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Oh yeah, lots of PIS (Plot Induced Stupidity to those not familiar with the acronym) and illogical commercial break villain escapes in the latest episode of The Flash. I've gotten used to these holes, it's a standard for the show. But I'm enjoying the lightheartedness approach of the season so far.
It's harder to ignore when they increase Barry's speed and show him pulling off all kinds of crazy feats and then have scenes where he just stands there like a moron not doing anything allowing the villain to either hurt him or to walk away. Then to top it off, they use a scene where he very conveniently doesn't use his powers and try to make a point about it with another character. Why try to use a situation where Barry could have very easily stopped the villain and saved people to say that Ralph can't use his powers to both stop the villain and save the people? Barry gets mad at Ralph for choosing to go after the villain instead of saving the little girl, but what in the fuck did Barry do? He stood there like an idiot and let some slowass mannequin knock him to the ground. I like the lightheartedness, but I don't care for the lazy as hell writing. They were trying to make a serious point about saving people being more important than going after the villain, but it just came off dumb due to poor writing. Suspension of disbelief only goes so far.
I didn't have a problem with that early scene where that idiot tried to rob Barry and Ralph. No problems with suspension of disbelief there. It was a lighthearted scene not meant to be taken too seriously and it was fun. The show needs more of that and less of that other scene.
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