What I watched:
The Flash S3.E9 "The Present"
Arrow S5.E9 "What We Leave Behind"
What I saw:
Starting with The Flash.
There ended up being a lot of groundwork being laid out for the rest of the season. The identity of Doctor Alchemy ended up being revealed as Julian Albert, who apparently had no knowledge of his involvement. Only after Barry revealed his identity as the Flash to Julian was he able to get Julian to admit he has been having moments where he loses long tracks of time. In order to get someone to trust you sometimes you need to trust them first.
Savitar apparently cannot manifest in the real world on his own, which is why he needed Julian to become Alchemy and use the philosopher stone to give him that ability. Once the was philosopher stone was sealed (saving Jay Garrick who seemed strangely knowledgeable on the subject of Savitar) in some sort of mystic vessel, Savitar was thrust back to whatever dimension he is trapped in. But he is able to influence others through the veil, and got Cisco to open the vessel using the "ghost" of his dead brother Dante. There was a really great moment between Caitlyn and Cisco, as she convinced him to trust her that Dante was not really there and Savitar was about to kill both Barry and Wally who rushed in to help.
A true friend is one who will give you a reality check, and it's important to have friends you trust to help you even though it may seem painful. The same could be said for the West family. Iris and Joe need to trust in Wally's new abilities, but at the same time Wally needs to learn to heed warnings from those around him. Thankfully they seemed to be be getting the hints by the end of the episode as they gave Wally his Kid Flash suit.
But the biggest bomb of course is Barry accidentally entering the future when banishing the philosopher stone (tucked safely in its vessel) into the Speed Force. He catches a glimpse of Iris being killed by Savitar five months into the future. Which, Barry noted to Jay, that would explain why Iris is no longer the one who writes the article from the future about the Flash disappearing. Jay gives him another lecture about time travel, only instead about messing with the past it was about truing not to let his knowledges of the future cause him to make decisions to make it a reality. But given the commercials that have come out for the next episode, the warning goes ignored.
By the way, the video is one of many from a YouTube channel called Emergency Awesome, and Charlie goes over each episode and compares the original comics to the TV. You should definitely check it out.
The overall theme from the show this season is about recognizing the consequences of your actions, and try not to act rashly without first thinking of said consequences. We'll see if Barry end season up learning the hard way that messing with the future could be just as bad as messing with the past.
Now on to Arrow.
The directing in this episode was done really well. I would argue it was the best episode in the season. It starts off with action when Prometheus attacks Curtis as a civilian, indicating he knows their secret identities. This also causes Curtis to reveal his identity to his husband as well, causing a rift in their relationship. Team Arrow then track down Prometheus in some shady warehouse type deal, and then get betrayed by Artemis which allows both of them to escape.
Reeling from the sudden stab in the back, the team regroups and try to find clues about who Prometheus is and where he is really hiding. Then Billy Malone, Felicity's manfriend, gets himself captured after his speech about having to be manly and going after Prometheus even after Felicity warned him how out of his league he is. The lesson: too much pride can lead you to being kidnapped by a serial killer with an elaborate agenda. Oh, and don't be so misogynist listen to your girlfriend!
The trail of breadcrumbs Team Arrow find lead them to discovering Prometheus is the son of Justin Claybourne, one of the baddies in season 1's list Oliver killed. The trail leads to the very building Oliver killed Claybourne, with dead bodies strewn around in the exact position "The Hood" left them in his attack when he refused to make amends for failing the city. When confronting Prometheus, Oliver is tricked into killing Billy.
I just want to add, that scene of Oliver moving through the building was just soooooo gooooood! The directing and cinematography on that was just awesome.
The point Prometheus is trying to make is Oliver may think he is doing good for the city, but his ruthless actions effect the lives of everyone involved. Having Oliver kill Billy (hehe) was just one part of the lesson: you're a killer and eventually everyone around you will join the same fate. Or at the very least, make them wish they were dead.
Obviously, Felicity losing her boyfriend caused her pain. The rest came at the end, when Curtis' husband leaves him, and Diggle gets tricked into coming out of hiding and gets arrested. After discovering what he has done, Oliver tells everyone they should leave him alone before the rest of them end up dead or worse. The team instead gathers around Oliver to let them know that no matter what lesson Prometheus was trying to instill, they all made their choice to be a part of the team and they not only stand by that choice, they stand by him.
And that, is the real lesson. No matter what crazy lesson a crazy archer hell-bent on revenge is trying to teach you, it's better to learn from your own experience and from those you trust. Then the real bomb is when Laurel shows up in the lair at the very last second. And then we are left to wonder if she's really real (and if so how the hell is she alive) all the way until January 25th
That's it for this post. I'll still be playing catch up while the break is still going on, and then get back to posting on some of the Netflix shows I've been watching. How do you guys think this season of The Flash and Arrow are going? Are you guys excited to see where it all goes? Let me know in the comments!
Reeling from the sudden stab in the back, the team regroups and try to find clues about who Prometheus is and where he is really hiding. Then Billy Malone, Felicity's manfriend, gets himself captured after his speech about having to be manly and going after Prometheus even after Felicity warned him how out of his league he is. The lesson: too much pride can lead you to being kidnapped by a serial killer with an elaborate agenda. Oh, and don't be so misogynist listen to your girlfriend!
The trail of breadcrumbs Team Arrow find lead them to discovering Prometheus is the son of Justin Claybourne, one of the baddies in season 1's list Oliver killed. The trail leads to the very building Oliver killed Claybourne, with dead bodies strewn around in the exact position "The Hood" left them in his attack when he refused to make amends for failing the city. When confronting Prometheus, Oliver is tricked into killing Billy.
I just want to add, that scene of Oliver moving through the building was just soooooo gooooood! The directing and cinematography on that was just awesome.
The point Prometheus is trying to make is Oliver may think he is doing good for the city, but his ruthless actions effect the lives of everyone involved. Having Oliver kill Billy (hehe) was just one part of the lesson: you're a killer and eventually everyone around you will join the same fate. Or at the very least, make them wish they were dead.
Obviously, Felicity losing her boyfriend caused her pain. The rest came at the end, when Curtis' husband leaves him, and Diggle gets tricked into coming out of hiding and gets arrested. After discovering what he has done, Oliver tells everyone they should leave him alone before the rest of them end up dead or worse. The team instead gathers around Oliver to let them know that no matter what lesson Prometheus was trying to instill, they all made their choice to be a part of the team and they not only stand by that choice, they stand by him.
And that, is the real lesson. No matter what crazy lesson a crazy archer hell-bent on revenge is trying to teach you, it's better to learn from your own experience and from those you trust. Then the real bomb is when Laurel shows up in the lair at the very last second. And then we are left to wonder if she's really real (and if so how the hell is she alive) all the way until January 25th
That's it for this post. I'll still be playing catch up while the break is still going on, and then get back to posting on some of the Netflix shows I've been watching. How do you guys think this season of The Flash and Arrow are going? Are you guys excited to see where it all goes? Let me know in the comments!
Yeah, I'm all caught up on the lastest episodes but not really on the blogging of them, lol. The big reveal on who Prometheus' identity was bad ass too! I noticed the same thing about Barry trying to justify killing because Oliver does it, but I liked how Iris reminded him Oliver is broken because of it.
ReplyDeleteIt sort of reminded me when they did the first crossover between Flash/Arrow and Barry freaks out watching Oliver torture someone for information. He was like "Naw, I'm not gonna be that kind of hero."