Great sequence, made even better by the fact that it concludes with Barry appealing to the good within Jesse to stop it on her own. Additionally, there’s the moment where Magenta tries to kill her foster father in his hospital room with an ocean tanker, and Barry and Jesse have to work together to keep it from crashing into the hospital. Still amazing that this stuff can be pulled off so flawlessly on television. Gotta love Grant Gustin’s facial response.Įxcellent effects sequence as Magenta hurls a police car into the air, and The Flash has to perform a mid-air rescue. Nice scene between Joe West and Wally, with father providing encouragement to son, given a hilarious punchline when he tells Barry about it, saying that with Wally he has to be nuanced to get through to him, but Barry has always been like a “second daughter,” because he never had a problem sharing his feelings. Alchemy, who has been transforming humans into their metahuman selves from the Flashpoint timeline. As Megenta, she’s cold and ruthless (and admittedly a bit cartoony), but is something to watch when projecting Frankie’s buried pain. Praise to Joey King, who actually takes what could have been a villain of the week and turns in a vulnerable, affecting performance as Frankie Kane. And for the record, we just love having Tom Cavanagh back as Harrison Wells. As Jesse, there is a massive cute factor - we’re talking Melissa Benoist cute - to Violett Beane, whose enthusiasm to being a speedster is off the charts. The performance could have very easily fallen into “whiney bitch” category, but thankfully doesn’t.
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This is a guy who just wants to help people and isn’t being allowed to. Keiynan Lonsdale does a wonderful job of painting Wally’s jealousy, frustration and disappointment over the fact that Jesse, who was struck by the Dark Matter at the same time as him, is a speedster, while he’s not.
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There are some truly standout performances in this episode. As the Magenta portion of her mind moves to prominence, Frankie recedes. This power is triggered by and directed towards her abusive foster father. Meanwhile, the meta-human Magenta, AKA Frankie Kane, unleashes her power of controlling metal when she’s threatened.
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Wells is desperate to get Barry to talk Jesse out of using her powers, but it quickly becomes obvious that that’s a force that no one can deter. Harrison Wells and his daughter, Jesse, return from Earth-2, because Jesse has developed speedster powers as the result of she and Wally being exposed to Dark Matter in the Time Vault in season two.