This really isn't worth my time. You're trying to be argumentative and dickish. Good luck, mate!

"I think the mental health issues were low hanging fruit for the writers to exploit"

I think it does. Otherwise they'd be more open to viewing Barry's situation in a more empathic light. People get really closed minded when they have shipping tendencies at play.

That's not what I said and you know it. And if you watched the episode (and hey, maybe you didn't), you know exactly what line I'm talking about here.

Ok.

He's specifically not known for being a dick. He's the ray of sunshine character after all. So I don't understand why people don't see that as a transition that he's going through some dark stuff right now.

Are you not reading the same comment section we are?

They are like in mass force here though. I kind of thought it was obviously going down that direction as well. The comics only have them as good friends (although don't 100% quote me on that here).

Hey, maybe having the Reverse Flash back was the tipping over point that he was already on when after he lost to Zoom? You know, humans are kind of allowed to have those and act irrationally sometimes.

The reviewer, like most people, are so focused on their shipping love obsession that they can't see how awesome this episode was.

Yeah, precisely.

Unless, of course, he legitimately cares for her at a deeper level than other people and worries what that will do to her. Because, as he stated here, he's IN LOVE WITH HER.

oh noes! he wasn't a total gentleman! oh noes! he wasn't suave and perfect in love! oh noes!

You're missing the entire point that maybe he needs that illusion to survive. To handle the burden of all his stuff. He explicitly states that this week.

What does that have to do with everyone thinking he's a dick about Patty with valid reasoning? It doesn't. It's just obfuscation.

I don't seem him being a dick. He has legitimate concerns about so.very.many. metahumans attacking the people that he loves (who seem to be under constant attack). The dude's been traumatized to hell and back recently and you expect him to constantly be a ray of sunshine? You expect him to push people away with tact…

Wow. You went there.

If The Help is some flavour I haven't tried yet, please direct me to where I can get some.

Why can't Ian have a life outside Mickey? Is this some kind of shipping necessity whereas once a character gets some regular d you like they are chained to that person forever? There relationship as a couple basically went tragic and should've, by all accounts, ended. Plus how long was Mickey going to defy gravity and…

Yes they have lest my own very eyes deceive me. They cut out the whole Malkovich family, all of Sammi, a good chunk of useless Alibi time. The only added characters have been following around existing characters.