The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Impulsive Excessive Disorder

"Impulsive Excessive Disorder"

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The Flash
Season 8: Episode 6

March 9, 2022

Directors

David McWhirter

Writers

Thomas Pound

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Just remember what Dad always says: "No matter how fast you run, life is about the journey."

—Nora West-Allen

Impulsive Excessive Disorder is an episode of season 8 of The Flash. It premiered on March 9, 2022.

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Appearing in "Impulsive Excessive Disorder"

Featured Characters:

Impulse/Bart West-Allen/"Bart Waid"/"Isaac" (Nora's Future) (Flashback and main story)
XS/Nora West-Allen/"Nora Moy" (Nora's Future) (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

Avery (First appearance)
Central City Police Department
- Off. Daisy Korber (First appearance chronologically)
- Det. Eddie Thawne
- Hawkshaw
- Det. Joe West (Past)
Jay Garrick (Nora's Future) (First appearance) (Revealed to be alive)
Team Flash (Cameo)
- Allegra Garcia (Flashback and main story)
- Cecile Horton
- Chester P. Runk
- The Flash (Barry Allen) (Flashback and main story)
- Frost
- Iris West-Allen (Flashback and main story)
- Joe West

Antagonists:

Godspeed/August Heart (Nora's Future) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Godspeed Army (Nora's Future) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
Royal Flush Gang (First appearance chronologically) (Origin)
- Jack of Hearts (Jake Fox) (Real name revealed) (First appearance chronologically)
- King of Clubs (First appearance chronologically)
- Queen of Diamonds (Mona Taylor) (Real name revealed) (First appearance chronologically)
- Ten of Spades (Wanda Wayland) (Real name revealed) (First appearance chronologically)
Sterling Brooks (First appearance chronologically) (Origin)

Other Characters:

Barry Allen (Past)
Booster Gold (Unknown Future) (On a TV or computer screen) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
Central City Explorer (Nora's Future) (Single appearance) (On a TV or computer screen)
Central City News Daily (Alternate Timeline) (Single appearance) (On a TV or computer screen)
Central City Picture News (Casino Heist Timeline) (Single appearance) (On a TV or computer screen) (Erased)
Central City Police Department (Alternate Timeline) (Single appearance) (On a TV or computer screen) (Erased)
- Chief Joe West (Single appearance) (On a TV or computer screen) (In a photograph only)
Central City Weekly News (Alternate Timeline) (Single appearance) (On a TV or computer screen)
Channel 52 (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
Cisco Ramon (Cameo)
Firestorm (Jefferson Jackson) (Costume only)
The Flash/Barry Allen (Earth-90) (Costume only)
The Flash (Jay Garrick) (Flashback and main story) (Cameo)
Counselor Horton (Past)
Iris West (Past)
Jesse Quick (Pre-Crisis Earth-2) (Costume only)
Dr. Joan Williams (Cameo)
National Free Press (Nora's Future) (Single appearance) (On a TV or computer screen)
Nora Allen (As an illusion only) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
Aunt Rose (Nora's Future) (Text message) (Erased)
Speed Force/"Nora" (Flashback only) (Impersonates Nora Allen)
Abraham Froman (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
Angels (Mentioned only)
Anthony Bellows (Nora's Future) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
Mayor Anthony Bellows Jr. (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
The Atom (Ray Palmer) (Mentioned only)
Caitlin Snow (Mentioned only)
Cecile Horton's ex-husband (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
Central City Police Department (Casino Heist Timeline) (Mentioned only)
- Cpt. David Singh (Mentioned only)
David Singh (Mentioned only)
Dirk Bremer (Casino Heist Timeline) (Mentioned only)
Deputy Mayor Elizabeth Gutierrez (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
Eobard Thawne (Mentioned only)
FBI (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
Fred Chyre (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
Gideon (Mentioned only)
God (Mentioned only)
Judge Hankerson (Mentioned only)
Dr. Joan Garrick (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
Joe West (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
John Bremer (Casino Heist Timeline) (Mentioned only)
Kid Flash (Wally West) (Mentioned only)
Lex Luthor (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
Marcus (Mentioned only)
Mark Blaine (Mentioned only)
Mason Bridge (Mentioned only)
Meena Dhawan (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
Morgan Harvey (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
Nazi Party (Mentioned only)
Norman Yates (Mentioned only)
Royal Flush Gang (Casino Heist Timeline) (Mentioned only)
Team Flash (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
- The Flash (Barry Allen) (Mentioned only)
- Iris West-Allen (Mentioned only)
Trickster (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
Zoom (Alternate Timeline) (Mentioned only)
Elon Musk (Mentioned only)
Marty McFly (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Multiverse
- Alternate Earth-Prime Timeline (Joe West became Chief of Police in 2013 and Joan Williams is erased by existence) (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (On a TV or computer screen) (Erased)
  - 2013 (Mentioned only)
    - United States of America
      - Central City (Mentioned only)
        Reed Avenue (Mentioned only)
  - 2016 (Mentioned only)
    - United States of America
      - Central City (Mentioned only)
        CC Jitters (On a TV or computer screen) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Alternate Earth-Prime Timeline (The Royal Flush Gang pulls New Year's Casino Heist) (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (On a TV or computer screen) (Erased)
  - United States of America
    - Central City
      - Central City Art Gallery (Mentioned only)
      - Diamond Zenith (Mentioned only)
- Earth-Prime (Flashback and main story)
  - 2013
    - United States of America
      - Central City
        CCPD Headquarters
        Central City Crime Lab (Flashback and main story)
        
