Cisco is shocked when Gypsy’s father shows up and takes an immediate disliking to Cisco; Barry runs into Ralph Dibny, his former nemesis.

The Flash has a lot going for it in this episode that sees a new classic character brought into the live action DC Universe and an interesting character in Gypsy’s father.

Danny Trejo is Breacher, Gypsy’s father and when things are going really well, ahem, between Gypsy and Cisco he shows up. Sadly, the episode only really uses him for most of the episode in a protective father sort of way. It’s a bit of a waste of Trejo, but to get any Trejo is awesome. And, he’s a lot of fun. There’s some solid back and forth between Breacher and Cisco and the episode features an entertaining running joke about their real names. It’s a fun aspect of the episode and gives Cisco something to do and sets Breacher up for something towards the end.

The episode really focuses on Ralph Dibny who comic readers will know as Elongated Man. The show has him as the latest Meta to be discovered and plays with his stretching ability to some entertaining results. The special fx are ok for television but slightly behind some of what this show has displayed before. There’s a lot of it and the jokes are delivered mainly through it. The biggest issue though is that Dibny is not very likeable. He’s not someone you want to see get ahead and wind up on the good side of things. That negative vibe just doesn’t go over well and gives the episode an odd feeling about it all.

It’s not a bad episode though and adds yet another classic character to the live action universe and does so in a way that will see him around for some time to come. While everything doesn’t land, it’s generally a fun episode that has interesting moments and understands its strength is in its new stretchy character.

Overall Rating: 7.65