Remote Control – Finishing Finales – The Flash S1

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Hello. Hello. We are going to be speeding through

Central City because we... because chasing the

Flash is almost an impossible task. So yeah,

this is going to be the next installment for

finishing finales. Last time we did Gotham with

Jeremy Fine and I, and Gotham... Yeah, that's

one of those shows that I'm giving until the

mid -season break of season two, and if it doesn't

improve, I'm dropping it. I'm giving it five

episodes in season two. If it doesn't, if it

doesn't, if all five of those episodes just don't

knock my socks off, then Supergirl will easily

replace it. Yeah. I mean, that's, that's part

of it for me, but I mean, it's the, the big thing

with that is, um, is that, uh, I'm not really

sure about the show yet. I mean, I, I enjoy it,

but it's not, it's not. by any means a good superhero

show. I mean, I know that it's not a superhero

show in itself, but it's... Yeah. Yeah, it's...

It's a Commissioner Gordon, you know... It's

Gothville. Well, it's not even that. I know.

It's like watching a cop procedural with Batman

characters. Yeah. Excuse me. Alright, so... Back...

In the fall of 2014, we kicked off remote control

with six or seven different pilot premieres.

One of those was The Flash. I believe Doug Abel

was on that episode with me. I honestly cannot

remember, and I'm not looking it up right now,

folks. But yeah, The Flash, CW's latest show

to spin. Actually, its first show to spin out

of Arrow. Oh, boy. Arrow. That's a discussion

for a whole other day. Anyway, The Flash. I love

this show. After watching the whole season as

it aired on TV, I look, like, okay, the difference

between, and I know, and I know my good buddy

Optibotimus is going to say this because this

is what he's always said. How can you compare

season one of a show to a show that's had three

seasons already? Well, I'm sorry, but Flash season

one did so many things right compared to Arrow

season three. At least in my opinion, Arrow season

three was way too dark, and I know there's been

news items lately that Arrow season four is going

to be lighter and brighter. I'm just waiting

for him to have a boxing glove Arrow. That's

really all I want. He's already had one. Oh,

has he? Yeah. See, I don't even remember it was

so damn dull. But anyway, The Flash. I don't

know what to think because I almost want season

two, I want them to show us at least in one episode.

What would have happened if they hadn't changed?

Because the timeline change is like, oh, my God.

And I kind of knew that's what was going to happen.

I kind of figured that the whole timeline thing,

from the very first episode, I kind of figured

that, you know, we were going to get into that.

and everything else, what were your, since you

weren't on the pilot premiere episode, what were

your first impressions of The Flash? Because

I know you're mainly, when it comes to DC, you're

pretty much stuck in Gotham City. Well, I would

argue that Flash is actually my second favorite.

Okay. To Batman. Okay. So having him have his

own show is a lot more interesting to me than,

and don't get me wrong, I really do love Arrow.

I just like how they constantly pull from the

Bat Gallery. Yeah. But I think that having it,

this show, spring out of Arrow kind of helped

it in a sense because it gave it legs in that

universe. It kind of took away a lot of the need

for the origin, despite the fact that they quickly

blitzed through it. And I also love the fact

that he got the suit within the first episode,

and he's very raw at his job, but he's got this

supportive group behind him, and watching Barry

Allen grow into the role throughout the season

has been great. And then there's the fact that

Harrison Wells has become more of an asshole

as the season's gone. Yeah. We'll get to all

that, but yeah, go ahead. But yeah, I mean, overall,

it's been a really good, fun ride. And also,

it's a show that I can watch with my wife, so

it makes it that much more enjoyable. Do you

want to tell the people the story? About the

fact that if they don't have powers, she doesn't

want to watch. I got her to watch the Supergirl

pilot. Yeah, but then she said, wait a second,

this doesn't come out until when? December? Yeah.

And she was like, why are you showing this to

me now? Excuse me. I almost think we ought to

have... I won't do this, but I almost think we

ought to have a... A pilot premiere for Supergirl

since it leaked so damn early. But anyway, The

Flash. You know, my first impressions of the

show, it was fresh new characters. It was...

I've never really... Okay, there are many different

Flash fans. Because there are many different

Flashes. And Barry Allen was never... It was

never my Flash. Wally West. was my Flash, Michael

Rosenbaum, voicing Wally West in Justice League

and Justice League Unlimited. That was my introduction

to the overall Flash character. Yeah, I knew

of the Flash TV series, and I knew of the movie

Flash Gordon and all this and all that. Flash

Gordon's not even the same thing. I know, I know.

