It’s a lot of pressure to put on one reveal, but could The Man in the Iron Mask fix some of the plot holes in the Zoom backstory? Because that would be great. Hunter claims: “You wouldn’t believe me if I told you.” This seems a weird thing to say in the same speech that mentions your time remnant doppelgänger, but whatever. We still don’t know who the mysterious Man in the Iron Mask is. The Man in the Iron Mask is somehow tied to this complicated backstory. This was the most throwaway line in a long, string of Zoom’s backstory exposition monologue, and it was very confusing. If so, how would Time Remnant Hunter even know enough to fake being Jay Garrick? Team Flash is pretty complicated. But, if that was his time remnant and not him, then why would he care? The only way this would make sense is if Hunter threw his time remnant doppelganger in there right before his planned death. It’s implied that Zoom cares for Caitlin, despite being an evil super-villain, because of the time they shared together when he was infiltrating Team Flash. Except, here’s the thing: if the Hunter Zolomon we know is so motivated to prevent his own death, then would another version of him really go along with this plan? Probably not.įurthermore, this complicates the emotional logic behind Zoom deciding to steal Caitlin. This is where the Jay Garrick who died came from. We learned from the Reverse Flash’s visit earlier this season that speedsters can travel from alternate timelines that no longer exist. We saw Zoom kill Jay, right? Well, apparently, that was a time remnant version of Hunter that Zoom convinced to die for him. Here’s where things get pretty plot-holey. He convinced one of his “time remnants” to die for him. But where did the name come from? Is The Flash really going to use such an iconic comic book character in such a arbitrary way? This is seemingly why there is no Jay Garrick on Earth-One because it is just a name Hunter made up.
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(You know, to keep people from realizing he was notorious serial killer Hunter Zolomon…). This also seems to be the point when Hunter decided to adopt the Jay Garrick persona as his non-Flash alter-ego. It would have been cool to see this part of Zoom’s backstory explored with more ambiguity? Like, maybe, Hunter was actually trying to be a legit hero before he realized that he was dying? Maybe he didn’t want to be a “monster” like his father? At this point, however, we’re just going to have to take Zoom at his word: “It’s so fun pretending to be a hero.” Um. In what is the first part of Zoom’s backstory that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, Hunter decides to pretend at being the hero because he thinks it is fun to give people false hope. Overall, WOW.He became Earth-Two’s Flash for kicks - and made up the Jay Garrick persona. Cisco's scenes were fun, and while I was confused at why was he and Caitlin talking so closely to Wells, his scenes with Wells were great. Barry also had some great complex character moments and I like his dynamic with Patty. I was worried that the Wells arc will be the same as in Season 1, but nope, they did a great job with that character too. It showed how scary Zoom is and the contrast between him and the Flash wonderfully. This episode did a great job with character arcs. When the crazy stuff happened, though, it was done well, not like in episode 4, where the man-shark felt out of place.
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It was full of hilarious moments which reminded me of the previous episode, so I was slowly starting to suspect that Zoom won't appear. You can feel the tension before the big battle, and the thirty minutes before the awaited moment are great as well. Don't get me wrong, that trope is only good if it's done right. However, in the last ten minutes, things get absolutely crazy and everyone is like 'WTF'. People think it's gonna be about the thing they waited for, and then that thing just doesn't come. This episode does one of my favorite tropes ever.