You can totally understand Joe West getting
the hump when Barry makes comments about Iris, and you can appreciate
that Cisco Ramon may be in a bit of a funk following the death of his brother,
but the cold shoulder given to Barry by Team Flash here feels so out of place for the majority
of the characters.
I’m talking about how the team reacted to
Barry’s big reveal about the whole varying timelines and changing of the past.
Upon hearing this shocking revelation, there’s only Iris who has any warmth
towards Barry as she seems to understand the trauma and shock that the Scarlet
Speedster has gone through.
Even though they’re confused and angry, you’d
expect Joe, Cisco, Caitlin, and Wally to appreciate what Barry has been through
– that he’s had to allow his mother to die once more, whilst he’s also had to
deal with the knowledge that he’s caused the world as he knows it to turn upside
down. Instead, it took right until the episode’s close for all of Team Flash to
ease off on Barry, and even then things still don’t feel quite right yet.
So, what did you enjoy or dislike about Paradox? Let us know in the comments section below.
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 and Presenter, 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 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 and Eli Roth to Kevin Smith and the Russo Brothers, to Kevin Conroy and Frank Miller, to Bret Hart and Sting, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, and Brian Flynn, to many, many more. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is a long-standing season ticket holder and an FSA Award-winner for his time co-hosting the Fearless in Devotion podcast.