I knew about all this stuff, and I knew he was

in Super Friends and whatever else, but until

Justice League and Justice League Unlimited,

I didn't really... pay any attention to the Flash.

And once it was Wally, I was like, okay, yep,

that's my Flash. And anytime Barry showed up

and anything else I saw, it was like, who's this

Barry Allen kid? I mean, I kind of really dug

him in, which one is it? It's New Front, the

DC animated movie, Justice League New Frontier.

I dug him in that. But this, having this be Barry

Allen and having the fact that it's a, A former

Glee star. Say what you will about the Glee stars.

No, I know, I know. But it seems like they've

turned out to be the best, most well -rounded

superheroes. Yeah. I mean, because Supergirl

is also a Glee alumni. Well, see, that's the

coolest thing. I'm wondering when they're going

to get her to sing. Because they got Grant to

sing in the first season of Flash. There was

an episode where he and Caitlin went to a karaoke

bar, and he knocked it out of the park there.

So, all right, just to get the stage dressing

out of the way here, folks, obviously the show

debuted in 2014 on The CW. It's a one -hour show

with commercials, anywhere between 49 and 53

minutes without, I think, somewhere around there.

I don't know. Season one so far, and season two

has been, you know, pretty much. Greenlit and

all that stuff. Season 1 has 23 episodes. What

I did last time when Jeremy and I did the finishing

finales and what finishing finales is going to

do when we jump on the casting couch. In the

pilot premieres we talk about the actual cast

and what we've known them in and how we perceive

them to be as we're going to watch the show.

In finishing finales we're going to actually

talk about the cast and how we feel they fit

their characters over the season. So we have,

let's see, for the characters, we have Grant

Gustin as Mary Allen the Flash, Candace Patton

as Iris West, Daniel Panabaker as Dr. Caitlin

Snow, Rick Kostner as Eddie Thawne, Carlos Valdez

as Cisco Ramon, Tom Cavanaugh as Dr. Harrison

Wells, and Jesse L. Martin as Detective Joe West.

Now, one big thing, one big change for The Flash

is that the Wests are African American in this

series. I personally don't care. There are certain

things when you have gender bending or race bending

that kind of get under my skin. But this really

works because, first of all, Candace is awesome

as Iris. Yeah, and Joe West, I mean, I just love

his portrayal. He's such a strong character in

the show. He is, but, you know, and I know, well,

you're not too young, but you're young enough

where you wouldn't care to watch the show. Where

I know Jesse L. Martin originally from is teamed

up with Jerry Orbach on Law & Order as he was

Ed Green and Jerry Orbach played Lenny Briscoe.

You know, believe it or not, I have seen some

of those. I know, but it's not something. I knew

him from that, too. It's not something that you,

you're not like me. You don't watch every single

episode of everything sometimes. So, you know,

it's one of those things where I'm like. Holy

crap, Jesse L. Martin in The Flash? That's awesome.

He's playing a cop? Oh my god, it's Law & Order

with superheroes. That is so great. Law & Order

had so many episodes, folks. I don't even know

where to begin on his characters. evolution in

that show but you know you see the cop in him

and i and i and i see ed green in him a little

bit still but you see this whole other side of

you know the father figure the this the that

because the basic story behind the flash is um

at least in this series uh something happened

with his mom supposedly his dad killed her but

nobody really believes that his dad goes to prison

for it and barry ends up as a kid he ends up

like six miles away from his house or whatever.

Um, and as the series progresses, we find out

that he, you know, he was in a coma for what,

nine months, 11 months, whatever it is. Um, and,

uh, he had to go on and, you know, have Joe West

as, as his father figure. And I think it really,

really worked out well. Um, Oh God, I really

don't want to make this reference, but I have

to folks. It just popped into my head. The Flash

is a race reversal from different strokes. Where

the kids, the African -American kids, were the

kids and the white father. Yeah, now you're talking

out of your ass because I have no idea. No, people

will know. Yeah, you are too young for different

strokes. I've heard of it. I know of it, but

I don't care for it. Well, no, but I'm saying

that series, the father was white and the kids

were black. In this series, the father is black

and the kid is white. Well, the adopted kid.

