User Reviews

This episode was quite enjoyable. Glad we got to know more about Chester, i felt like that was really needed. I'm interested to see how this storyline with killer frost goes, which is surprising because even tho i enjoy Caitlyn/killer frost i've never really been interested in their storylines. The one thing that kinda bothers me is that Barry wasn't really in this episode. Like everyone always says, it's called The Flash. We want to see Barry Allen. Another thing that bothers me is that we are constantly seeing the villains get taken down in this show by just talking to them. I get that the team doesn't really have a plan on how to control these new forces just yet, but it's still kinda annoying how they keep talking their villains into being good all of a sudden. Overall, it was a good fun episode.

A lot of the stuff done in this episode has been done before, and was definitely done on this very show, or other shows in the same universe, but that doesn't mean this is a bad episode, or that it doesn't work.

Chester's been showing up on and off for a season and a bit now, but he never felt like a member of the team until after this episode. I did genuinely enjoy his story with his father, despite having seen things exactly like it quite a few times before. There were enough unique elements to their interactions that made me enjoy it, especially the part about teaching Chester that dumpster diving can be useful. Overall, I thought it was handled well.

I was definitely expecting more from the time loop plotline, but I can understand them mostly dropping it for plot and time constraints. There's also a new aspect to the time loop here where your memories become that of the version of yourself that would exist at this point in time, unless you were in possession of the isotope detector, and that the only way to snap you out of that state is to reference pop culture. That's just plain fun, and is definitely a new take on the typical "groundhog day" episode.

I also liked all the stuff with Iris and the Speed Force Avatar this week. With the Speed Force Avatar taking the appearance of Barry's mom, it's understandable that it might cause him a bit of emotional pain, even years after the Speed Force first appeared to him in that form. Candice Patton and Michelle Harrison have some surprisingly good chemistry together, and that line about Iris being Barry's lightning rod, but the Speed Force being his lightning actually kinda works. Like, I've always hated the whole "Iris is Barry's lightning rod" thing, but they made it work in this scene. Props to the writers for fixing that, albeit temporarily.

There were a few complaints I had with the episode. For one, the Masonville setting was clearly hyped up to include a younger version of Barry Allen in the episode, despite the passing of Logan Williams last year. I can understand why the writers would've backed out on the idea for Williams' sake, but we've seen different actors portray younger versions of these characters before, with at least two actresses being young versions of Kara and Alex Danvers on Supergirl. Additionally, Masonville was mentioned in the Flash's third season finale, and that seems like the kind of thing Eric Wallace would've wanted to expand upon. Again, understandable why they didn't, but still a missed opportunity.

Additionally, the episode was cringey in some places. I get that that's the point of it, and that the episode may have been the writers seeing how far they could push it before people started saying they "jumped the shark", but this is a show about a guy that can run faster than lightning and regularly fights cgi gorillas and shark men. This show's already jumped so many sharks that this is just par for the course at this point.

Overall, there was some tropes and cringey bits in this episode, but it's far from the worst Flash episode I've seen. Not amazing, but not bad. Definitely had its moments one way or the other. I can see people rating this a 1, but I can also see people rating this an 8 or 9. I think I'm somewhere in the middle personally. I enjoyed it, but it's not my favorite episode this season.

6 / 10.

This episode is just delightful! Chester and Cisco get trapped in the 90s and need to find the Still Force avatar. This was a great introduction to my favorite force: The Still Force. It was probably the funniest Flash episode ever made, only rivaled by Elongated Journey Into Night, Darkness and the Light, License to Elongate, and Girls Night Out (only Drunk Barry w/ chicken wings). Some of my favorite moments are 90s dressed Frost, Chesco, and of course kid Cisco! The mellow drama with Chester's dad was a little preachy, but it's not enough to ruin this episode! Certainly one of my favorites this Season, but unfortunately, it only gets worse from here. 7.5/10.

This is way better than the previous episodes that we had, beautiful and emotional character development for Chess. In the previous episodes, he felt dull and out-of-place with meaningless references. But damn, that got me. Meeting up with his dad before the day he died, the father threw out a spare part for him to pick up. Wow. I like Chess more. Speaking about the past, I love the 90s references. A lot of parts were funny like when the high-schoolers were expressing how it would be in the next 23 years. Killer Frost has a good taste in fashion. Things are gonna get weird! The episode had that Legends of Tomorrow vibe but more emotional.

9/10.

The sixth episode of the seventh season titled "The One with the Nineties" is fun and uplifting that explores Chester's past and introduces the still force. The title of the episode is perhaps a nod to the 90s sitcom Friends where every episode title begins with "The one with/where."

Cisco and Chester's bromance was further exemplified in this episode. I love their back and forth banter and their era appropriate costumes. Were Cisco and Chester, as Iris put it, "separated at birth"? I loved the "coffee and a cronut" bit in this episode.

Cisco as a 7-year old in a grown man's body is hilarious and one of the many highlights of the episode. It kind of reminds me of when Derek Hale shifted into a teenager in the fourth season of Teen Wolf, which was written and co-executive produced by the Flash showrunner Eric Wallace.

The literal time god possessing the still force proves to be an omnipotent adversary for Team Flash. All the forces are beyond Team Flash's understanding and experience. I guess that Chillblaine aka the new Captain Cold, who will be making his debut appearance in episode 7, also possesses the still force.

It was quite disappointing that Allegra did not appear in this very special episode of the Flash. Hopefully she will appear in episode 7 titled "Growing Pains" (another reference to a 1980s sitcom). Allegra showcases so much potential and hope that she is not underused this season.

As I figured, Barry was regenerating for the majority of the episode. From his facial expression, it seems like Barry is not fully on board with Nora the speed force staying with him and Iris. This will likely cause some friction between Barry and the speed force.

The post credits scene sets up episode 7. Joe tries to warn Frost that Kristen Kramer intends to find discriminating evidence against her. I wonder if Frost's storyline this season will lead to her leaving Central City and living as a fugitive.

To conclude, whilst it was not as good as season 5's time loop episode, it still delivered on all levels and brightened my mood. The vibrant costumes, exuberant setting, fun and goofy characters and the WandaVision vibes makes this episode top tier and worth rewatching over and over again.

Final verdict: 9.5/10.

Ok. So this episode was so horribly written it's bad. First of all the storyline and plot sucked and were so confusing and it just felt so out of place and random. I love this show but it is just going downhill with this season it's so disappointing. And the whole Nora Allen speed force thing is so bizarre and confusing to say the least. And then there was Barry. He was in a coma and then miraculously he's fine with no explanation. Seriously. I just hope next weeks episode is better.

At least officially since it probably jumped it a couple of seasons ago. Only people that haven't reached puberty could possibly enjoy this abomination of an episode. After finally showing a decent episode in I don't know how long ( the last one ) this junk Nickelodeon ep assaults our senses. Why do they keep making kiddie eps like this in a once brilliant show is depressing. Total trash.

It's great to get to know Chester's story and see more of his performance. Of the best characters! Thanks for inserting it into the series!

I don't know why the chapter has bad reviews. I find it funny. Maybe it's because of the absence of flash, yes, that's not so good, but it's still entertaining.

This episode was very light compared to the earlier ones and I enjoyed it a lot. I hate when fans of this show always complain about not seeing barry blah blah blah. I agree on some spectrum, but when you have two good characters such as cisco and chester it makes it easy for me to not care. I literally did not care if barry was going to be in the episode or not before he showed up. Also, Iris looked gorgeous in her "90s" fit(looked more like 70s to me but it's alright). I don't get the iris-hate train she's literally done nothing bad this whole season but "frostie" fans like to come at her sideways all the time.