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

by Andrew Pollard

1. Over So Soon?

The Flash Barry
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Before Season 3 even began, the producers of The Flash had said how the ‘Flashpoint’ timeline wouldn’t be in place for the entire season. In fact, they explained that it would likely only be the first four or five episodes that would take place during this altered timeline.

To see Flashpoint come to a close by the end of the season premiere, though? Man, that just feels a little cheap.

Granted, we know that the regular timeline that Barry has now reverted back to isn’t going to be quite right. For starters, Iris and Joe aren’t speaking, and then there’s the intriguing prospect of what other parts of this timeline aren’t quite what we were expecting, but it just would’ve been nice to have spent a little more time in the world that we saw during this season premiere – a world where Barry’s Flash battled the bad guys alongside Kid Flash, and a world where Barry got to enjoy his happy family life for just a little while longer.

So, what did you think of Flashpoint? Let us know in the comments section below.

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