1. If I hear the phrase “level up” one more time this season I’m turning off the TV

I love a villain who upon meeting Barry says he’ll kill him, please deliver on that.

My takeaway from the Barry/Kramer scene (which feels weird to write, since one of my favorite streamers is named Barry Kramer) is that he was worried she’d be able to mimic his speed and figure out that he’s The Flash (since she’s one of the few people who doesn’t know yet), while she was offended at the thought that…

While I was glad to see the writers get away from the usual “He beat us and I’m not sure where he went, so we need to devise a plan that he can overcome the next five times we meet him until the final episode when we win by a fluke,” but if someone told me they had to kill me to save the world in ten years, my first…

Iris asking after Nora Darhk without even pausing to acknowledge the *three* other Noras she could possibly be referring to was just perfect. I genuinely feel bad for non-Legends watchers (both in the general sense and in this particular instance).

First off, welcome back Scott! And Happy DAMMIT BARRY day to anyone who celebrates.

The even more hilarious part is that the background showed WAY more than 5 non-Iris/Allegra workers there.

Hey, this was good! As overused as “levelled up” was in this episode, it does describe this season opener pretty well in relation to last year. Outside of COVID protocols becoming noticeably looser - more background extras, supporting cast - the cinematography seems a little stronger and the script avoids being…

Me: “well it’s kinda silly that the Citizen seems to have ballooned up from a rinky-dink blog last season into an actual big paper/news site but I can buy it as long as they’re vague”

My mind, when the cards people called their one member “ten”:

-Superman shirt rip for Sweet Ray-Ray!

(There are entirely too many Noras in the CW-verse, leaving me momentarily wondering if Ray was somehow married to either the Speed Force or the West-Allens’ future daughter.)

Uh, is anyone else worried about Joe? Cecile had a reaction when Chester said about Ray that he was “dead to him” and Chester apologized. That combined with the fact that Joe was nowhere to be seen and I’m kind of worried.

Caitlin lamenting Frost’s poor taste in men was a bit rich, as Barry kind of politely pointed out

I loved how Ava made it explicit to Sara that while she understood that Sara loved Barry, he was definitely not welcome at their wedding, that was an obviously unacceptable risk 

The whole Dreamer-Brainy thread was odd. Even when he was saying goodbye to her I was wondering why, with time travel, he couldn’t just wait until they had lived their lives and then travel to the appropriate time in the future to save the big brain thingy. It’s time travel, you show up when you want! Then he pops…

I’ll miss the fake news.

NO ONE wants Barry or Felicity at their weddings after the Earth X incident.

Because of the way it showed on the CW app I accidentally watched part 2 first and didn't even notice I had skipped a full episode until it ended 😂

Yeah lex better be back in S&L.