Flash 1.16

Rogue Time

There were some nice twists and turns in this episode. I was partially right about where it would go but I didn't expect it to diverge quite so much from where things were headed at the end of the previous episode.

Barry traveled back in time, at the end of the previous episode. When Dr. Wells finds out he tells Barry not to try and change things. Barry does not follow Dr. Wells advice. Before Weather Wizard can harm anyone he captures him and throws him in a containment unit at STAR Labs. Barry then tries to woo Iris. He isn't successful. Iris is disturbed by the way he is acting. She tells Eddie who punches Barry the next time he sees him.

Captain Cold and Heat Wave return. With some help from Lisa, Snart's sister, they capture Cisco and his brother. Cisco is forced to help build new guns for the villains, including a gold gun for Lisa. Captain Cold then threatens to torture and kill Cisco's brother unless he reveals the secret identity of the Flash. After being released by the rogues Cisco returns to STAR Labs and tells them what happened. Cisco is ready to pack it up and move on until Dr. Wells talks him out of it and convinces him how important he is to them.

At this point the episode got a little weak. It kind of fizzled for the last ten minutes without any fireworks. Flash stops the Rogues from stealing from the mob. He has a face to face chat with Captain Cold without his mask on. He seems to convince Cold to stop killing and then leaves him be. Cold did threaten that if Flash didn't go then he had a broadcast about to go live revealing the Flash's secret identity to the world. The sad thing is I was really enjoying the episode up to this point.

Things picked up a little bit towards the very end. First Caitlin lies for Barry and claims that everything he said and did recently was because he has been having mental problems since he got hit by lightning. That's what she tells Iris and Eddie. Then, Mason Bridge gets a visitor late at night. He is at the office alone, working on a story on Dr. Wells. The man in the yellow suit shows up. After he finds out that everything Bridge knows is on his computer (what? no back up on the company server??) he kills him and then wipes out his computer.

A little later Barry is at STAR Labs talking to Dr. Wells about what happened with the Rogues earlier that night. A news story pops up on the screen saying that Mason Bridge has disappeared. It seems a little fast for such a story to go public but whatever. Barry looks like he is about to tell Dr. Wells about the story when he changes his mind, turns off the screen and leaves. He meets with Joe at CCPD HQ. He tells Joe he thinks he might be right about Dr. Wells.

Why does Barry suspect Dr. Wells to be responsible for the disappearance of Mason Bridge? My best guess is that he knew Bridge was investigating Wells so therefore Wells immediately becomes the prime suspect. I don't recall Barry telling Dr. Wells about what he heard when he was visiting with Iris at the newspaper, but maybe my memory is faulty.

All in all this one was a bit of a let down, far from perfect, but for the most part I liked it. I did not love it.