The Flash Season 5: 5 Ups & 2 Downs From ‘Failure Is An Orphan’

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5. Background On Dr. Ambres

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One character that the writers paid a lot of attention to this week was Dr. Ambres, as Cicada's personal physician was called in for questioning by Joe and Cecile. Though she wasn't having any of it at first, it didn't take long for the sleuthing couple to get through to her and, as a result, we finally learned some more about her motivations, as she eventually revealed that her fiancée was killed by a metahuman during Zoom's Season 2 rampage.

Dr. Ambres has been a recurring fixture of this season, showing up from time to time to present us with an update on Grace's condition or to help patch up Dwyer. Despite all that, we didn't really know all that much about her. Sure, we knew she hated metahumans and that, despite her misguided views, she may have been a decent person (and a great doctor), but we still found ourselves wondering: why?

This week's episode solved all that and, although it may have been in vain (due to the character's untimely demise), it did at least help us understand her actions and ultimately allowed us justify the sympathy we felt for her as Cicada 2.0. killed her.

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