Flashpoint
- Episode aired Oct 4, 2016
- TV-PG
- 42m
The Reverse-Flash taunts The Flash and warns of repercussions if Barry continues to forget his old life. When disaster strikes, Barry must decide whether to live as Barry Allen or return to ... Read allThe Reverse-Flash taunts The Flash and warns of repercussions if Barry continues to forget his old life. When disaster strikes, Barry must decide whether to live as Barry Allen or return to his universe as The Flash.The Reverse-Flash taunts The Flash and warns of repercussions if Barry continues to forget his old life. When disaster strikes, Barry must decide whether to live as Barry Allen or return to his universe as The Flash.
- Dr. Harry Wells
- (credit only)
- Barricade Cop
- (as Michele De Broel)
- Doctor Alchemy
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the first episode of the series in which Tom Cavanagh (Dr. Harrison Wells) does not appear.
- GoofsBarry performs many of his Flash tricks without his Flash costume/uniform but does not wear through his shoes or clothes the way he did in the beginning of Season 1.
- Quotes
Eobard Thawne: And here I was starting to think you'd forgotten all about me.
Barry Allen: But I am forgetting. What's happening to me?
Eobard Thawne: I was wondering when you'd notice.
Barry Allen: It's like I'll be thinking of a moment from my past and then it vanishes. I can't get it back. Why?
Eobard Thawne: Flashpoint. It's a side effect. See, I told you before. You don't know what you're doing. This new reality you've created is starting to overwrite the reality that you and I know. So your original life - your friends, your family - pretty soon, all of that will just fade away.
Barry Allen: Why isn't it happening to you?
Eobard Thawne: Not sure. Unless...
Barry Allen: [looking around his cell, Thawne starts laughing] What the hell's so funny?
Eobard Thawne: Your speed! The more you use it, the faster you lose your memories.
Barry Allen: No. No, you're lying. You just want me to let you out of here. That's never gonna happen.
Eobard Thawne: The you I know from the future, he's not this stupid. Pretty soon, you won't even remember that you're the Flash, and when that happens, this world will become permanent. Time is set like concrete, and nothing will be able to change it back to the way it was.
Barry Allen: That's fine by me.
Eobard Thawne: You know what you have to do. You have to take me back to that night and let me finish what I started.
Barry Allen: You go to hell!
Eobard Thawne: You're taking both of us there! Now who's the villain, Flash? Now who's the villain?
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Flash: Shade (2016)
- SoundtracksMoney In The Bag
performed by Kraak & Smaak
It's pretty surreal that Flash is already on season 3, but the surreal doesn't end there. Barry has found himself stuck between enjoying his rebirth into a life with both his parents and a life without the friends who made him who he really was at the end of last year. It's a difficult dilemma, and one that none of us can say we can relate to in any way, but it made for some dang good television.
As we saw with the trailers, he is living a happy life with his parents and taking a bit of time off from being The Flash we know and love. This comes to head when he begins to lose some of his memories of his previous life in the other timeline, something the Reverse Flash warned him about. I really enjoyed Matt Letscher's presence here, even if it was mostly kept to a secret cell where Barry was keeping him. I understand Letscher has signed on to be one of the members of the Legion of Doom on Legends of Tomorrow, but I would love to see another lengthy arc between him and Barry. Here's hoping we at least get sporadic appearances the rest of the season.
Flashpoint also gave us some twisted looks at Joe, Caitlin, Cisco, Iris, and Wally. All of which have a different life, but we still got the same old charm with their performances. Wally is the Flash, Iris works with the Flash and doesn't know Barry, Caitlin isn't a scientist, and Joe is a bum. Cisco will likely be the one most talked about, considering he had his own "Ramon Industries", which took the place of S.T.A.R. Labs. Which reminds me how intrigued I am to learn of Tom Cavanagh's role this season. I think we all suspect it will be playing the real Harrison Wells, but who knows.
It's worth mentioning a few other tidbits. I thought Blake Neely's score was particularly effective as was the subplot with the villain, Rival. No, we don't have any idea of his motivations or what the heck he was doing against Wally's Kid-Flash, but the slight tease at the end with Alchemy written on a MIRROR was enough to get the hairs on my arm rise.
As much as Barry enjoyed flirting (but really stalking) with Iris for the first time, seeing Cisco run a company, Wally have powers, and living with his parents, I am glad that the Flashpoint timeline is over. The idea is very intriguing as a premise, but I'm far more interested in the repercussions from Flashpoint than I am of spending too much of the season stuck in the timeline. This was a great one- off episode with plenty of ramifications down the line. This season has me really excited.
+Flashpoint ramifications
+Fun changes with characters
+Reverse Flash presence
+Alchemy/Mirror Master/Rival tease
9.3/10
- ThomasDrufke
- Oct 4, 2016