Flash 1.22

Rogue Air

This was a very villains heavy episode. I remembered some of them but a few of them I only remembered in part or not at all. I used this blog and IMDB to help jog my memory on some key facts about the villains.

Captain Cold aka Lenard Snart first appeared in 1.04 (Going Rogue), He also appeared in 1.10 (Revenge of the Rogues) and 1.16 (Rogue Time).

Golden Glider aka Lisa Snart, is Lenard's sister. Her only other appearance was in 1.16 (Rogue Time). She got her nick name in this episode but she got her gold gun, which Cisco make for her under duress, after the villains captured him in 1.16.

The Mist aka Kyle Nimbus first and only other appearance was in 1.03 (Things You Can't Outrun). He is similar to the character of the same name from the comic books and like Barry got his powers from the explosion of the STAR Labs particle accelerator.

Rainbow Raider aka Roy G. Bivolo first and only other appearance was in 1.08 (Flash vs. Arrow). In that episode he used his powers to manipulate people and turn the Flash against his friends.

Peek-a-Boo aka Shawna Baez first appeared in 1.12 (Crazy for You). She has the ability to teleport with some limitations on that power.

Weather Wizard aka Mark Mardon first appeared in 1.15 (Out of Time) and also in 1.16 (Rogue Time). He almost destroyed Central City in his first appearance. Barry ran so fast he traveled back in time and then used the knowledge he had to capture Weather Wizard before things escalated to the point they did.

Deathbolt aka Jake Simmons first appeared on an episode of Arrow, 3.19 (Broken Arrow). Cisco appeared on that episode which presumably helps to explain what he is doing in Central City. This is his first appearance on Flash. There was a character of the same name who appeared in All-Star Squadron but I don't think this is supposed to be the same character, just someone with similar powers and personality.

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Flash, Joe, and friends figure out that Dr. Wells/Eobard Thawne has been at STAR Labs the whole time. The key, which Thawne talked about at the end of the last episode is active. It is restarting the particle accelerator. Once the particle accelerator is online it will kill the five villains that are currently in containment units down there: the Mist, Rainbow Raider, Peek-a-Boo, Weather Wizard, and Deathbolt. Cisco can't figure out how to prevent the particle accelerator from coming back online but he deduces that they have 36 hours until it is back online.

Barry and Joe scramble for a solution for what to do with the rogues. They can't just leave them there and let them die. Iron Heights Prison is not equipped to handle meta-humans. They decide to move them to the island where Oliver Queen was stranded for 5 years. Apparently there are facilities there to hold the rogues. Joe tries to get support from the police department. The district attorney hears him out and then tells him that he is on his own.

Joe and Iris explore the area beneath the particle accelerator and discover the secret chamber where Eobard was keeping his ancestor, Eddie. He is still very weak but they get him out of there. Iris discovers the wedding ring that Eddie was going to give to her but she does not mention it to him right away. When she does show him the ring Eddie tells her about what what Eobard showed him, that she is going to marry Barry. Iris refuses to accept what Eobard told Eddie but Eddie insists and ends their relationship.

Flash turns to Captain Cold for help transporting the rogues. Captain Cold agrees but only after Flash agrees to destroy all traces of him and criminal evidence against him. Cold gets his sister, Golden Glider, to help him. Cisco rigs up a special truck to transport the criminals. He builds a dampening field into the truck, using some technology that Eobard Thawne left behind in his wheelchair. It works for a while but just before the airplane arrives to take the rogues away it fails.

The rogues break out of the truck and a battle breaks out between Flash and the rogues. Captain Cold and Golden Glider aren't much help to either side in the fight. The rogues almost kill Flash before Captain Cold steps in and zaps Dealthbolt. He then tells the rest of them to beat it. Flash is incapacitated temporarily but Cold doesn't kill him. He figures that like the rogues that he let escape, Barry now owes him one.

The particle accelerator finishes booting up and comes back online. Reverse Flash returns for a battle with the Flash, who has brought a couple friends to help him out: Arrow and Firestorm. It looks like an open and shut case, Reverse Flash is just too fast for them, until Arrow shoots him with an arrow that injects nanites into his body that disable his super speed. The arrow was designed by Ray Palmer. He ends up having to use a few of those arrows before the trio of heroes is finally able to take down the Reverse Flash.

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Overall this was an excellent episode and a lot of fun. Some things happened a little too quickly, like the return of the rogues who were in the containment units. Before I could remember who all of them were and what their powers were they were gone.

It looks like Wells/Thawne has been beaten so what comes next? It was a little surprising that the penultimate episode of the season didn't end on a cliffhanger.