Yep. That pretty well summed it up for me. Thanks!

Personally I am so boed with AoS' adventures in The Matrix. Take the Red pill already Mac! No one who understands what hes been told elects to stay in virtual fantasy because of fantasy relationships with fantasy characters. Mac has become the ultimate Comic Book Geek, running from cruel reality into his escapist…

Things that bug me about this season and especially this episode:

Halfway through the season, Iron fist feels a lot like a 1970's attempt at a superhero show, where they shied away from the superhero elements, because they weren't comfortable with them. But this is 2017 and audiences are trained in the language of superhero shows.

Wow, I can't even remember if I'm still watching Hell on Wheels or not…

I call BS, I'll just wait for the next retcon.

I pretty much felt the same as the reviewer. This felt like a very different show to what I loved in season 1. Barry has being emotionally disconnected for much of the season which pretty much alienates the audience.

"given the general ridiculousness of this series, viewers have been conditioned to accept it if they’ve made it this far."
Or, you know, maybe we're just hanging on, in hopes that this mess will end and something better will follow. Actually at this stage I've pretty much given up hope.

Spot on review. I liked the elements that made up a very entertaining episode, but I thought Barry's newfound optimism felt contrived. And the really disappointing ending was obvious a mile away. And yes. Is this only way CW can raise the stakes? How is Barry ever going to be an optimist ever again now?

Are we watching the same show? What I got from this was an incredibly contract bed plot, a ton of pseudoscience that made no sense and some bad special effects. It's hard to believe this comes from the same people that do Flash and Arrow. I actually thought I was watching andromeda.

So boring. Week after week of time travel nonsense, boring characters, boring fight sequences. Why did they even do this series in the first place is beyond me.

I think the problem with Daredevil is that it's trying to cram 20 years worth of stories into 2 seasons, which simply doesn't work.
The abridged 10-hourly-episode format is even worse, since it takes away from the time needed for character development and forces the directors & writers into making a weekly mini-movie…

I agree.
I think this is mainly because of the baggage each character carries. Jessica Jones is a very recent character and her story in the comics took place over a period of a couple of years.
Daredevil has been around since the early 1960's and the stories the series is based on, are a blend of the first 30 years. I…

I find this season much much better than last, especially on pacing and dramatic impact. The characters are also much better fleshed out.

I thought this was quite a boring ep. The only suspense came from the possibility that Mack might be hurt/killed since he's hardy the most important character.

Bored now.

It was a 'nice' season ending but it didn't set my world on fire. The problem in my opinion is that the series just takes too long to get to the 'marvel comics' part i.e. the place where it starts to create a fantastic but connected universe.

I'm 150% sure that Zoom is Hunter Zolomon just like in the comics and the man in the iron mas is the real earth-2 Jay Garrick.

I watched this with very low expectations but came away very pleasantly surprised. The plot was decent (although it had some predictable cliches), the SFX were pretty good, the pacing was very good and I didn't notice the exposition too much.

It's a well known comic book storytelling tenet that mixing a bunch of B & C-list characters together usually results in failure.