The Flash Season 8 Episode 17 Review

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As a rule of thumb, when The Flash is relegated to the background of his own show, it's not a particularly good sign for the program. When earlier episodes of The Flash this season have tried to focus on other characters, the end result has been some awful television. In fact, it turns out that other episodes that left Barry Allen in the background were some of the worst episodes of the show in the history of the series. Knowing that the latest episode focused more on Allegra and a group of bad apples from her past sounded like a recipe for disaster. That the installment was, in fact, not only not bad but potentially one of the best episodes of the season has to be chalked up as one of the biggest surprises of Season 8.

While this recipe for The Flash hasn't worked all that often or at all, the show seems to have found a way to make it work this week. It doesn't hurt that the recipe also included a healthy mix of Tom Cavanaugh playing the character that he's played so well. Eobard Thawne was back in a kind of Silence of the Lambs role as the psycho behind the bars who wasn't a direct threat but had plenty to offer as a threat simply because he knew the adversary that the Scarlet Speedster was facing off against in «Keep it Dark.»

The Flash: What We Know So Far

The episode started out not making it clear that the new speedster in town is a baddie that fits into the formula that has made fans of The Flash so familiar with what the program has been trying to do for years. This time around, the show opens by giving viewers a glimpse at a new meta who might actually be another hero to add to the mix. Someone who has the same powers as Barry Allen actually saved people in a way that was so well known that those who were the