The first season ended with an awesome cliffhanger but the season 2 premiere decided to start with what happened afterwards. I was a bit disappointed since I had been looking forward to the resolution of the cliffhanger but I decided to wait hoping it'd be good. It really wasn't. It took the Flash (and Firestorm) all of, what, 20 seconds to shut down the black hole? Talk about wasted potential (you could've had him travel to a parallel universe!). I would've preferred it at the start rather than build even more anticipation throughout the episode. I have to agree with wolfsite here, the season premiere felt like it should've been the last episode of season 1. Other than that there's not much to say except it looks like Harrison Wells won't be appearing any time soon, not with fake Wells having confessed to Nora Allen's murder. I liked his character in season 1 and I doubt season 2's main antagonist will be as good but time will tell.

While I would've preferred that Barry had travelled to another Earth at the end of season 1 they did the next best thing... and that's having the villains (and hero) of Earth-2 come to Earth-1. This is great news because now the series can tell stories from both worlds and draw upon the villains and heroes of Earth-2 as well. Also, the return of Harrison Wells! I certainly hope they don't make him a villain in Earth-2, that'd be a tad too repetitive. I thought the whole "I don't trust newcomers" arc dragged a bit and was also somewhat hypocritical of Barry considering how easily he accepts Patty (another character I hope isn't later revealed to be a villain). Other than that, I think it was a solid episode, definitely superior to the premiere.

Looks like Barry got himself another mentor. It'll be awesome when Garrick recovers his powers.

Retro Earth-2 has so much potential. Really looking forward to some episodes taking place there. Maybe Barry will cross over to lend a hand?