![]() ![]() As an experienced fighter, even the unpowered Ryan quickly subdues Iris, and then remotely recalls her suit. At the same time, the Red Death reveals themselves to Barry, which is to say that they remove their helmet to reveal an empty, remote-controlled suit. Our timeline’s Iris quickly realizes that Ryan is telling a version of the story that paints herself as the hero, and that Barry was most likely trying to stop her. Photo: The CW - © 2023 The CW Network, LLC. In her timeline, Batwoman accidentally killed Iris. This Red Death is Batwoman who, after similar losses, built an armored speed suit and infused it with artificial Speed Force. This fuses the two people into one, controlled by Bruce while Barry is forced to helplessly watch. ![]() ![]() After being driven insane, Batman traps Barry on a Batmobile built into a Cosmic Treadmill and drives it into the Speed Force. In the comics, the Red Death is Bruce Wayne from another Earth. That’s about where the similarities stop, though. This is a Ryan from another timeline, and she tells Iris a true version of her story that conveniently leaves out certain things, and here’s where we start to see how this Red Death differs from the one in the comics.īoth characters are Bat-vigilantes who, after repeated loss and tragedy, realize that they can’t stop all crime at once, and so they claim the Speed Force to make the idea of a crime-free world a reality. This Ryan is, of course, not our Ryan, the one from the canceled Batwoman show’s Seasons 2 and 3. This is where the big story dump begins in earnest. Iris, Finally Photo: Bettina Strauss/The CW - © 2023 The CW Network, LLC. She’s careful and observational and uses what she knows about Ryan to test this imposter. She clocks almost immediately that Ryan isn’t who she says she is, and Candice Patton does a great job of showing suspicion that lets us in on her point of view without also making it feel like it would be totally obvious to Ryan. She’s smart, insightful, and self-sufficient while still being a human surrounded by superhumans. This is the Iris we’ve wanted to see this whole time. This is maybe one of Iris’ best scenes in the whole series, and is actually really enjoyable. Red Death has The Flash chained up somewhere while Ryan Wilder shows up at Iris and Barry’s place, wounded and looking for help. This episode is a huge amount of story dump all at once. Spoilers follow for The Flash Season 9, Episode 04, “The Mask of the Red Death, Part One.” “The Mask of the Red Death, Part One”Īs The Flash begins to close out its second-to-last storyline, we find an episode weighed down by extraneous stories that we don’t really care about and cashing checks that the writing can’t afford at a breakneck pace that makes the first three episodes feel weirdly overlong. The Flash - “The Mask of the Red Death, Part 1” - Image Number: FLA904fg_0003r - Pictured: Grant Gustin as The Flash - Photo: The CW - © 2023 The CW Network, LLC. ![]()
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