First Impressions - Flash: 'The Man in the Yellow Suit'

This is by no means a deeply intense dissection of the episode.

It's just my quick comments and notes after seeing the episode only once (a la AoS).
Spoilers after the jump.

You've been warned...


Episode 9: 'The Man in the Yellow Suit'

The Good:

To start off, I'm glad Barry finally expressed his feelings to Iris. 

(Weeks ago, I mentioned to Mrs. Adorkification in passing that Barry and Iris's relationship is one of the greatest in all of comics...to which she said "Spoiler alert!" followed by a look of death. Sorry hon, but they've been together in the books for decades. Anyways...) Watching Barry pine after Iris week after week, along with Joe, Barry's Dad, Eddie and hell, even the Rogues for all I know, was painful. So here it is. Barry bares all just as Iris decides to move in with Eddie. Like Barry, I wasn't expecting Iris to jump into his arms and dump Eddie on his ass. I also wasn't expecting Iris to slug Barry, or yell at him to get out. In fact, I was pretty much expecting what happened. Iris's slowly crying was beautifully done.

(But I have to say that when the scene ended, Mrs. Adorkification exclaimed: "That girl is an IDIOT!")

Yup. She is.

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Cisco must shop on ThinkGeek...Adorkette has the same Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock shirt.

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Showcase Magazine! That was good.

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Celebrating the Holidays in the DCTVU!

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Long time no see Amanda Pays! 

Yeah, she was on the '90's Flash show, but I'll always remember her...

...from Max Headroom!

Still, she looks great and it was cool to see her as the same character from the previous show. Please, for the love of Pete, have her share a scene with John Wesley Shipp after the break. That would be icing.

The Bad: Electric Force Fields! BRILLIANT! They'll work just fine...until the power goes out!!!

Plus, if that force field is that strong, bullets would just bounce off it...right?

* Speaking of force fields, we know Barry can't phase through solid matter (yet) but wouldn't Yellow Suit Guy know how? Speaking of Yellow Suit Guy...

The WTF?:

Okay. I don't care if you call him Reverse Flash, Professor Zoom, or The Rival.

Just call him out already.

I can see how he'd move so fast he could time travel (which is how I explained the ending to Mrs. Adorkification), and I can see how killing Barry's mother could be the catalyst that sets things in motion for Barry to become Flash. 

But having Dr. Wells be Professor Zoom? 

Nope. Sorry. Not buying it.

'Cause, WHY?

If Wells is Yellow Suit Guy, why is having the Flash exist so important? So he can sacrifice himself in the future to stop the Crisis? Or is the Flash's existence necessary for Yellow Suit Guy to exist sometime after the Crisis? Considering Wells has the Flash Ring (yesssss), and the suit...and did the thing with his voice...I guess I must concede that he's Professor Zoom from the 25th Century. Come to think of it, did that lady-voice computer call him Doctor, or Professor?

Plus, Wells could have needed the tachyon thingy on the suit so his future self could beat him up. 

(sigh)

Adorkification Moment:

He names himself and can fly!

However...

...didn't Robbie Amell in his wig look a little too much like Stephen Amell? In his wig?

Yep. He did.