The Flash Season 3 Review: 7 Ups And 5 Downs From 'Flashpoint'

3. Secret Identity

In fairness to The Flash, this is a complaint that could be thrown at many a superhero movie, TV show, and comic book over the years. Regardless, that still doesn’t make it okay here.

It’s plain stupid to see Barry genuinely having no idea whatsoever that Wally West is Kid Flash until Wally is left incapacitated by The Rival, leading to Barry peeling back the Kid Flash mask. This is a mask that has a good 2/3s of Wally’s face on show, not to mention Wally is somebody who has essentially became a brother of sorts to Barry in the standard timeline.

To think that Barry wouldn’t know that the man in the mask – the mask that is showing off the majority of his face! – in front of him isn’t somebody he is so close to, that’s just poor from the writing staff and makes Barry Allen look like a bit of an idiot.

Still, at least it’s better than somebody just putting on a pair of specs to conceal their identity.

Authored by Andrew Pollard

Senior Writer

Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks/Saints, Jamie Hayter, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.

Posted On: 8th Oct 2016

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