Arrow SN4 EP14 – ‘Code Of Silence’

So it’s time for this weeks review of Arrow and this weeks episode centers around the team trying to locate Damien Darhk and team uncover a sinister hive plot in the process.

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We start the episode in a theater with Oliver and the team preparing for a live debate session with Darhk’s wife Ruvé Adams the team are discussing if they have uncovered anything on Ruvé that will help them win the race for mayor of Star city just as she arrives. The pair exchange a few words and Oliver manages to drop some nice Darhk references into the conversation before she makes her excuses and leaves, the team spring into action and suit up to follow her and see if she leads them to Darhk’s location.

She ends up leading the arrow to a remote location under a bridge to appear and advise him that he had a meeting with her husband last week and he hates to be stood up. She then follows this up with but I’m sure he would hate you following his wife even more and he has a surprise for you and with that a group of hive soldiers come from behind her and open fire. Speedy and Spartan arrive to lend a helping hand but amidst the fight Ruvé manages to slip away.

Oliver and Thea are seen back at the campaign HQ and it appears that Thea has been tasked with looking into the Queen family history to make sure there are not more secrets that Ruvé can use against Oliver in the debate. This of course means Thea comes across a check written by there mum for 1 million dollars payable to a Samantha Clayton as she questions Oliver about this he just claims she was someone he went to college with and does not know why there mum had written her a check.

We then see a meeting between Darhk and other leaders of Hive where they are discussing phase 5 of there plan for Star city, one of the leaders advises that Darhk’s failure to take care of Oliver Queen has caused them to doubt it he can carry out the plan. Darhk does not take kindly to this and asks the man how his office is and he feels like he is there and the next thing we hear is a snapping sound so it appears that he has used his dark powers to kill this leader. We also see Malcolm Merlyn sat at the table in this meeting and he advises Darhk not to under estimate Oliver, it also appears that the fate of phase 5 now rests with Ruvé winning the race for mayor.

The team are discussing how they can track down Darhk and Laurel heads off to speak to father to check up on him as the team are worried that Darhk may try and take out Captain Lance due to him telling the team the location of his hideout. Just as the pair are discussing the issue Captain Lance receives a call from dispatch that back up if needed at an abandoned warehouse he heads off to help and Laurel decides to tag along to keep an eye on him. The pair arrive at the building and Captain Lance advises Laurel to stay in the car while he goes in to check it out.

Captain Lance enters the building and it appears to be empty with no sign of any officers in trouble as he is looking around an explosion happens knocking him of the platform and onto the floor. Laurel appears to try and rescue her father but then more explosions start to go off bringing the building down around them, the pair manage to escape just in time just as the building collapses in on itself the pair head back to arrow HQ and Diggle helps patch up Captain Lance.

Oliver advises Captain Lance that he needs to lay low for a while as this wont be the last time he might attempt to take his life.While this conversation has been going on Felicity has started work on tracking where the call to Captain Lance came from. Captain Lance calls Debbie to the campaign HQ and says that they need to put some distance between each other for a few weeks and uses the excuse that he has got in to deep with a gambling debt. Debbie does not by this for a second and ends the relationship if he cannot be honest with her.

We later see the Felicity and the team back at Arrow HQ and Felicity has managed to track the source of the call to a warehouse and the team head off to investigate. The team arrive to find three hive mercenaries setting up some bombs in order to erase any trace that they have been there, Diggle gets into a fight with the mercenary who is on patrol while the other three are held back by fire from a nail gun from one of the mercenaries as they plan there escape she fires four nails into the lap top and the trio flea but not before setting off the bombs. Oliver and Laurel go to find Diggle and Thea stays behind to grab the damaged laptop stating she will meet them outside, Thea manages to make it out of the building by jumping through a window moments before the building implodes.

Felicity is unable to gain access to the damaged laptop of she does not have enough power at arrow HQ so decides to visit Palmer tech to enlist the help of Curtis. We see him working on something just as Felicity comes in with the laptop he quickly shuts the screen down when pressed about what he is working on he states that he is working on an engagement for her. Felicity gives the damaged laptop to Curtis and asks if he can pull everything he can off the laptop and send it to her once he has completed the task.

