The title says it all... This is most definitely a filler episode that does little to nothing to drive the plot of the season.
Barry and Ralph bicker over how to be a hero, but ultimately figure out it doesn't matter so long as the job gets done. Personally, I don't find Ralph to be endearing or funny, and am with Barry on there being a time and a place.
The subplot with Breacher (Danny Trejo) returning to ask Cisco for help to figure out why he can't vibe feels disjointed and awkward for so many reasons. There is no explanation why he is suddenly on his best behavior with Cisco, and it just feels contrived, the constant reference to Cisco's forlorn love who's effectively nonexistent was annoying and repetitive, as if we'd forget his motivation in 3 minutes or less.
And to add insult to injury, once Caitlin tells Cisco the real reason for his loss of power, the decision to keep it from Breacher is out of character and ultimately pointless, only leading to a horribly bad green-screen sequence of poor Danny "acting" even sillier attempting to use his no-longer-existent powers-it was truly painful to watch. We only learn the true reason for this drawn-out charade when Breacher returns one last time to inform Cisco of his retirement and that he'd like him to take his place, which would give him more time with Gypsy... Talk about a Catch-22...
The final fight with Ralph having to save the day with his giant whoopie-cushion antics would only be humorous to a 3-year-old. Overall, this episode was just fluff filling in a gap in the timeline. 5.5/10.0
Barry and Ralph bicker over how to be a hero, but ultimately figure out it doesn't matter so long as the job gets done. Personally, I don't find Ralph to be endearing or funny, and am with Barry on there being a time and a place.
The subplot with Breacher (Danny Trejo) returning to ask Cisco for help to figure out why he can't vibe feels disjointed and awkward for so many reasons. There is no explanation why he is suddenly on his best behavior with Cisco, and it just feels contrived, the constant reference to Cisco's forlorn love who's effectively nonexistent was annoying and repetitive, as if we'd forget his motivation in 3 minutes or less.
And to add insult to injury, once Caitlin tells Cisco the real reason for his loss of power, the decision to keep it from Breacher is out of character and ultimately pointless, only leading to a horribly bad green-screen sequence of poor Danny "acting" even sillier attempting to use his no-longer-existent powers-it was truly painful to watch. We only learn the true reason for this drawn-out charade when Breacher returns one last time to inform Cisco of his retirement and that he'd like him to take his place, which would give him more time with Gypsy... Talk about a Catch-22...
The final fight with Ralph having to save the day with his giant whoopie-cushion antics would only be humorous to a 3-year-old. Overall, this episode was just fluff filling in a gap in the timeline. 5.5/10.0