'The Flash' Recap: 'Honey, I Shrunk Team Flash'

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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I’ve always thoroughly enjoyed it when a television show that is going through a dark patch storytelling wise, acknowledges the need to take a moment…and have a little fun. Because sometimes the audience simply needs a break from all the ugly things that can play out on the screen and wouldn’t you know it, the Writer’s Room of The Flash decided it was high time to give the fans a moment of levity by treating us to one lighthearted and hilarious episode last night in, ‘Honey, I Shrunk Team Flash’.
 
In fact, I have to admit that I was thoroughly impressed with just how far this episode was willing to go to put on a smile on our faces since just about every single plot line in this particular tale threw caution to the wind. Case in point, Cecile’s journey in this episode since we learned that a little residual dark matter can go a long way when you’re pregnant since she was suddenly able to read minds and well, seeing her relish in the ability to poke around in people’s heads was simply amazing and made for some downright quality laughs.
 
But the show had more cheerful and comedic moments ready to go for us as Team Flash set out to hunt down a Meta named Sylbert Rundin, who had the ability to shrink any object he so desired and his power is precisely what brings about this episode’s plucky title since he was able to scale down Ralph and Cisco. This of course allowed for plenty more hilarity to ensue as these two men struggled with their newfound size and seeing these two heroes roam around the diorama that was designed to plan out how to stop Savitar was truly the wackiest moment of the night.
 
However, I did make mention of cheerful moments and that all came about courtesy of Barry’s storyline. Because our intrepid hero came to learn that Big Sir was an innocent man and all signs pointed to Rundin being the one responsible for the crime that put Big Sir in the big house and Barry was certain that Rundin’s capture would finally set an innocent man, free. But Rundin wasn’t talking and Barry took it upon himself and his abilities to give Big Sir the freedom he deserves, but this act of kindness came with one hell of a price. Because the Warden of Iron Heights has been making money on the side selling Meta Humans to Amunet and now that he knows Barry’s true identity…The Flash should provide this crooked Warden with one incredible payday. 
 
In the end however, this ended up being quite a wonderful little episode. It really was nice to find myself laughing on a fairly consistent basis and I have to admit, I like the fact that this story quietly managed to tie everything that happened here into the overall DeVoe story arc. After all, it was a perfect set of circumstances that brought the team to Rundin, and it does seem like something greater is being orchestrated behind the scenes by DeVoe. Either way, that was one hell of a twist when it comes to the ending of this particular tale and I’m supremely curious to see what comes next for Barry now that he’s up for sale on the Meta Black Market. Until next time.  

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