of course it was going to culminate with Barry talking her down from shooting the killer of her father. The episode handled her conflict with Mardon well enough, if a bit predictably. That didn’t give us much to go on, but I’m very eager to see Lonsdale integrated into the group next year. We even got a brief glimpse of Keiynan Lonsdale as Wally in the final minutes of the episode. She’s a great addition to the mix when her character is actually given something meaningful to do. Candice Patton also enjoyed some strong scenes this week. All the same, it was nice to see Joe’s arc given a happier resolution, with him acknowledging that whatever may come with Wally, Barry is his son in every sense that counts. Martin was predictably excellent this week as his character wrestled with the knowledge that he had never been there for his son. The renewed focus on the Wally West storyline was a welcome change of pace for the show. Giving new meaning to "the war on Christmas." I could see a new status quo developing for Season 3 wherein the fabric of time is as broken as the barrier between dimensions is right now. Barry already raced back through time again in last week’s Arrow episode. There’s a sense that the full ramifications of that act haven’t fully presented themselves, especially with Wells’ ominous warning about mucking with time travel. On a related note, it was interesting to see the characters reference Barry’s previous clash with Mardon and his first brush with time-travel. Then there was the chase scene as Barry pursued the floating Mardon across the city and even ran across the rotors of a helicopter. Trickster’s dreidel bombs were exactly what you expect from the villain - outlandishly stupid yet surprisingly effective. The conflict with Trickster and Weather Wizard led to a couple of neat action sequences. “Almost got ‘im,” as they say in Gotham City. This pairing worked because neither villain is really enough to challenge Barry on his own, but working together and exploiting his nobility, they had the Scarlet Speedster on the ropes. Liam McIntyre’s Mardon is comparatively straightforward, but he still brought a sense of gravitas and menace to the role that worked well during the climactic showdown. Hamill is always a hoot, essentially playing the villain like a live-action version of his Joker. In any case, Weather Wizard and Trickster made for an entertaining Dynamic Duo. It might have been fun to see the writers play up his shifty code of ethics and leave viewers questioning which side Cold was really serving. I would have liked Cold to remain a player in the conflict. I was just hoping for more from what will probably end up being his final appearance this season. It was nice to see the two characters interact in the West household and Cold reluctantly pay back the favor he owes Barry. Once again, it’s a shame that the show seems intent on rushing him out the door and sending him on his way to Legends of Tomorrow rather than truly exploring the Flash/Captain Cold rivalry to its fullest. The downside to this is that Cold barely factored into the episode. It was the closest we’ve gotten to a real “Flash vs. This time around, rather than pairing James Jesse with his long-lost son, we got a threeway team-up between the Trickster, Weather Wizard and Captain Cold. The previous trickster episode is the most purely fun episode this series has delivered, and that’s saying quite a lot. Easily the big appeal with this episode was seeing Mark Hamill return as the Trickster.
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