If the second season finale of THE FLASH, ended on a great cliffhanger (unlike TWD with that who did Negan kill stunt); the then third season opener perfectly upped the ante, with a riff on the great Flashpoint plot line from the comic, where Barry prevents the murder of his mother by the Reverse Flash, thus creating a new alternate timeline where things are very different.
Now the alternate timeline has been a tried and true trope of comic story telling for almost as long as there have been comic books, but with the right spin, it can still work just fine. As Flashpoint opens, all is right with Barry Allen with both of his parents alive, happy and healthy, with Barry still living at home while holding down his job in the forensic department of CCPD. Best of all, he still has his speedster powers, but doesn't have to use them, because there is another Flash on the job. He arranges to run into Iris West, who in this time has never met Barry, and romance is in the air.
Yet as we all know, just when things are at their best, the rug gets pulled out and the price for unearned happiness has to be paid. Turns out Barry is slowly forgetting, but surely forgetting his old life, while events conspire to bring him together with the new(er) Flash, along with the old compatriots-Cisco and Catlain, when a new villain called The Rival starts causing trouble. As things play out, Barry is ultimately forced to go back and allow the Reverse Flash to kill his mother, but as we learn in the final scene with Wally and Joe, all is far from right and the past has not been restored. Looks like Barry is going to be very busy this season.
It might be disappointing that Barry didn't stay in the original Flashpoint universe longer, but I like this fast pace; and was a cliché to see how everyone is the opposite of their former selves in the Flashpoint world, where Joe is a drunken cop, Cisco is a confident billionaire and Catlain is meek eye doctor. There was no sign of Harrison Wells.
All in all, a good start to the third season that opens up a lot of possibilities and the main super villain appears to be Dr. Alchemy, who will be voiced by Tobin Bell, whose most famous role has to be Jigsaw from the SAW movies. I can't wait.
Now the alternate timeline has been a tried and true trope of comic story telling for almost as long as there have been comic books, but with the right spin, it can still work just fine. As Flashpoint opens, all is right with Barry Allen with both of his parents alive, happy and healthy, with Barry still living at home while holding down his job in the forensic department of CCPD. Best of all, he still has his speedster powers, but doesn't have to use them, because there is another Flash on the job. He arranges to run into Iris West, who in this time has never met Barry, and romance is in the air.
Yet as we all know, just when things are at their best, the rug gets pulled out and the price for unearned happiness has to be paid. Turns out Barry is slowly forgetting, but surely forgetting his old life, while events conspire to bring him together with the new(er) Flash, along with the old compatriots-Cisco and Catlain, when a new villain called The Rival starts causing trouble. As things play out, Barry is ultimately forced to go back and allow the Reverse Flash to kill his mother, but as we learn in the final scene with Wally and Joe, all is far from right and the past has not been restored. Looks like Barry is going to be very busy this season.
It might be disappointing that Barry didn't stay in the original Flashpoint universe longer, but I like this fast pace; and was a cliché to see how everyone is the opposite of their former selves in the Flashpoint world, where Joe is a drunken cop, Cisco is a confident billionaire and Catlain is meek eye doctor. There was no sign of Harrison Wells.
All in all, a good start to the third season that opens up a lot of possibilities and the main super villain appears to be Dr. Alchemy, who will be voiced by Tobin Bell, whose most famous role has to be Jigsaw from the SAW movies. I can't wait.