My interpretation is that Oliver is breaking into the mind-Clockworks to interfere and rescue the Summerlanders via the Astral Plane, which he is able to explore while wearing the diving suit, as we saw previously when David was there. He can't communicate from the suit, though, so he's trying to make the others…

Did they make Wally faster than Barry? I don't think so. When Barry says that, I think it's in the context of the situation where he's facing Savitar at a dead stop, begging with him not to kill Iris, while Wally is free to act from a long, long running start like they practiced. It's not so much that Wally's…

Barry's breakup with Iris made absolutely zero logical sense.

That's just what we needed. The show's actual damned metaphysics are now reinforcing Barry's frustrating lone wolf behavior. This was the hand we wanted to double down on. This was the hill we wanted to die on. Thanks, The Flash. Just perfect.

I think the scene might have played more powerfully and avoided these criticisms if she had gotten to the car, retrieved her gun, noticed something was wrong, taken out the clip, seen that the bullets were gone, and had a moment to look toward the house where we could see her feel betrayed by Peter before the assassin…

That is absolutely a fair criticism. She would have noticed the weight. But you have to let these kinds of things go for the sake of the drama.

She had kept it with a bullet in the chamber already, which is why Quinn had to unchamber it; so she had every expectation that it would be there.

Then you'd have less of a staff and more of a thin table leg.

Those are some very astute observations, especially the point about how Morgan's action knowingly validated everything Richard said. You helped me to appreciate this episode a little more (and I already liked it).

I really like the symbol of Morgan whittling the ends of his staff into spear points at the end, representing his commitment to killing as an irreversible change. I also like that the show was not ham-fisted about it and kept the camera behind Morgan's back and at a distance, which also nicely serves to illustrate…

Could you run that by me again, this time using a whiteboard to illustrate?

I liked how this started. Ronaldo's fearfulness dovetails nicely with what Steven's been feeling lately since learning about Pink Diamond. Plus, Steven setting him straight (and telling him that "rock people" is offensive) was pretty funny. I was actually pretty excited by his speech about acceptance and how great…

1) Holy crap, this episode is amazing.

Barry: "No, Jesse, your dad would kill me if I let you come."
Julian: "You're letting Caitlin go?"
Barry: "It's her choice."

I don't feel that I should have been clearer. My meaning is that you should always read "I think" into an opinion statement. I shouldn't have to say that, but I thought that it might be helpful to you.

:rolleyes: I have never had patience for any argument that an opinion represents telling other people what to think, therefore stifling them, because that view makes it immoral to express any opinion, which is absurd. Voicing a dissenting opinion is not telling people what to think. Feel free to take my…

"It is describing the game format. A title either is or isn't one." Genre labels are rarely so simple.

I was actually pretty impressed with the description here of that particular game structure and its simultaneous appeal and blandness. And, as others are saying, the term "open world" is pretty unhelpful. I generally think I know what is meant when it's used as a genre label, but if you start to look at edge cases…

Did Richard call Daryl Morgan when he was trying to convince him to attack the Saviors' vehicles? I listened to the line over and over and can't hear it differently.

Hey! I didn't hate this episode! There may be hope after all.