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

9. Barry's Reaction To Cisco

The Flash Flashpoint
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Upon seeing the altered timeline version of Cisco Ramon, Barry’s face is an absolute picture. At seeing his friend now a billionaire who’s the main man in Central City, Barry can barely contain his excitement and happiness, giving viewers a moment of genuine warmth and sincerity.

By this point, we’d been introduced to the Flashpoint version of the West family, and we’d even seen Barry’s totally alive mother and totally not-in-prison pops, but Cisco was noticeable by his absence.

The reaction of Barry to seeing the immaculately-groomed, supermodel-in-arm Cisco was great to see, and it again hit home just how close the bond is between the core characters of the standard timeline Team Flash.

Added to that, it was also pretty cool to see how Cisco had helped Wally with his Kid Flash outfit, even if the billionaire was reluctant to get too heavy into superhero dealings on a day-to-day basis.

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