Kevin Smith Teases Tonight's Fast-Paced Episode of The Flash, Praises Danielle Panabaker and Armen Kevorkian

11/22/2016 07:11 pm EST

What does filmmaker Kevin Smith want fans to know about his latest episode of The Flash, "Killer Frost," which debuts in less than an hour?

"It's almost like a spy thriller," Smith told ComicBook.com during a conversation yesterday. "It's almost like a Grisham thriller, this episode. I keep comparing it to Three Days of the Condor, even though it's not really a spy thing at all. But it's got the pace of that and the immediacy of that."

Smith said that the episode had a breathless pace, and that while it picks up from last week's cliffhanger (the introduction of Savitar), it quickly finds a distinct identity from last week's episode and doesn't let up.

To make it happen, he said, there was a lot that fell on two sets of shoulders in particular: visual effects coordinator Armen Kevorkian, who often had to create something out of what was essentially an empty shot, and actress Danielle Panabaker, who plays Caitline Snow/Killer Frost.

"It was fun on set to be playing with Danielle, because I didn't get to play with Danielle that much on 'The Runaway Dinosaur,'" Smith said, referring to his season 2 episode. "This episode was a lot of Danielle because it's a Caitlin-centric episode since it's Killer Frost. We got to do the fun stuff, like 'Okay, when you're about to make the ice, throw your hands up really high.' Always trying to compose a splash page, if you will. Seeing what Armen had done with it, it just proves: do your job full-out. Don't ever hold back. Somebody will be inspired by it and take it to the next level. So you take a little extra time to go, 'throw that hands up really high! Go against your instincts and overplay it because it's going to be so badass!' and it did. He took that raw footage and the cold that he comes of her hands is so beautiful, painted so beautiful. When I saw the commercial spots, I was like 'Oh, my God, he understood what I was going for and he improved upon it.'"

All in all, Smith is pretty pleased with how the whole thing came together.

"I've watched the 'Killer Frost' episode so many times, not just as a professional but as a Flash fan," Smith said. "There's so much information and so many moments; I was gifted with a script that has a lot of stuff going on."

You can check out the official synopsis below:

"KEVIN SMITH DIRECTS; KILLER FROST EMERGES — Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) uses her powers to save Barry (Grant Gustin) but as her mother predicted, the effort unleashes her inner Killer Frost. Killer Frost goes on a rampage looking for Dr. Alchemy, kidnapping Julian (Tom Felton) and battling both The Flash and Vibe (Carlos Valdes). Meanwhile, Joe (Jesse L. Martin) and H.R. (Tom Cavanagh) have a heart to heart."

The Flash airs Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.

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