The episode focuses on Cecile Horton, played by the always delightful Danielle Nicolet. The problem is that those silly elements don’t work, and neither does the episode.Įpisode 13, on the other hand, is one of the best episodes of the season. This episode embraced the silliest aspects of the show in order to give Cisco a lighthearted exit. As someone who has been watching the show since it premiered, I was excited to see how the writers would handle his exit, and to my surprise, I was disappointed with it. Episode 12 serves as a farewell to Cisco and Kamilla. Interlude 1 (Episodes 12 - 14)Īfter the disappointing conclusion of ‘God Complex’, it’s time for a three-episode arc focusing on supporting characters. It’s clear the writers have no idea what to do with her and they prove that by separating Caitlin and Frost and giving the latter her own body to inhabit while not even bothering to explain why/how it happened, and then later, giving her a love interest that only serves as a thirst trap. The new characters are underdeveloped and the writing, especially in the last three episodes, is bad.Ĭaitlin/Frost’s arc is also very messy. The arc as a whole is a good idea and has a lot of potential, but in the end, it doesn’t work. However, not even Harrison’s acting can make the awful writing work. Harrison shines as the Speed Force and is one of the only good things about this arc. God Complex (Episodes 4 - 11)Īfter the end of ‘Reflection & Lies’, we move on to ‘God Complex’, a storyline that brings the always great Michelle Harrison to the spotlight. Since his actor was fired between seasons 6 and 7, the character’s arc doesn’t get a proper end. It almost feels like Nash’s death meant nothing because there is still a version of the character around. However, bringing yet another version of the character in at the end of episode 2 only for him to be written off again at the end of episode 3 felt unearned.
The death of Harrison Wells at the end of episode 1 works well as an exit for the character. Eva McCulloch works as a villain and, back when season 6 was airing, the storyline was interesting enough, but the long hiatus really hurt its pacing. So when we pick up on that story in season 7, things are still very much anticlimatic. The season 6 finale is anticlimatic and unsatisfying and doesn’t bring any sense of closure to the storyline. The Flash was by far the Arrowverse show that suffered the most due to the pandemic. The storyline was left unfinished at the end of the previous season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses on Team Flash fighting Eva McCulloch and trying to save Iris, who is trapped in the Mirror Dimension. The season opens with the conclusion of the ‘Reflection and Lies’ graphic novel, which began halfway through season 6. As expected, all those things led to a very messy season with good ideas that were not executed well. In the meantime, the writers also needed to write out three beloved characters.
Creators: Greg Berlanti, Geoff Johns, and Andrew Kreisbergįrom the start, The Flash season 7 had the difficult task to finish the season 6 storyline that was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.