Plus, haven’t we sort of covered the “Frost is pointlessly sacrificial and Caitlin is upset” subplot before? Possibly even a couple of times? Frost’s line about having come into the world to protect Caitlin, so, of course, she wants to protect others is a great one-but does it really line up with the woman we’ve been watching the past few seasons? All I ask for is some consistency here. It’s hard not to watch this episode and not see another in a long line of examples of the show choosing to write her in a way that fits the plot, rather than asking themselves if her behavior fits the character they’ve created. The Flash has long struggled with the question of what to do with Frost, and her characterization has suffered as a result. The elder Snow has never been the words of affirmation love language type, and I have a hard time believing that merely getting kidnapped by her awful ex would be enough to make her not only just fine with the sudden appearance of a second daughter who essentially sprung fully formed out of her first’s brain, but down with giving her gloppy, overly saccharine pep talks. (Unless this is the superhero version of the base jumping trips she and Chillblaine have been on.)Īnd while it’s always nice whenever Susan Walters pops up, as she and Danielle Panabaker have such truly great mother-daughter chemistry, The Flash hasn’t done much (read: any) work to build an actual relationship between Carla and Frost.
Frost’s sudden desire to risk herself at all costs simply to help faceless strangers is admirable on paper, but doesn’t necessarily gel with the character we’ve seen her become in recent weeks.
As a person who loves both Caitlin and Frost, I’m always excited when The Flash attempts to give the pair of them something like a “family” story, but as Snow bonding hours go, “Reckless” is pretty weak.
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