This review contains spoilers for The Flash Season 5, episode 6, titled "The Icicle Cometh."
The Flash has been teasing the mystery of Caitlin's father for a while now, so in some respects, it's refreshing that the show is offering answers so early in the season with "The Icicle Cometh." Unfortunately, those answers are delivered via some of the show's clunkiest dialogue and most predictable plot twists in recent memory. After losing her fiance, having a decidedly chilly relationship with her mother, and sharing her body with a murderous alter-ego, it's just Caitlin's luck that her long-lost father would also be a despotic villain.
The bad guy dad twist would be forgivable if it wasn't so painfully obvious, but between Cisco's suspicions and Caitlin's blind hope that she'll finally get a happy reunion with her long-lost pop, the episode telegraphs Caitlin's heartbreak from the jump. And while none of the Arrowverse shows are known for their nuanced writing, having a villain dramatically explain every attack they launch (or awkwardly declare, "more superheroes to freeze!" when the heroes show up) is even more egregious than Arnold Schwarzenegger's dialogue in Batman & Robin. (Puns are way more forgivable than stating the obvious.)
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