We see Oliver and Thea back at the campaign office and Thea asks Oliver why he lied to her about how he knew Samantha Clayton? Oliver comes clean and tells Thea that she was a girl he was involved with at the same time as he was dating Laurel. Thea then advises her brother that she has looked Samantha up and has seen that she has a son called William, Oliver has no choice but to come completely clean with Thea and advise her that William is his son but he cannot tell anyone as this is the only way he is allowed contact. Oliver is surprised when Thea agrees that this need to be kept from everyone to stop William becoming a target.

Oliver then receives a call from Diggle to advise him that Andy has been digging around the dark web and found the warehouse where hive have been making there explosives and he will meet him there. They both arrive but they are to late and hive have cleaned out all the explosives from the warehouse and whatever they are planning to blow up if must be big.

 

We arrive back at the theater for the night of the debate and Felicity receives a call from Curtis to inform her that he has managed to gain access to the laptop and he is sending over the only piece of intel that was on the laptop. Felicity’s face looks panicked when she see’s that it is plans for the theater and advises Oliver that they need to evacuate the building and Thea decides it’s quicker to pull the fire alarm than wait for Felicity to hack the system.

As all the people leave we see Ruvé call the mercenaries from earlier as they are planting the bombs around the building advising them that there has been a change of plans and that Oliver must not leave the building alive. Team arrow suit up and start there search of the building as Captain Lance arrives on the scene to lend a hand and advising Debbie to stay outside as she was about to go back in and look for Oliver. We see Diggle come face to face with the same guy and sledge hammer he thought earlier in the episode only this time Diggle has some form of gadget to help him reflect the metal from the sledge hammer. Thea and Laurel attempt to take on the woman with the nail gun and Oliver is left to fight the remaining guy.

Luckily Diggle manages to take out his hive mercenary and diffuse his bomb and shortly after this is followed by Thea and Laurel defeating there mercenary and diffusing there bomb. Oliver seems to be having the tougher fight but just in time Captain Lance comes in and shoots the remaining mercenary and Oliver manages to diffuse the three remaining bombs. The debate then takes place and we see from a news report that early indications show that Oliver had won the debate as was favorite to become the next mayor.

We are then taken to Oliver and Felicity’s engagement party we see Captain Lance come clean with Debbie about what was really wrong and that he used to work for hive as Darhk had threatened to hurt Laurel and all is forgiven and the pair rekindle their relationship. Curtis arrives at the party to give Felicity and Oliver his engagement present, Felicity opens the box and is presented with a tiny microchip she thanks Curtis but is not sure what this chip does. Curtis advises her that it is not a chip but in fact an implant that will help her walk again once it has been surgically attached to her spine and that he just needed more power and achieved this by using the new power cell invented at Palmer tech.

The episode comes to an end at the home of Damien Darhk and we see him talk to his daughter announcing they have a new house guest and it’s none other than William. Darhk states that his mum has asked them to look after William for a while begging the question has he killed Samantha? What are his plans for William? and How will Oliver take the news?

We also see the flash backs to Oliver’s time on Lian Yu but as these are now becoming a bit tedious all I will say is Oliver finally gets to kill Conklin.

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The Flash SN2 EP14 ‘Escape from Earth-2’

So it’s time for this weeks review of the flash and we find are selves back on Earth 2 to find out if Cisco and Dr Wells can save Barry and also if Jays condition can be helped by Caitlin.

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At the beginning of the episode we see Zoom going around the city in search of Dr Wells by handing out pictures with the words bring me Wells on them. We then see Dr Wells watching the news and a clip of a building with the words bring me Wells in flames on the side of it.

