REVIEW: The Flash, Episode 403
The Flash continues its fourth season with this third episode, entitled “Luck Be a Lady”, and luck, both good and bad, really had a major impact in it.
In this new episode, we were introduced to the life of Rebecca Sharpe, later known as Hazard, and it was a very unfortune life I must say. Her life totally was a series of unfortunate events (pun intended): boyfriend was cheating on her, she got fired, people always ignored her requests… all until one day she got on a bus. Then everything changed. And not just for her of course, but 11 more people. I was glad they gave a reason why the Thinker wanted the flash back: it wasn’t about the flash himself, but about creating more metahumans. We still don’t know why, but I hope we will find out soon, since he seems to be taking a special interest in them.
Her life completely changed that day: instead of living a life of bad luck, her meta power was luck itself. And while she is extremely lucky, everyone around her is extremely unlucky, including of course, Team Flash. This wave of bad luck was really funny to watch, at least for me. As much as the Flash tried to get her, she was always able to outrun him. Even when Iris tried to get married with Barry, since things were not going well with the wedding plans, the priest had an allergy attack and they were both left hanging.
But Iris and Barry were definitely not the only ones with bad luck in this episode, Joe and Cecile also had their fair share of it. Their house completely started to fall apart, with the pipes blowing up, and the house making weird noises. It was such a mess Cecile saw no other option than to move out. Joe didn’t like the idea at first and that is understandable. That was the house in which he spent most of his life, in which he raised his children. Of course he would still have those memories if they moved out, but it wouldn’t be the same thing. But because he is a gentleman, Joe decided he could move, for Cecile (and of course because the house was falling apart). I was happy that Cecile didn’t make him move after all, because that is, and always will be, the house of the Wests. But this wasn’t the only news Cecile had for Joe. In the end of the episode she dropped a bombshell: she is pregnant. To be honest, I really can’t say what Joe thinks about this. Maybe he was just surprised, but happy? One thing is for sure, he is not going to pull this child away because we can tell he already suffered enough when he realized he missed most of Wally’s life.
In happier news (or at least news everyone seemed to be excited about), Harry came back from his Earth (finally). He said he was staying because he would take care of the team Flash against Hazard, but what really happened was that he was thrown out of Jessie’s own team, so he had nowhere else to go. As expected, Cisco told him he could stay, and I bet everyone was happy about that. I love Harry, and that seems like a popular opinion, so I bet I wasn’t the only one happy he is back for good. And he already started saving everyone, because he was the one who came out with a way to extract Hazard’s good luck.
In the other hand, Wally was a bit down this episode, and nothing besides that would be to expect, since the episode started with Jessie breaking up with him in one of the most horrible ways to do so. And things grew even worse when Wally left, and no one realized he did. To be honest, I didn’t realize it either. That is probably when he fully realized that, now that the Flash is back, he isn’t needed anymore, and that is why he is leaving Central City. I think he made the right choice because if no one notices when he is gone, then he should go find people who do, because it will only be then that he will really start to be happy.
Overall this was a great episode, the best so far this season. It was really funny seeing all the bad luck come out of everywhere, and also to pretty much see Team Flash defeat itself (that is how unlucky they were). I am giving this episode an 8.9/10.
Next week’s episode is entitled “Elongated Journey Into Night”, and in it, Cisco will surprisingly meet Gypsy’s father, which means that some more funny moments our coming our way, so stay tuned.