The Flash: Invasion! (2016)
Season 3, Episode 8
9/10
Great episode of the Flash as also a crossover one
30 November 2016
Warning: Spoilers
***SPOILERS*** So the Mega Crossover is here folks! The wait is over. The Flash's recruitment of team Arrow, legends and Supergirl were shown so fast that if you look somewhere else you'll miss it. Anyways, I was afraid they wouldn't be able to handle all 4 of the show's important main cast but they proved me wrong. The main cast of all the 4 shows each had enough screen time i.e, nearly all the main legends characters gave their part (Sara, Mick, Ray, Stein and Jefferson) and made their presence felt. But the main heroes of this episode were Supergirl, Flash and Arrow.

But even between all of the vast cast we still knew this was a Flash episode as this crossover event explored the Flashpoint ramifications even more than the previous episodes and showed us the consequences of the Flashpoint event were also felt in Legends of Tomorrow as (SPOILER*) Martin Stein started remembering another past of him having a daughter ( or is it something he did?). And the truth about Diggle having a daughter came out also. The best moment for me was when Oliver stayed behind with Barry to console him. And another big flashpoint effect was revealed.

So then we had yet another Heroes vs. Heroes fight again this year. After all, the TV shows were left for it. It was really good seeing Barry and Oliver going 2 against 'The Legends, Team Arrow (Dig and Thea) SUPERGIRL. I suppose the fight choreograph could've been better. The vfx were done good. They did a nice blend of mixing all the different scores for each show into one. :-)

Now onto the villains. These dominators had very limited time in this episode. I hope they give them ample amount of screen time so that they would actually feel like a threat to the world and it needs all of the superheroes to Team Up and stop them.

The supportive cast - Cisco, Caitlin, H.R, Felicity, Wally, Iris and Joe were their and made their presence felt and Hey! Wally got to help this time although he then got beat up. ;)

Anyways, this episode was a strong crossover as well as a Flash episode which had it's real funny, goofy moments and the very emotional ones exploring the consequences of Flashpoint. Can't wait to see Arrow's 100th episode tomorrow night.

9/10
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