        Central City General Hospital
        
        Central City Jewelry
        
        Fast Track Labs (First appearance)
        
        Utopia Casino (Single appearance)
        
        S.T.A.R. Labs (Mentioned only)
        S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator (Mentioned only)
      - Keystone City
        O'Shaughnessy's
  - 2014
    - United States of America
      - Central City
        Fast Track Labs
        
        CCPD Headquarters
        
        Utopia Casino
  - 2021
    - United States of America
      - Central City
        West House
  - 2022
    - United States of America
      - Central City
        West House
    - France
      - Paris (Mentioned only)
- Nora's Future (Flashback and main story)
  - 2032
    - United States of America
      - Washington, D.C.
        White House (On a TV or computer screen) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
  - 2047
    - United States of America
      - Central City (On a TV or computer screen)
        Central City Hall (Mentioned only)
      - Keystone City
        Iron Heights (Mentioned only)
  - 2049
    - United States of America
      - Central City
        Big Belly Burger (Cameo)
        
        CC Jitters (Cameo)
        
        Flash Museum
        Hall of Heroes
        
        Hall of Villains (Flashback only) (Cameo)
        
        West-Allen House
    - Italy
      - Milan (Mentioned only)
        La Verità Rustica (Mentioned only)
    - Tibet (Mentioned only)
- Speed Force (Flashback and main story) (Behind the scenes)
- Timestream (Behind the scenes)

Items:

A.T.O.M. Exosuit (Cameo)
Cosmic Treadmill (Flashback only) (Cameo)
Nora West-Allen's Gauntlet

Vehicles:

Joe West's Police Car

Events:

Godspeed War (Flashback only)
S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator Explosion (Mentioned only)
World War II (Mentioned only)

Concepts:

Metahumans
Time Travel
- Fixed Point in Time (Mentioned only)
Wormholes

Notes

The events in the past from this story take place on December 31, 2013; the epilogue of the episode on Earth-Prime takes place on January 1, 2022.
- Bart and Nora West-Allen's story continues from "Heart of the Matter, Part 2" and is continued in "Into the Still Force".
- Avery's story is eventually concluded in the epilogue of The Flash series finale, "A New World, Part Four".
As a consequence of Bart and Nora's time travels and and Godspeed being defeated in the past, Nora's future is altered so that Jay Garrick was never murdered. However, the reality changes also altered the timeline of Earth-Prime so that Joan Williams is erased from existence and Joe West became Police Chief in 2013.
- After time traveling to the past, the speedster siblings avert an alternate timeline where the birth of the metahuman incarnation of the Royal Flush Gang, which happens years before its Earth-Prime's original appearance,^[1] leads to a big heist with many casualties.
- The speedsters eventually manage to restore their original future.
Booster Gold cameos in this episode as it is shown to be welcomed in the White House in 2032. This event presumably happened after he escaped with the alternate Waverider but before he was captured by the Time Police during the events of the DC's Legends of Tomorrow episode, "Knocked Down, Knocked Up".

Trivia

The identity of Avery's boss at Fast Track Labs is revealed in "The Man in the Yellow Tie".
Bart and Nora's aliases, "Nora Moy" and "Bart Waid", are references to DC Comics writers, Jeffrey Moy and Mark Waid.
Future Jay Garrick mentions being stuck in the past and fighting the Nazis during World War II in "another lifetime" which is a reference to his early superhero career on the reborn Earth-2 from the Stargirl tv series.

Recommended Media

None.

Links and References

None.

Footnotes

↑ The Flash: "Armageddon, Part 1"

[1] The Flash: "Armageddon, Part 1"

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