Episode 704 Central City Strong

[Dark Avenger]

TUESDAY, MARCH 23



THE FLASH



"Central City Strong" - (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) (TV-PG, V) (HDTV)



ABRA KADABRA RETURNS - The Flash (Grant Gustin) must deal with Abra Kadabra's (guest star David Dastmalchian) sudden return to Central City. The villain is back with a vengeance and a score to settle. Meanwhile, Allegra (Kayla Compton) deals with a tricky situation and Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) suspects something is off with Frost.

Iris (Candice Patton) is forced to look at a dark moment in her past.

Jeff Byrd directed the episode with story by Kristen Kim and teleplay by Joshua V. Gilbert & Jeff Hersh (#704). Original airdate 3/23/2021.


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[Pia]

Great episode.

One thing I've always liked about The Flash is they do a pretty decent job of covering their nonsuperhero lives, so seeing them do normal things was fun.

After what seems like YEARS, Caitlin and Frost are separated! Talk about a miracle. We even got a Laurel mention! Even though I hate that little device that makes no sense.

Grade: A-

[Tim]

So Caitlin and Frost are now two separate beings.  Interesting.

Nice to see the effects of the Crisis still being felt.  Barry still mourns Ollie's death.

Iris and others dealing with the trauma of being trapped in the mirror-verse is a nice touch.

And what was up with the Incredible Hulk's Uglier Brother?  Huh?

[Dark Avenger]

I'm glad we're done with the Mirrorverse story, and we get to see Central City starting to rebuild. Love that they do not brush over it, and still PTSD is felt, and Oliver got a shoutout.

I also liked Abra Kadabra's return; he's a pretty good villain. It did seem weird that he "died a hero" just 2 minutes after he almost murdered hundreds of thousands of innocent people but, hey, the Paragon of Love, and all that!

I loved that Barry is back to seeing the good in people.

Grade: A-

[Tim]

No doubt the mirror thing would have finished last year, if China had not unleashed its gift on the world.

[Squad 51]

Another caught up this week.

So, Abrakadabra is back and Central City stands strong, yet well, the peace doesn't last long. Time travel always causes me headache, yet this is typical somehow. Change the past to save the future. Deja vu again? Anyway, nice that Iris and others can talk about their trauma and all and Iris really needs that wake up call from Allegra.

Yeah, it looked like Hulk's big brother with all absorbing techniques - not good.

And Caitlyn's headache split into her and Frost as separate people. Oh joy. I feel another headache coming.

[Tim]

Of courses, this is old news to most of us.  Still won't spoil it though.