The Flash season 7, episode 14 review: Rayo de Luz

“I got a tip that might help me find my cousin.” Spoilers for The Flash season 7, episode 14 follow.

With Barry and Iris out of town in this week’s episode of The Flash season 7, Allegra and the rest of Team Flash must stop her killer cousin from taking even more lives.

However, right now Team Flash consists of Allegra, Chester, Caitlin and an incredibly frustrated Sue.

Batalla de la luz

A constant recurrence since Allegra was brought into the show is her relationship and rivalry with her cousin Ultraviolet. It’s never been the most interesting storyline to ever appear on the show, but it’s always been consistently engaging and never necessarily bad. This pretty much stays the same within this episode and that’s not really a bad thing either. Allegra has often felt like she’s taken a backseat and she has been a bit of an afterthought this season, so any reason to bring her to the forefront and allow her character to grow is welcome.

Ultraviolet is also more interesting than she has ever been before as well. We learn about the trauma that gave her powers and that she seemingly has moved beyond simply being an assassin for hire. Sure, she’s out for revenge, but it’s also seemingly for altruistic reasons, which is to stop the doctor who caused her harm before he can do so to anyone else.

It’s a relatively cliché backstory for her, but it’s way better than what she’s been before – which was just an evil version of Allegra. It’s also nice to see them interacting in a way that isn’t just at each other’s throats, even if just for a couple of seconds – which really seemed to be the pattern in the episode. It was nice, if even for just a moment.

At the end of the day though, Allegra and Ultraviolet simply want two different things. Allegra wants justice and Ultraviolet wants revenge. Sometimes these two are one in the same, but rarely is that actually true, which is very much the case here. It’s always difficult to see a hero (in this case, Allegra) defending a terrible person, but it’s always important for superhero stories to show the higher ideal of justice rather than the lower base instinct of revenge, even in a story that is relatively by-the-numbers.

A natural leader

It’s always fun to see Sue back in the fold and it’s particularly great in this episode as she plays a different role than she’s played in the past. She serves as the mentor-like figure here, questioning everything Allegra is doing and keeping her grounded. Sure, Allegra never listens but it’s still fun seeing Sue take on a Wells-lite role.

Even if Allegra doesn’t listen though, Sue still has her back and it’s incredibly enjoyable seeing her take out all of the goons that were in Allegra’s way. This is very much an Allegra-centric episode, but Sue never feels like an afterthought like other characters, such as Chester and Frost (who just so happened to not answer her phone, which is conveniently stupid), did in comparison.

More meandering in The Flash season 7

Ever since the Mirrorverse storyline ended, the season has consistently meandered its way from one story to another. There’s really only been one connective tissue throughout the season and that’s Detective Kramer. Yet, it continually feels disconnected from the rest of the show. However, that arc’s exploration in “Rayo de Luz” has been the best that the narrative has been yet in The Flash season 7 thanks to one thing: Joe West.

Seeing Joe actually get to do something for the first time in seemingly forever is great. The only problem is that it’s for a storyline that has really yet to be interesting as a story at all. The only reason it’s interesting at all in this episode is because it’s interesting seeing Joe struggle with what is the right thing to do (and whether or not he should do it). The story itself is bland, but the character uncovering it isn’t.

Despite still meandering, The Flash delivered one of its more enjoyable episodes of the season, even if it didn’t do anything all-that new.

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