'The Flash' Season 6 Episode 12 Preview: Natalie Dreyfuss's Sue Dearbon is the highlight in 'A Girl Named Sue'
It has been a rather interesting second half of 'The Flash' so far. The post 'Crisis' storyline has its spotlight fixed on Iris West-Allen (Candice Patton) and her team Citizen as they tackle a mysterious organization. Old foes made a comeback and in the upcoming episode, 'A Girl Named Sue', we'll finally get to see a much-awaited character, Sue Dearbon (played by Natalie Dreyfuss), who of course, eventually goes on to become Sue Dibny.
Sue Dearbon has been constantly name-dropped in the series for some time now and the preview images released by The CW ahead of the episode gives us our first look at Dreyfuss's character. This also means the return of Hartley Sawyer's Ralph Dibny who's been a notable absentee since the multiverse-shattering battle.
The official synopsis reads: "The Flash" Season 6, Episode 12 "A Girl Named Sue": WHEN RALPH MET SUE – After months of searching for Sue Dearbon (guest star Natalie Dreyfuss), Ralph (Hartley Sawyer) gets a lead on her whereabouts and finally comes face to face with his missing client. However, Sue refuses to return home to her family, and instead, takes Ralph on a daring adventure. Iris (Candice Patton) faces a new challenge while Barry (Grant Gustin) considers a potentially dangerous request from a trusted source. Chris Peppe directed the episode, written by Thomas Pound and Lauren Certo."
The episode could also introduce Eva McCulloch (Efrat Dor) with the previous episode dropping a shocker with the Mirror Master impersonating Iris. Coming back to Dibny, this is a move in the right direction when it comes to introducing Sue. It wasn't exactly a smooth ride for Ralph since he was introduced in Season 4 as a piping hot mess. However, he's an integral part of Team Flash and the Sue Dearbon storyline lends more depth to his character.
This theory is supplemented by the actor's interview with EW where he said: “Since I started playing Ralph, the number one question has probably always been, ‘Where’s Sue? What about Sue?’ We did talk early on in Season 4, because I brought that up, and the plan had always been all roads lead to Sue and we’re going to get there, but he has to be ready for that because that’s such a serious relationship in comics and a big relationship,” says Sawyer. “I can’t see the guy he was in Season 4 meeting Sue Dearborn and that becoming what you know it needs to become.”
'The Flash' airs on Tuesday nights at 8 pm on The CW.