The Flash Season One: The Trap

"All my planning is about to bear fruit!"

Team Flash decides to set a trap for Wells with Cisco using himself as the bait meanwhile Eddie makes a decision regarding Iris.

It is the beginning of the end now because Eobard Thawne's secret is now completely out in the open! First off I want to talk about the Gideon A.I. and that was done really well, especially seeing Gideon with a full body, and the reveals she gave away. Did anyone else notice that Gideon was about to say Barry was the founding member of something? I'm sure that was a reference to the Justice League which is a cool Easter Egg but unfortunately with the films wanting to adapt the group it is unlikely we will see it in the Arrow/Flash universe. Next there was the reveal that Barry will eventually marry Iris which wasn't much of a surprise to me because they marry in the comics but it was interesting that Barry designed Gideon which means that Eobard stole her from Barry at some point for his own ends. Finally there is the fact that Cisco mentioned that seeing the future newspaper could be some kind of time paradox, will that play a factor in future episodes? As for Eobard (will call him that now since no one believes he is Wells anymore) he continues to be the most interesting character in the show and the best live action comic villain there is. I mean the guy is constantly one step ahead of everyone with his camera spying and using Everyman (shame he had to die) and now he has kidnapped Eddie. Eobard mentioned that Eddie is insurance which makes me think that if he dies soon at the very least he will eventually be born in the future and start all over again....maybe? Then there was Cisco using the dream glasses to remember the old timeline which I think was done really well and I wouldn't mind seeing that tech again one day.

I wouldn't mind a pair of those glasses

As for everything else the episode was kind of let down by the romantic filler involving Captain Singh, Eddie, Iris and Barry. It just felt really slow and I wanted those scenes to be over and get back to the main plot, especially with the building fire because that came completely out of nowhere. It was alright and we got to see Barry use a new ability but it just felt kind of pointless and misplaced with everything else that is going on. However at the very least this led to Iris realizing that Barry is the Flash and it is about time! I know I haven't cared much for her character but I kind of hated Joe slightly since the beginning for making those stupid paper thin excuses not to tell Iris which got on my damn nerves. Then there was the Flashbacks which is always interesting to see because this show has had a few but defiantly haven't invested much effort into them like Arrow does. We got some more background into Barry's coma, Joe struggling on whether or not to trust Wells with him, Iris's confession and Eobard's talk with coma Barry. This scene was really cool because it shows just how much Eobard hates Barry (like in the comics) and how ironic it is that he has to save and train him when he came back to kill him.  

"You founded the Jus......wait we can't use that on the show"

Overall a great start to the final battle between The Flash and The Reverse Flash that was bogged down a bit with needless filler.

SCORE: 8/10

Highlights: The time in the Gideon room
                   Eobard is on top of everything
                   The Flashbacks

 Let - Downs: The romantic subplots
                        Killing Everyman

The great screenshots of the episodes where provided by the great site Screencapped. You can look for yourself from the link below;





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