Mark Hamill and John Wesley Shipp reunite in an episode of The Flash focusing on The Trickster.
Here’s Mike’s review…
ThisThe Flashreview contains spoilers.
I hate to sound like a shill.
Even when I really like something, I try and temper it with a little realism.
But in the case of Tricksters and the previous two episodes ofThe Flash…holy moley.
Some of this just goes to show how awesome Flashs core rogues gallery is.
For two weeks they quite literally played with time and continuity.
But this week they played with our entire perception of how the shows timeline works.
This is something else entirely.
Its not just the past in terms of the timeline, its actually the past in Harrison/Eobards consciousness.
Now, you didnt think Id not talk about the titular Tricksters of this weeks outing, did you?
Mark Hamill was great as James Jesse.
That was to be expected.
Look…you dont underplay the Trickster.
But the Trickster, well, thats how you do it.
Plenty of John Wesley Shipp time this week, which, of course, warms my heart.
Putting Shipp and Hamill in the same scene together was a bonus.
Having Barry unmask in front of his Dad like that was another bonus.
We knew wed get that moment with the Allens eventually, but did anyone think wed see it here?
I am now left not knowing what to believe about Eddie.
And now Barry tells him everything.
Im not totally sure I buy the reasoning behind the unmasking, but whatever…I dont care.
This episode doesnt deserve to be nitpicked.
That was Vito DAmbrosio as Mayor Anthony Bellows.
But he also played him onJustice League Unlimited, in the absolutely perfect Flash-centric episode Flash and Substance.
Hamill really did a fine job distinguishing all this stuff.
I am your father.
But you know damn well why that line was in there.
Even Harrisons zen-like speed force soliloquy seemed appropriate given this weeks guest star.
But did he absorb more than Wells DNA there?
Is there a spark of the real Harrison Wells still alive inside Eobard Thawne?
Is that why hes just so damn good at hiding his evil-ness?
Did I miss anything?
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Rating:
5 out of 5
