The Flash Retrospective Part 2

[@Relish13579]

If you dont pin this ur an L friend

[@ethanyip660]

You shouldn’t pin it 😒

[@notemsies]

@@ethanyip660i second this 😒

[@GingerAls]

but I'm not an L friend 😥

[@Relish13579]

Yall suck 🙄

[@Relish13579]

​@@GingerAls exactlyyyyyyy

[@Rageren]

*I truly believe that the first half season 6 of the Flash was probably best the show had been since season 2.*

[@GingerAls]

6a was SO GOOD. if only they could've kept going in that direction

[@spbaker9752]

I agree but Armageddon feels like that too for me

[@GingerAls]

I understand why it would fall flat considering the very lazy fakeout, and I would've much rathered a storyline where they had to rescue him from the speed force, but they wasted it in season 4. in the end, the buildup has no payoff, but ignoring that, season 6a is peak

[@drummingastro769]

i love how you manage to show of your points, point out the dumb behavior and yet not make it seem like you are destroying the writers.

[@Lluc42]

I just love how a good majority of the flash community agrees that the show continues to worsen as it progresses. The entire flash show is essentially a rollercoaster of emotion of satisfaction and frustration.

[@GingerAls]

There are so many good moments, but there are even more bad ones. I just wish they would be able to be consistent, because even in bad storylines, there are good ideas and good moments

[@Lluc42]

@@GingerAlsindeed there were good ideas and moments. It’s just the execution that makes it a huge problem in itself.

[@draven531]

Been watching sense it aired and it makes me sad how bad it’s been

[@bensxbd]

Ahh yes, the “Eric Wallace” half of the show. You’re in for a bumpy ride my friend

[@GingerAls]

6a was so good. If only he kept the quality going

[@bensxbd]

@@GingerAls I loved your explanation of 6x7 in this video. That was some of the best work Eric ever did. But after that it’s like he wanted to make it a PG show instead of a PG-13 one, and the quality went with it

S6A was literally the best thing in the graphic novel storyline. The issue was…. It did so well we believed that they would ALWAYS be that good, resulting in us having more issues w/ that planning.

[@GingerAls]

So true

[@TheSpeedMason]

The reason why Smart Barry didn't attack Eva during 7x02 was due to the fact that he couldn't risk getting the tachyon harmed in any way, shape or form. That's also the reason why he didn't save Frost in the same episode, he couldn't risk having the tachyon device being damaged even if the chances of damaging the tachyon was down to decimals.

[@GingerAls]

I understand this explanation, and I can accept it, but something I just thought of is: Barry wasn't emotionless at this point. Its my understanding that he came to the conclusion that he shouldn't help Frost because of the risk of damaging the device. However, before he stops to think about that, he is shown to impulsively try to help her. He prepares to run, but then stops and thinks. As far as I understand, before that point, he could've and should've tried to stop Eva, but I get the point you made.

[@the-phanatic-99]

honestly, godspeed is the most depressing villain. SO much potential. Its not the actors fault but the story and his writing. I can deal with the shotty cgi but in the comics August Heart worked with Barry and is pretty much a “what if barry went evil”. They could have really let the fans get to know the man August Heart if they used that side of the character. Also if they had used the speedforce storm to make all the speedsters like in the comics Godspeed coulda drained all of them and could have really made it mysterious for the non comic book fans

[@GingerAls]

There really was. I think they should've just changed his motivation post crisis. They don't even need the storm, they could've just had a situation where August went back in time wanting to save his brother. And then that could've been an interesting situation where Barry gets close to August and tries to convince him not to, but they end up fighting. It would be really interesting to see a situation where Barry has to fight to stop someone from saving a life

[@the-phanatic-99]

@@GingerAls absolutely agree, either way they just flopped it. also do you miss them using the CSI Barry? i really think they should have kept that around

[@GingerAls]

I wish they did. 8x08 was really good with his CSI storyline.

[@zemox2534]

@GingerAI I do not see the appeal of God Speed. He is just Jason Todd, except as a speed villain. With the exception of Eobard, all speed villains are boring and a waste of time.

[@vikashsasikumar6437]

Finally someone who understands that season 6 was really good. I have seen too much hate for this season.

[@GingerAls]

for real

[@rickmoreau2803]

Stellar review man, just finished part 1 yesterday. You captured how a lot of fans feel about the show

[@GingerAls]

Thanks! Just wanted to talk about my frustrations with how far the show has fallen.

[@redkalel]

I gotta say I was surprised of how much more positive you were for this era of the show compared to the first lol. Also leave Nora alone lol

[@GingerAls]

Nora is so bad 😥. But yeah, I guess it's a bit harder to be super negative cause when going for shorter storylines, there is less to crack down on.

[@redkalel]

Nora is great. She’s better than Ceicle and Allerga. Which btw I love that you didn’t bother to introduce her or Chester lol

[@GingerAls]

A case can be made for that, but to me, even if Chester and Allegra are practically useless, they are somewhat endearing. Nora just annoys me

[@batatinhacomics]

Nora is the worst thing that ever happened to this series, not only is she awful, she made every character around her worse than they were before.

[@CenturionOfficial]

​@@redkalel that isn't saying much since Allegra and Cecile are Iris tier awful.

