One of the truly odd things about Season 8 of The Flash has been how incredibly uneven the quality of the episodes have been. The most recent episode of The Flash, titled «Resurrection» falls squarely in the «mostly solid» episodes after one of the weaker episodes of the season a week ago. Granted, the fact that this episode was mostly solid despite the fact that there was almost no action and no real villain is a testament to the fact that when the show wants to really delve into the lives of the people on the show, it does a good job.
One of the reasons the approach that dwells on emotions and love and friendship worked in this episode of The Flash when it hasn't worked in other installments is that the focus was on Caitlin. She's been there since the beginning of the series. She's been a key character from the very beginning and she's been around for eight years so fans of the show have gotten to know her. In short, her personal life is fleshed out. That isn't the case when it comes to Chester or Allegra. When the show tries to focus on their love lives, it tends to feel rushed and shallow.
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«Resurrection» opens with a bit of a flashback to when Caitlin and her long-lost husband Ronnie were both happy and in love. For those who don't remember or haven't been following The Flash since the very beginning, Ronnie was someone who was killed early on in the show but there have been many mentions of him over the years. He has been well established as someone that Caitlin still mourns years after his death. It would make some sense then that the scenes that show how happy they were when he was still around had at least a little bit of actual emotional punch.
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