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And comics Albert also had issues early on where the вЂњgoodвЂќ part of his personality didnвЂ™t always know what he was getting up to as Alchemy. Albert Desmond! ItвЂ™s the вЂњAlbert DesmondвЂќ part that lines up with his comic book identity.

Watch flash season 3 episode 9 full#

The two big points you need to care about: JulianвЂ™s full name is J. вЂ“ Finally! We get alchemyвЂ™s real name and an origin story that, while not quite comic book accurate (and who cares, right?) definitely nods in all the right directions.

Watch flash season 3 episode 9 tv#

I could watch this sequence over and over (and probably will), and would watch the hell out of a Jay Garrick spinoff or TV movie. But it was really wonderful in that I really canвЂ™t imagine a more perfect few minutes of Golden Age Flash in live action than this. This was wonderful seeing the two of them square off again. Of course, as you all know, Mark Hamill (who is this guy? Anyone ever heard of him?) also played Trickster on the original The Flash TV seriesвЂ¦which starred John Wesley Shipp as Barry Allen.

I love that they gave it a kind of old-timey aesthetic, and the fact that dirigibles are in use there feels like a nod to Batman: The Animated Series. вЂ“ Oh, holy moleyвЂ¦Earth-3 couldnвЂ™t have been more perfect. See? вЂњSome traditions are multiversal!вЂќ Flash Facts! As a bonus, we have the strongest supporting cast in superhero TV history.ДЄnd they even gave us a happy ending. ItвЂ™s at once a superhero show with all of the fixings (the Earth 3 segment was pure nerdy joy) and a sci-fi show with alternate reality/time travel elements that would work without the costumes at least half the time. IвЂ™m amazed at just how economical this show can be, how it managed to sneak that massive crossover in between two of its best episodes without missing a beat, and how it has completely erased my lingering doubts. I said this about вЂњKiller FrostвЂќ and I have to say it again about вЂњThe Present.вЂќ They got enough work done this week for two episodes. It looks like weвЂ™re going to spend more time with him later this season, and I couldnвЂ™t be happier about it. I could imagine him giving orders to anyone we hung out with in the вЂњInvasionвЂќ crossover, for example, and I suspect even Oliver would be like, вЂњyвЂ™know what? IвЂ™m gonna listen to this guy.вЂќ He also plays Jay without the sadness that hung over Henry all the time, but considering we also had a вЂњnormal/happyвЂќ Henry Allen in Flashpoint earlier this season, the distinction between the two performances is even greater than that. Jay is more than a strong-jawed hero type, heвЂ™s the most experienced superhero weвЂ™ve seen on any of the CW DC shows ever, and it shows. Perhaps a little surprising, though, is just how well he has managed to distinguish Jay from Henry Allen. Unsurprisingly, Shipp is terrific as Jay. Normally, I might complain about this, but seeing as how this season has done almost nothing but make the right choices in terms of the big picture so far, I have no reason to doubt that the next five months or so of this show will be anything less than thoroughly compelling. I canвЂ™t imagine that this vision wonвЂ™t go in some way unfulfilled, likely right when Barry has started to forgive himself for his recent mistakes to drag him back down again. It seems unlikely that Iris will meet the fate that we saw here, but that doesnвЂ™t mean that somebody else wonвЂ™t have to take her place. But no, Savitar is perhaps far scarier, because while his claims of divinity are surely nonsense, his ability to see the future is probably, at least a little, legitimate.ДЄnd instead of playing the mystery game like Arrow did (to its detriment) in season four with the grave, we now know exactly who is doomed this season. His beatdown of Jay Garrick initially felt a little bit like how Zoom treated Barry like a ragdoll in a similarly excellent (atypical) season two episode.

вЂњThe PresentвЂќ also solved some of my worries about Savitar, who I was beginning to fear would become just another speed powerhouse, kind of like Zoom was last year when there was still some mystery attached to him. After all, now that heвЂ™s warming up to everyone and the audience is warming up to him, heвЂ™s surely a dead man, right? Albert Desmond (more on that down below!) wasnвЂ™t revealed as some mustache-twirling dickhead, but rather, a run-of-the-mill misguided dickhead, and one who I imagine has more of an arc to fulfill.

We got a satisfactory explanation and wrap-up for the Alchemy story tonight, hopefully one that means weвЂ™re done with the вЂњFlashpoint as metahuman story engineвЂќ phase of the show.