- Life is a marathon, not a sprint Barry. Slow down and enjoy it.
Marathon is an episode of season 6 of The Flash. It premiered on February 4, 2020.
Synopsis for "Marathon"
Iris becomes the target of a global conspiracy. Meanwhile, Barry receives a bequest from Oliver Queen and believes it's a clue for an oncoming threat.
Appearing in "Marathon"
Featured Characters:
- The Flash (Barry Allen) (Flashback and main story)
- Iris West-Allen (Flashback and main story) (Also as an hologram)
Supporting Characters:
- The Central City Citizen
- Central City Police Department
- Gene Huskk (Single appearance; dies) (Flashback and main story)
- John Diggle
- Team Flash
- Cecile Horton
- Cisco Ramon
- Frost
- Caitlin Snow (Behind the scenes)
- Nash Wells (Unknown Earth) (Joins team)
Antagonists:
- Black Hole (Real name revealed) (First full appearance)
- Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi) (First appearance)
- Esperanza Garcia (Flashback and main story) (Cameo)
- Joseph Carver (First appearance)
- "Malcolm Strombard" (Flashback and main story) (Appears only as a corpse) (Cameo)
- Maurice (Dr. Carver's assistant) (Single appearance) (Cameo)
- Eva McCulloch (Mirrorverse) (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
- Sterling Brooks
Other Characters:
- CatCo Worldwide Media (Cameo)
- Channel 52
- Cisco's Who's Who? Binder villains (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Abra Kadabra (Abra Kadabra's Future)
- Alex Boyd (First appearance; unnamed)
- Amunet Black
- Arielle McAlpin (First appearance)
- Block
- Bug-Eyed Bandit
- Dan Fisk (First appearance)
- Dr. Derek Stricker (First appearance)
- The Dominators
- Emily Palizzi (First appearance)
- Girder
- Gorilla Grodd
- The Hotness
- King Shark
- Magenta (Frankie Kane)
- Null (Janet Petty)
- Payton Gilbert (First appearance)
- Pied Piper
- The Mist
- Top
- Trickster (Axel Walker)
- Weather Witch
- Harry Wells (Earth-2) (Erased) (Hologram) (Cameo)
- KPJT News (Cameo)
- Maya (Earth-719) (First appearance; unnamed) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Natalie (Jitters employee) (Cameo)
- Remington Meister (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Riggs Wellington (Dies)
- The Anti-Monitor (Antimatter Universe) (Mentioned only)
- Dr. Anthony Ivo (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- A.R.G.U.S. (Mentioned only)
- Lyla Michaels (Mentioned only)
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Mentioned only)
- Batwoman (Kate Kane) (Mentioned only)
- Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) (Mentioned only)
- Caitlin Snow's Multiversal doppelgangers (Mentioned only)
- Cisco Ramon's Multiversal doppelgangers (Mentioned only)
- Damien Darhk (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Deathstroke (Slade Wilson) (Mentioned only)
- D.E.O. (Mentioned only)
- Dr. Light/Linda Partk (Pre-Crisis Earth-2) (Erased) (Mentioned only)
- Eden Corps (Mentioned only)
- Eobard Thawne (Mentioned only)
- Eva McCulloch (Mentioned only)
- Felicity Smoak (Mentioned only)
- God (Mentioned only)
- Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) (Mentioned only)
- Hank Henshaw (Mentioned only)
- Harrison Wells' Multiversal counterparts (Mentioned only)
- Jesse Wells (Earth-2) (Erased) (Mentioned only)
- J.J. Diggle (Mentioned only)
- The Legends (Mentioned only)
- The Atom (Ray Palmer) (Mentioned only)
- Rip Hunter (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- White Canary (Sara Lance) (Mentioned only)
- Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz) (Mentioned only)
- Mirakuru Army (Mentioned only)
- Nazis (Mentioned only)
- Nora Allen (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Obsidian Tech (Mentioned only)
- President Olivia Marsdin (Mentioned only)
- Rainbow Raider (Roy Bivolo) (Mentioned only)
- The Ray (Raymond Terrill) (Mentioned only)
- Sara Diggle (Mentioned only)
- Star City Police Department (Mentioned only)
- Supergirl (Kara Danvers) (Mentioned only)
- Superman (Clark Kent) (Mentioned only)
- Thea Queen (Mentioned only)
- Thunder (Anissa Pierce) (Mentioned only)
- Zoom (Hunter Zolomon) (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Multiverse (Mentioned only)
