

She’s lucky(?) that the hobo is her ex-fiance, not dead and very much ON FIRE.

Yes, Caitlin, his jawline is chiseled and familiar, but girl. The audience groans some more.Ĭaitlin is doing that terrifying parking garage walk that all women do, except for the part where she follows a homeless man into a dark corner. Eddie’s gift to Iris is a key to his apartment. Eddie then attempts to pry his girlfriend’s eyes open and hints to her that Barry has non-platonic feelings. Labs trying to get his super-smart friends drunk on nog, Eddie and Iris cuddle in Jitters with the latter proudly displaying her flash-y new ring-necklace. Labs we find out late that she got Eddie a shirt. Iris bought Barry a top-of-the-line telescope that he probably has access to at S.T.A.R. Also, amazing more-than-friends gifts to oblivious girls is enough to fuel us for the winter knowing that Iris West is never going to take that ring-necklace off. This ring represents Barry’s neverending hell of unrequited love, but it also foreshadows that Iris is definitely Barry’s future wife. The original was lost in fifth grade, and Iris cried to Barry and Barry never ever forgot because he is Barry and the best (super)human being on the planet. Iris busts in and, privately, she and Barry excitedly exchange gifts because a.) Iris West is adorably impatient and b.) WestAllen shippers need their Christmas fluff!īarry gives Iris a replica of Mama West’s wedding ring.

Their chemistry and warmth is so palpable, it’s like a big mug of Grandma Esther’s spiked eggnog. 0003 seconds) and being the best father-son relationship on TV. Papa West and Barry are decorating the tree (which Barry does and then undoes in. Accurately, we follow Barry this episode as he learns that The Man in Yellow in the Lightning is once again in Central City which, of course, brings up a lot of issues for our superhero.īefore all of the Zoom-ing goes down, all is calm and all is bright because it’s Christmas time in Central City. The promos leading up to this episode have centered around Barry’s fear and obsession around the man who he believes murdered his mother, Nora. This mid-season finale is named “The Man in the Yellow Suit” because we finally get cracking on the storyline they’ve set up from the beginning. The episode opens up BOOM! with Zoom… or “Reverse Flash” as the people in this Flashverse (eventually) call him. My thoughts are running around and colliding all over the place like a thousand different speedsters from different centuries battling it out in a football stadium.

The Flash’s mid-season finale has left our minds racing.
