Geekscape Recaps: ‘The Flash’ – Potential Energy
The Flash is back tonight with familiar faces and a new villain! This episode felt like it stumbled out of the hiatus, but in all, we got a solid episode with an excellent stinger. More after the jump!
Warning: Spoilers Ahead!
The West family drama was present in some of this episode. By the end of the episode, Wally is starting to come around and Joe isn’t trying to be an “instant-dad” anymore. Going by this, we can assume Wally will be sticking around for a bit and maybe both Joe and Iris will be a positive influence on some of Wally’s other activities.
Still, Wally will probably have some more trouble adapting into this new family dynamic. If anything, Wally will most likely butt heads with Barry once the two start communicating more. If the relationship between Patty and Barry continues to deteriorate, we can also assume most interactions with Barry will be somewhat negative.
Harry seems to be adapting to his situation in Earth 1. At the end of the midseason finale, we saw Harry agree to Zoom’s demands by helping Barry get faster only to have Zoom feast on Barry’s speed in the near future. It seems Harry has been inspired by Cisco and has now shifted his allegiance to…good? It’s hard to say, with killing Turtle and everything, but we can at least assume Harry is on board with killing Zoom in the long run.
Midway City
Midway City was briefly mentioned a couple of times this episode by Patty. It’s a city located in Michigan that plays host to various heroes and villains. Surprising, right? Midway City is most prominently inhabited by both Hawkman and Hawkgirl. There’s even an area in the city dubbed “Hawk Valley” where Hawkman likes to brood. It sounds like a place we could find our Hawkman and Hawkgirl, you know, if they weren’t traveling through time and such.
Jay Garrick
Garrick is ill, and potentially dying at an accelerated rate. A reasonably upset Caitlin Snow found this information out by secretly taking Garrick’s DNA sample. They both came to the realization that Garrick will be cured of whatever’s wrong with him should his speed come back. Of course, the only way to do that is to stop Zoom.
Wells
Yeah, so he may have killed Turtle. But as Harry said, he’d do anything to get his daughter back. Hopefully Harry has what he needs to get his speedforce formula working because it’s about time we see Johnny Quick enter the battle.
Turtle
Turtle isn’t new to the Flash universe. In fact, Turtle is Jay Garrick’s villain. Of course, there are a couple of Turtle’s in the comics, but the first and most prominent is the one belonging to the Secret Society of Super-Villains. In the comics, Turtle usually operates out of Keystone City. Like his TV counterpart, Turtle has the ability to take the speed out of objects, and especially the Flash.
Turtle’s character was created in 1945 by Gardner Fox and Martin Naydel. If the later name sounds familiar, you’re probably remembering it from a call-out in tonight’s episode. In the episode, Turtle’s lair was in the Naydel Library.
Reverse-Flash
The Reverse-Flash made his appearance in the stinger of tonight’s episode. It’s hard to say how much of an impact the Reverse-Flash will have on the ongoing events of Earth 1. The street looked eerily similar to that of Barry’s childhood home, however, I think it’s safe to assume that the Reverse-Flash has found himself in present day Earth 1. What’s better is that we finally had a Gideon sighting.
Since the last time we saw Thawne, one would assume that this Reverse-Flash is from another Earth. However, the suit Thawne is wearing looks to be the same we’re accustomed to seeing. Whether or not Thawne survived the events of last season or if this Thawne is entirely different remains to be seen.
Next week can’t come soon enough! Until then, I’ll see you right back here tomorrow night for Arrow!
