Barry helps Big Sir out, while in the outside world Cisco and Ralph fall victim to a very odd new meta and Cecile has way too much fun with her new abilities.

Bill Goldberg needs to act more. That’s a deeply weird sentence to write let alone read but it’s true. The former WCW/WWE is phenomenally good as Big Sir and, along with Grant Gustin, anchors what’s very nearly the most emotionally mature plot The Flash has ever done. Gustin does a great job this episode of balancing his usual puppyish enthusiasm with a new found idealism that doesn’t survive the episode. He’s small and scrappy and busy and Goldberg is this colossal, immobile physical presence full of doubt and caution. It’s a great double act and I’m honestly sad Big Sir’s apparently not going to be back, even if it was nice to see him get a happy ending.

That being said, that happy ending feels oddly incomplete. We know as the episode closes that the Warden is eeeeeeevil but we also have to take him at face value. And when we do, the episode ends with Barry dropping a man who has stabbed someone to death in the middle of a foreign country. Goldberg is so good as Big Sir that we just naturally assume he didn’t do it, but it would be nice if the episode had at least addressed the dead body that might be in the room.

Elsewhere, the show continues to demonstrate that Legends of Tomorrow no longer has a monopoly on comedy in the Arrowverse. Cisco and Ralph’s adventures while miniaturised are straight up delightful, and also do really interesting things to Harry’s relationship with the team. This version of Wells, infinitely grumpier than any we’ve previously seen, actually…likes these losers. And that makes him even angrier. The way that’s explored is very sweet, very funny and has the same emotional grounding as the prison plot just with an actual conclusion. I really hope this version of Wells sticks around, he’s the best one so far.

The C plot this week doesn’t work. It’s not the actor’s fault either but Cecile’s pregnancy-activated telepathy and the resolution to it feels rushed. If this had broken out across a few episodes, or plugged into the main plot, it would have been great. As it stands it’s usually funny (her ‘You never understand what these people are saying’ moment with Joe is adorable) but outstays it’s welcome.

Verdict: This is, mostly, a smart, weird, funny episode of a show that’s getting very good at all three of those things. The bits that don’t work drag it down somewhat but this is still great fun. After all, where else would you see two characters ride a drone into battle against a man throwing actual cars at them? 8/10

Alasdair Stuart