[@eerice704]

Amazing review. I’m so happy to find someone who agrees that 6A was amazing. The lead up to Crisis was so exciting, and the focus on character development and, in the end what the shows all about, Barry, had me more invested in the show than I had been for years. Although 6B wasn’t handled as well as it could’ve been, I really loved the overall feeling of the show. I didn’t mind Barry’s speed dying because it added so many stakes. The buildup to Crisis that has been the entire show and Barry casually avoiding his impending death was frustrating, however the fact that Oliver and the speed force were sacrificed for the creation of a new universe changed so many things for me. I truly enjoyed that, and I feel they handled Barry’s speed-loss well because for the most part, he relied on his instincts and intelligence more and really fleshed out his character, instead of just being Mr. Speedy. One of my favorite scenes in the entire show is when they form the artificial speedforce and the lightning strikes through the Speedlab into Barry running at a normal speed. It’s such a powerful moment. I loved Barry’s speed thinking arc, and the way the artificial speedforce was now a physical device that had to be “protected” in STAR Labs. The whole death of the speedforce arc shined a light on how Barry could be a hero without purely relying on speed, which has been an issue in the show since season one. What I can’t stand is that the artificial speedforce, and Wells’ sacrifice, only lasted one episode. Like that’s just awful. It could have been an entire season buildup where they explore his speed thinking and he subtly, slowly loses his emotions and relies on logic. An aspect where the artificial speedforce, being a physical machine, has to be protected, just as Barry dived in front of it when Cisco shot towards it. The way they push that all aside and do it over again after a single episode, and not to mention attempt the Forces arc, is hard to look back at. One last thing I wanna add, Ralph’s actor got fired for things in his distant past. That goes against everything the Arrowverse show’s are about; they all have characters that have troubled pasts and change, and are accepted for that. In fact, that’s exactly what RALPH’S CHARACTER IS. So I find that ironic.

[@GingerAls]

The asf arc had so much potential, and then they just fixed it all in one episode... Wells sacrifice meant nothing, as timeless wells was born and then left just as fast. And the asf itself posed so many interesting things, only for it to be destroyed. Although, the speed thinking episode was still my favorite episode of that arc, and was a great conclusion, even if it meant that Wells' sacrifice meant nothing :,)

[@draven531]

Season 8 is lowkey underrated and season 6a is just so good

[@GingerAls]

8 definitely had some good ideas, but I think there were other moments that were lacking. 6a is peak

[@OrenjiArms]

i remember 6a feeling so good because of how there was seemingly no downtime, I remember in one episode Bloodwork starts outlining his plan and in my head I figured we were at the end of the episode and this plan was going to happen throughout the coming weeks only to be surprised that the next scene showed him enacting said plan and that's when I realized how much better the pacing felt.

[@GingerAls]

there was one filler episode during 6a, and even then, it still related to the character arc started in the episode before. When doing filler, it's a lot better to relate it to an existing plotline, rather than creating new plots specifically for these episodes... cough cough *everything to do with Cecile* cough cough

[@Prebuilt_Room901]

“The last temptation of Barry Allen” episodes are great but Infantino street is my favorite episode even though hr shouldn’t have told Savitar where Iris was. It would be so cool if team flash was talking about where iris was and savitar learned as Barry would have ran In when they said where Iris was. “Last temptation of Barry Allen” has less cons than Infantino street but Infantino street is in my favorite season and has my favorite villain.

[@GingerAls]

Infantino Street was a really good episode imo

[@notemsies]

10/10 cover art worth the suffering finding the hand 🤭🤭

[@jagrant9624]

Oh boy we are in for a ride

[@lukekerins3668]

I loved part 1, can't wait to dig into this

[@AtenSol12]

i love you contempt of Nora lolol. hell and Iris. lmao and your mom too. glad we are all clear on that

[@Relish13579]

I srsly love your reviews and how in depth they are tho, everything is so well thought out and you put so much dedication into it 😭😭😭 also the jokes are top tier LMAO

[@thesmellofadventure5370]

Eric Wallace Era: Season 6 Ranking: 22: Love Is A Battlefield 21: Mother 20: A Girl Named Sue 19: So Long and Goodnight 18: Marathon 17: Kiss Kiss Breach Breach 16: Success Is Assured 15: License To Elongate 14: Pay the Piper 13: Grodd Friended Me 12: Dead Man Running 11: Into the Void 10: Alls Wells That Ends Wells 9: Exorcism of Nash Wells 8: Flash of Lightning 7: Death of the Speed Force 6: Speed of Thought 5: Crisis On Infinite Earths Part 3 4: Liberation 3: Last Temptation of Barry Allen Part 2 2: There Will Be Blood 1: Last Temptation of Barry Allen Part 1 Season 7 Ranking: 15: Family Matters Part 2 14: Rayo De Luz 13: Growing Pains 12: Family Matters Part 1 11: Masquerade 10: Timeless 9: Heart of the Matter Part 1 8: Central City Strong 7: The People Vs. Killer Frost 6: Heart of the Matter Part 2 5: One With the Nineties 4: Enemy At the Gates 3: P.O.W 2: Goodbye Vibrations 1: Fear Me Season 8 Ranking: 20: Funeral For A Friend 19: Keep It Dark 18: Reckless 17: Negative Part 2 16: Armageddon Part 5 15: Impulsive Excessive Disorder 14: Phantoms 13: Lockdown 12: Death Falls 11: Curious Case of Bartholomew Allen 10: Into the Still Force 9: Armageddon Part 3 8: The Man In the Yellow Tie 7: Armageddon Part 1 6: The Fire Next Time 5: Resurrection 4: Death Rises 3: Armageddon Part 4 2: Negative Part 1 1: Armageddon Part 2 Season 9 Ranking: 13: The Good, The Bad, and the Lucky 12: New World Part 2: The Blues 11: Wildest Dreams 10: Hear No Evil 9: Partners In Time 8: New World Part 4: Finale 7: Mask of the Red Death Part 2 6: Rogues of War 5: New World Part 3: Changes 4: Mask of the Red Death Part 1 3: Wednesday Ever After 2: It’s My Party And I’ll Die If I Want To 1: New World Part 1: Reunions

