- Killing your mother... it's a fixed point. You knew this was gonna happen. And now I'm stuck here in a hell where I get to watch you grow up and become the hero that I should have been! I swear... even if I have to tear the universe apart, I will find a way to destroy you and everyone you love! Because from this moment forward, my life's work will be finding ways to kill you.
A New World, Part One is an episode of season 9 of The Flash. It premiered on May 3, 2023.
Synopsis for "A New World, Part One"
Appearing in "A New World, Part One"
Featured Characters:
- Eddie Thawne/"Malcolm Gilmore" (Revealed to be alive)
- The Flash (Barry Allen/"Bart")
Supporting Characters:
- Central City Police Department
- Det. David Singh (First appearance chronologically)
- Off. Joe West (Past) (Possessed)
- Henry Allen
- Joe West
- Nora Allen (Flashback and main story) (Dies)
- Team Flash
- Allegra Garcia
- Cecile Horton
- Chester P. Runk
- Iris West-Allen (Flashback and main story)
- Khione
- Caitlin Snow (Behind the scenes)
Antagonists:
- Negative Speed Force (Flashback and main story)
- Reverse-Flash/Eobard Thawne (Pre-Flashpoint) (Past)
- Reverse-Flash/Eobard Thawne (Pre-Flashpoint) (Dies in flashback) (Impersonates Harrison Wells) (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- Barry Allen (Past) (Cameo)
- Central City Picture News (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- The Flash (Barry Allen) (2014) (Cameo)
- Frost (Deceased) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Gideon (Hologram)
- Iris West (Alternate Timeline) (Erased) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Prof. Martin Stein (Phone call only)
- Nora West-Allen (As an illusion only) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Dr. Rachel Rosso (First appearance chronologically)
- Dr. Tina McGee (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- A.R.G.U.S. (Mentioned only)
- Central City Citizen Media (Mentioned only)
- Central City Sharks (Mentioned only)
- Flash Family (Original Timeline) (Erased) (Mentioned only)
- The Flash (Barry Allen) (Erased) (Mentioned only)
- God (Mentioned only)
- Gotham Knights (Mentioned only)
- Iris West (Original Timeline) (Erased) (Mentioned only)
- Jenna West (Mentioned only)
- Mark Blaine (Mentioned only)
- Nora Allen's father (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Multiverse
- Cosmic Plane (Unnamed)
- Negative Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
- Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
- Negative Sage Force (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Negative Still Force (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Negative Strength Force (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Alternate Earth-1 Timeline (Mark Mardon destroys Central City and Cisco is murdered by Eobard Thawne) (Unnamed) (Erased) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Central City (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Earth-Prime
- 2000
- United States of America
- Kansas
- Keystone City
- O'Shaughnessy's (First appearance chronologically)
- Iron Heights (Mentioned only)
- Keystone City
- Missouri
- Central City
- Allen House (Flashback and main story)
- CCPD Headquarters
- Central City Hospital
- Zatara's (Single appearance)
- Big Belly Burger (Mentioned only)
- Lake Whittier (Cameo)
- Central City
- New York
- New York City (Mentioned only)
- Kansas
- United States of America
- 2022
- United States of America
- Central City (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- United States of America
- 2023
- United States of America
- Central City
- Caitlin Snow's Apartment
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- Chester P. Runk's Lab
- West-Allen's Apartment
- West House (Mentioned only)
- Joe West's House (First appearance)
- Central City
- United States of America
- 2000
- Nora's Future
- 2049
- United States of America
- Missouri
- Central City
- Malcolm Gilmore's House (First appearance)
- Mercury Labs (Flashback and main story)
- Malcolm Gilmore's Lab (Flashback and main story)
- Central City
- Missouri
- United States of America
- 2049
- Timestream (Behind the scenes)
- Dawn of Time (Mentioned only)
- Eobard Thawne's Future (Unnamed)
- 2170 (Mentioned only)
- Hell (Mentioned only)
- Cosmic Plane (Unnamed)
Items:
- Cobalt Stone (Unnamed) (First full appearance)
- Power dampeners
Vehicles:
- Joe West's CCPD Car
Concepts:
- Cobalt Radiation/Cobalt-97 (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)
- Magic
- Metahumans
- Red Skies (Mentioned only)
- Time Remnants
- Time Travel
- Fixed Point in Time
- Wormholes/"Breaches"
Notes
- The subtitle of the episode, which is not part of the episode name, is "Reunions".
- This episode takes place in November 2023; the events from the past take place on March 18, 2000, one day before the murder of Nora Allen.
- This episode reveals the real circumstances behind Nora Allen's murder. Many details from past seasons are also included in this episode:
- Barry, who is revealed to be his 2023 self, and Thawne fighting outside and inside Allen House before Nora's murder which was first shown in "Pilot" and, then, in "Tricksters";
- Barry's 2023 self preventing his 2014 self from saving his mother (and causing the Flashpoint) which was originally shown in "Fast Enough";
- Barry rescuing his child self also from "Pilot";
- Thawne losing his speed and being marooned in the past which was originally shown in "Tricksters";
- However, Barry's 2016 self causing the Flashpoint and Post-Flashpoint Thawne restoring the timeline are not shown in this episode.
Trivia
- Many past events are referenced in this episode, including:
- Thawne becoming the Flash of his own Future and turning evil after a time-traveling Barry prevented him from saving people which was previousy mentioned in "Armageddon, Part 5";
- Barry allowing Thawne to murder his mother to prevent the Flashpoint like he previously did in "Flashpoint";
- Eddie Thawne sacrificing himself to erase Thawne from the continuity in "Fast Enough".
- Many events from this episode are homages to past events, including:
- Barry calling himself "Bart" is a reference to the events of "Cause and Effect" where he was called Bart after losing his memory to defeat Savitar;
- Barry spending time with his parents and allowing Nora's murder is a nod to the events of "Flashpoint";
- Thawne removing his cowl and asking for Gideon's help after Nora's murder mirrors the epilogue of "Potential Energy" where he did the same after being stuck in 2015;
- Barry and Thawne drinking at O'Shaughnessy's is a nod to a similar meeting between his Post-Flashpoint counterpart and Sara Lance at Cosic Tavern in Sarajevo, 1914 from the DC's Legends of Tomorrow episode, "The Fixed Point";
- During this conversion, Thawne tells Barry that he wants "to hear it" which mirrors the same words he told Barry about Nora's murder in "Flashpoint";
- During his conversation with Barry after Nora's murder, Thawne states that "he would even destroy the universe to kill Barry" which is a reference to his original future counterpart causing the original version of the Crisis in 2024 to kill Barry;
- Nora Allen mentions that Barry resembles his father which she previously said in "Fast Enough";
- Malcolm Thawne being hit by a Negative Speed Force lightning obviously mirrors Barry being originally hit by the Speed Force lightning in the Arrow episode, "Three Ghosts".
- The Zatara's restaurant is obviously a nod to the DC characters, Giovanni Zatara and his daughter Zatanna.
See Also
- 3 Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: A New World, Part One
- 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