Team Flash discovers the truth about the new H.R.
Wells; Caitlin visits her mother
Monsters are so in right now.
DC Comics recently wrapped up the Night of the Monster Men crossover event in the Batman comics.
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Marvel is starting to unveil its Monsters Unleashed event, which sounds interesting.
When we last left Team Flash, they had just welcomed a new Harrison Wells to Earth-Prime H.R.
Wells from Earth-19 and this episode finds the team getting used to him.
As was teased last week, H.R.
is unlike any Wells weve met so far.
After Cisco tells him to step back a bit and just watch and learn, H.R.
finally gets around to passing on Caitlins message that shes taking a few days off.
Dr. Tannhausers assistant tries to kidnap Caitlin because he wants to use the data to leave her mom.
He grabs her and Caitlin instinctively starts to freeze him.
Thankfully, her mom bursts into the room and is able to talk her down.
I know I didnt raise a killer.
For what its worth, I am so sorry, her mom says, which actually helps a lot.
Carla says shell check that no one finds out what happened.
Caitlins relationship with her mother isnt the only one that thaws tonight.
isnt actually contributing anything to their discussions.
Barry notices the same thing, so they decide to have Cisco vibe on his stuff.
walks in on them going through his belongings including a recorder with some suspicious personal messages and H.R.
At least this Wells doesnt have a sinister purpose for being on Earth…
The Flash zooms out and quickly discovers the monster is a hologram, which was obvious pretty early on.
Julian has figured out the same thing and managed to find the person responsible for the monster.
Julian thanks The Flash, a big deal since Julian hates all metas.
Obviously, it falls on Joe to have a firm but understanding chat with the precocious teen.
The kid explains he created the hologram because he was tired of feeling powerless and scared.
He wanted everyone to know how he felt.
With the day saved, Team Flash again confronts H.R.
As he himself admits, hes just the ideas man.
On H.R.s Earth, he worked with a partner who was the actual brains, and H.R.
was just the face of S.T.A.R.
I personally like the idea of meeting a Harrison Wells who isnt a genius.
Its a nice change of pace that keeps things from feeling too repetitive.
Barry returns to the lab and finds Julian brooding.
Monster ends with another Caitlin-centric stinger.
Her mother sends a video message warning her not to use her powers because its changing her.
In anger, Caitlin freezes the entire table and destroys the monitor.
Im not exactly sure why, but Monster felt rather thin.
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