The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Negative, Part One

"Negative, Part One"
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The Flash  Season 8: Episode 19
June 22, 2022
Directors	Jeff Byrd
Writers	Jonathan Butler Gabriel Garza
Previous Episode	"The Man in the Yellow Tie" (June 15, 2022)
Next Episode	"Negative, Part Two" (June 29, 2022)

We're the true Forces of the universe, ones written in darkness. And we're here to kill you, Thawne, so you can fulfil your purpose.

—Negative Deon Owens

Negative, Part One is an episode of season 8 of The Flash. It premiered on June 22, 2022.

Appearing in "Negative, Part One"

Featured Characters:

• The Flash (Barry Allen) (Also in a vision)
• Iris West-Allen (Apparent Death)

Supporting Characters:

• Bart West-Allen (Nora's Future)
• Fast Track (Meena Dhawan) (Also in a vision) (First appearance as Fast Track)
• Dr. Joan Williams (Nora's Future) (First appearance)
• Nora West-Allen (Nora's Future)
• Reverse-Flash/Eobard Thawne (Post-Flashpoint) (Dies)
• Rosa Dillon
• Team Flash
  • Allegra Garcia
  • Cecile Horton
  • Chester P. Runk
  • Joe West

Antagonists:

• Negative Alexa Rivera (First appearance) (Also in a vision)
• Negative Bashir Malik (First appearance) (Also in a vision)
• Negative Deon Owens (Real identity revealed) (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision)
• Reverse-Flash/Eobard Thawne (Pre-Flashpoint) (Also in a vision) (Dies) (Also as a corpse) (Resurrected) (Impersonates Harrison Wells)

Other Characters:

• Caitlin Snow
• Dr. Harrison Wells (As an illusion only)
• Iris West-Allen (Nora's Future) (Hologram) (Erased) (Cameo)
• Klamulon (In a videogame only) (Behind the scenes)
• Mark Blaine
• Mona Taylor
• Alexa Rivera (Mentioned only)
• A.R.G.U.S. (Mentioned only)
  • Cisco Ramon (Mentioned only)
• Barry Allen (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
• Bashir Malik (Mentioned only)
• Central City Citizen (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
• Central City Police Department (Mentioned only)
  • Chief David Singh (Mentioned only)
• Central City Sharks (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
• Deon Owens (Mentioned only)
• Frost (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Jay Garrick (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
• "Speed Force Nora" (Mentioned only)
• Taylor Downs (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Multiverse
  • Cosmic Plane (Unnamed) (Flashback and main story)
    • Negative Sage Force (First appearance) (Behind the scenes)
    • Negative Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
    • Negative Still Force (First full appearance) (Flashback and main story)
    • Negative Strength Force (First appearance) (Behind the scenes)
    • Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
    • Still Force (Flashback only) (Cameo)
    • Sage Force (Mentioned only)
    • Strength Force (Mentioned only)
  • Earth-Prime
    • North China Sea
      • Lian Yu
        • A.R.G.U.S. Supermax Prison (Also in a vision)
    • United States of America
      • Central City
        • Caitlin Snow's Apartment
        • Fast Track Labs
        • S.T.A.R. Labs
          • The Cortex
          • Speed Lab
        • West House
      • Keystone City
        • Iron Heights
        • Keystone Cleveland Dam (Mentioned only)
  • Nora's Future
    • 2049
      • United States of America
        • Central City
          • Central City Citizen Media
          • Jay Garrick's Lab (First appearance)
          • West-Allen House
  • Timestream (Behind the scenes)
  • Hell (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Biometric Lightning Oscillation Chamber/B.L.O.C.
• C.R.C. (Real name revealed) (First full appearance)
• Meta-cuffs
• Negative Speed Force Machine (Mentioned only)
• Reverse-Flash's Ring

Vehicles:

• Fast Track Labs Van (First appearance)
• U.S.S. Engager (In a videogame only) (Behind the scenes)

Events:

• Armageddon (Flashback only)
• Forces War

Concepts:

• Metahumans
• Time Sickness
• Time Travel

Notes

• This episode introduces all the Negative counterparts to the main Forces of Nature.
  • They are revealed to be the cause behind Iris West's Time Sickness.
• Eobard Thawne has his powers restored by Negative Deon Owens after the latter allows him to replace his Post-Flashpoint counterpart in the timeline.
• The events from Nora's Future take place before the events of Earth-Prime #5-6.

Trivia

• Bart and Nora are playing a videogame based on Space Trek: 2022, a fictional series that starred Garfield Logan in the comics.
• Eobard Thawne ripping his way out of his Post-Flashpoint self is an homage to the cover of The Flash (Volume 5) #26 which shows Reverse-Flash/Eobard Thawne doing the same with The Flash/Barry Allen.
• The Negative Still Force was originally mentioned in "Armaggedon, Part 3" where Team Flash speculated it was behind the creation of the Armageddon Timeline.
• Future Joan Garrick was first mentioned in "Impulsive Excessive Disorder" where Bart and Nora West-Allen discovered that they had erased her from the continuity but, after time-traveling to 2015, they restored her existence.

See Also

• 5 Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Negative, 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.

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