The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: The Trap

"The Trap"
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The Flash  Season 1: Episode 20
April 28, 2015
Directors	Steve Shill
Writers	Alison Schapker Brooke Eikmeier
Previous Episode	"Who is Harrison Wells?" (April 21, 2015)
Next Episode	"Grodd Lives" (May 5, 2015)

You look so young. And I could kill you right now so easy. What I wouldn't have given... all those times before to have you like this. So... helpless. But fate... fate's tricky, isn't it? I come here to destroy you... And then to get home, I have to be the one who creates you. But I will say... it's been an education. Watching you grow up all these years. Science fairs and soccer games. No hint, no sign, no trace of the man you will be one day, for whom I have nothing but hate. And to be clear, nothing is forgiven. There will be a reckoning. I promise you, Barry Allen, that you will die.

—Eobard Thawne/"Dr. Harrison Wells"

The Trap is an episode of season 1 of The Flash. It premiered on April 28, 2015.

Appearing in "The Trap"

Featured Characters:

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

Supporting Characters:

• Central City Police Department
  • Cpt. David Singh
  • Det. Eddie Thawne
  • Det. Joe West (Flashback and main story)
• Gideon (Hologram)
• Iris West (Flashback and main story)
• Team Flash
  • Caitlin Snow
  • Cisco Ramon (Also in a dream sequence)

Antagonists:

• Reverse-Flash (Eobard Thawne/"Dr. Harrison Wells") (Flashback and main story) (Also in a dream sequence) (Also as an hologram) (Impersonates Dr. Harrison Wells)
  • Everyman/Hannibal Bates (Dies) (Impersonates Eobard Thawne/"Dr. Harrison Wells")

Other Characters:

• Caitlin Snow (Alternate Timeline) (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
• The Central City Citizen (Future) (On a TV or computer screen)
• Central City Fire Department
• Channel 52 (Flashback only)
• The Flash/Barry Allen (Future) (On a TV or computer screen) (In a photograph only)
• Mason Bridge (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
• Rob Singh
• The Atom (Future) (Mentioned only)
• Central City Police Department (Future) (Mentioned only)
  • Chief Joe West (Mentioned only)
• Cisco Ramon (Alternate Timeline) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Firestorm/Burning Man (Ronnie Raymond) (Mentioned only)
• The Flash (Barry Allen) (Future) (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Green Arrow (Future) (Mentioned only)
• Dr. Harrison Wells (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Hawkgirl (Future) (Mentioned only)
• Henry Allen (Mentioned only)
• Iris West-Allen (Future) (Mentioned only)
• Justice League (Future) (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Nora Allen (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Queen Inc. (Future) (Mentioned only)
• Wayne Tech (Future) (Mentioned only)
• HAL 9000 (Mentioned only)
• Marty McFly (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Alternate Earth-1 Timeline (Mark Mardon destroys Central City and Cisco is murdered by Eobard Thawne) (Unnamed) (In dream sequence only)
  • United States of America
    • Central City
      • S.T.A.R. Labs (In dream sequence only)
      • CC Jitters (Mentioned only)
• Dream World (First appearance; unnamed)
• Earth-1 (Unnamed)
  • 2013
    • United States of America
      • Central City
        • Central City Hospital (Flashback only)
      • Starling City (On a TV or computer screen) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
  • 2014
    • United States of America
      • Central City
        • S.T.A.R. Labs (Flashback only)
  • 2015
    • United States of America
      • Central City (Flashback and main story)
        • CC Jitters
        • CCPD Headquarters
          • Central City Crime Lab
        • Central City Picture News (On a TV or computer screen)
        • Eddie Thawne's Apartment (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
        • New Brighton
          • Bradford Tower Highrise (Single appearance)
        • S.T.A.R. Labs (Flashback and main story)
          • The Cortex
          • Time Vault (Real name revealed)
          • S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator (Mentioned only)
        • West House
      • Keystone City
        • Iron Heights (Mentioned only)
  • 2000
    • United States of America
      • Central City
        • Allen House (Mentioned only)
• Negative Speed Force (Unnamed) (Flashback and main story) (Behind the scenes)
• Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
• 2024 Future (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
  • 2024 (Mentioned only)
    • United States of America
      • Central City (Mentioned only)
        • Adams Avenue (Mentioned only)
      • Starling City (Mentioned only)
• Eobard Thawne's Future (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
  • 22nd Century (Mentioned only)
• Hell (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Dark Matter (Mentioned only)
• Grandma Agnes's Ring (First appearance)
• S.T.A.R. Labs Treadmill (Cameo)
• Vibe's Goggles (First appearance; unnamed)

Concepts:

• The Crisis (Mentioned only)
• Lucid Dreaming
• Metahumans
• Red Skies (On a TV or computer screen) (In a photograph only)
• S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator Explosion (Mentioned only)
• Time Travel (Mentioned only)

Notes

• The newspaper from the future is changed from its latest appearance which implies that the events were altered some time before the events of this episode. It has never really explained why they changed but it's vaguely implied that Barry's time travel in "Out of Time" is responsible for the time changes.
  • In the altered future, Barry is helped by Green Arrow, Hawkgirl and Atom against the Reverse-Flash during the Crisis of 2024.

Trivia

• In the comic preview of the episode, Gideon states that "Barry will be a founding member of the Justice..." in the future but she doesn't complete the sentence. It's obviously a reference to the Justice League.
  • Barry becoming a founding member of the League will be shown in the DC's Legends of Tomorrow episode, "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five";
  • In the future, he'll be shown as a leading member of the League for the first time in Earth-Prime #6.
• Eddie wonders about the possibility of Iris becoming Iris Thawne after their wedding. An alternate version of Iris from a timeline where Eddie never died and she actually married him, will be eventually shown in The Flash series finale, "A New World, Part Four".

See Also

• 3 Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: The Trap
• 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

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