All Star Team Up (2015) User Reviews (5)

It's a Bird, It's a Plane....

[ThomasDrufke · 7/10 · 15 April 2015]

The DC TV universe is becoming more and more like a shared universe. We not only have 2, and soon to be 3, shows interconnected, but it's so fluid when it all crosses over. I love the fact that Ray and Felicity can just show up in Central City and it actually makes sense. Sure it wasn't as much of a team up as the fall Arrow-Flash crossover was, but it was a fun time. Unfortunately the rest of the episode was a step back from where the show has been of late.

Starting with the good, Ray and Felicity brought such a fun dynamic to the show. We had an awkwardly funny 5th wheel dinner with Barry, Iris, and Eddie which turned out to set off a chain of events that potentially leads to a break up. Which I have to say, Barry needs to either step in and tell Iris himself or Iris just needs to be a real human being and accept that as a police officer, Eddie cant tell you everything. That's just the way it is. Back to the odd couple, there were a fair amount of innuendos, which is always a funny thing for those two. I loved the "Barry in Oliver's body" line, or the "I'm having trouble keeping it up". It seems like Ray will bring the comedic relief to the spin off show. It also brings into question how him and Felicity will inevitably break up or go their separate ways.

But in terms of Flash, we had a very weak villain this week. The show has always been campy but the whole bee thing was just stupid. We didn't really get to know the 'bug eyed bandit' at all and just throwing her in there as a parallel story to Barry-Dr Wells turned out to be a pretty weak attempt. Speaking of Wells, the team officially knows about him. I hope the show finds a way to keep Tom Cavanagh on the show after he's inevitably defeated. He brings such an ominous feeling to an otherwise really happy show. So even though this episode didn't do a whole lot to further this years storyline it was fun at times and had some great Felicity moments.

+Felicity & Ray's presence

+Everybody knows about Wells

+Feel for Eddie

-Weak villain

-Iris grow up

7.5/10

All Star Fan Service

[SpoodermanDerp · 7/10 · 15 April 2015]

"All Star Team Up" is fun, light hearted, and that's about it, oh and it has Felicity and Ray in it, want more? Uhm..some more tension between Barry and Wells? Throw in some more Iris and you've got an episode.

The episode opens up with well, I have to say, one of the best and awesome Flash scenes so far in the show and it was a great way to get us hyped for the upcoming events in the episode. Then, a murder caused by robotic bees came up and when it seemed like it was going to be an ordinary case for our hero, it turns out badly as the fastest man alive gets caught by the bees. Then out of nowhere, Felicity arrives with another guest appearance along with her which is of course the Atom himself to get help for his Iron Ma-, I mean Atom suit. As the Bug Eyed meta human resumes to cause trouble, the team decides to go out with dinner with Barry and wait for it........Iris!..(again). The struggle for the writers to come up for development and add depth to Iris's character is obviously seen and they now try to force her in with Barry's much more interesting life and character. There is no actual tension between Eddie and Iris and you feel like you already want them to break up already and get over it. In fact, no actual development was provided in the episode except for the tension between Barry and Harrison Wells which I thought were executed well in this episode. The whole team up thing with Felicity and Ray were downright useless and were just there to please the fans. The villain, I didn't even know her name in the episode to be honest and I didn't really care for her, she didn't bring tension or anything, she was a generic, underdeveloped and forgettable villain. As for the plot, it kinda really felt like some generic Flash episode with guest stars thrown in. The visuals looked like The Flash standards and the action were sub-par except for that opening sequence which I mentioned. Towards the end of the episode, I'm looking forward in more episodes of the Flash that will show in great detail on how all of these main characters go head on on Harrison Wells and if anyone will be harmed for that matter.

Overall fun and light hearted, but it's still missing that Flash spark. +Cool Opening Seqence, +Tension between Barry and Harrison, +The effects of said tension to Barry, -The struggle to get good development for Iris, -Forgettable Villain, - Generic Plot. -Felicity and Ray just there to please the fans.

Verdict: 7.5/10

Ranking/Reviewing every Flash episode: All Star Team Up

[lbramson · 8/10 · 10 June 2023]

After a string of amazing episodes, this one isn't one of the best but I still enjoy it! Team Flash teams up with Ray Palmer and Felicity Smoak to fight a villain named the Bug Eyed Bandit. You wouldn't think bees are intimidating, and you're right, they aren't. But that's my only real problem with All Star Team Up. You are gauranteed to have fun watching all our favorite characters interact on screen and fight together. Not to mention, the stuff with Thawne, while breif, is still nothing short of amazing! Episode 18 is one of the weakest of the season but nowhere near bad or even mediocre, it's good! Overall I give 1x18 an 8.3/10!

Bee minus

[Fluke_Skywalker · 6/10 · 16 April 2016]

Another cross-over with cast of 'Arrow' and (eventually) Legends of Tomorrow. For the most part the tone is light, with the lovely and quirky Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) and airy Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh) helping Barry and Co. against a vengeful scientist and her robotic killer bees. There's the requisite stuff with Dr. Wells lurking in the background, and it's addressed and the dramatic ball advanced down the field, but it's subservient to the fallout from Eddie learning The Flash's identity and the effect that has on his relationship with Iris.

A big issue with the series continues to be that the villains really aren't fleshed out very well and as a result are often paper thin caricatures, and none have been more so than Brie Larven aka The Bug-Eyed Bandit. She's almost an afterthought here, which is a shame because the robo-bees are a good gimmick and actress Emily Kenney gives a charmingly deranged performances as Larven.

Overall I liked seeing Routh, Ms. Rickards is welcome anytime, and when the focus turns to the Dr. Wells/Barry drama it is juicy, but otherwise this is a fairly weak episode.

First real disappointing episode

[super_ethan · 6/10 · 15 April 2015]

So we had to wait a little bit for this episode and for the past few weeks we've been getting a lot of trailers for the upcoming final episodes of the first season. The trailer were quite exciting to say the least, so i can imagine everyone including myself being really excited for all of what's going to happen..

Unfortunately All Star Team Up wasn't quite what i expected after seeing so many trailers.. i'm probably not alone when i say i expected Arrow, Firestorm and The Atom to appear alongside Barry to fight something huge. (Spoilers ahead)

We only get to see one ally in this episode, which is about a former employee of Dr. McGee who has been working on robotic bees to kill those who have done her wrong, including McGee herself. Honestly the whole bee concept kinda annoyed me, probably because i hate the living crap out of bees.. but also because Barry was unable to fight them off despite the speed he has. It felt a little unrealistic and seeing him almost die went a little far if you ask me. Fortunately, the whole Iris/Eddie drama and the ever so foolish humor of Felicity Smoak makes up for most of these moments. Btw, Iris is a real bitch in this one, Barry gave her great advice (which she liked btw) but she still gave him an ultimatum.. ****$@#!#! Poor Eddie.

I guess we can expect more epicness in the last 5 episodes in which the Reverse Flash will make an appearance and make things a whole lot more interesting.