Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Flash catchup with the twelfth episode of season 4, Honey I shrunk team Flash. Not as fun or imaginative as the title would suggest, this episode did still managed to offer up a solid story to keep the viewer well-enough entertained. Don’t like Cecile having powers though – and how lazy to give her the same powers as the Thinker just required. That’s all I’ll say. I did however love Harry keep randomly making sly dig’s at Ray Palmer and his shrinking tech, only to find making an “enbiggening gun” harder than he thought.

The villain was almost the polar opposite of the Trickster in the previous episode and neither him or this villain really found the right balance: one was too much and irritating while the other was rather dull considering the powers he had at his disposal. One thing I was glad about was that by the end of the episode the crew did acknowledge how ridiculous a coincidence it was for this “Shrinker” to be involved in both of their investigations. By them mentioning it I presume that it is all going to be revealed as part of the Thinker’s master plan. His power did lead to a solid action sequence at the end of the episode though as it was very cool to see him just tossing cars and helicopters about. I presume he drained them all of fuel first as surely that fight would have been a bit more explosive.

Goldberg continued to be an enjoyable albeit slightly random part of Barry’s new life in prison. Unfortunately his tenure seems to have ended after only two episodes but at least he got a happy ending. How Barry thought he would not be at least considered to have played a part in the big guy’s disappearance astounds me; as does the fact that he could run to China and back before a camera moves but couldn’t chase a woman down a flight of stairs as she was “too far away” only a few episodes ago. I know this isn’t a realistic show but the “in-show” logic has been so inconsistent this season that it now just seems lazy.

I loved little Cisco and little Ralph and they are really starting to bounce off each other well. Harry too was a joy as always: so dry and to the point, he is definitely the hidden gem of team flash. I would love for them to focus on him more and give him more of a story: how about bringing back Jesse and the team he made but was then kicked out of? It would be great to get some more information on that.

The ending gave us the return of Amunet which was underwhelming as I would have rather have seen the Trickster doing some more. He is starting to fade into the background and that is a slight concern. Hopefully next episode does something to rectify that.

DD Rating: 6.5/10