[@narnyod7552]

I literally finished the part 1 an hour ago and didn't realize part 2 was out

[@GingerAls]

I just finished it haha

[@narnyod7552]

@@GingerAls I love the drawings of people so much

[@lar_division]

Everything said in this part and part 1 are all very good points...excellent work man

[@Jack-vj8zc]

1:19:06 Yep same way that the speed force generated a new costume for barry when he came back and regained his speed after "dying" in season 2

[@randomp3rson999]

LESS GOOOOOO Loved part 2. Cant wait to see ur review on season 9

[@baki484]

Part 1 was great can't wait to dig in.

[@gabrielacosta9470]

1:18:04 I made it a head canon that the wraith only took zoom back to the timeline and erased his memory of the event so the timeline can proceed as it should

[@GingerAls]

fair enough

[@ethanyip660]

Wait imma comment and boost algorithm

[@Relichunters01]

I don't know why they didn't just recast Ralph Dibney. I actually liked him and how they adapted his character. Now we can't see his and Sue's development

[@GingerAls]

yeah, it kinda just killed the momentum of the storyline

[@Relichunters01]

@@GingerAls and if they kept it up they might've done identity crisis as a crossover event. Aka the event where sue is murdered by a mystery killer who's targeting the loved ones of superheroes and we'd actually care because we saw Sue and Ralph's development up to this point.

[@Relish13579]

My disappointment is nonexistent and my day is so much better

[@Professorxrh17]

Bro thank you ! The first one was incredible

[@GingerAls]

Glad you liked it!

[@Moaptw]

lets go underrated youtuber

[@Wompwompretiga]

You deserve much more support

[@GingerAls]

Thank you!

[@yoshigamemaster6127]

Vince bro 🤮

[@fatcat428]

​@@yoshigamemaster6127 long live v1nce

[@yoshigamemaster6127]

@@fatcat428 long live attention hœ

[@akshaytrayner1960]

Great review mate longer the better

[@CobaltMagmaStudios]

39:39 I dropped DEAD of laughter xD

[@georgemaringo9746]

watched part 1 andf was waiting for part two. I have been watching the flash since it comes out and the flash as a character has really made an impct on my life. I feel as if you helped me see how the show is not as good as i thought it was. anyway keep up the good work and I really enjoyed parts 1 and 2.

[@GingerAls]

I have also watched the show since it came out. It kinda sucks to see how far it fell, but this show has also had an impact on my life. Ive been watching it for over half of my life

[@Seetiyan]

Would've been really cool if Barry's doing the force lightning to Thawne melted his Wells disguise and reverted him to his original face/body.

[@bfocbloops]

I really wish they stayed with the same momentum they had in season 6 I personally think the first 10 episodes of 6 were amazing even the ending was dark and a lot gorier I loved it

[@GingerAls]

yeah, 6 had so much potential

[@Relish13579]

1.5 hrs later and its midnight but totally worth it

[@0m0._ye]

this review is so good and in depth great work

[@GingerAls]

Glad you liked it!

[@JcgLounge]

Joe getting upset at Barry and Iris wanting to let Thawne die makes zero sense, considering he literally attempted to shoot Harry Wells back in season 2 because he thought it was Thawne reborn.

[@GingerAls]

Yeahh, that's something I'll bring up in part 3

[@ethanyip660]

PART 2 HOLY SHIT

[@toast8325]

i personally liked the first one better, but this is still really good. good job 👍🏻

[@AquaFan1998]

Tbh with the forces story and the speedforce suddenly becoming evil i wish they had done something interesting with that. My idea would have been that reverse flash, zoom, savitar and rival having all used the speed force had tainted it and that has been slowly corrupting it, so barry and team flash has to fight off the attacking speedforce while having to find a way to set things right. Coming to only one choice, to split the speed force in two, positive and negative. As the negative side is killing the positive side and unless they do it barry, wally, jesse, jay and other good speedsters would forever lose their speed. So they separate the speedforce into two, one that looks like nora and is the good version and the other that resurrects reverse flash as its avatar.

[@GingerAls]

Yeah but the only problem is that they established the negative speed force before this storyline

[@Mercury714]

1:18:07 I think the time wrath just took zoom back to his time and left him there, and since zoom has no idea when that barry is from, he can't just go back into the time stream.

[@Mercury714]

Also side note, when eric wallace took over the show (season 6-9) idk if it's just me but to me the speedster trails look like noodles 💀

[@GingerAls]

the vfx team changed between season 7 and 8, so the lightning trail also changed, and it looks worse

[@Speedyhs]

30:01 you’re not the only one, the only difference is that I have it on my phone and tablet 😂😂

[@brianwilcox1686]

This would’ve been way better. OK hear me in my head. That takes place in season 4, how about instead of bringing Berry back right at the beginning we wait until maybe the mid season finale or maybe just the finale in general and make that season all about Wally and having him trying to live up to his mentor, do you remember that doppelgänger from season 2 of zoom? Well, in my head in season 4 he could become a comic accurate zoom and become Wally’s villain, I just really don’t like what they did with season 3 in general, and then maybe in season 4 when Barry comes back from the speed force they could get August heart to help them with Barry that would set up the Godspeed storyline, I would just say, get rid of Nora entirely for season 5 or at least give her a better writing

[@GingerAls]

It could definitely be interesting. Instead, they rush through storylines, bring Barry back in one episode, and then Wally leaves

[@brianwilcox1686]

@@GingerAls this is why I don’t like modern seasons of the flash. It is because they they rush everything it sucks. Bring us back to season 1 or 2 when storylines took their time

[@dipson4625]

I’ve been waiting for this

[@freemygrandma956]

Been waiting on this 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾great job

[@GingerAls]

Thank you!

