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She could have initially harbored her own death wish for Cicada. It would have been compelling to force her, and her parents, to come to terms with the injury.
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And sadly, actor Chris Klein can’t make him anymore interesting with a performance that is largely growling in a vague Southern accent.īut Cicada escapes, and it would appear he now has his sights focused on XS (perhaps he heard her when she called Flash “dad”?).įurther Reading: The Flash Movie Delayed to 2021Īs for Nora, it isn’t surprising she is fully healed by episode’s end, but the show missed an opportunity for an emotional arc that could play out over a few episodes had she remained paralyzed longer. Flash realizes the anger which nearly pushed him over the edge is the same that drives Cicada, and resolves (really quite belatedly) to save the villain’s daughter GraceĪlso: I want Cicada gone. But a fully healed Nora runs in as XS, and prevents her father from going too far.
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He is a meta serial killer who paralyzed Barry and Iris’ daughter. For good.Īnd I wish he would have killed Cicada. Frosty holds off Cicada’s dagger long enough for Flash to power up, and that’s when his rage energy builds with an intent to put down the bad guy. Killer Frost also goes at it with Cicada, and holds her own in a fight, drawing blood from the villain (a blood sample, it turns out, that will be preserved for Caitlin’s research). Thankfully Elongated Man, on evac stretching duty, helps Norvock “get to da chopper.”įurther Reading: Everything You Need to Know About The Flash Season 5 Norvock steps it up by the end, and assists in saving fellow metas, almost at the cost of his own life.
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Labs explosion, which maintains their record for pretty much being the worst). He tried to rescue a kid, but was turned into a meta for the trouble (courtesy the S.T.A.R. In a few scenes, the guy with a snake in his eye conveys he “used to be a good guy” working at a zoo. Still, the “save the meta criminals” narrative allowed for a redemption plot with Norvock (Mark Sweatman), the erstwhile hench of Amunet. In order to save the metas on Cicada’s list, Flash has to gather them all in a manufacturing plant, and wait like sitting ducks until a helicopter can extract them – as opposed to a) using the breach device they have at their disposal to simply transport somewhere safe, or b) call on their friends at A.R.G.U.S. This is a noticeable weakness with the plot. That fight occurs after Team Flash determine the best way to save the metas from being killed by Cicada is to transport them away from Central City, and get them into witness protection, with new identities. It is clear Flash has had it with the baddie, and there is an extra layer of ferocity in Gustin’s fighting style in the episode – even if Cicada depowers him, and wipes the floor with Flash as the hero tries to save Peek-a-Boo. The rage even registers in an energy build-up in Flash’s suit.
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In fact, Nora’s injury fires up a murderous rage in Barry, so much so that Cecile’s empath powers picks up on it (and she comments it’s the same rage she senses in Cicada). Jessica Parker Kennedy acts the hell out of Nora’s reaction to not being able to walk, and she gives the episode a believable weight. Gustin and Candice Patton deliver a performance here that resembles two parents grappling with an injured child, and parents who then must deliver that news to Nora. Labs when Barry and Iris grapple with the fact that their daughter is paralyzed, at least until her body clears itself of dark energy, and her accelerated healing kicks in.
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This leads to an emotional punch back at S.T.A.R. Unfortunately, Cicada also goes all Bane on XS, and breaks the speedster’s back in a painful-to-watch scene.