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Actually, that's probably a better sorry than the original one from the comics (where his first trip to the past is slightly after Barry died, and he sees himself named as Barry's enemy in a museum exhibit).

Classic comics answer: Thawne idolised the Flash as a heroic figure from his past the way people might idolise Abraham Lincoln or George Washington. He duplicated Barry's powers and used the cosmic treadmill in the future Flash Museum to go back and visit him. But the treadmill didn't work properly, and he arrived in

No, it just means that an action you take in response to a time traveller can only affect that time traveller from the point in your common timeline at which you take the action - which is not only necessary for a TV show for narrative reasons, but preserves the causality of the action.

When Jay took Caitlin to the park, I thought he'd reveal a memorial bench or something.

I suspect this is the case. It'd be a bit rich if Zoom was "really" the Earth-1 version of Jay Garrick, given that everything so far suggests he really is from Earth-2 like Jay and Harry.

Eddie's killing himself only affects the Reverse-Flash at that moment because that's basically how it has to be for the show to work. I mean, if saving Barry's mother would work unimaginable changes upon everyone's timeline, surely erasing the Reverse-Flash entirely would be even more disruptive.

Plus, that actress is the most attractive of all Oliver's love interests so far, if you ask me.

Perhaps I'm unfamiliar with the way the usage has developed, but "neuro-atypical" or "non-neurotypical" should include anyone who isn't neurotypical, for whatever reason, not just people on the spectrum.

I was bothered that the State Department official was suggesting the government of Ukraine would want the war to keep going just to get more foreign aid. It's not like they're using that money to build golf courses in the western parts of the country.

Are you talking about Mittens? Neither Sherlock nor Joan said, "She's a suspect." They said she's involved, which is undeniable given it was her code used; they didn't explain how because they didn't know.

The real question is why self-driving cars don't come with a killswitch for the governing computer.

I thought it was interesting that they made much of talking about the modern understanding of the autism spectrum, but didn't seem to have Mittens dress unusually the way some people on the spectrum do because of sensitivities to fabric texture or tightness. They just put her in regular "female TV nerd" clothes.

That's not the point - cordite is a specific compound. It's not a generic term, and Sherlock isn't the kind of person to use it like "xerox" or "kleenex".

Wrong and dumb.

The tornado scene does have the problem of leaving you asking, "Why does Jonathan go back into danger himself?" I think you could have solved that with a line or a moment that made it obvious he was terrified for Martha and wanted Clark next to her in case something went wrong, but as it is I do think to myself, "Why

I thought she looked like the perfect Black Canary in the shot where she says the line about "ten different kinds of deranged".

Knowing how much of an incredible goofball sucker Stephanie Beatriz is for dogs in real life made Rosa's (initial) attitude to dogs much funnier. Just imagining how hard it would be for her to hold "Arlo" so indifferently makes me smile.

Hm. Walker is newly-elected at the beginning of season 1 - he's not yet sworn in when he and Vasquez make it clear that Underwood won't be appointed Secretary of State - and Underwood becomes President at the end of season 2.

Yeah, I think you're right that the main point is the Japanese Empire doesn't have atomic capabilities. They're behind in several ways, as the Crown Prince remarks in one of his first scenes - they crossed the Pacific to San Francisco by ship, the Nazis travel the world in rocket planes.