[@wagerobot5231]

I heard season six was the last good season. It seems like that was a fair assesment.

[@brianwilcox1686]

Another thing, in season 1 we got build up about the future newspaper but yet when crisis does happen nothing is fucking affected hell Barry doesn’t even vanish, why not when crisis happened have Barry vanish having them trying to figure out how to bring Barry back omfg and only the paragons I was supposed to remember but yet again Becky remembers from last night, and I’m sure other people remember

[@Prebuilt_Room901]

Almost to 1,000 subs. Hopefully you can get there by the end of July

[@Relish13579]

35:49 STOP I RMB THIS EVEN THO I HAVENT WATCHED THIS SEASON IVE JUST SEEN IT SOMEWHERE-

[@ManiIVVII]

Can you make a updated version with season 9?

[@GingerAls]

I do have a third one, but it keeps getting blocked by copyright. I'm gonna make a video talking about it, and I'm gonna keep trying to re-upload the third part

[@ManiIVVII]

@@GingerAls damn that sucks..looking forward to it tho

[@Hexx_Iztenze]

Seems a fair assessment. It had good and bad moments. Personally Nora wasn't that bad, but Bart I really couldn't stand. Pretty much cringed every time he was on screen. Saying this Nora became more annoying in that season. Maybe it was "the Bart affect". I liked the show especially the first few seasons. Haven't seen nine and will watch it eventually although from what I've read I've very little interest.

[@GingerAls]

Nora and Bart definitely suffer from the same issues, although I find Bart to be slightly more tolerable. I think that comes down to bias though, season 5 ruined Nora for me, so even in the newer seasons, I have a strong dislike of her character. The first 2 seasons are great, and imo 6 is also great, but the rest ranges from mid to really bad. 9 has been pretty bad so far.

[@Hexx_Iztenze]

@GingerAl I enjoyed 1 & 2 and the first part of 6 the most I'd say. I have 1-7 on bluray so I'll probably complete the collection if I see 8 and 9 going cheap. I think where Nora started ok, is why I'm so biased about Bart. He seemed like a Wish Wally West for me. Lol.

[@johnsmith8981]

The ligsaber battle was so dumb 🤣

[@notemsies]

favorite youtuber ever go al 😋

[@toast8325]

hell yeah

[@Jack-vj8zc]

34:35 I think speedforce nora meant that it was the forces showing off how powerful they are, aka a flexing, aka a show of strength

[@malikantonio3178]

I LOVE UR RATING ON THE NORA SPEED FORCE SUPIDNESS LIKE INST SHE BARRY'S MOM FAM SO HOW HES A DAD

[@zimbabweanjesus1369]

Wow what a video. However I do want to say something’s that you missed. At the end of season 8, Nora says “Gideon says Thawne isn’t anywhere in the timeline.” … what? Just think about that. If Thawne isn’t anywhere in the timeline than the show doesn’t exist. If he’s not in the timeline than he doesn’t go back to kill Barry’s mother. Also, if Jay Garrick and his wife are alive on earth prime what happened to Barry’s mom and dad? Do they just not exist? Are they different people? Ok here’s my ranking for the seasons: Worst - best Season 7 (2/10) Season 5 (6/10) Season 3 (6.5/10) Season 8 (7/10) Season 4 (7.2/10) Season 6 (8.5/10) Season 2 (9/10) Season 1 (10/10) Something else I want to point out is how much the villains matter. Villains from seasons 1-6 have emotional attachment which was good. But in season 7 Godspeed just kinda wanted to run fast. And season 8, this mortal combat villain has no emotional attachment except Caitlin bride garbage. And if they are negative forces, how could they not be negative, we don’t grow to see their attachment to Barry like Thawne, someone that would do anything to live like bloodwork, or even getting revenge on his daughter and husband like Eva and Cicada. It’s just, their evil. And that’s it. I have some other nit-picks like Godspeed not having flickering lighting on his suit like season 5 and 6 but that’s about it. This was an amazing video and I can’t wait for your video about red death 💀 and season 9 all together.

[@GingerAls]

You bring up interesting points. I didn't consider Nora's comment, but yeah, that is really dumb. And the Crisis doppelganger thing is also pretty dumb. I think it was established that there can be 2 of the same person, but only for a little bit of time? so if Henry and Nora both died, then Jay and Joan can exist with no issue. Also, I agree. Most of the villains in season 8 especially are just "mwahaha, Im evil." Deathstorms entire motivation is "life is an abnormality, other than Caitlyn." The villains and the show are at their best when the villains have interesting emotional connections to Barry. Thawne, Zoom, even Ramsey posed a really good parallel/contrast to him.