Cisco arrives to back at Star labs to fill Dr Wells in on the sequence of events and that Barry has been taken prisoner by Zoom. We see Earth 2 Barry has woken up from being knocked out at the beginning of the last episode. Just as Dr Wells and Cisco are about to explain what has been going on Zoom arrives and the trio head for Dr Wells hidden time room, Zoom manages to figure out where the hidden room is and enters but the three of them are nowhere to be seen it turns out Dr Wells has some sort of visual gun that projects a fake wall to hide behind.

The three of them leave Star labs and head to the police HQ where they fill Earth 2 Iris in on what has been happening. Earth 2 Barry has an alga rhythm to triangulate a point where a meta human may be hiding and uses it to track down Killer Frost in order to gain her help in finding Barry.

The the four of them head off to the woods on the edge of the city to track her down. At the beginning she does not seem to be interested in helping them and attacks them all instead and eventually they manage to surround her before she can hurt Iris. After Cisco manages to talk some sense into her by stating that Zoom killed the man she loves and she agrees to show them where his hideout is located.

We see Barry and Jessie trying to figure out what the other prisoner is tapping on the glass of there cell. They eventually figure out that he is using a form of alphabet that POW prisoners used to communicate. They get as far as Jay and Barry asks if the person means Jay Garrick and they start nodding but then seems upset when Barry states that he didn’t come with them.

Just as they are about to try and get some more information out of there cell mate Zoom turns up and advises the prisoner not to talk to them again. Barry advises Zoom that he will find a way out of his cell and destroy Zoom, just as he finishes his threat Zoom phases through the cell wall and advises Barry he only needs him barely alive to steal his speed force and proceeds to give Barry a beating. He then rushes off in search if Dr Wells and Barry seems to think he has shown him how to escape although Barry tries many times to try and phase through the wall but cannot seem to replicate the effect and it appears this is down to a frequency issue much like in the last episode with Ciscos powers.

Dr Wells, Cisco, Iris, Barry and Killer frost arrive at Zooms lair and it appears to be a huge cavern dug into a cliff side that only a speedster would be able to reach well apart from Killer frost who creates a giant frost column for them to climb up. The team finally reach Barry and they manage to free Jessier but Barry is still unable to phase through the cell wall and advises the team to leave him behind. Earth 2 Barry is not having any of it and advises him that he can do anything he puts his mind to he just has to believe he can do it as Barry concentrates on what he wants he manages to phase through the wall. Barry does not want to leave the other prisoner behind but before he can figure out a way of setting them free Zoom arrives and thanks killer frost for bringing them all to him. He then pushes Dr Wells and the others out of the way and grabs Jessie by the throat and says “I told you I would kill you in front of your father” but before he can kill her Killer frost hits him with a freeze blast.

Cisco thanks her for her help before she advises him that he should get out of there while he can as she is not sure how long she can hold Zoom. Barry promises the other prisoner that he will be back for them. The team arrive back at star labs and Dr Wells advises Iris and Earth 2 Barry that they need to leave Central city to avoid Zoom coming back for them, Dr Wells also tells Jessie that they also need to leave as they won’t be safe on Earth 2 and they plan to go back with Barry and Cisco just as the alarm is sounded it appears Zoom has managed to escape from Killer Frost’s ice blast.

Back on Earth 1 we have seen the return of the meta human Geomancer who has still been causing issues there and has been destroying buildings in order to try and bring out the flash. We see Caitlin has been working on a better version of Velocity 8 after she discovered the last time they used the formula is caused more harm to Jay’s cells she eventually creates Velocity 9 and gives this to Jay when Geomancer collapses a hospital and Jay manages to save everyone involved.

Geomancer eventually tracks Jay down too Star labs but as he is not around he settles for trying to hurt Caitlin and Iris he knocks Caitlin unconscious and then turns his sites to Iris, just as he is about to causes another tremor he is whacked with a shock collar it appears she wasn’t as badly hurt as we thought and Joe arrives to take Geomancer to jail but in causing all the tremors he has caused the last breach to become unstable. Jay says that the only way he they can fix the breach is for Jay to causes a vortex around the breach while Joe resets the containment walls and this is successful just in time for the Velocity 9 to wear off.

