The Flash - Season 6, Episode 08: The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2
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Season 6 follows new events, with Crisis only a few weeks away. Now, Barry tries to set up a team member for Team Flash for life where he tries to catch a hideous world, and Ralph reveals the secret of the family that will change the course of events. Meanwhile, Barry and Iris are still trying to face their fate in order to deal with the tragic loss of their daughter Nora.
The first part of The Flash's midseason finale, which aired last week, was the heavy emotional hour... Part 2" is all about the action, but the heart doesn't get lost amid all the scares, Bloodwork zombies, and CGI fights.
Oh, well. Even with this slightly messy resolution the Bloodwork arc has generally been more satisfying than a lot of the show's previous Big Bads - Looking at you, Cicada(s) - so I'm willing to call it an improvement and move on.
It was all too neat, and supported by entirely too much expository technobabble (yes, even by this show's standards) to really hold up. It also featured perhaps the single worst example of Caitlin/Frost talking to themselves.
It felt bogged down by too much detail on unnecessary story points before bringing it back to pure, raw family emotion that this show has a bullseye on.
The arrogance of the scientific mind is certainly nothing new on The Flash, but Bloodwork did bring an element of horror to the proceedings that felt like something different. Eight episodes is just about right, I think.