[@Camcal666]

Bro i swear eric wallace hasnt even watched the flash

[@featherguardian6023]

So Here We Go Again and I will Say I have Alot of Disagreements on this Video but I Agree with some of Them,so because of the Failure of Season 5 the CW had the Brilliant Idea to hire the Same Guy that Directed Run Iris Run,Eric Wallace and He Created Graphic Novels that I Believe he Stole It to Anime Arcs so instead of Seasons I will cover the Arcs so Thanks for the Idea GingerAI and Love to Poster of the Video,LETS A GO! Blood and Truth:Is Honestly the Best Arc of the Graphic Novels as is Dark as Hell,an Almost Perfect Flash Suit,Bloodwork is a Fantastic Villain that’s 3rd to Reverse Flash and Zoom,Is Well Shot,Barry and Ramsey have a Interesting Parallel of Accepting and Fighting Death with Bloodwork Slowly Losing His Humanity to Become a Delusional Parasitic Monster that’s Cicada done Better,is Built Up to the Team preparing Themselves not just for Crisis but a World without the Flash and Barry Allen and Joe Busting Into Tears is Powerful and Emotional that it Hit Me Harder than Any of the Others and what happened inside of Barry’s Mind,Nash and Chester is Fine,it’s the Most Horror the Series Ever Went with Dark Flash,the Blood Zombies,the Last Temptation Part 1,and is Well Built,the Problems are Allegra isn’t Important to be a Main Character and that Her Cousin stole the Designs of Silk of Marvel and Skarlet of Mortal Kombat,the Cisco Episode Ruined his Character and Killed of Gipsy by the Dumbest Reasons,and the Horrendous Crisis of Infinite Earths that’s a Can of Worms I Don’t Want To Talk,this Arc has Great Things that Sparked that Sense of Hopeit was Missing and For a While It Did however it had became a Mistake as What do you Do When you made a Farewell that didn’t Happen?,Let’s Find Out. Mirrors and Lies:so as for Positives is Visually Stunning,and Ralph has a Main Focus as He Should,and…and…I’m Sorry but I Can’t Defend this Second Half,the Citizen shouldn’t be more Important than the Flash,the 3 Part Episode of Kid Flash was Reduced to 1 because of Wallace and the Kid Flash Actor Scrapped It and basically Lied to Us and this was Before Covid,they Focused too Much on Iris,Cecile,Kamila,and Allegra,the Side Villains are Bad,the Characters are Done Poorly,they Redeemed Grood,they Kill of Nash to Sacrifice Himself for the Speed Force but Timeless Wells feels Pointless Especially to watch Happen Next Episode,Speed Thinking is the Flash most Important Power that this was what they Should have Adapted on the Comics however Team Flash and the Writers thought it was Broken so they compared this to the Thinker Destroying the Speed and Assassinated the Flash Completely as To make him Dumber,But those aren’t Compared with 2 Major Sins,the 1st being Genderbend Evan McCulloch the Second and Best Mirror Master into a Complete Joke on Eva McCulloch as She’s Wosrt than Cicada as Mirror Monarch has a Dumb Plan,Doesn’t have any Parallel with a Barry because it was Wasted on Iris,has a Terrible Suit that doesn’t Resemble the Mirror Master One without the Mask and the Lack of Orange that was Changed to Gold,the Mirror Dimension like BlackLion said is Fascinating that was Misused,and they could have Fixed this is they didn’t Genderbend Mirror Master and made the Joseph Carver Actor Evan McCulloch that’s a Billionaire,Leader of Black Hole,and is Playing Games with Team Flash more than the Thinker even Did but it was Wasted and the 2nd One that Truly Pisses Me Off to this Day is what CW Firing the Ralph Dibny Actor by a Old Tweet and the Next Day they Throw Him Away like Disney and Marvel Studios did with James Gunn and Eric Wallace,the Actors,and the Writers did NOTHING to Defend Him and his Farewell was So Disappointingly Dry that wasted his Arc and Rips the Heart of One of the Best and Funniest Characters in the Series with a Great Redemption Arc and because of this I have a Feeling Season 7 was Going to be Bad and I was Right with Spoiler Alert Sue Appeared on the Rest of the Seasons while I’m say Myself Were’s Raplh,Season 6 Started with a Bang but Ended Up as a Wimper on the Second Half and the Beginning of Season 7. God Complex:What in all the Thousands Years has Eric Done? He Adapted a Poorly Received Modern Flash Comic Series that made It Worse,the Forces are the Worst Antagonists of the Series So Far and the Most Broken in Power Level,Psych shouldn’t be Redeemed,Alexa could have gone Addicted to the Power because of Her Past but She Didn’t,Dion Break the Rules of Time,the Speed Force was Done Dirty by giving it Emotions and taking the Name and Form to Nora Allen to Eric Disrespect the Death and Expand the Many Noras in the Arrowverse,Barry is Dumb with Iris and Joe saying that is Wrong to Change that Event as they are Their Children which is Disgusting and they are Ruining their Lives as in the End the Avatar of the Forces became New People with Barry having a Boost,and While the Cecile and Allegra Episodes are Horrible especially Allegra losing her Cousin Predictably the Next Episode,the Cisco Farewell Episode while Fine with Goofy Barry reminding Me to Drunk Barry and the Ending was Fine,The Issue other than Mecha Vibes being a Dumb Name and Raindow Raider 2 throwing Golds and Diamonds in the Sky is Dumb and Dangerous it is that if I was Barry I would put Her in Prison than giving Her Help,This Arc is Pure Garbage. The Godspeed Initiative:so After 2 Seasons and Years of Build Up on Godspeed,a Dark Antivillain that wants Justice by Being Judge,Jury,and Executioner was Done so Bad that Makes Any Power Rangers Villains Iconic and Evil,Making Him from the Future was a Huge Mistake since Season 5 as the Godspeed War felt Meaningless and Pointless,Chillblame is a Terrible Character that’s Nothing More than a Iceman Ripoff that I will Talk About Him Later,Nora West Allen Returns,NO I DONT WANT HER BACK I CELEBRATE HER DOWNFALL ON SEASON 5 FOR NOTHING WHAT THE BLOODY HEck(Also I have a Theory that the Reason Nora Exists is because of the Wally West Actor Leaving the Show so Nora is the Backup instead of One of the Most Iconic Characters in the Flash Lore making Him so Miscasted)and brought Bart Allen instead of making Him Barry’s Grandson he’s Now his Son making Both XS and Impulse some of the Worst Characters in the Series Equally as Bad as it makes Godspeed His Thawne except that in the Comics He’s Opposite is Inertia and shouldn’t Nora be Just as angry if Not More than Bart?I Don’t Know and Not Even the Writers Know,Jay and Joan Garrick being on Earth Prime brings Tons of Problems than Jay using His Helmet as a Kung Lao Hat Trick,and the Speed Force could have Fixed All of these Clones with One Finger than Barry and Iris having a Stupid Plan to bring Back the Reverse Flash,a Dangerous Psychopath that can’t be Trusted and Fight Godspeed by Not Pulling a Star Wars but a Spaceballs that I’m Surprised they didn’t Struck Down the Direction that Reminds Me that it would Explain Why they didn’t do a Spaceballs Sequel😔 anyway Barry let’s Eobard Escape,Barry and Iris have Wedding instead of Joe and Cecile,wasted Cisco as this was the Last Time We See Him,and Bart sings a Cringe Song that He can Eat my Shorts and make me scream something Barry Should have Done to his Kids,WHY YOU LITTLE….,Anyway this I the Worst Season of the Flash until it was Dethroned but that’s a Story for Part 3 and because of this I Lost Respect for Eric Wallace that I Promise No More and I Was Right. Armageddon:Season Em8 Started Solidly with Barry finally being as Powerful as He should have Been,The Special Effects are Well Crafted,Despero is a Solid Antagonist,Eobard making the Flash going Insane is Brilliant,Ray Palmer and Black Lightning are Fantastic,Chester is Solid,the Upgrade Reverse Flash Suit is Almost Perfect that it would be Better if the Wine Red Parts were Crimson Red,It has the Golden Boots that make the Suit Perfect,and a Great Farewell to Damian with His Daughter,The Issues are Eobard’s Plan in Execution and the Injustice Producall is Stupid,Despero has Weaker moments than Great,Cecile became the Worst Character in the Series on this Arc,Ryan Choi has a Amazing Atom Suit that was Flushed Down the Toilet and Character Assassinted,Mia,Alex,and Batwoman shouldn’t be There,and Joe has the Worst Pettalk in the Series Of Letting the Reverse Flash Live when Him Screwing Up the Timeline is a Reasonable Punishment and Source Purposes is to make Barry’s Life a Living Hell,the Goldface Episode is Enjoyable and the XS and Impulse Episode made me so Piss of how Many Rules of Time they Broke that they aren’t Worthy to be Speedsters. Death Revisited:I’m Mixed about the Hotness getting Redeemed,I Despise Cecile being a Hypocrite of not Reading the Minds of a Innocent Man for Invation of Privacy when She does it All the Time,but I Like Barry Dealing With the Grief of His Father on His Birthday and Builds on a Good Mystery that I Wish the Grief of Barry’s Mother Again,Deathstorm is One of the Best Dark Villains in the Series with a Sick Design and Terrifying Power that I Wish he had More Episodes,and the CGI is Good,However I have 2 Big Issues that it isn’t Barry even though he’s Dumb is that We Will Never See Ronnie Firestorm Again as they Permanently Destroy it as Caitlin has been Suffering More than Any Character in the Series and Deserves to be Happy a Leave the Series Forever and the Other Probles is that Caitlin should have Died instead of Frost as Caitlin store was Completed Seasons Ago and Frost could have Left with Chillblame and Never Come Back because Now Caitlin Went Mad and didn’t learn Her Lesson of Resurrecting the Death,the Funeral is a Bad Episode,Barry is Dumb,Nora is Bad and Rest is Mediocre. It’s All Negative:This Arc

