The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: P.O.W.

"P.O.W."
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The Flash  Season 7: Episode 16
July 6, 2021
Directors	Marcus Stokes
Writers	Kristen Kim Dan Fisk
Previous Episode	"Enemy At the Gates" (June 29, 2021)
Next Episode	"Heart of the Matter, Part 1" (July 13, 2021)

And as much as everything inside of me wants to stay and help you fight, in my heart and soul, man, I know I can't put this off any longer

—John Diggle

P.O.W. is an episode of season 7 of The Flash. It premiered on July 6, 2021.

Appearing in "P.O.W."

Featured Characters:

• The Flash (Barry Allen) (Also in a dream sequence)

Supporting Characters:

• Deon Owens
• Gideon (Voice)
• Impulse/Bart West-Allen (Post-Crisis Nora's Future) (First appearance) (Cameo)
• Cpt. Kristen Kramer (Revealed to be alive)
• Spartan (John Diggle) (Flashback and main story)
• Team Flash
  • Allegra Garcia
  • Caitlin Snow
  • Cecile Horton
  • Chester P. Runk (Flashback and main story)
  • Frost
  • Iris West-Allen
  • Joe West (Revealed to be alive)
• XS/Nora West-Allen (Post-Crisis Nora's Future) (Revealed to be alive) (Also in a dream sequence)

Antagonists:

• Adam Creyke (First full appearance)
• August Heart (Post-Crisis Nora's Future)
  • Godspeed loyalists (Post-Crisis Nora's Future) (Flashback and main story)
• Godspeed rebels (Post-Crisis Nora's Future) (First full appearance)
  • Sixth Godspeed Impostor (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Black Hole
• Channel 52 (On a TV or computer screen)
• Ultraviolet (Esperanza Garcia) (Dies)
• A.R.G.U.S. (Mentioned only)
  • Cisco Ramon (Mentioned only)
  • Lyla Michaels (Mentioned only)
• Barry Allen (Post-Crisis Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
• Central City Police Department (Mentioned only)
• Godspeed/August Heart (Pre-Crisis Nora's Future) (Erased) (Mentioned only)
• Iris West-Allen (Post-Crisis Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
• John Diggle, Jr. (Mentioned only)
• Joseph Carver (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Oliver Queen (Mentioned only)
• Doctor Olsen (Mentioned only)
• Ray Palmer (Mentioned only)
• Sara Diggle (Mentioned only)
• Sebastian Ollins (Pre-Crisis Nora's Future) (Erased) (Mentioned only)
• Speed Force/"Nora" (Mentioned only)
• Team Arrow (Disbanded) (Mentioned only)
• Time Trapper (Multiverse) (Mentioned only)
• United States Army (Mentioned only)
• Casper (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Multiverse
  • Cosmic Plane (Unnamed)
    • Speed Force
    • Still Force
      • Memorial Park (First appearance; unnamed)
  • Earth-Prime
    • United States of America
      • Central City
        • S.T.A.R. Labs
          • The Cortex
          • Speed Lab
          • S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator/The Pipeline
        • Central City Hall (Mentioned only)
      • Gotham City (Mentioned only)
  • Timestream
  • Pre-Crisis Earth-1 (Erased) (Mentioned only)
  • Flashpoint Timeline (Mentioned only)
  • Hell (Mentioned only)
  • Post-Crisis Nora's Future (Mentioned only)
    • 2049 (Mentioned only)
  • Pre-Crisis Nora's Future (Erased) (Mentioned only)
    • 2049 (Mentioned only)
      • United States of America
        • Central City
          • Dayton Labs (Mentioned only)
          • Ollins Lab (Mentioned only)
          • Stagg Industries (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Dark Matter
• Entropic Trap (Single appearance) (Destroyed)
• Green Lantern Ring (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Nora West-Allen's Journal
• Pulse Rifle
• Spartan's Helmet
• Velocity 9 (Mentioned only)

Events:

• Godspeed War
• War in Afghanistan (Mentioned only)

Concepts:

• Metahumans
• Time Language (Cameo)
• Time Sickness (First appearance; unnamed)
• Time Travel
• Wormholes

Notes

• Despite just 40 days have passed since the events of Mother, the current events take place in 2021.
  • Deon's words confirm that there have been alterations to the Timestream due to the Godspeed War and August Heart's original time travel. This suggests that the timeline of Earth-Prime was actually shifted from 2020 to 2021.
• John Diggle's story continues from the Batwoman episode, "Rebirth", as John Diggle references having visited doctors in Gotham City, and is continued in the Supergirl episode, "Blind Spots".
  • Despite having found the Green Lantern Ring some time after Oliver Queen's funeral, this episode confirms that John Diggle refused its calling which gives him headaches and made him voices that tell him "Worlds await".
  • Although it has never been clearly stated in any episode, these voices belong to the Arrowverse counterparts of the Guardians of the Universe.
• This episode marks the first appearance of the Still Force as an actual plane of existence.
• Chester mentions that Cisco used the Time Trapper's tech to build the Entropic Trap. This is a reference to the Time Trapper, one of the main villains of the Crossover Crisis event from the Barryverse novels, The Flash: Green Arrow's Perfect Shot, The Flash: Supergirl's Sacrifice and The Flash: The Legends of Forever.
  • This suggests that, some time after the Crossover Crisis, which took place at the same time of the Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Time Trapper journeyed to the main Orrery of Worlds.

Trivia

• Barry telling John that "he knows more than others" the dangers of time traveling, is a reference to his daughter Sara having been erased from the history by the Flashpoint in the Pre-Crisis continuity.
• After hitting a Godspeed clone with the nanites, Diggle repeats "Nanites. Courtesy of Ray Palmer.", Oliver Queen's iconic quote from "Rogue Air".

See Also

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• 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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