Cisco and Jessie are the first two through the portal but it appears Barry and Dr Wells are taking longer than they should be and we go back to Earth 2 to see Zoom holding Dr Wells by the throat. Dr Wells reaches in his pocket and grabs a syringe before plunging it into Zooms chest just as Barry manages to grab Dr Wells and head into the portal and make it back to home. Jay is waiting on the other side the the implosion device to close the breach as he chucks this into the breach the whole team are celebrating but as Jay has his back to the breach Zoom thrusts his hand through Jays chest and drags him back to Earth 2 much to the horror of the group and the episode comes to an end.

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Arrow SN4 EP13 – ‘The Sins Of The Father’

So it’s time for my review on the Arrow and this week the story revolves around Oliver’s mission to save Thea’s life and the feud between Malcolm and Nyssa for control of the league of shadows. Also in the episode we have more flash backs of Olive’s time on Lian Yu and we also get to learn more about Felicity’s dad aka The Calculator.

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So at the end of episode 12 we saw Nyssa approach Oliver advising him she has a cure that will save Thea in the form of an elixir called the lotus but in order for her to give it to Oliver he would have to kill Malcolm Merlyn. Now Nyssa’s request is brought from selfish need as the only reason she wants Malcolm dead is so that she can gain control of the league of shadows. Oliver pleads with her to give him the cure to save Thea he even brings up the fact that they are husband and wife and that Thea is also her family.

Oliver arranges a meeting with Malcolm to try and talk him into giving up his leadership of the league in order to save Thea’s life. Malcolm is not very interested in giving up his leadership as he does not believe that Nyssa has the lotus elixir and tells Oliver that he may be very handsome but he’s not very smart. Oliver sends Laurel to try and reason with Nyssa in order to try and gain the lotus or at least some form of proof that she actually has the elixir. Laurel tries to appeal to Nyssa sense of family values by trying to bring Sara into the conversation as well as tells her that everything that has happened has been because of her Father. Nyssa gives Laurel a sample of the lotus which she takes back as proof and in wasting no time Oliver gives itto Thea in front of Malcolm and we see her chest wound heal.

Malcolm agrees to meet with Nyssa to hand over the ring giving her leadership of the league but in true Malcolm style this is all a ploy and we see a group of assassins come from behind him and a fight ensues between both sides. Nyssa flees with her group of assassins and Malcolm and his team give chase only for there path to be blocked by Oliver and Diggle telling Malcolm that if he wants Nyssa he will need to go through him. Back at Arrow HQ we see a very angry Oliver trying to figure out why Malcolm has done this and the team are unable to locate him or his assassins until Felicity advises there has been breach and someone is with Thea, Oliver rushes down to her aid only to find Malcolm checking up on her.

Oliver asks Malcolm if being Ra’s al Ghul is more important to him than the life of his own daughter, Malcolm replies that the reason he is reluctant to give up his position is that he knows what the league is capable of in the hands of the wrong people. He then says to Oliver ‘What would you do if Damian Dahrk told you to hang up the hood and let him complete his plan for Star city in order to save his son William?’ Oliver has a shocked look on his face which Malcolm notices and says ‘I’m Ra’s al Ghul I know everything there is to know about you’

Oliver sends Laurel out again to try and locate Nyssa and bring her to Arrow HQ in order to try and find another way to make her part with the lotus. Laurel eventually tracks her down and refuses to let her pass unless she can see reason this is short lived as some of Malcolm’s assassins show up to try and take out Nyssa and her men a fight ensues in the street and there are casualties on both sides and even some of the public are hit with arrows.Oliver and Diggle arrive to lend a hand and once the assassins have been seen to Oliver knocks Nyssa unconscious and takes her to a cell at the HQ. We find out that Nyssa is scared that she will not be able to defeat Malcolm on her own and this is why she has been asking Oliver to do this for her it is finally decided that there is only one way to end this and that is in true league style of a trial by combat.