So with the cast, how do you feel? Had you ever

watched Glee before? Have you ever seen Grant

Gustin in anything? I had no interest in that

show whatsoever. I don't. This is going to sound

really funny, but I. can't stand singing shows

of any kind like it something about it just irks

me yeah i can't sit through a show like i haven't

heard enough time if there's a movie the minute

they start singing i'm done it's it's the weirdest

thing in the world like and i don't mean to do

that it just kind of happens that way yeah uh

i had never seen him before He is a complete

unknown to me. The only singing contest I ever

watch anymore, and I hardly watch that anymore

because it's gone so downhill, is The Voice.

So, I mean, Grant, he's an awesome actor. And

I think he really fit into the mold of Barry

so well. Because throughout the season, you see

him go from just being the... I don't want to

say this, but the Edward Nygma Gotham type of

character in the very beginning where, oh, would

you like to solve a riddle kind of thing? Or,

oh, well, this is, you know, Grant as Barry doing

the crime scene thing. It's like, oh, would you

like to know how this happened, this happened,

this happened? And as the season progresses and

as his character develops, he kind of gets away

from the whole crime scene tech thing. I mean,

he still uses it, but we see him. more and more

and more become the Flash than he does himself,

if that makes any sense. Well, yeah, you see

less and less of the... Barry Allen persona.

Well, not even that. You see more of his character

come out. You see less of his cop persona. Yeah.

Yeah, exactly. And I think he just does it so

well. Let's talk about Candace Patton as Iris

West. In the beginning, I found her a little

bit annoying. Well, she had that trope of your

typical... She was trying to be Chloe from Smallville,

is what she was trying to do. Well, it was almost

like watching Laurel all over again, season one

or two. Yeah, that too. Why do all the superheroes

and their women have to meet on roofs? Oh, boy.

I mean, I think Candace is an amazing actress.

Again, I had never heard of her, and this is

the first thing I'd seen her in. And after looking

her up, she's done some pretty interesting stuff.

We talked about that way back when in the pilot

premiere. Iris, I think the biggest problem with

Iris in Season 1 is... they never let her in

on the secret until the very end when they absolutely

could not keep it from her anymore. But that

was the biggest thing that kind of held her back

was not knowing that Barry was the Flash. Yep.

We got Danielle Panabaker as Dr. Caitlin Snow.

She is the, she's named after the civilian identity

of the DC Comics character, Killer Frost. We

don't know if she's ever going to become Killer

Frost in this series. I really hope she doesn't,

because I like her as a good girl. I like, you

know, her character in this basically starts

out with, she had a fiancé who kind of burnt

up in the explosion, quite literally, and melded

with another guy. We'll talk about those two

guys a little bit later. And, you know, she lost

her fiancé, and she had to move on. And she,

you know... I thought if she could never get

Ronnie back... That she would go after Barry?

No, I thought that that might put her over the

edge to becoming Killer Frost, but it hasn't

happened. And honestly, I don't want it to happen.

I don't want this show... to turn into the BS

that it is going to be BBS. I do not want the

Flash to turn into everybody's a friggin' superhero.

Well, there's going to be heroes and villains,

but I think that eventually it's going to have

to happen. What did you think of her overall,

the character and all that, as the season went

on? I enjoyed her. I mean, she was a lot more

useful than... Again, Laurel. Until she became

the Canary. Yeah. Yeah. Then we have Rick Cosnett

as Eddie Thawne. At first I thought this was

just going to be a one -off kind of thing, like

this was going to be a cop of the week kind of

thing. And I know that Eddie Thawne is a big

part of the Flash, and he was the reverse Flash,

and this, that, and the other thing, and everything

else, but... I just, I don't know. I just didn't

really care for the character that much. I saw

the necessity of him. Yeah. But I didn't actually,

I see why he's there and he's setting up for

later. Yeah. But it's one of those things just

waiting for the payoff. Mm -hmm. And the payoff

was pretty good, which we'll talk about here

in a little bit. We have Carlos Valdez as Sisko

Ramon, named after the civilian identity of the

DC Comics character Vibe. Now, Sisko, I think

they are going to eventually turn him into Vibe.

