View Full Version : The Flash Recap: "Invincible"


TMC
05-18-2016, 01:37 AM
http://collider.com/the-flash-recap-invincible-mirror-image/

Barry Allen cannot catch a break (http://whatculture.com/film-tv/the-flash-season-2-11-big-questions-were-asking-after-invincible). Such is the fate (http://community.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?77005-Did-quot-The-Flash-quot-Really-Just-SPOILER-a-Major-Character-For-Good) of being the protagonist of a melodramatic show. Tonight’s episode (http://forums.previously.tv/topic/43129-s02e22-invincible/?do=getNewComment) of The Flash (http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=513895) ended with Zoom killing (http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/17/flash-henry-allen-death) Henry in front of his son (http://www.tvguide.com/news/the-flash-deals-barry-a-devastating-blow/?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=yahoo&FTAG=YHF09b6e7d). It was a narrative move we’ve seen before; on Arrow, Slade Wilson pulled an almost identical move at the end of Season 2, killing Moira Queen and breaking Oliver Queen’s resolve heading into the season’s final chapter. The Slade Wilson/mirakuru army story arc was Arrow at its absolute narrative peak. Slade killing Moira in front of Oliver and Thea was heartbreaking, unexpected, and the act of a villain we fully understood and maybe even had some sympathy for. Zoom’s murder of Henry Allen, though tragic and affecting,