The Flash season four review

The Flash season four review 

  

Intro: Iris: You're not the Flash Barry we are the Flash. 

This video sums up my response to that line. 

Raise your hand if you think this will be a crappy season?  

The Flash season four: This season takes place months after Barry/The Flash is imprisoned in the speed force and team flash manages to keep the city safe since then. One day The Thinker (The main villain.) manipulates team Flash to get Barry/The Flash out of the speed force, this cause the creation of 12 new metahumans that The Thinker needs for his plan. So, team Flash has to protect them from him.        

This is another bad season that's sad because I thought this season would be good since the main villain isn't a speedster. That's what I like about the main baddie, by doing that it gives the team a chance to deal with the big bad in a different way. This season is too light-hearted for its on good, I might as well be watching Sesame Street. Once again the creators tried to adapt a story from the comics and they blow it, next time make it last for more than one episode. (Personally, the writers should have saved that story for the finale season.) I'm glad that some of the romance in this season is gone, what's the point of giving everyone a love interest if it has no payoff?  

Iris West is now the leader of team Flash and... Wait! What in heaven's name is going on here!?! Did the writers forget about how the previous season ended when Barry told Cisco he's the leader now? Either Iris seduce Cisco for that position (I smile a Jerry Springer episode.) or the writers have short-term memory. I have so many issues with this, first of all Iris is a supporting character. Heck, the creators didn't do the best job at making her that so what's the point of this? Second, if they did this to get her away from being the damsel in distress that wasn't the problem, I mean she can be a damsel in distress as long as she's not helpless. 

Third, there's a difference between being a leader and being bossy, a leader set an example and a boss tells people what to do. For the most part, she's more of a boss than a leader. Also, how can she lead a team of mostly scientists? I'm not saying that it's impossible however it would help the team if she can comprehend what they're doing. Finally, how did the other members approve of her being the leader, whenever someone that isn't a scientist tries to help them out, they treat that person like he or she is on meth. To add insult to injury she does things that makes her unlikeable.  

Cisco is more helpful in the field. It's a shame that he isn't leading the team because it would have been good character development for him because he showed moments where he has leadership qualities. 

Caitlin/Killer Frost is the Hulk, I'm not kidding about that. My gripe with her is her inconsistency. Also, we learn something about her past that raises more questions about her. 

Ralph/Elongated man is a slime ball, I can understand why fans despise him. Despite that, I like him because this season gave him a hero's journey story and there's more to him than that. Plus, he's the outsider looking in. What I don't like is how everyone besides Barry alienates him, granted he's annoying but he isn't disrespectful. Plus, they should be more grateful to him for helping Barry out of his dilemma.   

Clifford Devoe/The Thinker is an egotistical maniac! I was letdown that the writers turned him into Sylar from Heroes, what's the point of him being the fastest thinker if the writers don't do anything with that ability? I was hoping he would be like The Professor from the show Money Heist, The Professor thought of every possible scenario that could happen in a Bank Robbery. If The Thinker was like The Professor, he would have been a good villain, how can you screw up the fastest man vs the fastest thinker story? My Grievance with him is that his motivation would have made good social commentary if he wasn't a hypocrite, well you can use the means to an end argument. Also, we don't know what cause him to have this mindset. Plus, he did something I find disturbing.    

My problems with this season are that the creator's broth Barry back too soon, if the writers wait until the midseason final to bring him back that gives us the viewers a chance to miss him like the characters do. Also, I'm annoyed that Barry recovered from being imprisoned in the speed force too fast, the plot of team Flash trying to protect the 12 people from The Thinker is repetitive. Most of team Flash don't do anything to stop The Thinker beyond protecting his 12 targets. Just because he can think fast doesn't mean he can't make a mistake or his phychic. The final episode is anti-climactic.  

The bottom line is season four didn't recover I hope we won't get back another speedster as the villain anytime soon.