You know what there hasn’t been enough of on The Flash so far this season? Overlapping love triangles. Sure, there’s the whole Barry Allen-Iris West-Eddie Thawne thing, but that’s just one love triangle. Amateur hour.
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I’m joking as I type that, but there’s bound to be some new romance in the air this week on the new episode “Crazy for You.” Spurred by a suggestion from Caitlin Snow, Barry is going to get back on the dating scene. And we’ll also see some true love between criminal and super criminal, and we all know that’s the real deal.
Here’s the official synopsis from The CW:
"Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) decides that she and Barry (Grant Gustin) need to move on from Ronnie (guest star Robbie Amell) and Iris (Candice Patton) and find new loves so she takes him for a night out at the local karaoke bar. Caitlin doesn‘t have any luck making a love connection but Barry meets Linda Park (guest star Malese Jow), a sports reporter for the Central City Picture News, and asks her out on a date. When Barry tells Iris he has a date, Iris is surprised by her reaction. Meanwhile, Cisco (Carlos Ramon) considers Hartley‘s (guest star Andy Mientus) dangerous offer and the team searches for Shawna (guest star Britne Oldford), a meta-human with teleportation powers, who just busted her boyfriend Clay (guest star Micah Parker) out of Iron Heights. When Henry (guest star John Wesley Shipps) snoops around in an attempt to help Joe (Jesse L. Martin) and Barry solve the crime, he ends up in the infirmary after getting roughed up by inmates."
This could just be my celebrity crush on Danielle Panabaker talking — in fact, I’m almost certain it is — but how in the world could Caitlin not get a date? That’s simply impossible.
Other things to look forward to: the Pied Piper isn’t going away now that he’s arrived, I do believe the teleporting villain is Peek-A-Boo, and Barry’s dad sounds like he might be getting the most screen time we’ve seen for him so far.
As always, plenty of reasons to watch. And if you want to discuss The Flash after it airs Tuesday night at 8 pm, you can do that with our friends at The Flash After Show, where hosts Dylan Landon, Devon Stewart, Lauren Mayhew and Jack Hind want to hear from you on Twitter with the hashtag #TheFlashAS.
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