Well, yeah, just like they're going to turn Caitlyn

into Killer Frost. Well, I think they're going

to turn him into Vibe because of how everything

happened. In the first season, once Barry changed

the timeline, once Barry went back in time to

stop the earthquake and all that. I mean, I like

Sisko. I kind of like the trope of him naming

stuff. I think that's kind of cool, because you've

got to figure out some way to put the name game

in there somewhere, and he does it with a comical

sense, and I like that. What did you think of

Sisko overall? I liked him. And then we have

Eobard Thawne, or I'm sorry, Dr. Harrison Wells,

Tom Cavanaugh. I wasn't sure. The first half

of the season, you always would see him. Obviously,

us as the viewer, we knew that he could get out

of the wheelchair. Almost immediately. Once he

started integrating or talking with Gideon, the

super futuristic computer thing inside the hidden

wall there, we knew something was up. But we

didn't know exactly what. And then it was revealed.

And like I said, we'll talk about all that here

in a minute. I like Tom Cavanaugh. I think he's

an awesome actor. And I liked him as Wells. I

think he got even better when he had to eventually

show his Eobard Thawne persona more so than the

Dr. Wells persona. And it really created a lot

of drama. And he'll be back for the second season.

So it just remains to see whether he's still

Eobard Thawne or the actual Harrison Wells, which

again, it's going to throw everything in a tangent

now in a different timeline because of, or an

alternate timeline being that Eddie killed himself.

Yep. So. Yep, absolutely. Are there any cast

members or characters that you didn't really

care for out of the first season? I mean, some

of the villains, but, I mean, that's just a side

don't really have any bearing on the show. So,

again, it didn't really bother me all that much.

All right, so let's get to jumping or not to

jump the shark. This show... There's a few episodes

that are kind of iffy, but they're not outright

bad. Because this show sticks to a very strict

continuity. And they really, really do some interesting

things with the characters. I can't believe this

first season was 23 episodes. It's so long. But

I think it really did do it justice. I mean,

23 episodes is long for a first season, especially

in this day and age where everyone's used to

these Netflix series or AMC series or cable series

where they're 8 or 10 or 13 episodes, and then

that's the first season, and then you come back

for the next whatever the hell it is. Most of

your local channels anyway, most of the shows

go to... Like 18 to 24 episodes. Yeah. So it's

not that... I wasn't surprised in the slightest

where it went. No, but I'm just saying most everyone

nowadays who has seen stuff like Breaking Bad

or Walking Dead or whatever, most people that

are watching television shows not similar to

this, but those one -hour shows on cable, they're

used to shorter seasons. But yeah, you're right.

I mean, pretty much all the big networks use

anywhere between 20 and 24, 23 episodes per season.

But there was a lot that happened here. Do you

have a favorite episode out of season one? Not

really. I mean, I love the entire show, so it's

kind of hard for me to pick an episode. The whole

show is so well done. compared to all the other

shows, all the other comic shows I've watched

this season. It's the only one I can say that

week for week I've enjoyed every episode. I would

say that the Trickster episode was probably my

favorite because Mark Hamill's in it. So it's

kind of a cop -out there. Especially for that

one line. Which one? I am your father. That wasn't

even the one for me. He's a rank amateur. Yeah.

I so was not expecting a dark Luke Skywalker

with the I am your father line. I just so was

not expecting that. And that's one thing that

I believe it is Greg Berlanti, I believe is his

name. I'm trying to find it here. Yeah, Greg

Berlanti. That's one thing with his shows. He

will pull in as many of the past cast members

as he can. I mean, look at Barry. Barry Allen's

dad, Bart Allen, was the original Flash from

the old TV show. I'm still wondering if they're

going to play with that and that he's going to

exist in some alternate. I don't know. I still

think it's going to happen. This show at this

point can do no wrong for me. They have really

knocked season one out of the park. There really

are no major missteps. I just absolutely love

it. I think it would be interesting to see if

they're going to do something with his dad. At

the same time, I want them to go to the future.

Oh, I think there's going to be some of that.

Yeah, I want him to be interacting with Gideon

Moore. A podcast network that I listen to, it's

called AfterBuzzTV .com. They do millions, not

millions, but they do hundreds of TV review podcasts.

And they review a show episode by episode, week

in and week out. And they have, like... Usually

at any one time, they have over 300 podcasts

going. This network was created by Maria Menounos

of E! and WWE fame, whatever else, along with

her boyfriend, husband, Kevin Undergaro. They

have a flash after show. And the crew on there,

bless their hearts. They call, and originally

when we thought it was just, you know, originally

in the beginning of the season of Flash, when

we thought the whole team was just going to be

all buddy -buddy and there wasn't going to be

any turmoil with the team, they started calling

the team the Scooby Gang. And I'm looking at

this and I'm like, well, first of all, there's

no dog, so you can't have a Scooby Gang. I mean,

the Flash is not shaggy. He's not, you know,

eating and eating and eating all the time. And

I don't know. It's just... Some of these people

that ship teams and characters and... Oh, boy.