The smoke signal is sent and both sides and all of team arrow arrive on a roof top for the final show down, Malcolm makes a remark that in the interest of Nyssa’s dignity they shall forgo the removal of shirts. Just as the trial is about to begin Oliver shouts wait and announces that as Nyssa’s husband he will fight in her place in the trial much to the shock of everyone involved. The fight starts and after a very even fight between the two Oliver gains the upper had and disarms Malcolm sending him to his knees, Oliver takes the final swing of the sword but instead of killing Malcolm he chops off his hand with the ring on and hands it to Nyssa. Nyssa gives Oliver the rest of the lotus elixir and we see Thea brought back from the brink of death completely unaware of what has happened.

At the end of the episode we see a meeting between Oliver, Nyssa, Laurel and Malcolm only to see Nyssa drop the ring of the league of shadows into a fire and advising all three of them that she has disbanded the league and that her father will no longer be responsible for hurting anyone else. Malcolm turns to Oliver after this and advises that he is not going to kill Oliver as this would be to quick of a mercy and that he has other plans to make him suffer before his death. It doesn’t take long and we see Malcolm meet up with Darhk and advise him that there is someone Oliver Queen loves more than Felicity and that is his son William. (Maybe Oliver would have been better off killing Malcolm when he had the chance.)

Also in this episode we see a flashback once again of Oliver’s time on Lian Yu and we see that Oliver is still locked away in his cell with Vlad’s sister Taiana caring for him. Oliver is trying to make amends with Taiana for killing her brother and opens up about how he ended up on Lian Yu and the fact his dad sacrificed his life in order for Oliver to live so that he could correct his wrongs. He also shows her the stone that he brought out of his vision from the last episode stating that this is something that Reiter needs to find what he is looking for. She waste no time in grabbing the stone from Oliver and demanding to speak to Reiter immediately as he arrives he states that he is not usually summoned by his prisoners but Taiana states that she has something that he wants and shows him the stone he grabs it from her and disappears.

We later see him return to thank him for the last piece of the map and he can now finally find what he has been looking for on the island, He also advises Oliver that he must rest and regain his strength as they start the dig tomorrow. Oliver looks a little confused by this as Reiter states that what he has been looking for is not in the heavens but in the ground beneath them.

The third story arc we see in this episode is between Felicity and her father who also happens to be the calculator. It starts off with the pair meeting for coffee and Felicity trying to find out why her father has left it for so long to make contact with her, he answers with he could not contact her due the police and FBI looking for him. He then states that they are not that different this is something that Felicity takes offence to as he was planning on killing thousands of people and she does what she does to stop people like him. He advises her that he never  intended to carry out the explosion and that he had put fail safes in place to stop that happening, this proves to much for Felicity and she decides to leave but before she can he hands her a flash drive with all the things he has done since he disappeared to show he has been doing some good.

Felicity calls her mum and as she arrives she can see that something is troubling her and Felicity comes clean and advises her that her father is back and that he said he has changed and wants a relationship with her. Her mum advises her that he is not a good man and will never change who he is, Felicity decides to put this to the test and invites her farther to Palmer tech to have an all access tour of the building. As you would imagine they end up in the tech lab of the building and he seems very interested in the work she has been doing since she has been there.

We later find out that after her father had left the lab he has planted a bug that was trying to download all the data files from Palmer tech so at least Felicity now has her answer on whether or not she can trust her father. Felicity invites him back to Palmer tech and immediately confronts him about this actions, just as he is trying to defend what he has done Felicity interrupts him and says she does not want him to be part of her life and that she had not other choice. He turns around to see Captain Lance arriving with two officers to place him under arrest for the crimes he has committed.

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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. SN3 EP13 – ‘Parting Shot’

This review contains spoilers.

Last weeks episode finished off with Hunter and Bobby in the belly of a plane that Malick is riding off in, after his success in turning Anton Petrov to his “cause” and convincing him that Phil Coulson is the head of Hydra.

The episode opens on Bobby and Hunter being interrogated by Russian authorities. After a small sequence, we cut to Bobby and Hunter elsewhere – and a caption reads ’34 hours before’ – instantly, I’m excited. I’m a huge sucker for narratives where you’re presented with a current situation, and then the rest of the time is spent showing you how the characters got there.

