The Flash: Cause and XS

February 12, 2019 8:09 PM - Season 5, Episode 14

After Iris lands in serious danger, Nora races to save her mother. Barry puts the finishing touches on the metahuman cure, and Cisco decides to take Kamilla on a date.

Den of Geek - Nora takes center stage in a Groundhog Day inspired episode of The Flash!

AV Club - XS plays Russian Doll as The Flash races through time loops

posted by oh yeah! (5 comments total)

Ugh. I really have to avoid thinking about that so-called slow down solution enacted by Nora and Team Flash because I'm pretty sure that logically it makes absolutely no sense and that it will just give me a headache to try and make it work.
posted by sardonyx at 8:19 PM on February 12, 2019 [2 favorites]

I was... less than impressed with the SFX in this episode. Some of the middle-distance shots of XS runnings looked especially CGIed and, like, old CGI. Lawnmower Man quality.
posted by hanov3r at 11:26 AM on February 13, 2019

It's Groundhog Hour!

Dear lord, Cisco's dates were painful. I had to put the mute on after a while while that was going on. Thank vibe he eventually figured out the issue.
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:01 PM on February 13, 2019 [2 favorites]

Cisco's date cycle had me groaning at the writers. He is supposed to have grown as a character. Now we have to watch cringe inducing BS from a character that should never have even considered deceiving a date about his day job. It was like watching a bad SNL bit.
posted by Ignorantsavage at 2:27 AM on February 14, 2019 [3 favorites]

so team Flash had no qualms about going back in time and embedding a weapon against Cicada in a building support pillar, and none of them thought to just have Barry go back in time by a month and let the serum synthesize safely somewhere in Star Labs?

Cisco's date were supposed to be the funny bits but I just couldn't care less, especially since he showed previously that he didn't need the Ralph Book in his life.

I do like that they actually applied the fixed point in time idea to this show since Legends is in the same universe.
posted by numaner at 6:26 PM on February 20, 2019