The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: The Once and Future Flash

"The Once and Future Flash"
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The Flash  Season 3: Episode 19
April 25, 2017
Directors	Tom Cavanagh
Writers	Carina Adly MacKenzie
Previous Episode	"Abra Kadabra" (March 28, 2017)
Next Episode	"I Know Who You Are" (May 2, 2017)

Sorry you ran all this way for nothing. You want some advice? Go home. Spend as much time with Iris as you can. Because pretty soon, we'll never see her again.

—Barry Allen (Future)

The Once and Future Flash is an episode of season 3 of The Flash. It premiered on April 25, 2017.

Appearing in "The Once and Future Flash"

Featured Characters:

• The Flash (Barry Allen)

Supporting Characters:

• Central City Police Department
  • Det. Joe West
• Team Flash
  • Cisco Ramon
  • H.R. Wells (Earth-19)
  • Iris West
  • Julian Albert
  • Kid Flash (Wally West)
• Team Flash (Alternate Future) (Single appearance) (Reforms)
  • The Flash (Barry Allen) (First full appearance)
  • H.R. Wells (Single appearance)
  • Joe West (Single appearance)
  • Julian Albert (Single appearance)
  • Vibe (Cisco Ramon) (First full appearance) (Flashback and main story)

Antagonists:

• Killer Frost (Caitlin Snow)
• Killer Frost/Caitlin Snow (Alternate Future) (First full appearance) (Flashback and main story)
• Mirror Master/Sam Scudder (Alternate Future) (Single appearance)
• Savitar (Cameo)
• The Top/Rosa Dillon (Alternate Future) (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Central City Police Department (Alternate Future) (Behind the scenes)
• Channel 52 (Alternate Future) (On a TV or computer screen)
  • Newscaster Kline (Single appearance)
• Nurse Beth (Alternate Future) (Single appearance)
• Iris West (Alternate Future) (Deceased) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Wally West (Alternate Future) (Single appearance)
• Cecile Horton (Mentioned only)
• Gorillas (Alternate Future) (Mentioned only)
• Music Meister (Alternate Future) (Mentioned only)
• Plunder (Alternate Future) (Mentioned only)
• Rosa Dillon (Mentioned only)
• Sam Scudder (Mentioned only)
• Tracy Brand (Alternate Future) (Mentioned only)
• Doc Brown (Fictional character) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Multiverse (Behind the scenes)
  • Earth-1
    • United States of America
      • Central City
        • S.T.A.R. Labs
          • The Cortex
          • S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator/The Pipeline
        • CCPD Headquarters (Mentioned only)
        • Central City Hospital (Mentioned only)
  • Mirrorverse (Unnamed) (Cameo)
  • Savitar's Future (Unnamed) (First full appearance)
    • 2017
      • United States of America
        • Central City (Flashback only)
          • City Hall (Mentioned only)
    • 2024
      • United States of America
        • Central City (First full appearance)
          • Central City Cemetery (Single appearance)
          • Central City Jewelry (Single appearance) (Cameo)
          • HR Jitters (Single appearance)
          • S.T.A.R. Labs (Single appearance)
            • The Cortex
            • S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator/The Pipeline
            • Time Vault
          • West House (Single appearance)
        • Keystone City
          • Iron Heights
  • Speed Force
    • Speed Force Prison/"Savitar's Cage" (Mentioned only)
  • Timestream (Behind the scenes)

Items:

• H.R. Wells' Drumsticks
• Meta-Cuffs
• Savitar's Armor
• Speed Force Bazooka (Mentioned only)
• Vibe's Goggles (Flashback only) (Cameo)

Concepts:

• Metahumans
• Time Travel
  • Time Remnant (Mentioned only)
• Wormholes

Notes

• This episode is mainly set on Savitar's Future where his Paradox began in the Post-Flashpoint continuity of Earth-1. By 2024, the following events have occurred:
  • Savitar killed Iris West which was originally shown in "The Present";
  • An enraged Wally West attacked Savitar by himself but the God of Speed overpowered him and broke his spine, leaving him catatonic after revealing his true identity;
  • Cisco Ramon lost his hands as well as his vibing abilities during the battle against Killer Frost that was originally glimpsed in "Shade"; he eventually replaced his hands with robotic ones.
  • Team Flash disbanded and S.T.A.R. Labs was left abandoned;
  • Killer Frost was captured and imprisoned in Iron Heights by Julian Albert;
  • H.R. Wells has become a successful author and owner of Jitters which he renamed as H.R. Jitters.
  • In 2021, Savitar was eventually defeated by The Flash and imprisoned in the Speed Force thanks to Tracy Brand's Speed Force Bazooka; Barry then retired to the abandoned S.T.A.R. Labs;
  • Some time after Barry's retirement in the S.T.A.R. Labs, the Flash Villains, including Top and Mirror Master, resurfaced without anyone opposing them.
• The events of this future are eventually averted on Earth-1 due to the interference of H.R. Wells who will sacrifice himself to save Iris from Savitar.

Trivia

• "Post 56 #WhoIsSavitar?" is The Chronicles of Cisco post regarding this episode.

See Also

• 12 Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: The Once and Future Flash
• 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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