We don’t know anything about Zoom, besides that he wants to be the fastest man on Earth. The final ten minute sequence between the fight, Zoom dragging Barry around Central City, and breaking his back are brilliant. Our real introduction to Zoom is in “ Enter Zoom”, one of the best episodes in the entire season. Actually, he doesn’t want to kill the Flash, just help increase his speed so there’s more for him to take but it takes us until the midseason finale to learn about this plan. This also triggered the series to focus more on the procedural aspect of the show, especially since Zoom is sending over each villain of the week to kill Barry. Firestorm, Hawkgirl, and Captain Cold are all setup during “ Family of Rogues”, “ Fury of Firestorm”, “ Legends of Today”, and “ Running to Stand Still” episodes.

A natural progression, considering the ever-expanding DC TV universe.Įspecially considering a majority of the initial season two, nine episode run is spent setting up a fellow DCTV time-travel superhero show, Legends of Tomorrow. After effortlessly introducing time-travel in season one, The Flash writers proceed to tackle inter-dimensional travel. To Barry Allen’s initial emotional distress following opening up a worm hole that could have destroyed his city. Have no fear the multiverse introduction offers levity Only twenty-three episodes earlier in “ The Man Who Saved Central City” he’s questioning his own heroism. “Why does it feel like I just lost?” questions Barry during his final moment in the finale with Iris West ( Candice Patton).

Between the multiverse introduction, doppelganger fatigue, and an inconsistent villain, the emotional fallout from both present and past seasons lead Barry Allen to hit the reset button.

The Flash season two is really about the fall of a hero, the man who saved Central City, the Flash, Barry Allen ( Grant Gustin).

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