Kickass, really great things about the episode:

This was a really Hunter and Bobby centric episode, and seeing them work together was actually really great. We haven’t had a hugely intense look at them working together in SHIELD so a whole episode dedicated to them? Awesome.

It was also cool to see them discuss their relationship in terms of SHIELD, and them bringing up the sacrifices they’ve not only made as a couple (never getting to go away together, no honeymoon), but as people – namely, the fact SHIELD constantly makes alliances with people they shouldn’t, Ward being a prime example. They constantly talk about the ‘Greater Good’ but then they end up getting damaged later.

The fight scenes this episode were incredible – they were really wonderfully choreographed, as per usual with this series, and there were some really stand-out moments – slow-mo Daisy kicking ass, Daisy and Bobby fighting together, and Bobby and Hunter fighting off security guards. It’s just awesome.

The episode twist, of going from Espionage to Assassination real damn quick. I loved that the initial plan was infiltration and intel gathering, because SHIELD is in a terrible position, and if Russia thought America was coming in hostile on them, it would cause a lot more problems for just SHIELD. I also liked this weeks Inhuman – a man who could manifest his shadow as a sentient being. He was also a political Inhuman, and the first of his kind.

Enjoyable family moments I loved:

So first things first, MACK IS BACK. After his mysterious just not, being around at all for the last episode, I was glad to have him and his sarcastic quips back. I also have a note about this particular exchange;

“You’re going to need some transport, is that going to be a problem?”
–Insert Hunter punching a Russian man in the face-
“No, I think we’re good.”

What we also learn from this episode are that Hunter and Bobby are the King and Queen of bullshitting. The detective interrogating them says something along the lines to Hunter of “It’s impressive. How you can talk about absolutely nothing and make it sound like information” – that sounds an awful lot like most adults.

FitzSimmons are BACK! Finishing each others sentences and working together again – it’s really fantastic to see and it made me really excited. This was especially heightened by the fact that Hunter apparently shares nature documentaries about the planet dying with the two and gets them to watch them so they can all sit and discuss it together – absolutely adorable.

I think we all also know the ultimate team moment of this episode: the ending. But I’ll come to that later.

The “meh”/”why.” stuff;

 This episode didn’t have many moments I didn’t like – but one moment I did sigh at was May’s speech to Hunter about how she’s still angry about him shooting Ward even when it could cost Andrew (SN3 EP4 – Devil’s You Know) – but then she talks about how SHIELD is for the great good? Don’t get me wrong – anyone and their dog knows Hunter’s choice was driven mostly by vengeance for Bobby, but considering Ward was the head of Hydra, and he had a metric tonne of weapons at his and Hydra’s disposal, I would honestly say he made a better call than risking Ward getting away. So I feel like that moment was a contradiction – but, it did lea to Hunter and May being friends again, and Hunter making quips later to her that she smiles at.

Overall, I really liked this episode – I feel like it’s my favorite so far of 3B. The narrative was great, the cinematography and fight choreography was really something else, and it was one of those great episodes where the team act like a family. I also felt like this episode, while seemingly filler, moved character issues forward a bit more. We had a major change in the teams layout, and it also gave a close look at just how precarious a position that SHIELD is in right now. This precarious position is only more heightened by the fact Malick has political influence all around the world – making him all the more formidable, because he is untouchable.

The final scene of this episode with The Spy’s Goodbye broke my heart. It was such a bittersweet ending, and by the time the second shot had been purchased for Hunter and Bobby’s table, I was an absolute mess.

It was such a beautiful way to say goodby to two really significant characters from the SHIELD roster, two agents that have come so far and become such an integral part of the team. It really solidified that these people aren’t just spies who work together – they’re a unit, they’e friends and they love each other. This final scene was so perfect, and a fitting farewell to two great Agents – for now, at least.

