Flash 1.15

Out of Time

Weather Wizard, aka Mark Mardon (brother of Clyde Mardon, the villain from the pilot episode) returns for revenge on Joe West. Weather Wizard's powers are considerably more impressive than his brother's powers. He kills a coroner and almost kills Joe's boss, Captain Singh. Flash uses a device invented by Cisco to neutralize his powers but then is unable to catch the Weather Wizard because he has to get Captain Singh to the hospital before he dies.

Linda goes on a bowling date with Barry. They wind up playing with Iris and Eddie. Linda begins to suspect that there is more to her suspicions about Barry and Iris and let's Iris knows what she's thinking. Eddie more or less does the same thing later in the episode.

Mason Bridge tells Iris about his suspicions about Dr. Wells, specifically in reference to the mysterious disappearance of Simon Stagg (see episode 1.02). He knows that Dr. Wells was the last person to visit Stagg's building the night he disappeared. He also tells Barry about his suspicions about Dr. Wells.

The first time the Weather Wizard strikes Barry is with Joe and gets them both to safety. The second time is at the police station when Captain Singh is struck down. The third time and final time in this episode is when Joe is investigating an old hideout of the Mardon brothers. Throughout this episode Joe acts very emotionally. He insists that he can handle the Weather Wizard, even after he sees first hand what the villain is capable of. It was both tragic and melodramatic, and a bit of overacting for Jesse L. Martin.

Barry tells Cisco about what Mason Bridge told him about Dr, Wells. This leads Cisco to start wondering if maybe there really was something to Joe's suspicions about Dr. Wells. He tells Caitlin about his suspicions and talks her into delaying Dr. Wells the next morning. While Caitlin and Dr. Wells spend some time at Jitters, the coffee shop where Iris used to work, Cisco runs some tests on the containment unit (last seen in epiosde 1.09) that he and Dr. Wells designed to hold the Man in the Yellow Suit. He discovers something that looks like a simulation of the yellow suit wearing villain. Then Dr. Wells walks in and tells Cisco what he has been up to, that his real name is Eobard Thawne, and then he kills Cisco.

Barry and Iris rush to the waterfront after she gets a call from the Weather Wizard. He has captured her father. Barry and Iris share a moment at the waterfront before they realize what is about to happen, they talk, they kiss. When Barry sees the Weather Wizard creating a tidal wave he calls Caitlin for advice. She is at STAR Labs. It isn't clear if she has found Cisco's body yet but Dr. Wells definitely disappeared from Jitters on her. She tells him he will have to run faster than he ever had before and create a wall of wind to protect the city from the incoming tidal wave.

Barry apologizes to Iris and then changes into the Flash in front of her before telling her to get out of there. He then starts to run as fast as he can. It looks like he just might be successful when he stops suddenly and realizes that he has run so fast he has gone backward in time and is back at a point from a couple days before. That's where the episode ends.

This one was a lot of fun. So much happens. I've got a feeling that a lot of it will be undone in the next episode, including the death of Cisco, Barry and Iris opening up about their feelings for one another and kissing, and Barry revealing to Iris that he is the Flash. I'm guessing that this is another unofficial two-part story. How it will all get resolved I have no idea.