The Flash Season 5: 4 Ups & 3 Downs From 'The Flash And The Furious'

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3. Flash, Where Are You?

While “The Flash And The Furious” certainly had a lot of furiousness in there, it was incredibly light on The Flash - a creative direction that was understandably quite frustrating. Barry’s altercation with Raya Van Zandt and her meta-tech resulted in a 24-hour vibrating bug (it’s not as weird as it sounds). Due to his, well, vibrating, he had to be placed in the S.T.A.R. Labs pipeline, ultimately leaving Nora and Killer Frost to solve the problem.

While it may have been packaged as such in its many preview trailers, this wasn’t just any old filler episode. Not only was it the midseason premiere, it was the show’s long-awaited return after a month off our screens – one that would, theoretically, provide us with some answers. However, with significantly reduced screen time for our protagonist, there was very little overall narrative progression.

Though this did present the writers with an opportunity to highlight some of the show’s more under-appreciated characters, that unfortunately proved to be problematic too…