The Flash Season 2: 7 Ups And 5 Downs From 'Versus Zoom'
Should The CW's Scarlet Speedster show have kept The Flash alive?
After having a few weeks off, The CW’s Flash is back as the second season of the network’s Scarlet Speedster sprints towards the finish line. Having been tormented for so long by über-rogue Zoom, Barry Allen finally gets another chance to confront his foe as he desperately looks to neutralize the threat of this nefarious speedster.
The aptly-titled Versus Zoom sees Barry manage to up his speed to such a level that he is in fact faster than the big bad of Season 2. With that in mind, he targets Zoom and looks to put an end to his evil, speed-sapping plans once and for all.
As ever, this latest Flash offering was littered with some fantastic moments and a few happenings that felt a little off, but overall this was another great outing for the Sultan of Speed. Sure, maybe at one point it looked to have brought the season to a close after The Flash had seemingly bested his rival, but that was all merely a ruse.
With Versus Zoom now in the books, let’s take a look at what this latest episode got right and what it didn’t do quite so well. First, the downs...
12. Persuading Cisco Ramon
For once, the usually fast-talking, quip-delivering, reference-making Cisco Ramon was shown to be actually scared about what could be about to happen,
So often Cisco is the show’s comic relief, but, in a rarity, we saw a different side of “Vibe” here.
With his powers potentially able to open up a path to Earth-2, Barry finally manages to convince Cisco to unleash his powers and help him get to Zoom and put an end to his evil plans. Only Cisco has a shuddering change of heart, unable to go through with the act for fear of this being the beginning of his path to the dark side.
It was great to see the ever-confident and funny Cisco portrayed in a different light here, and it really gave a sense of gravitas to the situation to see him hesitant to help out Barry for fear of the repercussions.
With that said, it then felt like a bit of a slap in the face to have the supposedly iron-willed Ramon change his mind so easily and decide to help out Barry in the end.