Seeing as their was no hide nor hair of HiveWard this episode (which surprised me considering his huge dramatic ending in The Inside Man), I imagine next episode will bring him forward. Given the ending of the episode featuring Malick’s daughter who wants to meet “someone” – and I can only assume that someone is Hive.

I’m hoping that from this point on, with the new team and information, we’ll start to see major progress and we’ll build up to an incredible, action-filled finale that this show has now become famous for.

The Flash SN2 EP13 – ‘Welcome to Earth 2’

It’s time for this weeks review of The Flash and this week we finally get a trip to Earth 2 and we finally get to see what the what Meta humans they have in store for us. So without further ado lets get started.

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So last week we saw Barry and the team agree to go to Earth 2 to help Dr Wells save his daughter from Zoom despite him betraying the team and giving some of Barry’s speed force to Zoom. The episode starts with Barry speeding his way around Central city closing all of the open breaches, all apart from the final one at Star labs which they will use to travel to Earth 2. As Barry, Dr Wells and Cisco get set to leave for Earth 2 we see Barry spend the evening with Joe and Iris and talks to them about why he has to help Dr Wells.

Just as the three are about to leave we see Cisco give Caitlin at letter to give to his family incase he does not return from the trip. The only way to reach Earth 2 is for Barry to speed through the last remaining breach whilst holding onto Dr Wells and Cisco, they are told not to pay any attention to anything they see while travelling through the breach. Barry speeds off through the portal but in doing so causes an energy surge to the breach and a piece of the containment field to come off rolling towards Caitlin but Jay manages to reach her just in time. Joe and Caitlin ask Jay what happened to which he replies when we closed all the other breaches there must have been a power surge when they used the last open breach and that if they cannot repair the containment field then Barry and Cisco will be trapped on Earth 2.

We see Barry, Dr Wells and Cisco arrive safe and sound on Earth 2 in the basement of Star labs there are on there way to Dr Wells office and we see Barry and Cisco still caught up in arriving in earth 2 and how different things are. They make it Wells office and who do we see being interviewed on TV but none other than Earth 2 Barry Allen and it appears he is still a forensic scientist working for the CCPD if not more nerdy and wearing a bowtie and is still working with Detective West. Barry says he has an idea and before we no it he shoots off and arrives back at Star labs with his Earth 2 self who is seems to be more excited at being in Star labs and meeting Dr Wells than how he actually got there causing Barry to use a taser to knock out Earth 2 Barry in order to assume his identity to blend in on Earth 2 and gain some information about Earth 2.

Barry arrives at the CCPD to be greeted by Detective West in the form of Iris and not Joe so we see our first difference from Earth 1 and Earth 2 and it also turns out that Barry and Iris are married. The pair arrive back at there house which happens to be the same house Joe and Barry live in on Earth 1, Iris turns to Barry and says your mum called earlier and you can see Barry is shocked to learn that his mum is still alive on Earth 2 and wastes not time in calling her to hear her voice and have a conversation. The pair arrive to meet Earth 2 Joe and we find out that Joe is a lounge singer and not a cop and we also find out that Joe and Barry from Earth 2 do not get along as Joe blames Barry for Iris becoming a cop due to leaving the paper so that she could pay for Barry to get his degree and become a CSI.

We next get to see the Earth 2 versions of Caitlin and Ronnie and it appears that Caitlin is a meta human on Earth 2 and Ronnie is still Firestorm. We also find out that the pair are working for Zoom as they kill a group of bank robbers for pulling off a job without Zoom’s permission. The pair head off after this as Ronnie has received news that a group of breachers have arrived on Earth 2 and Zoom has tasked them with bringing them to him, the pair turn up at the night spot where Barry, Iris and Joe are as the have heard that this is where the breacher is hiding. Iris pulls her gun on Caitlin and Ronnie and advises them that they are both under arrest, Barry calls to Caitlin and she is shocked by this as it appears no one has used her real name in years and she actually goes by the name Killer Frost and hates being called Caitlin. She then fires some ice-sickles at Iris and Barry luckily he manages to flip a table in time to stop them from hitting the spot Joe steps in to try and attack Caitlin but Ronnie hits him square in the chest with a fire ball and Joe flies across the bar and looks badly hurt.

