The smoke alarm depicted in the first scene of the episode was extremely unrealistic, only beeping quietly 2-3 times before turning off without any fanning of the smoke. If the smoke alarm was realistic, it would have beeped throughout the entire first scene and kept going for the rest of the episode until the flash funnelled up the smoke and destroyed the smoke alarm with a lightning bolt. In the case of a real fire, it would have probably failed to do its purpose and everyone would have died.
Review of News Flash