Anyway. So, what did you think of the special

effects in the show? I think for a TV budget,

I think they knocked it out of the park. I think

they covered a lot of the... And I think with

Season 2, they'll get more... uh you know more

of the more of the budget towards the special

effects because it's going to get more intensive

on that alone um but it's it's not doing a disservice

to itself unlike some other shows like if you

watch like gotham has none i mean it's just it's

there's yeah i'm not even going there but agents

of shield like tends to hide more of their issues.

So there's that. But I think that this covers

a lot of it. It looks more, I don't know, like

more of that professional vibe than kind of closer

to that new Daredevil show, in a sense, to me.

It kind of has that, but it's like the brighter

because it's Flash. It's not. You know, the whole

dark and gothic setup. And Flash has always been

a very bright, upbeat character, no matter which

version of him. Most of the time, no matter which

version of him you're playing around with. I

loved how bright the show was. I loved how comical

the show was. Just everything about it, it was

just so cool. The coolest, I don't want to say

the coolest, but the most ironic thing is after

the series, not series, come on, Mike, get your

act together here. After the season finale, as

soon as this, you know how you have a show that

ends and they'll show, oh, next week on The Flash.

As soon as the season finale hit and ended, the

very first commercial after the ending was, did

you miss any of The Flash? Did you not catch

it? Watch it all summer long. So they're re -airing

the entire first season all summer until season

two kicks off next fall. Hey, they got to put

something on that Tuesday night 9 o 'clock spot

during the summertime. And then come this fall,

we're going to have Legends of Tomorrow to go

with it, which is spinning off from this and

Arrow. And Arrow, yeah. That's a discussion for

a whole other day. Yes, it is. That is, you know.

So The Flash, absolutely loved it. They're really,

like, I wanted to watch the, excuse me, I wanted

to read, I actually have the first issue of it.

The Flash has a digital comic, The Flash Season

Zero. It's written by Andrew Kressberg, Brooke.

and Catherine Walzak with art by Phil Hester

and Eric Gabster. It's intended to take place

between the pilot episode and episode two, Kresberg

stated. So I know that's still, I think that's

still going. I'm kind of waiting for it to come

out in print issues or trade at least. I did

grab the first digital chapter for 99 cents on

Comixology. It's okay. It's an interesting way

to show, I think as much as I love Eric Gapster

and Phil Hester, the art's a little off. I know

they're not going to get full -on characterization

for actor likenesses and all that, but I don't

know. So it's got its own digital comic. I wonder

if they're going to be doing that again once

season two starts. What else? What else do we

need to say about The Flash? Oh, the season finale.

Oh, my God, the season finale. Wow. Season finale,

fast enough. This is at a point where Barry and

everybody knows, everybody pretty much knows

what we knew, that Wells is Izzy Obard, and they

have this big, giant fight. Eddie Thawne has

come to the realization that his life really

doesn't matter. Oh, because Wells told him, he

says, you're a big nobody. And so he's like,

eh, fuck me, and then shoots himself in the chest.

Yeah, I thought he shot himself in the head,

but okay. So this whole season finale, I actually

have to watch it again, folks, because I remember

it, but... It's one of those things where there's

so much going on. The fact that Wells even hid

Eddie at Star Labs and they didn't even know

it, that he was there the entire time. The whole

thing with Cisco talking about Gideon's technology

and the technology of the wheelchair, and he

can't even keep up with it because it's so advanced.

The time travel stuff, where... So, Eobard Thawne

is from, did he ever say, is it the 25th century

or the 24th century or, I don't know, some Star

Trek timeline. It's not a Star Trek timeline.

He said, you know, he's from like the year 25

something. Or no, he's, he's 100, it's like 120

years in the future. That's what it was. Right,

right. So, he's 120 years in the future. And

the newspaper they always refer to is 2024, where

the Flash disappears. The Flash vanishes. And

I like the idea of the time travel. I like how

they played with it because, let's face it, not

a lot of television shows have ever pulled off

time travel well. And there have only been three

movies to ever pull it off very well. And that

first movie of the three is 30 years old this

year. I like the time travel aspect, but at times

it's like, like I said at the beginning of the

podcast, I want to know what would have happened

if the original timeline was going to just go

ahead. Like, I want to know what Barry would

have done if he found Sisko dead. You know. Well,

the whole timeline thing is very fluid at this

point, so it's hard to say what's going to happen.

