Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Arrowverse catchup, this time looking at Season 5 episode 7 of the Flash, O come all ye Thankful. The thanksgiving season was among us with Sherloque giving us some laughs by him unpicking why people actually celebrate it. His confusion over whether they got one turkey each to eat also made me chuckle. I like how they have found a balance with him between serious, useful and comic relief.

We got a good chunk of Origin story for Cicada and this is something that the Arrowverse shows really do well. It makes his motives more understandable and you get to see him as a normal person with problems but trying his best to support his niece that was unexpectedly and tragically thrust into his care. I do feel that he is a slight knock-off of Supergirl’s “Agent Liberty” but this episode definitely worked to flesh him out more. By the end of the episode you do genuinely feel bad for him, even if you don’t agree with what he is doing as a result. He was pretty bad ass too carrying the girl all the way to the hospital with having a pipe impaled in his shoulder.

We got the return of an old foe in Weather Wizard which worked to introduce his daughter, Weather Witch. Weather Wizard really was underutilised in my opinion and I think most people would agree that we would have all much rather have seen him break out and acquire the meta-weather vain rather than what we got. The daughter’s acting wasn’t the best but it was a neat twist that she did not want to team up with her dad. The death fake out got me too as I was already to kick off about it!

I am very much hyped for the next episode as I know it is the 100th, but I fear for Cicada…might they finish him off and start afresh after the crossover? I guess I’ll just have to keep watching to find out.

DD Rating: 6.75/10