Most frustrating because we want our hero to succeed, but in this state he’s very incompetent, which leads to the release of a pyromaniac because this version of Barry isn’t able to properly testify in court to stop it from happening. Best because this Barry doesn’t have all of those painful memories, and he smiles for the first time all season. Short story shorter: It’s not clear if Savitar or the time remnant came first because of this closed-loop situation, which Cisco helpfully illustrates with a drawing on the whiteboard:Īnd now it’s time for us to get something else straight: Amnesiac Barry is both the best and most frustrating thing to happen to the show. In case you didn’t catch all of that exposition in the first scene, which was nicely acted by Gustin, Cisco is here to recap it for you a second time, a storytelling tick that would be annoying in any other circumstance, but I definitely needed it. If we didn’t know how scared Barry was, “Cause and Effect” confirms it when Barry tries to kill Savitar, which the episode definitely glosses over a bit too quickly after Savitar manages to evade being captured. If your head hurts, don’t worry mine does too. After Future Team Flash defeated Savitar, they shunned the remnant, who eventually realized that “God feels no pain” and that he needed to become one by killing Iris, which would push Barry so far into the darkness that he became Savitar. Picking up where last week left off, Savitar explains to Barry how he came to be: He’s one of the time remnants that Barry creates four years in the future to fight Savitar, and Savitar let him live. His Savitar version of Barry Allen is cold, vengeful, and power hungry. Grant Gustin is very much the star of “Cause and Effect,” which asks him to play several different versions of Barry Allen from the moment the episode begins. However, it’s an enjoyable one that brings some much-needed levity. The series addresses that issue head on in “Cause and Effect,” which, if we’re being completely honest, is a filler episode. If you’ve been reading these recaps, then you know my main complaint about the season has been how dark and angsty it has been. “Cause and Effect” is the most the lighthearted non-crossover episode of the season in a way that’s very meta.
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