As we catch up with him as an adult to witness his transformation into a speedster, there’s a heavy departure from the comics but to good ends. There are some great shades of young Tom Riddle from Half-Blood Prince to the orphanage scenes as Hunter’s holed up somewhere that would drive most people crazy and/or evil. Whereas Hunter had no one, no support system, no positive role models and no focus for his trauma other than anger and darkness. Barry had the love and compassion of Joe, Iris and everyone else around, which enabled him to recover and become a good person. Their journeys had the same beginning with roads and destinations determined by those around them. The opening setup is fantastic with Barry recapping his own early years trauma leads into a childhood flashback of Hunter, who actually went through a similarly horrific, life-changing parental loss (except his dad really did kill his mom), which creates a wonderful parallel between Barry and Hunter.

Can Barry finally defeat the demon speedster or will he lose all his new speed to Zoom?

Verses Zoom – With the tachyon accelerator power harnessed into his suit, Barry is now finally fast enough to rival Zoom and wants to end things once and for all using Cisco’s Vibe powers to open a multi-verse doorway.

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