- "Infinite Earths" (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)
- Earth-Prime
- North China Sea
- Lian Yu
- A.R.G.U.S.' Prison
- Lian Yu
- United States of America
- Central City (Flashback and main story)
- CC Jitters
- Bentley Building (First appearance; unnamed)
- McCulloch Technologies (Flashback and main story)
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- Cisco Ramon's Workshop
- The Cortex
- S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator (Mentioned only)
- West-Allen's Apartment
- West House
- Freeland (Mentioned only)
- Gotham City (Mentioned only)
- Happy Harbor (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis (Mentioned only)
- National City (Mentioned only)
- Star City (Mentioned only)
- Central City (Flashback and main story)
- Arctic Circle
- Fortress of Solitude (Mentioned only)
- Bialya (Mentioned only)
- Dinosaur Island (Mentioned only)
- Gorilla City (Mentioned only)
- Japan
- Tokyo (Mentioned only)
- Kaznia (Mentioned only)
- Kooey Kooey Kooey (Mentioned only)
- Markovia (Mentioned only)
- Nanda Parbat (Mentioned only)
- Qurac (Mentioned only)
- San Monte (Mentioned only)
- Santa Prisca (Mentioned only)
- Tinasha (Mentioned only)
- Zambesi (Mentioned only)
- North China Sea
- Pre-Crisis Earth-1 (Erased) (Mentioned only)
- Pre-Crisis Earth-2 (Erased) (Mentioned only)
- Earth-Prime
- Mirrorverse (Unnamed) (Cameo)
- Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
- Antimatter Universe (Mentioned only)
- The Nexus (Mentioned only)
- Timestream (Mentioned only)
- "Infinite Earths" (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)
Items:
- Alpha-Omega Virus (Mentioned only)
- Central City Picture News (Cameo)
- "Cisco's Who's Who? Binder" (First appearance)
- Holocube (Cameo)
- Kimiyo Hoshi's Photonic Rifle (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
- Metahuman Cure (Mentioned only)
- Mirakuru (Mentioned only)
- Mirror Gun (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Nash Wells' Pack
- Oliver Queen's Mask
Vehicles:
- The Amazo (Mentioned only)
- Queen's Gambit (Mentioned only)
Events:
- Alpha-Omega Hong Kong outbreak (Mentioned only)
- The Crisis (Mentioned only)
- The Dominators' Invasion (Mentioned only)
- The Metapocalypse (Mentioned only)
- Nazis' Invasion (Mentioned only)
- The Siege of Starling City (Mentioned only)
- The Singularity (Mentioned only)
- S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator Explosion (Mentioned only)
- The Undertaking (Mentioned only)
Concepts:
- Antimatter (Mentioned only)
- Magic (Mentioned only)
- Metahumans
- Time Travel (Mentioned only)
Notes
- This is the first episode of The Flash to be set on Earth-Prime.
- This episode takes place before the events of the Arrow series finale, "Fadeout", as Diggle has not yet found the unknown alien object.
- According to Cisco's Post-Crisis timeline, most of the events of Pre-Crisis Earth-1, Earth-38 and Black Lightning's Earth still happened but a few of them had some differences:
- The Legends were formed in late 2015 instead of early 2016;
- The Singularity created new metas, including the Hunter Zolomon of Earth-Prime and his meta-human army, who still invaded Central City in 2016;
- In 2017, time-traveling Nazi from World War II invaded Earth-Prime instead of the New Reich from Earth-X.
- The Ray never traveled to Earth-X and debuted in 2015.
- Some of Earth-1's dead villains are revealed to be alive on Earth-Prime, including Abra Kadabra, Block, Girder and Null.
- Null being still alive implies that DeVoe spared the Central City Bus 405 metas in the Post-Crisis continuity.
- Nash Wells has become a living paradox as a consequence of the creation of Earth-Prime as its residents have never interacted with parallel universes in the Post-Crisis continuity.
Trivia
- The title of the episode is a reference to Diggle's quote "Life is a marathon, not a sprint, Barry." from this episode.
- Cisco's Who's Who? Binder is a reference to Who's Who and its sequels, an index of every character, major or minor, in the DC Universe.
See Also
- 6 Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Marathon
- 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