THE FANDOM ZONE 269: "A New World, Part 4: Finale" Is Up!

 
"You want to hear a story? Okay, but before I start, I need you to do something first. I need you to stop crying. And I need you to believe in the impossible. Can you do that? Good. Your dad is fast, faster than the speed of sound. And the faster I go, the more the world slows down, but it wasn't always easy. When I was a kid, I lost the people I cared about most. I won't let that happen to you. That's why your mom and I, we need to do something impossible. Our family has been blessed with these amazing gifts. Maybe that speed shouldn't just belong to us anymore. My friend Oliver said that the lightning chose me. Well now, I'm gonna do the choosing. [...] Maybe if we share a piece of ourselves, we can break out of our old cycles of violence and pain -- create a new world for you, Nora, a better one. One where we can coexist -- all of us -- together. A world where nothing has to be impossible...as long as we believe in it."
-- Barry Allen to Baby Nora West-Allen, The Flash -- "A New World, Part 4: Finale"

Hello again, everyone! It's time for another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This time, DJ Nik and I discuss "A New World, Part 4: Finale", the series finale of The Flash, featuring Grant Gustin as The Flash/Barry Allen, Candice Patton as Iris West-Allen, Rick Cosnett as Cobalt Blue/Eddie Thawne, and John Wesley Shipp as The Flash/Jay Garrick!

In this episode, DJ Nik and I talk about things like Nik being my podcast counselor, Nik's sports segment, the series finale not being particularly memorable, wondering why superhero TV shows can't have an epic battle between teams of superheroes and supervillains, the CW Arrowverse shows being stronger on emotional moments than superhero moments, why Carlos Valdes didn't return as Vibe in the finale, the various callbacks to the pilot episode from Season 1, the three people Barry gave super-speed to in the final moments of the series, some comics background on the Legion of Zoom, Eddie bringing the Reverse-Flash, Zoom, Savitar, and Godspeed back moments before each of them died, Eddie becoming Cobalt Blue, the Legion of Zoom being defeated way too easily and quickly, why the Legion of Zoom battle should've been the entire Part 3 of "A New World", Chillblaine serving no purpose whatsoever, Khione telling Barry to believe in the impossible, Eddie smashing the Cobalt Blue crystal and agreeing to help balance the Speed Force, Chester learning he's a Consciousness-Honed Universally Neutralized Kerry anomaly, the weirdness of adult Nora being there to see herself being born, the revelation that Khione didn't have much of a purpose, Caitlin coming back from the dead just in time for the show to end, the possibility of telling more stories with Avery Ho, Max Mercury and Jess Chambers, Joe proposing to Cecile even though all of us thought they were already married, why there needed to be one last Oliver Queen cameo, Allegra never getting a codename, The Flash not living up to its potential as a series and taking a creative nosedive when Eric Wallace became showrunner, our favorite quotes of the episode, our return to talking more Superman & Lois Season 3, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week for our discussion of "Collision Course", the tenth episode of Superman & Lois Season 3, on The Fandom Zone Podcast!