Very true. Very true. I think the only thing

we haven't really talked about, and they did

it very well. I know a lot of people were skeptical

about this, but Gorilla Grodd. What did you think

of Grodd? David Soboloff is awesome. Yes. Yes,

he is. I am Grodd. But, I mean, the whole mechanics

of them being able to do Grodd on television

and the effects and the suit and all, what did

you think of the overall impression on just the

whole aspect of even bringing Grodd to TV? I

think it's awesome. I mean, if they're going

to do superheroes, do it right. And I think that

this show is taking it very seriously and doing

it right. So, I mean, I think it's hitting all

the right notes. Yeah. Absolutely. It really,

really is. I cannot wait for season two. I guess

it takes so long. I just cannot wait until season

two. Do you have any predictions or any kind

of... Anything that you want to see in season

two? I think Eddie's going to become the reverse

Flash. I think Harrison Wells will be Harrison

Wells. I think Barry's dad, they're going to

put some twist on that, I think. Yeah. And I

also think the... I think the trickster's going

to come back anyway, but... You just want Joker

back. Not even Joker. I just like Hamill. He's

such a good actor. And then I'm also kind of

hoping to see... I like Barry's rogues. I like

a lot of the aspects of that. I have a feeling

that they're going to time... the other Flash,

the helmet that came through the portal. I cannot

remember for the life of me his name. Oh, that's...

Oh, the helmet. The original Flash. Before they

created Barry Allen. Yeah. I can't remember his

name either. You'll tell us in the comments,

folks. We're sorry. I do know who it is. I'm

aware of him. I just don't remember his name.

We just don't remember the name. But yeah, I'm

wondering how much he's going to play into it.

And, you know, of course, Futureberry. Tell him,

no, no, no. And he's like, damn. I wish that

one April Fool's joke would be real. Because

we need something. If you're going to have a

Flash series, you cannot have a Flash series

without doing the super race between Flash and

Superman. And I really wish that that April Fool's

joke saying that Tom Welling was going to appear

as Superman in the Flash was actually a real

thing. Sadly, I don't think it's going to happen.

Don't ever say never. I didn't say, I said, I

said, sadly, I don't think it's ever going to

happen. I didn't say it was never going to happen.

I said, sadly, I don't think it's going to happen.

Um, but yeah, I mean the flash, Oh God, so many

good moments, so many interesting moments this

season. Uh, so many cool things that they did

and pulled off. And that ending with Barry running

in the portal, I don't know where, I have no

idea where they're going to pick it up for season

two. Like the very first episode of season two,

are we going to pick it up? right where it left

off in season one, or are we going to pick it

up like, oh, it's six months later, and I don't

think they'll do this because that would just

be insulting to us, the audience. Oh, it's six

months later. Yeah, we saved the world. I don't

think they'll do that, but I'm just really wondering.

I'm pretty sure they're going to pick it up right

where it left off. Yeah. All right, so GCRN review

scale, zero to five stars. What are you going

to give The Flash season one, sir? I'm going

to give it my very rare five. It's so rare it

could be a steak, folks. All right, I am going

to give it a five as well. There is nothing wrong.

I mean, there are little nitpicks that we could

probably point out and stuff, but overall, from

beginning to end, the story made so much sense.

The effects were so awesome. I'm also going to

give it a five. We're going to take a quick break,

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And The Flash. Oh, man, this show. So much happened.

So many good things. I hope that they at least

have one karaoke episode next season. Because

I really liked it when Grant and what's -her

-name sang. I thought that was really cool. But

yeah, there's so much that they could pull from

this. They almost did a flashpoint. That's one

thing we didn't talk about in the season finale.

They almost did a flashpoint paradox. And then

when Barry got back, Eobard Thawne's like, wait,

you didn't save her? I was so waiting for that.

But I'm glad they didn't go that route. I am

too, because it would have changed so many things

so drastically. And what Barry realized was the

life that he has now is because, well, this is

not perfect, but it's a really good life. And

it is a life that he has because his mom, sadly,

got killed. What are you working on, sir, to

kind of close this out? Of course, Altered Geek

and various things on the website and then some

secret projects I'm not revealing. All right.

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