A Flash of the Lightning is an episode of season 6 of The Flash. It premiered on October 15, 2019.
Synopsis for "A Flash of the Lightning"
Appearing in "A Flash of the Lightning"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Allegra Garcia (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
- Cecille Horton
- Central City Police Department
- Cisco Ramon
- Elongated Man (Ralph Dibny)
- Iris West-Allen
- Jay Garrick (Earth-3)
- Joan Williams (Earth-3) (First appearance)
- Kamilla Hwang
- Killer Frost
Antagonists:
- Ultraviolet (Esperanza Garcia) (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
Other Characters:
- Dr. Ramsey Rosso
- Gideon
- Judge Hankerson
- Mitch Romero (First appearance) (Dies) (Resurrected)
- Steven Lee (Single appearance)
- Breacher Agency (Earth-19) (Mentioned only)
- Chester Runk (Mentioned only)
- Freedom Fighters (Earth-X) (Mentioned only)
- Henry Allen (Mentioned only)
- Kara Danvers/Supergirl (Mentioned only)
- Monitor (Mentioned only)
- Nora Thompson (Mentioned only)
- Oliver Queen (Mentioned only)
- Ray Palmer (Mentioned only)
- Sherloque Wells (Earth-221) (Mentioned only)
- Superman (Earth-38) (Mentioned only)
- Thaddeus Brown (Earth-51) (Mentioned only)
- Wells the Grey (Earth-13) (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Multiverse
- Earth-1
- Earth-2 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-3
- Earth-4 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-5 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-6 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-7 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-8 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-9 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-10 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-11 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-13 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-14 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-15 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-17 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-18 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-19 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-20 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-21 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-22 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-23 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-24 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-25 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-26 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-27 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-28 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-29 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-30 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-31 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-32 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-33 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-38 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-43 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-52 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-75 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-87 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-260 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-494 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-221 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-837 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-898 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
- Earth-X (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
Items:
- Helmet of Hermes
Concepts:
Notes
- The name of the episode is the same of the 8th chapter of the original Crisis on Infinite Earths which depicted the Flash of Earth-One sacrificing himself to save the Multiverse.
Trivia
- This episode foreshadows the end of the Multiverse which will happen in Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three.
- Like Jay Garrick is Earth-3's doppleganger of Barry's father, his wife Joan is Barry's mother counterpart.
- Jay Garrick's map contains some details from the Multiverse:
- Earth-1 is marked with The Flash (BA) in reference to the Flash, Barry Allen.
- Earth-3 is marked with The Flash (JG) in reference to the Flash, Jay Garrick.
- Earth-10 is referred to be the home of the Freedom Fighters.
- Earth-13 references the presence of the wizard Wells the Grey.
- Earth-15's annotation references its destruction in 1986.
- Earth-19 is is mentioned to be the reality of the Breacher Agency.
- Earth-18 is mentioned to have great tequila, a presumably reference to its Wild West setting.
- Earth-30 is marked as a vegan-only reality.
- Earth-38 is labelled with the names Supergirl and Superman.
- Earth-51 is marked with Thaddeus Brown as a reference to the master escapist Thaddeus Brown.
- Earth-51 references the presence of Sherloque Wells, once a member of the Team Flash.
- Some Earths are referred to as unknown realities. This could be a reference to the New 52's version of the Multiverse which contains some unknown Earths.
- The map also mentions an antimatter signature that is coming to Earth-2. This foreshadows the destruction of that reality which is shown at the end of the Season 8 premiere of Arrow, Starling City, which aired after this episode.
See Also
- 4 Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: A Flash of the Lightning
- Episodes of The Flash (2014 TV Series)
- Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series)
- Gallery for the The Flash (2014 TV Series) series
Recommended Media
- None.
Links and References
- None.
Footnotes
- Chris Peppe/Director
- Sam Chalsen/Writer
- Jeff Hersh/Writer
- Barry Allen (Arrowverse)/Appearances
- Allegra Garcia (Arrowverse)/Appearances
- Cecile Horton (Arrowverse)/Appearances
- Central City Police Department/Appearances
- Joseph West (Arrowverse)/Appearances
- Francisco Ramon (Arrowverse)/Appearances
- Ralph Dibny (Arrowverse)/Appearances
- Iris West (Arrowverse)/Appearances
- Jay Garrick (Arrowverse: Earth-3)/Appearances
- Joan Williams (Arrowverse: Earth-3)/Appearances
- Kamilla Hwang (Arrowverse)/Appearances
- Caitlin Snow (Arrowverse)/Appearances
- Esperanza Garcia (Arrowverse)/Appearances
- Ramsey Rosso (Arrowverse)/Appearances
- Gideon (Arrowverse)/Appearances
- Hankerson (Arrowverse)/Appearances
- Mitch Romero (Arrowverse)/Appearances
- Central City/Appearances
- CCPD Headquarters/Appearances
- S.T.A.R. Labs/Appearances
- Arrowverse: Earth-3/Appearances
- 2019
- 2019, October
- The Flash (2014 TV Series) Season 6
- Articles in need of summaries
- The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episodes
- Episodes
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