The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: The Fire Next Time

"The Fire Next Time"
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The Flash  Season 8: Episode 8
March 23, 2022
Directors	David McWhirter
Writers	Joshua V. Gilbert
Previous Episode	"Lockdown" (March 16, 2022)
Next Episode	"Phantoms" (March 30, 2022)

You can see something they can't. Look, what you went through, I wouldn't wish on anyone. But what it did, was it gave you the ability to believe in the underdog when no one else is willing to. So... If your gut tells you... To not give up on Birch... Then for Henry's sake, don't. Not yet.

—Joe West

The Fire Next Time is an episode of season 8 of The Flash. It premiered on March 23, 2022.

Appearing in "The Fire Next Time"

Featured Characters:

• The Flash (Barry Allen) (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Central City Police Department (Flashback and main story)
  • Off. Daisy Korber
  • Dr. Rene Carpenter
• Harold Birch (First appearance)
• The Hotness (Jaco Birch)
• Team Flash
  • Allegra Garcia
  • Cecile Horton
  • Chester P. Runk
  • Frost
  • Iris West-Allen
  • Joe West

Antagonists:

• "Fire Meta" (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)

Other Characters:

• Central City Citizen Media
  • Taylor Downs (Full name revealed)
• Donna Winters (First appearance; dies)
• Henry Allen (Deceased) (Flashback only)
• Jenna West (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Lydia Sanchez (First appearance)
• Rosie Levin (Single appearance)
• Stanley "Stan" Mullen (First appearance; dies) (Also as a corpse)
• Chillblaine (Mark Blaine) (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Judge Hankerson (Mentioned only)
• Harold Birch's mother (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Cpt. Kristen Kramer (Mentioned only)
• Nora Allen (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Dante Alighieri (Mentioned only)
• LIPS (Mentioned only)
• Mack Gipson, Jr. (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth-Prime
  • Earth
    • United States of America
      • Central City (Flashback and main story)
        • Allen House (Flashback only) (Cameo)
        • Bentley Building
          • Cecile Horton, Meta-Human Attorney Office
          • Central City Citizen Media
        • CC Jitters
        • CCPD Headquarters
          • Central City Crime Lab
        • S.T.A.R. Labs
          • The Cortex
        • West House
      • Keystone City
        • Iron Heights (Flashback only) (Cameo)
        • O'Shaughnessy's
      • New Orleans
        • French Quarter (Mentioned only)
  • S.T.A.R. Labs Satellites (Mentioned only)
• Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
• Armageddon Timeline (Mentioned only)
• Hell (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Dark Matter (Behind the scenes)
• Pulse Rifle

Vehicles:

• Central City Social Services vehicle

Concepts:

• Cold Fusion
• Magic
• Metahumans

Notes

• This episode confirms that Jaco Birch is a meta in the Post-Crisis continuity. However, Erik Frye was previously revealed to still be a metahuman which implies that Birch didn't get his abilities, like in the Pre-Crisis continuity.
  • He probably got them during the original S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator Explosion.

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• 1 Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: The Fire Next Time
• 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

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