The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Things You Can't Outrun

"Things You Can't Outrun"
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The Flash  Season 1: Episode 3
October 21, 2014
Directors	Jesse Warn
Writers	Alison Schapker Grainne Godfree
Previous Episode	"Fastest Man Alive" (October 14, 2014)
Next Episode	"Going Rogue" (October 28, 2014)

The team deals with Kyle Nimbus, a metahuman who has the ability to turn himself into a toxic gas.

So... we're just supposed to get used to working above a make-shift prison housing evil people with superpowers?

—Caitlin Snow

Things You Can't Outrun is an episode of season 1 of The Flash. It premiered on October 21, 2014.

Synopsis for "Things You Can't Outrun"

The team deals with Kyle Nimbus, a metahuman who has the ability to turn himself into a toxic gas.

Appearing in "Things You Can't Outrun"

Featured Characters:

• The Red Streak (Barry Allen) (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Central City Police Department (Flashback and main story)
  • Off. Curtis (Single appearance)
  • Cpt. David Singh
  • Det. Eddie Thawne
  • Det. Joe West
  • Off. Paulson (First appearance)
• Iris West
• Team Flash (Unnamed)
  • Caitlin Snow (Flashback and main story)
  • Cisco Ramon (Flashback and main story)
  • "Dr. Harrison Wells" (Flashback and main story) (Impersonates Harrison Wells)

Antagonists:

• Darbinyan Crime Family (First appearance)
  • Araz Darbinyan (Single appearance; dies)
  • Raffi Darbinyan (Single appearance; dies)
• The Mist (Kyle Nimbus) (First appearance)
• Unnamed mugger (Single appearance) (Cameo)

Other Characters:

• Blue Devil (As a fictional character only) (In picture only) (Cameo)
• Henry Allen
• Natalie Simon (First appearance) (In picture only) (Cameo)
  • Rita Farr (First appearance) (As a fictional character only) (In picture only) (Cameo)
• Nora Allen (Deceased) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• S.T.A.R. Labs employees (Flashback only)
  • Kyle (Cameo)
  • Ronnie Raymond (First appearance) (Apparent death)
• Judge Theresa Howard (Single appearance; dies)
• Central City Times (Mentioned only)
• Clyde Mardon (Unnamed) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Harrison Wells (Mentioned only)
• "The Man in the Yellow Suit" (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Multiplex (Danton Black) (Unnamed) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Nora Allen (Mentioned only)
• Orloff (Mentioned only)
• Zombies (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth-1 (Unnamed)
  • 2013
    • United States of America
      • Central City (Flashback only)
        • CCPD Headquarters
          • Central City Crime Lab (Hologram) (Flashback only)
        • S.T.A.R. Labs
          • The Cortex (Flashback only)
          • S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator (Flashback only)
          • Time Vault (Unnamed) (Flashback only)
    • Italy (Mentioned only)
    • Tahiti (Mentioned only)
  • 2014
    • United States of America
      • Central City
        • 8th Avenue
        • Amarasia Oasis (Single appearance)
        • CCPD Headquarters
          • Central City Crime Lab
        • Central City Hospital
        • Central City Shopping Mall (First appearance)
          • Big Belly Burger (Mentioned only)
        • S.T.A.R. Labs
          • The Cortex
          • S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator
        • Vogue Theatre (Single appearance)
        • Waid Boulevard (Single appearance)
        • West House
        • Central City Courthouse (Mentioned only)
      • Keystone City
        • Iron Heights
  • 2000 (Mentioned only)
    • United States of America
      • Central City
        • Allen House (Mentioned only)
• Speed Force (Unnamed) (Flashback and main story) (Behind the scenes)

Items:

• Dark Matter (Flashback only) (Cameo)

Concepts:

• Flashtime (Unnamed)
• Metahumans
• S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator Explosion (Flashback only)

Notes

• One of the Iron Heights correction officers is played by Everick Golding who will also play the Iron Height head guard, Trevor Shinick from Nora's Future. However, it is unknown if the character from this episode is his Earth-1 self, one of his relatives or just a different character.

Trivia

• During Barry and Caitlin's visit to CCPD, David Singh asks Barry for the fiber analysis on the Orloff case. This could be a reference to Pytor Orloff, a Russian scientist that appeared in some Flash comics.
  • Dr. Pytor Orloff will become an antagonist of the Flash in the Post-Crisis continuity.
• The marquee outside the Vogue Theatre lists "Blue Devil II - Hell to Pay" and "The Rita Farr Story" as features.
  • Blue Devil first appeared in the Arrow episode, "Time of Death", as a character from the movie "Blue Devil".
• Ronnie's nickname for him and Caitlin was "'Fire and Ice" which is a reference to their comic book counterparts' monikers, Firestorm and Killer Frost, as well as their future aliases.
• Barry mentions that he doesn't want a museum dedicated to him. This is a reference to the iconic Flash Museum from the comics.
• Waid Boulevard is a nod to the Flash writer, Mark Waid.

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