I’ll always remember a scene during the first Arrow/Flash crossover during the latter’s first season, in which Barry chastises Oliver for his patented broodiness, reminding his darker counterpart that he, too, had lost his parents and wasn’t using it as an excuse to be selfish and push his friends away.
That Barry doesn’t exist anymore, and there isn’t really a narrative reason for his disappearance. One key reason for the massive success of the show when it debuted was its optimism and its protagonist’s joyful interpretation of superhero-dom. There was plenty of pathos to go along with the fun, whether it was Barry’s love for his incarcerated biological father or the scenes shared between him and Joe, but it all added up to a show that left the viewer feeling good afterwards.
This year, most fans have instead been left confused, frustrated and a little (or a lot) annoyed every week, and season 3’s choice to have each episode function like a chapter in a larger story has all but eliminated the episodic nature that these kinds of shows have thrived on since Buffy The Vampire Slayer perfected it 20 years ago.
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