There’s still a couple of weeks before the return of The Flash on January 19th, and this little gem almost slipped by me during the holidays. After a crazy crossover with Arrow, and then a Trixter-y, Weather-y episode that ended with a really nice Christmas for the Wests, because of the return of long lost son, Wally West (Keiynan Lonsdale – Insurgent), everyone needed a slight breather from the Zoom problem. Looks like that breather is over.

Check out the trailer below.

The Flash
Season 2 Episode 9: “Running To Stand Still”
Directed by Kevin Tancharoen
Written by Andrew Kreisberg
Starring Grant Gustin, Jesse L. Martin, Danielle Panabaker, Candice Patton, Carlos Valdez, Tom Cavanagh
Created by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Geoff Johns
The CW
Air Date: Tuesday, December 8th, 2015, 8:00pm

Last week’s episode of The Flash was spectacular. Everybody was in this crossover episode. The Flash crew turned to the Arrow crew for help in saving Hawkman and Hawkgirl (Falk Hentschel and Ciara Renee) from an immortal madman, Vandal Savage (Casper Crump). This episode was the first half of the Legends of Tomorrow setup. Patty (Shantel VanSanten) shot Wells (Tom Cavanagh), and Jay had to take a speed drug to remove the bullet from his heart with his hands. It was one of the funniest episodes of The Flash to date. And that’s saying something.

Spoilers below.

The Flash
Season 2 Episode 8: “Legends Of Today”
Directed by Ralph Hemecker
Written by Aaron Helbing, Todd Helbing
Starring Grant Gustin, Jesse L. Martin, Danielle Panabaker, Candice Patton, Carlos Valdez, Tom Cavanagh
Created by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Geoff Johns
The CW
Air Date: Tuesday, December 1st, 2015, 8:00pm

Two weeks ago on The Flash, Grodd was back, using his mind to bend people to his will. His goal? To make more Grodds. He mind controls Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) but doesn’t want to hurt her. he remembers how kind she was. They get Earth-2 Wells (Tom Cavanagh) to pretend to be dead Wells, with Cisco’s (Carlos Valdes) help, whom Grodd saw as a father. Earth-2 Wells did have a real answer. There is a Grodd habitat on Earth-2, and they send him there. The other theme is father-son relationships. Barry (Grant Gustin) is having a lot of doubt in himself, so Iris (Candice Patton) calls in his real dad (John Wesley Shipp) for the sage Rocky speech that the first Wells used to do when Barry was doing Flash-y stuff.

Beware! Spoilers for “Legends of Today” below.

Arrow and The Flash are skipping Thanksgiving week next week, and we will all be quite sad. However, beginning with The Flash on Tuesday, December 1st, and continuing on Arrow on Wednesday, December 2nd, comes the 2-night crossover event we’ve been waiting for since the season began. Crossovers between these two shows were the highlights of last season for both of them. We’ve had some guest appearances, but nothing like this.

Watch the extended crossover trailer here below.

The Flash
Season 2 Episode 7: “Gorilla Warfare”
Directed by Dermott Downs
Written by Aaron Helbing, Todd Helbing
Starring Grant Gustin, Jesse L. Martin, Danielle Panabaker, Candice Patton, Carlos Valdez, Tom Cavanagh
Created by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Geoff Johns
The CW
Air Date: Tuesday, November 17th, 2015, 8:00pm

Last week on The Flash, Zoom (Tony Todd) was front and center, as Linda (Malese Jow) pretended to be Dr. Light as bait. They did some bad playacting to draw him out, but Zoom wasn’t fooled. He ended up hurting Barry (Grant Gustin) horribly, then dragging his limp body around Central City, showing everyone how their hero has fallen. Barry can’t feel his legs at the end of the episode.

Spoilers below.