Flash 1.05

Plastique

- Barry tries to convince Iris, both in his civilian and superhero identities, to stop writing about him; but not until after she sees the Streak; he does this partly because Joe pushes him to do it; he isn't very successful at convincing her; Iris doesn't understand why Barry doesn't want her to write about the Streak; she still thinks that he is hiding something, which he is; he has a crush on her and he is the man that she has been writing about
- the villain this time around isn't a superhero but a general, General Eiling; I didn't notice how many stars he had on his collar so I'm not sure what his rank is exactly; he is played by Clancy Brown who also does the voice of Lex Luthor on Justice League and JLU and played Colonel Schoonover on season 2 of Daredevil
- the other metahuman in this episode is Plastique (aka Bette Sans Souci); she is yet another person who gained their powers from the same event that Barry his powers; if I understood correctly she was an Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) expert in the army prior to gaining her powers; she had been wounded in Afghanistan and was brought back to the Central City to recover; her power is that she can cause anything she touches to explode; the team at STAR Labs tries to help her but in the end Dr Wells convinces her (when no one else is around) that she should kill General Eiling; she tries but gets distracted by Flash and in that moment Eiling kills her
- in terms of the expansion of his power set or his bag of tricks Flash runs up a building and across water for the first time in this episode; Barry also discovers that conventional alcohol has no effect on him
- the teaser at the end provides the first glimpse at Grodd, in a flashback to five years before when Dr Wells was working with General Eiling

- not a great episode; the best moments are the ones between Barry and Iris; she's gonna find out his secret identity; it's just a matter of time; I wasn't crazy about the Plastique story; there was nothing inherently wrong with the way it was conceived but I didn't think the actress who played Plastique was good in the role