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

"Negative, Part One"

Jeff Byrd

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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.

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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)

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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.

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^[1] but, after time-traveling to 2015, they restored her existence.

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