With the Particle Accelerator back online, Barry can go back in time to stop Eobard Thawne on the night of his mother's murder fifteen years ago.With the Particle Accelerator back online, Barry can go back in time to stop Eobard Thawne on the night of his mother's murder fifteen years ago.With the Particle Accelerator back online, Barry can go back in time to stop Eobard Thawne on the night of his mother's murder fifteen years ago.
- Kendra Saunders
- (as Ciara Renee)
- White Canary
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- The Atom
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRip Hunter is identified by Eobard Thawne as the creator of the first successful time machine. He has been identified as a member of the time masters and will appear on DC's DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016).
- GoofsWhen Dr. Stein is explaining the time travel calculations, he says they will "inject a hydrogen proton into the particle accelerator." Protons are the same, regardless of the element they come from. A hydrogen proton is the same as an oxygen proton or an iron proton or a plutonium proton. Elements are differentiated (partially) by the number of protons they have. Hydrogen has 1, oxygen had 8, etc. The subatomic particles are the same, so the phrase "hydrogen proton" is somewhat meaningless; however, In Particle Physics, hydrogen atoms are delivered in "packets" into the first stage of the accelerator (Linear Accelerator). These hydrogen atoms can only be used after their electrons are stripped away, leaving hydrogen protons. This is why they are known as hydrogen protons, and not simply protons.
- Quotes
Dr. Harrison Wells: What? No Big Belly Burger? It's one of the few perks of living in this time. We're out of cows where I come from. You don't care about that. You have questions. Go ahead.
Barry Allen: I'm not sure where to start... Thawne. That is your real name - Eobard Thawne?
Dr. Harrison Wells: Since the day I was born.
Barry Allen: And when was that?
Dr. Harrison Wells: 136 years from now. This's not what you wanna know. Go ahead, Barry. Ask it.
Barry Allen: Why did you kill my mother?
Dr. Harrison Wells: Because I hate you. Not you now. You years from now.
Barry Allen: In the future.
Dr. Harrison Wells: In a future. Yes. We're enemies, rivals, opposites, reverses of one another.
Barry Allen: Why? Wh-why were we enemies?
Dr. Harrison Wells: It doesn't matter. It doesn't... matter anymore. What matters is that neither of us was strong enough to defeat the other... until I learned your secret. I learned your name, "Barry Allen," and finally I knew how to defeat you once and for all - travel back in time, kill you as a child, wipe you from the face of the earth - but then you - future you, that is - followed me back and we fought. We both landed some pretty solid shots; and then, you - future you - got your younger self out of there. I was so mad, but then I thought... what if you were to suffer a tragedy? What if you were to suffer something so horrible, so traumatic that your child self could never recover? Then you would not become The Flash. And so I stabbed your mother in the heart, and I was free, finally able to return to a future without The Flash, only to realize that in traveling back I'd lost my way home, lost my ability to harness the speed force, and without it, I was stuck here, stranded in this time, unable to return to my own, and the only way back was The Flash - but The Flash was gone, and so I created him.
Barry Allen: Why train me? Why help me save so many people?
Dr. Harrison Wells: Because I needed you to get fast. Fast enough to rupture the space-time barrier and create a stable wormhole through which I could return home.
Barry Allen: Why would I ever do that?
Dr. Harrison Wells: Because, Barry Allen, if you give me what I want, I'm gonna give you what you want. You can go back and save your mother. You can prevent your father from going to prison. You can reunite the Allen family.
Barry Allen: No. No, I don't believe you. I want to kill you right now.
Dr. Harrison Wells: I know that rage. I used to feel that rage every time I looked upon you. And now, somehow, I know what Joe and Henry feel when they look on you with pride. With love.
Barry Allen: No. No. Don't you ever say that to me!
Dr. Harrison Wells: I know you're upset, but I'm giving you a chance. I'm giving you a chance to undo all the evil I've done. Don't you want that chance?
- Crazy creditsThe transitions have red lightning instead of the usual yellow in reference to the Reverse Flash.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Heart and Heat: The Story of Firestorm (2015)
Although I do agree with the critics on some points, I disagree on their final conclusion about the show. For example, I admit some of the early episodes (say episode 1-7) felt rushed at some moments, sometimes the story felt inconsistent, the writing was sometimes silly, and the acting a bit off at times and perhaps a tad unrealistic. Yet even in these slightly weaker episodes, nobody can deny that the Flash was always FUN to watch, extremely pleasurable, always a 10 out of 10 for entertainment. Unfortunately, many of the critics of the Flash probably stopped watching after these somewhat weaker early episodes, and boy are they now missing out on the ride we have all enjoyed since then. As the season progressed, the story began to make sense and fit together like pieces of a master puzzle. The writing turned superb, and the Flash has been on a roll since 2015.
Critics, rewatch the Flash again without prejudice this time. Stop these comparisons to Smallville- which, by the way, was good for its time. If you make it past the early episodes, when the entire season is taken into consideration the Flash is far less cheesy and possesses much more potential and far better writing than Smallville. Season 2 will be MIND BLOWING. I am super excited for the Fall. The Flash has done the comics justice and a lot of the inconsistencies that bothered me early on in the show have now been dealt with. I'm one happy viewer. What about you?
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P.S. The user who wrote the review "sorry, didn't float my boat" didn't even give the episode let alone the show a fair chance and imagines inconsistencies that aren't there. Everything in this episode made logical sense. He keeps telling us there are plot holes yet fails to mention even one that is convincing; the so called plot holes are just his personal prejudices and preconceived notions of time travel. Do us all a favor, don't write a review of a show you haven't taken seriously - sounds like you skipped more than episode 22 - more like 22 episodes.
- serbian_007
- May 19, 2015
Details
- Runtime44 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD