Furthermore, having a speed-related character as the season's big bad three years in a row starts to get tiring, especially when everyone stops having fun. While the final defeat of Savitar is satisfying, the whole plot could have been wrapped up in half the time it takes to produce. The fact that Savitar turns out to be a time remnant of Barry Allen (don't ask) gives the whole season an insular feel that's best forgotten. In an effort to stretch his story over 23 episodes and create drama, an inevitable timeline where Iris West-Allen is killed by Savitar is introduced, turning a fun show into something that's relentlessly glum. After incredible, personal battles with the Reverse-Flash and Zoom, the big bad of season three is Savitar, the so-called 'God of Speed.' The story with Savitar dampens everything that makes The Flash great: lighthearted and occasional goofy adventures, witty banter amongst the members of Team Flash, and a perpetual sense of forward momentum. In The Flash's third season, the show develops a speed problem. Of all the Arrowverse characters, Cisco is the one that would be the most fun to hang out with at CC Jitters, geeking out over pop culture and technology for hours. Most of all, his friendship with Barry Allen is one of the anchors of the show, as they have gone through a lot together. Giving him the Vibe persona and powers almost feels redundant, as Cisco doesn't need powers to be cool. His relationships with Caitlin Snow, the various Harrison Wells, Ralph Dibny and others all show off different aspects of his personality: a protective older brother, competitive scientist, and utter goofball. He's an ideal secondary character who can carry the show at times, but also fits naturally with the other members of Team Flash. His pop culture and meme references feel natural, like shouting 'LEROY JENKINS!!!' before one fight scene. His self-appointed role in naming the Flash's villains is one of the series' best running gags. He's a super-smart smartass who gleefully leans into the absurdity of having to fight meta-humans every week. Her mix of simplistic glee and sense of being haunted by her past makes her the perfect example of a character trying to live in the moment.Ĭisco Ramon (Carlos Valdes) is everything that makes The Flash great. Like the best Arrowverse characters, her air-related powers are far less interesting than her personality, which is cynical but also deeply moral. Zari is a central figure in the best episodes of the show, like when she gets stuck in a Groundhog Day-style time loop or another where she gets turned into a cat. Her irascible nature makes her fast friends with the other troublemakers on the ship, like Mick Rory and Charlie the shapechanger.

It's the little details that make Zari so fun: as someone from a future where she had to scrape to get by, she's delighted by the past's bounty and is constantly eating the most delicious food she can get her hands on. Originally from a bleak future in 2042, she joins the Legends after tricking them into helping her, which is pretty much par for the course for the group. Zari Tomaz (played by Tala Ashe), the wise-cracking, smartass wielder of the mystical Air Totem, is a perfect match for the misfits on the Waverider in Legends Of Tomorrow. Even though he seems like he's just a lout, his writing reveals a side that understands just how important human contact is. Mick's best running subplot is his career as fantasy-romance novel writer 'Rebecca Silver.' Those books are pure Mick, with titles such as Heatwaves: An Erotic Sex Odyssey and Uncaged Desire making so many fans that he appeared (for a paycheck, of course) at 'Romanti-Con.' Mick even uses a magic book to summon Garima, the purple-skinned, triple-breasted barbarian heroine of Heatwaves to defeat a monster and then makes sweet love to her. His interactions with the other characters are a particular point of delight, as his insults of nice guys like Ray 'Haircut' Palmer land hard because they're true.

He's still hard-drinking, mean, and larcenous, but he's now mostly fighting for the good guys. In his career as a legend, Rory double-crossed his team twice, tried to kill them several times, and eventually realized how much he cared about them. This curmudgeonly poet has changed more than any other Arrowverse character, starting out as a brutish thief loyal only to his friend Leonard 'Captain Cold' Snart. Starting out his Arrowverse career as a member of the Flash's Rogues Gallery, Mick Rory (played by Dominic Purcell) is now one of the foundational members of the Legends.

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