[@ethanyip660]

Ur wrong lol

[@GingerAls]

I agree with a lot of this. Im more forgiving of Eva, but I do agree it was somewhat wasted potential.

[@featherguardian6023]

It’s All Negative:This Arc is So Badly Paised that I’m questioning why did it have 4 Episodes and a Filler One with Allegra that’s a Huge Disaster,The Negative Forces are the Positive Forces but Overacting It Too Much,Cecile is Getting Worse than being Powerful that now She stolen the Powers of Ermac,Shang Tsung,and Kenshi like the Cringier DC Parasite that She Is,Fasttrack is Fine I Love Her Suit and has a Way Better Cowl than the Face Mask they Give to Other Female Speedsters,Nora and Bart Returns,Do I have to Say More About these Abominations of Nature? I Didn’t Think So,they wasted the Diggle Arc,and the Biggest Sin of them All is What they did to Matt Letcher Reverse Flash as His the Perfect Live Action Version of the Arch Enemy of the Flash and the Actor was Ok to Come Back but didn’t called He and When they Did there was A Catch to make His a Good Guy the Complete Opposite of the Reverse Flash and then they Destroyed Him by the Infirior Tom Cavina Version Ripping the Face of like a Symbiote and Getting a Terrible Venom like Suit that they should have Made it like Daniel West with the Glowing Red Skin and the Glowing Yellow Eyes in the Most Soulless Flash vs Reverse Flash Fight that I would rather watch Their best Fight on Earth-X and Play Sonic Frontiers as the do Speed Creatively Better that Giving them Powers the Don’t Need and Season 8 Ended Up in Disappointment. I’m Not Looking Forward To Watch Season 9 and Judging for 6 Episodes that’s Saying Alot,Eric Wallace Loves Drama,Filler,Pointless Romance and Ships,Terrible Character,Ignoring The Important Character,Allegra and Chester,and Hates Violence,Clever Writing,and Risks or that Death Matters in a Series and most Importantly I been Questioning the Problem With Him but I Think I Figured It Out,It Isn’t the Flash and He’s Lore he’s In Love With,It’s Cecile,He’s In Love with the Cecile Actress that is Getting More Treatment And Screen Time than the Flash,It’s a Theory but it makes Sense the more you Think About It.

