The Flash Recap: Pilot

Season: 1 / Episode: 1 The Flash is here! And the pilot opens up with the typical attitude of a CW show that wants to stay on the air for multiple seasons by leaving little nuggets of suggestion scattered throughout the first episode. We can safely assume we’re in for the long haul with Zoom murdering Barry Allen’s mother from jump and Grodd’s cage being torn open at Star Labs, which everyone meanders by without even the slightest bit of curiosity. No one’s gonna clean this mess up? Oh, the janitor’s on strike.   I’ll be the first to admit, Grant Gustin is the perfect cast as The Flash, if only they’d write him a little less like a teenager going through puberty. Young Barry Allen on the other hand is gawd awful and that kid’s parents need to take him back to acting classes. Yes, I’m soulless when it comes to child actors doing a terrible job. Detective West (Jesse L. Martin) is another solid casting and it’s nice to see a bit of color on the show between he and his daughter, Iris West, played by Candice Patton. Again, the upside of the great casting job here can only counter the sub-par writing so much as Detective West plays the stereotypical surrogate father who takes his job as a father way too seriously and adds to the teenage facade that glazes over the entirety of the show. Iris West plays her own stereotypical role as the clueless love interest that we all know will eventually be woo’d by Allen but not before much suffering on his part. Why does he always play wi…