The Flash Season 8 Episode 16 Review

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This season of The Flash has had quite a few ups and quite a few downs but one of the weirdest things its done is that it has had these «standalone» episodes that don't really fit into the bigger, longer story. The last time this happened was all the way back in Episode 6 when The Flash's kids were at the center of the episode and had their own little adventure. The bad news there is that the episode in question was not remotely good.

The latest episode of The Flash, titled «The Curious Case of Bartholomew Allen» was better than that one. That's the good news. The bad news is that this episode, standing alone doesn't make a whole lot of sense in the grander scheme of the previous episodes. It's almost as though this particular installment was shot earlier in the year and the showrunners and the network simply weren't clear on when they should air it. The oddest part of that particular side effect is that there are quite a few issues that are out there, totally unresolved that Barry and the rest of the gang just sort of ignored. Some of that was addressed at the end of the episode, but it still felt out of whack when talking about what had happened so recently.

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That sort of disjointed approach to this episode of The Flash started almost immediately, as the gang is sitting down to have some fun and play a little Dungeons and Dragons. That seemed a bit odd considering that Iris was just flat-out missing somewhere in the Stillforce. There's also the fact that the gang isn't hanging out with Caitlyn, at all. It seems like after the death of someone so close to them, they might still mention the fact that Frost was gone. But It's almost as if the character