- For other uses of The Flash, see The Flash (Disambiguation).
"A Flash of the Lightning"[1] is the second episode of the sixth season of The Flash, and the one-hundred-sixteenth episode overall. It aired on October 15, 2019.
“ | Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a fast-flittering meteor, a fast-flying cloud, a flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, he passes from life to his rest in the grave. | ” |
Synopsis[edit | hide | hide all]
Faced with the news of his impending death, Barry's resiliency suffers as he struggles to fight fate. Meanwhile, Cecile's career as a D.A. conflicts with her identity when she crosses paths with a villainous metahuman.[1]
Appearances[edit | hide]
Characters[edit | hide]
Protagonists[edit | hide]
Antagonists[edit | hide]
- Black Hole
- Reverse-Flash (Eobard Thawne) (mentioned)
- Gat (mentioned)
- Cicada (name seen)
- Mitch Romero
- Ramsey Rosso
Other Characters[edit | hide]
- Chester P. Runk (mentioned)
- Superman (name seen)
- Debbie Dibny (mentioned)
- Gideon
- God (mentioned)
- Judge Hankerson
- Henry Allen (mentioned)
- Jenna West (mentioned)
- Julie Greer (name seen in flashback)
- Kara Danvers (mentioned)
- Hawkgirl (name seen in flashback)
- Khione (drawing)
- Lady Gaga (mentioned)
- The Monitor (Mar Novu) (flashback)
- No Net Nick (mentioned)
- Multiversal Map
- Sherloque Wells (name seen)
- Thaddeus Brown (name seen)
- Wells the Grey (name seen)
- Nora Allen (mentioned)
- Nora West-Allen (flashback)
- Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) (mentioned)
- Atom (Ray Palmer) (mentioned)
- Salvador Traversoni (pictured)
- Steven Lee
- Vincent van Gogh (mentioned)
- William Knox (mentioned)
Teams and Organizations[edit | hide]
- Arañas (mentioned)
- Black Hole
- Cecile Horton, Public Attorney (concept)
- Central City Citizen
- Central City District Attorney's Office (mentioned)
- Central City Police Department
- Central City Taxi (vision)
- Breacher Agency (name seen)
- Dyscrasias Institute
- Freedom Fighters (name seen)
- Iron Heights Penitentiary (flashback)
- Missouri State Public Defender
- Queen Inc. (name seen in flashback)
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- Team Flash
- Wayne Tech (name seen in flashback)
Events[edit | hide]
- Particle Accelerator Explosion (flashback)
- Earth-X Invasion (pictured)
- Defense of the Central City Police Precinct (name seen)
- Attack on Allegra Garcia
- Crisis on Infinite Earths (vision)
- The Crisis (newspaper in flashback)
Species[edit | hide]
- Artificial Intelligences
- Humans (Earth-1)
- Humans (Earth-3)
- Metahumans (Earth-1)
- Metahumans (Earth-3)
Objects and Concepts[edit | hide]
- Antimatter
- BOOT
- Breach Watch
- Breaches
- Dark Matter
- Elongated Man Suit
- Energy Guns
- Frost Suit (vision)
- Holograms (flashback)
- Vibe Suit (vision)
- Vibe Gauntlets (vision)
- Reverb Goggles (vision)
- Nanites
- Neural Hyper-Collider
- Positive Tachyons
- Power-Dampeners
- S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator
- Temporal Wormholes
- The Flash Suit (Earth-1)
- The Flash Suit (Earth-3)
- Time Travel
- Ultraviolet Suit
- XS Gauntlet (flashback)
Locations[edit | hide]
- Earth-1
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- Missouri
- Central City
- 16th Street (name seen in flashback)
- Adams Avenue (name seen in flashback)
- Central City Courthouse
- Central City District Attorney's Office (mentioned)
- City Center
- E. Matz Street / Sully Street
- 4798 Lincoln Drive
- Main Street (name seen)
- Monroe Avenue (name seen in flashback)
- Pine Avenue (name seen)
- Unit 27
- University Town
- W. Hastings Street (vision)
- West House
- Keystone City (flashback)
- Downtown Keystone City (mentioned)
- Iron Heights Penitentiary (flashback)
- Central City
- Starling City (name seen in flashback)
- Missouri
- United States of America
- North America
- Earth
- Earth-2 (map)
- Earth-3
- Earth-4 (map)
- Earth-4 (map)
- Earth-5 (map)
- Earth-6 (map)
- Earth-7 (map)
- Earth-8 (map)
- Earth-10 (map)
- Earth-11 (map)
- Earth-12 (map)
- Earth-14 (map)
- Earth-15 (map)
- Earth-17 (map)
- Earth-20 (map)
- Earth-21 (map)
- Earth-22 (map)
- Earth-23 (map)
- Earth-24 (map)
- Earth-25 (map)
- Earth-26 (map)
- Earth-27 (map)
- Earth-28 (map)
- Earth-29 (map)
- Earth-30 (map)
- Earth-31 (map)
- Earth-32 (map)
- Earth-33 (map)
- Earth-34 (map)
- Earth-43 (map)
- Earth-51 (map)
- Earth-52 (map)
- Earth-87 (map)
- Earth-221 (map)
- Earth-260 (map)
- Earth-494 (map)
- Earth-827 (map)
- Earth-898 (map)
- Hell (mentioned)
- Speed Force
Notes[edit | hide]
- This episode takes place on October 15, 2019, as it takes place on a Tuesday soon after October 12, 2019, according to Allegra Garcia's arrest records.
Goofs[edit | hide]
- Despite being born in 1992, Garcia is repeatedly stated to be 20 years old in the episode, which takes place in 2019.
Gallery[edit | hide]
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Allen uses Garrick's machine to see the future