[@featherguardian6023]

@@ethanyip660 In What Way?

[@featherguardian6023]

@@GingerAls I Guess We are in a Neutral Agreement on Eva but I will take the Rest,I was supposed to Send this at at midnight but I Run out of Space and My System turned Off,this is the Second Time and put 2 of Them.

[@flarrowgoateditz]

Btw I just wanted to point this out in 8x01 depsero was able to know which one was the speed mirage and not know in 8x05 is because in 8x05 Barry didn’t make a speed mirage because speed mirages do exactly the Same thing as the real speedster does in 8x05 they were moving differently like for example in 1x15 when thawne used a speed mirage in 2x05 when Barry used it and in 8x01 they were all moving they same way and they look like they’re phasing in 8x05 they didn’t look like they were phasing and they weren’t moving the same way sorry for repeating myself

[@GingerAls]

no worries for repeating yourself. Thanks for the comment, I'm always happy to hear other's thoughts and explanations

[@joob_8]

i think the script turned out pretty well 🤌

[@alextopolinski3925]

Love your recaps🫶

[@cobracommander4774]

Bloodwork was the only really good villain of the graphic novel era IMO (other than Thawne, but he was introduced before that era so I'm not really counting him despite the fact that he was the main villain of 2 of the 3 graphic novels in season 8). Black Hole was interesting but unfortunately they made Eva the main villain of that graphic novel instead of them. The Forces arc was the worst the show has ever been, Godspeed made for some fun action but was not really an interesting character, and Deathstorm didn't capture my interest since he was just some evil spirit instead of a real person. I am very optimistic that Cobalt Blue will be a really good villain too, though.

[@GingerAls]

I'm really hoping for a solid ending arc for the show. I will be satisfied with just one more good storyline

[@cobracommander4774]

@@GingerAls yeah me too, I hope they end it with one last good story

[@InsideDramaHarvey]

I loved part 1. Finally subscribed and want to make videos like you. I hope this one is gonna be good but let's be real after season 5 flash turned out bad

[@riskyproductions6563]

Besides the mom and dad thing in Season 7 what I hate about the most in Season 7 is that they gave the speed force a personality... like what?!?! It just makes no sense. Anyways you should make a video about your opinion on all of the speedster suits in the Flash.

[@GingerAls]

I used to think that the episodes with the speed force were top tier. Then season 7 happened and... the speed force is the worst character

[@zemox2534]

Only CW The Flash can ruin a great concept like the speed force with shit writing.

[@artemis8396]

@@GingerAlsweird how the speed force referred to itself as "we" when talking about itself in the second season but later drops it

[@alexandersheppard1489]

I hate the whole forces arc so much bro 😭

[@reignellwalker9755]

For the despero mind read thing I think it's bc at first barry don't know despero can read minds so he loses at first but then the second time now that he knows he thinks fast so despero don't know which one is real barry

[@GingerAls]

before Barry tries the speed mirage, Ray says "this guy isn't just strong, I think he's messing with our heads" and Despero says "correct."

[@reignellwalker9755]

@@GingerAls oh. guess we can just chalk that up to barry being stupid (as usual)

[@Velocity_YT]

No offense my friend but why didn't you talk about the part where Joe wanted Barry and Iris to save Thawne when in season two he tried to kill Harry twice without hesitation?

[@GingerAls]

I'll add it to a bonus round for part 3, it just didn't cross my mind while I was writing the script

[@Velocity_YT]

@@GingerAls don't worry about it man 😅 I just found it a little odd that you left it out 😅

[@Velocity_YT]

@@GingerAls Also, maybe I'm tripping, but I do remember them saying Jay was dead after Crisis on Infinite Earths. So how is he alive?

[@GingerAls]

It's really confusing because of the rules that other shows set up. according to batwoman, doppelgangers can exist, but can't coexist, so one of them has to die for the other to live. Idk how Barry's parents and Jay and Joan could both coexist for years, but that's seemingly the explanation

[@Velocity_YT]

@@GingerAls yeah that made my head spin not gonna lie. But anyway, nice review on all the seasons! Have a nice night!

[@thomaslaird9070]

Could you do a retrospective on other cw arrow verse shows pls

[@GingerAls]

yeah, maybe

[@kingtchala6832]

Im sorry but nothing tops season 2, nothing. Enter Zoom alone is the best single episode of The Flash. Flash goes downhill from season 2, unfortunately.

[@GingerAls]

personally, I find 6a to be peak flash. 6x07 is my personal favorite episode. But season 2 is also peak

[@kingtchala6832]

@GingerAl loving the videos btw bro. Appreciate the time spent.

