The Flash Season 6 Review: 8 Ups & 2 Downs From 'Crisis On Infinite Earths, Part 3'

1. The Quest For Oliver's Soul Is Underwhelming

The idea of a quest to regain Oliver Queen's soul should sound like an epic subplot. In fact, it sounds so epic that it should be the main focus, and not a subplot. And yet, for the second episode running, it fell a little flat.

The deadpan duo of John Diggle and Mia Smoak didn't exactly make for compelling viewing (so much so that not even the wit of John Constantine could liven things up) and, even with the added incentive of imminent soul decimation should they remain in Purgatory for too long, it never felt like it carried the emotional or physical stakes that the episode's main Crisis-themed narrative did. Moreover, it never got enough focus to feel significant enough and things just happened far too easily (Oliver remembering who he was and Spectre's unannounced arrival).

Now, Spectre's introduction served as a fitting conclusion and it certainly promises great things to come, but that (and a certain cameo) aside, this arc just felt like a drag on the episode's edge-of-seat narrative.

Now, for the positives...