Barry engages his speed force and grabs Caitlin and Ronnie and gets them outside revealing that he is one of the breachers. After a brief fight Caitlin is injured and Ronnie tells Barry that is isn’t over and they will meet again. We go to the hospital where Joe has been taken and after chat with Barry they bury the hatchet and Joe asks Barry to care take of Iris before he sadly passes away. Iris has her heart set on revenge and takes off in search of Killer Frost and Firestorm she takes her partner who happens to be Deadshot only he is called this ironically on Earth 2 as he is the worst shot in the department Cisco goes with the pair as he has made an invention to take down Killer Frost.

The trio arrive at an abandoned warehouse and manage to track down Caitlin and Ronnie a fight breaks out and Barry eventually arrives on the scene to lend a helping hand. Just as we think things can’t get any more complicated we finally get to see Earth 2 Cisco or as he is called on Earth 2 Reverb and it also appears he is working for Zoom he and Cisco have a brief chat before Reverb hits Barry in the back with a shock wave Cisco is shocked that he has that sort of power and Reverb states that the only reason he can’t do this is that he is limited by his fear of his power. We then see Reverb offer Cisco the chance to join him and rule Earth 2 and take out Zoom this plan is short lived as Zoom arrives just as Ronnie agrees to join them and not live in Zooms shadow, this does not work out well for the pair and Zoom kills them both using the same trick the Reverse flash used too kill Cisco back in season 1.

Zoom then grabs Killer Frost and advises he will let her live as she did not agree to join the other two in there betrayal before grabbing Barry and speeding off. We then see Barry come to after being knocked out in a cell and he then spots Dr Wells daughter in the cell across from him and promises her that he will get them out just as Zooms arrives to tell Barry that he is never going to be leaving Earth 2 as the episode comes to an end.

Also in this episode we finally get to find out what is making Jay sick when a new meta human comes to Central city causing tremors all over the city trying to lure the flash out to face him. Joe suggests that Jay uses the velocity 6 serum again in order to repay Barry’s sacrifice of going to save Earth 2, Jay refuses stating that he cannot take that serum again after some questioning by Caitlin we find out that when Jay first became a speedster he was obsessed with getting faster and faster. It turns out that he was abusing velocity 6 and this was the cause of the disease which is killing him, Caitlin promises to help him come up with a better serum that will not cause him any harm. We then see Jay show up the next time the new meta human returns and after knocking him over by sending vibrations through his helmet to do so the only downside is the new velocity 7 serum only lasts for a short amount of time.

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Heads Up Book Edition!

In the latest video from our resident vlogger Aly ‘the Little Librarian’ she teams up with some other familiar faces from the world of book-tubing! Who’s gunna make an appearance? Well you’re just gonna have to watch to find out more.

‘Divergent: Ascendent’ Has Its Budget Cut

Last week, Part 1 in The Divergent Series finale Allegiant, hit theatres to a wavering fan-fare leading to the lowest opening weekend for the young adult franchise so far.

Sources out of The Hollywood Reporter are circulating the news that in reaction to Allegiant’s disappointing return, Lionsgate are slashing the budget for its predecessor Ascendent – the final film in the franchise – due out next year. The source revealed that “the budget for the next one will be reduced,” but “they haven’t said by how much,” indicating that a significant cut will be in effect given Allegiant’s $110 Million budget.

The first film in the series Divergent earned a $29.1 Million on its opening weekend, with its sequel Insurgent giving the series an all time high with $52.3. The dwindling numbers showing the franchise inability to retain a new audience outside of its core fan base.

Although the weekend opening is a disappointment for the studio, It is believed that Lionsgate still plan on releasing Ascendent alongside Universals eagerly anticipated The Mummy reboot and Paramounts sequel World War Z 2.  Going head-to-head with both Summer Blockbusters on June 9, 2017.

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