[@Jack-vj8zc]

55:03 that's his ego talking, hed rather have it be called "reverse flashpoint" and be associated with him rather then barry since hes the "reverse" flash even though reverse flash would mean literally that hes the slowest man alive

[@GingerAls]

but in that case, Barry wouldn't have made a "reverse" flashpoint

[@malikantonio3178]

THe flash became starwars

[@Jack-vj8zc]

1:27:35 Thawne was waiting and caught godspeed by surprise when he turned around and remember it was 2 v 1 not thawne fighting godspeed and Barry just watching

[@OrenjiArms]

season 8 is the only season i didnt watch in its entirety as it aired (i watched armageddon as it aired and then there was the break) because I was just too busy that I eventually got around to it shortly after it finished airing , and so my outlook on the arcs felt different than normal because some arcs (like the forces one) feel so drawn out and pointless especially when you're waiting a week between episodes. That being said the deathflame or whatever the evil firestorm thing was called was easily my least favourite arc in s8 because even though i was able to watch the entire arc in one sitting, it still felt completely pointless

[@GingerAls]

the deathstorm arc is definitely an odd one as all of its 6 episodes are somewhat pointless. the start is very promising, then the following 2 episodes were dedicated to learning things that werent all that interesting. The cold fusion thing? We found that out in episode 8. the grief thing? That was just a stupid theme that wasn't explored in any meaningful way. Then, they stop the threat in episode 11, release it again, introduce the full threat in 12, and then stop it in the next episode. In the span of 3 episodes they: stop it, set it free, and then stop it *again.* It's so pointless and drawn out

[@artemis8396]

Seemed just a way to kill Frost for drama

[@BIGDEX71]

I'm sorry am I missing something? I cold have sworn earlier that I saw part 3 to this but now it's nowhere to be found. Was I wrong?

[@GingerAls]

It got blocked for copyright. I'm working on getting it back up, it'll probably be back tomorrow

[@BIGDEX71]

@@GingerAls Ahh gotcha. Sorry to hear that. I look forward to the revamped version. You've been spot on with the vids so I can hardly wait to see how you summarize it all 👍🏾

[@shumaillaharoon1356]

although i love the build up to crisis, they just ruin the ending which was in the s1

[@horizon3]

i seen that u posted part 3 where did it go??

[@GingerAls]

It got copyright blocked for some clips of the show. I re-edited those clips, and it got claimed again. I've disputed the claims, so the video will come out tomorrow. Check my community tab for a bit more info

[@flarrowgoateditz]

I don’t think the time wraith took zoom to speed force I think it just took him back to where he last was in 2016 also despero mind is too strong he just figured out which speed mirage was real Also I feel so confused why Barry Destroyed Caitlin’s lab when he did the also I don’t hate Nora but in certain times I believe she is annoying

[@GingerAls]

Yes but, in episode 5, Barry made more speed mirages, and they worked for a little while. Also, Barry destroying the lab was such a drastic move, it really is confusing as to why he didn't try to talk to her a bit more.

[@hackerninjaexe5791]

Welp if they starting to copyrighting your videos thats means you are winning lol

[@Relish13579]

No more sniffles 😔

[@GingerAls]

they had to go

[@Relish13579]

​@@GingerAls #justiceforsniffles2023

[@DeltaGaiya]

How do three seasons make for a combined runtime of half an hour less than the video covering five seasons 😭😭😭

[@GingerAls]

There's a lot of bad in this show 😭

[@alphawilliams7923]

I see you never talked about the Grodd episodes. What are your thoughts on them?

[@GingerAls]

Grodd is an interesting character. I think 3x13 was an awesome episode, and I also enjoyed 6x13 and 1x21. the fight was king shark was also cool

[@Mercury714]

1:22:46 oh boy, if that annoyed u, wait until season 9...

[@mr.sand7899]

Iris goes missing and nobody cares.

[@malikantonio3178]

season 8 just doesnt make sense cause OF THE TIME BEING MESS WITH

[@GingerAls]

time travel is always messy

[@Relish13579]

ITS HEEEEEEEEEEEREEEEEEEEE

[@raidengoodman8754]

Season 7 was so fucking shit i’m sorry i just hate thinking about that season

[@GingerAls]

season 7 was awful

[@SsjSolomon]

I love these videos so much, but I do have to disagree with a lot of stuff u say lmao

[@boomertreyandcorey3797]

I can't tell which season your talking about anymore I don't know if it's you or me.

[@GingerAls]

This video covers seasons 6-8. Season 6 has Blood and Truth, and Reflections and Lies. 7 has God Complex, and The Godspeed Initiative. Season 8 has Armageddon, Death Revisited, and It's All Negative

[@bunbungaming4725]

You never mentioned The Nash and Thawne story all that much. What where your opinions on it?

[@GingerAls]

Thawne isn't a wells, so in reality, it shouldn't have been possible. But, I really liked the parts between Barry and Thawne in episode 15.

[@swift5469]

I think 6a was really good, but for I like season 3 & 4 a bit more. But I think season 6b was not the best. I just didn’t like it to much

[@GingerAls]

I personally found 6a to be peak, and 6b didn't bother me as much, but I understand why some people don't like it

[@Jack-vj8zc]

1:22:11 duh barry called him in advance before going to the hangar

[@JDMaverick6714]

What happened to part 3?

[@GingerAls]

It got copyright blocked again. I'll re-upload it soon

[@John22752]

Well season 9 is going 9n right now so

[@mikephillips1452]

❤

[@emphorepolpatinedasenate]

I hate how they fired plastic man for his old tweets! Like it's long time ago so y judge him for something he prob doesn't even remember