The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: A Flash of the Lightning

"A Flash of the Lightning"
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The Flash  Season 6: Episode 2
October 15, 2019
Directors	Chris Peppe
Writers	Sam Chalsen Jeff Hersh
Previous Episode	"Into the Void" (October 8, 2019)
Next Episode	"Dead Man Running" (October 22, 2019)

A Flash of the Lightning is an episode of season 6 of The Flash. It premiered on October 15, 2019.

Appearing in "A Flash of the Lightning"

Featured Characters:

• The Flash (Barry Allen)

Supporting Characters:

• Allegra Garcia (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
• Cecille Horton
• Central City Police Department
  • Joe West
• Cisco Ramon
• Elongated Man (Ralph Dibny)
• Iris West-Allen
• Jay Garrick (Earth-3)
• Joan Williams (Earth-3) (First appearance)
• Kamilla Hwang
• Caitlin Snow/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
    • Central City
      • CCPD Headquarters
      • S.T.A.R. Labs
  • 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)
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  • 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)
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  • Earth-27 (Mentioned only) (In picture only)
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  • 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:

• The Crisis
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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.

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