You're right that it seems to become a disease very specific to comic books adaptations for TV. It is probably a combination of needing characters the fans know well, and the prospect of having to fill 5+ years of plot.

You have convinced me.

I had ugly flashbacks to SHIELD because it was the kind of random gadgets that show always came up with. But what is hilarious is how unnecessary the whole thing was, since in the end Joe just had to notice the "wallpaper is new" and find the blood behind it (which raises a lot of new questions, since that was 15…

It is terrifying to think of the Amell clan gathering for weddings and funerals.
Nickname (not ironic) for Robbie: Skinny.

Indeed, and earlier the Machine had prevented Finch from hacking his way out of jury duty.

It's just you and me again, Mr Reese.

I was laughing when Linda explained how she had to work hard at a tough job; while her colleagues were watching her argue with Barry in the middle of the office.

There were two blood samples (blood type A+ and AB-, if that matters at all; Barry and his son?!). If Cisco was able to compare them to Wells' (and Wells didn't mess with his own records), he would have noticed 1. if Wells' blood was at the scene (it wasn't, but Barry's was) 2. if Wells and Barry had the same DNA.

But what show will I now watch before The Colbert Report?!

No you're right, that was weird. But I'm not sure if that was some time-travel shenanigan, or just another sign that something is wrong with Wells, physically.

He started suspecting him when he found out Wells showed up (in Central City, I think) just around the time Barry's mom was killed.

If they keep introducing the main love interest in the first episode of a series but then keep finding stupid reasons to keep her* away from the hero, yes: it will make the character annoying and people will quickly come to hate her, especially if she stays the only one clueless about the "secret" identity.

So Wells didn't kill Barry's mom… maybe? They have found Barry's blood, plus the blood of (they assume) another speedster.

But Barris will definitely happen, yay!…?

There better be a payoff to this sexy vibration power in the season "finale".

You mean, before talking to her psy and realizing that, yes, she wanted to sleep with her brother… or was that part of the "appropriate reaction"?

I think what we all assumed is that Barry would have problems with "superspeed" in bed, and it was confirmed.

FLAME ON!

What was that awful CGI of Barry bouncing on the floor like a ragtag doll after he fell?

But now we know why the newspapers industry is dying: they spend all their time flirting at work, or watching other people kiss!