Much like a good chunk of Flash episodes over the years, 'Luck Be a Lady' had great intentions and ideas, it just didn't execute them the way I would have hoped. It's almost become a trend at this point, but I really don't care for this year of Arrowverse shows. I understand it's only been a couple of weeks, but not a single episode of any show has seriously impressed me, not even Arrow itself.
But really tonight's episode of Flash is what I should be focusing on, considering there was a few 'important' things that happened. The Thinker has made another move on Team Flash, and the team continued to be near clueless on what is happening. Luckily, they realized that they were actually at fault with the new meta-humans who have been roaming Central City. That in itself was a neat thing that The Thinker managed to pull off, but I'm still not behind The Thinker as a villain to begin with. Everything about him just screams 90's Star Trek and that's not a good thing.
Tonight saw the return of the fan-favorite, Earth-2 Harry. I'm glad to see Tom Cavanagh no matter who he's playing, but Harry has been my favorite version of Wells. Of course, I'm sure we're getting a new version soon, but I'll enjoy Harry's presence while it lasts. Speaking of which, Harry brought a message for Wally, via break up cube, that had Jesse breaking up with him. This was completely out of nowhere, but more because we just don't hear or see that couple. Ever. This led to Wally eventually deciding to leave Central City and go to Blue Valley. As much as I don't like the Wally character, I actually felt bad for him when he brought up that nobody even realized he was gone in this episode. I'm sorry but that's exactly what all of the audience thinks every single episode. The character is rarely used, so why even have him?
The villain of the week was a meta named Becky Sharpe aka Hazard, who manages to give everyone bad luck who comes within a certain amount of feet from her. This even led her to a scene at the slot machines, tell me this didn't give other people some Dougie from Twin Peaks vibes? Again, a creative idea for a villain for this show, I just didn't care for the actresses' performance or the overall execution. It did make for some funny moments from the main cast when their luck was nonexistent.
Overall, it was another chess-piece moving episode for The Thinker (yes, they actually showed him moving chess pieces), but it was rarely an eventful one. Let's pick up the pace a bit, huh?
6.3/10
