The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: The Man Who Saved Central City

"The Man Who Saved Central City"
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The Flash  Season 2: Episode 1
October 6, 2015
Directors	Ralph Hemecker
Writers	Greg Berlanti Andrew Kreisberg Gabrielle Stanton
Previous Episode	"Fast Enough" (May 19, 2015)
Next Episode	"Flash of Two Worlds" (October 13, 2015)

Well, that's not really true. Don't you have another family in this room? They need your help, too, Barry. When you need me, I will be here. But right now Central City doesn't need you to be Henry Allen's son, it needs you to be The Flash. My Kid, the superhero. I have to go. I need you to tell me that it's OK.

—Henry Allen

The Man Who Saved Central City is an episode of season 2 of The Flash. It premiered on October 6, 2015.

Appearing in "The Man Who Saved Central City"

Featured Characters:

• The Flash (Barry Allen) (Revealed to be alive) (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision)

Supporting Characters:

• Central City Police Department
  • Cpt. David Singh
  • Det. Joe West (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision)
• Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond) (Flashback only) (Also in a vision) (Dies)
  • Prof. Martin Stein (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision)
• Henry Allen
• Iris West (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision)
• Team Flash (Disbanded) (In a vision) (Reforms)
  • Caitlin Snow (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision)
  • Cisco Ramon (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision)

Antagonists:

• Atom-Smasher/Al Rothstein (Earth-2) (Single appearance; dies)
• Eobard Thawne/"Dr. Harrison Wells" (On a TV or computer screen) (Also in a vision) (Impersonates Harrison Wells)
• The Rogues (In a vision)
  • Captain Cold (In a vision)
  • Heat Wave (In a vision)
• Zoom (Earth-2) (First appearance) (In a vision) (Cameo)

Other Characters:

• Albert "Al" Rothstein (Single appearance) (Appears only as a corpse)
• Mayor Bellows
• D.A. Cecile Horton (Phone call only)
• Channel 52 (On a TV or computer screen)
• Clarissa Stein
• Eddie Thawne (Deceased) (Also in a vision)
• Jay Garrick (Earth-2) (First appearance)
• Weathersby & Stone LLP (First appearance)
  • Greg Turk (Single appearance)
• The Central City Citizen (Future) (Mentioned only)
• Gideon (Mentioned only)
• Grodd (Mentioned only)
• Dr. Harrison Wells (Mentioned only)
• Nora Allen (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Tina McGee (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth-1 (Unnamed)
  • 2000
    • United States of America
      • Central City
        • West House (Flashback only)
        • Allen House (Mentioned only)
  • 2015
    • United States of America
      • Kansas
        • Keystone City
          • Iron Heights
      • Missouri
        • Central City (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision)
          • CC Jitters (Flashback and main story) (In ruins)
          • CCPD Headquarters
          • Central City Morgue (On a TV or computer screen)
          • Central City Park
          • Mercury Labs
          • S.T.A.R. Labs
            • The Cortex (Also in a vision)
          • West House
          • Central City High School (Mentioned only)
          • Central City Train Station (Mentioned only)
  • 2013
    • United States of America
      • Hawaii (Mentioned only)
  • United States of America
    • Central City (Unnamed) (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Speed Force (Also in a vision)
• 2024 Future (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)

Items:

• B.O.O.T. (First appearance; unnamed)
• Captain Cold's Cold Gun (In a vision)
• Central City Key (First appearance)
• Firestorm Matrix (Flashback only) (Also in a vision)
• Central City Picture News
• Heat Wave's Heat Gun (In a vision)
• Quantum Splicer (Flashback only) (Also in a vision)

Events:

• Flash Day
• The Singularity (Flashback only)
• S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator Explosion (Mentioned only)

Concepts:

• Metahumans
• Wormhole (Flashback only) (Destroyed)

Notes

• This episode takes place six months after the events of "Fast Enough".
• Al Rothstein was previously referred to be dead as a consequence of the S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator Explosion by Eoabrd Thawne/"Harrison Wells" in "Power Outage".
  • It could be possible that he actually died in the original timeline of Earth-1 which may explain why Thawne was sure about his death.

Trivia

• Cisco and Barry's conversation about the future is a reference to Thawne's words from the press conference that preceded the Particle Accelerator Explosion in "Pilot".
• The signal that Barry uses to summon Atom-Smasher is obviously a homage to the Bat-Signal.
• Weathersby & Stone LLP first appeared in the Arrow episode, "Tremors".

See Also

• 4 Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: The Man Who Saved Central City
• 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.

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