The Flash season 4 episode 4 spoilers: Elongated Man’s first appearance
Will Elongated Man actually have his powers in this episode? That’s something that is still reasonably unclear. All we can say about this October 31 installment “Elongated Journey Into Night,” directed by none other than tom Cavanagh, is that we will be meeting for the first time his alter ego of Ralph Dibny. The fact that this character’s name is “Ralph” really serves as a prime example of when he was first introduced into the comic-book lexicon.
“Cisco (Carlos Valdes) is shocked when Gypsy’s (guest star Jessica Camacho) father, Breacher (guest star Danny Trejo), shows up on Earth-1. Breacher takes an immediate disliking to Cisco and decides to hunt him. Meanwhile, Barry (Grant Gustin) runs into his old nemesis, Ralph Dibny (guest star Hartley Sawyer). Tom Cavanagh directed the episode written by Sterling Gates & Thomas Pound.”
This episode should prove to be interesting from the perspective of seeing if Barry and Ralph can work through whatever their differences are — it’s a little interesting hat they are nemeses of each other given that Ralph’s not someone who’s been top of mind for Barry, but to be fair he also has had a number of other more important things on his place, including some that are life and death.
Of course, we cannot ignore the presence of one Danny Trejo here, either. This is a very famous actor playing what could be a really fun character on the show; for Carlos Valdes in particular this has to be a thrill to work alongside someone who is notably intimidating and brings such a different energy to the show. Breacher probably looks like the sort of guy you’d be terrified of and assume is some sort of villain. However, at the end of the day he may actually be a pretty decent guy. We just have to hope Gypsy gets through to him before he ends up making Cisco into mincemeat.
This episode definitely feels as though it’s combining much of what you could want with this show — some action, but also plenty of lighthearted fun. This is what The Flash is trying to embrace this season, and it’s something we wrote about at CarterMatt for our premiere review over here.
What do you want to see with Elongated Man?
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