I wish this season had leaned a little further into the paranoia and uncertainty of what she can accomplish in “our” world a little bit earlier in the season, but it was really effective here. She’s one of the best Arrowverse big bads of recent years overall, too. They even waited until tonight to give her a proper (and kick ass) supervillain costume, only to show that by the end of it, she might end up being more threatening in civilian clothes after all.Įven with an incomplete story, Eva McCulloch is the best bad thing to happen to this show since season one Reverse-Flash (before they kept bringing Thawne back and watered down what made him special).

That wasn’t the case with Bloodwork (although Ramsay Rosso was a little too unsympathetic from the very start) and it certainly wasn’t the case with Eva.

Often (but not always), big bads on these shows emerge fully formed, and we have to kind of backtrack to figure out their motives or the source of their powers. This season managed to tell two complete supervillain origin stories. The result (the occasional pacing issue or filler episode aside) was such a resounding success that not even having this story chopped off three episodes early could hurt it. Hence this year’s two “graphic novels” (as he called them), with Bloodwork as the villain of the first half before Crisis on Infinite Earths, and then Eva McCulloch coming in as Mirror Master for the 2021 episodes. Notably (and most importantly) not trying to stretch a single villain out over a 22 (well…in this case 19) episode season.

From the very start, new showrunner Eric Wallace planned to break with several conventions, not just of The Flash, but the entire Arrowverse. But maybe I should have.Īfter all, this season has spent almost all its time breaking rules. The Flash Season 6 Episode 19įor an episode that wasn’t supposed to be The Flash season 6 finale, I’ve gotta say, “Success is Assured” absolutely managed to look and feel big enough (and surprisingly mostly satisfying enough) to work as one.

The flash season 3 episode 19 promo