The Fire Next Time

"The Fire Next Time"

Information

Season 8 » Episode 8

Episode number

159 of 184

Airdate

March 23, 2022

Chronology

Preceded by	Followed by
Lockdown (The Flash)	Phantoms

"The Fire Next Time"^[1] is the eighth episode of the eighth season of The Flash, and the one-hundred-fifty-ninth episode overall. It aired on March 23, 2022.

This episode marks the beginning of Death Revisited.

“	You and Harold are getting another chance... a real one, this time. It's all because of you two. And The Flash. Yeah, but you're the one who told him not to give up on me. I'm just really grateful.	”
— Barry Allen, Jaco Birch and Cecile Horton^[src]

Synopsis[edit | hide | hide all]

Barry trusts his instincts during a murder investigation, believing the suspect, despite the overwhelming evidence against him. Meanwhile, Iris gives Allegra an opportunity to be a mentor.^[2]

Appearances[edit | hide]

Characters[edit | hide]

Protagonists[edit | hide]

Antagonists[edit | hide]

"Black Flame" (unseen)

Other Characters[edit | hide]

Cisco Ramon (name seen)
Daisy Korber
Donna Winters
Dr. Fisher Gupta (name seen)
God (mentioned)
Hankerson (mentioned)
Harold Birch's Mother (mentioned)
Henry Allen (flashback)
Jenna West (pictured)
Kristen Kramer (mentioned)
Lydia Sanchez
Chillblaine (Mark Blaine) (mentioned)
Merry Mack Gibson Jr. (mentioned)
Nora Allen (mentioned)
Rene Carpenter
Rosie Levin
Scarpulla (mentioned)
Stanley "Stan" Mullen

Teams and Organizations[edit | hide]

Events[edit | hide]

Black Flame Murders
- Assassination of Stanley Mullen
- Assassination of Donna Winters
Armageddon (mentioned)
Chase of The Hotness
Assassination of Nora Allen (mentioned)
Arrest of The Hotness (pictured)

Species[edit | hide]

Objects and Concepts[edit | hide]

Cisco's Who's Who Binder
Dante's Inferno (mentioned)
Dark Matter
Energy Guns
- Pulse Rifles
Enlightenment Satellites (mentioned)
Frost Suit
Instagram (name seen)
Metahuman Awareness App
Power-Dampening Cuffs
- Power-Dampeners
The Flash Suits
- Particle Eradication Distributor
Twitter (name seen)

Locations[edit | hide]

Earth-Prime
- Earth
  - France (mentioned)
  - North America
    - United States of America
      - Cornell University (mentioned)
      - French Quarter (mentioned)
      - Hawaii (mentioned)
      - Missouri
        Central City
        Birch Residence (mentioned)
        
        Central City Arena
        
        Central City Emergency Dispatch Center (mentioned)
        
        Central City Forensics Lab (name seen)
        
        Central City Makeup Hub (name seen)
        
        Chubbuck (name seen)
        
        City Center
        CC Jitters
        
        Central City Police Precinct
        
        Danville (name seen)
        
        Englewood (name seen)
        
        Gardener River
        Western Avenue Bridge
        
        Hastings Avenue & Nicola Lane
        
        Holly Drive (flashback)
        Allen Residence (flashback)
        
        Iron Heights Penitentiary (flashback)
        
        Lawrence Hills (name seen)
        
        Leawood (name seen)
        
        Mounds View (name seen)
        
        New Brighton (name seen)
        
        Petersburg (name seen)
        
        Sully Street / E. Matz Street
        The Bentley Building
        
        University Town
        Central City University (name seen)
        
        Fontana Drive
        S.T.A.R. Labs
        
        West House
        
        West-Allen Loft
        
        Westminister (name seen)
        
        Windsor Heights (name seen)
        
        Keystone City
        O'Shaughnessy's
Hell (mentioned)
Mount Doom (mentioned)

Notes[edit | hide]

This episode takes place on February 1, 2022.

Goofs[edit | hide]

Barry Allen's map places O'Shaughnessy's somewhere in Central City, which contradicts Growing Pains as the episode claimed the bar locates in Keystone City.

Gallery[edit | hide]

The Hotness absorbs the remaining heat

Promotional Images[edit | hide]

References[edit | hide]

The Flash
Season 1	Pilot (The Flash: 2014) • Fastest Man Alive • Things You Can't Outrun • Going Rogue • Plastique (The Flash) • The Flash Is Born • Power Outage • Flash vs. Arrow • The Man in the Yellow Suit • Revenge of the Rogues • The Sound and the Fury • Crazy for You • The Nuclear Man • Fallout (The Flash) • Out of Time (The Flash) • Rogue Time • Tricksters • All-Star Team Up • Who Is Harrison Wells? • The Trap • Grodd Lives • Rogue Air • Fast Enough
Season 2	The Man Who Saved Central City • Flash of Two Worlds • Family of Rogues • The Fury of Firestorm • The Darkness and the Light • Enter Zoom • Gorilla Warfare • Legends of Today • Running to Stand Still • Potential Energy • The Reverse-Flash Returns • Fast Lane • Welcome to Earth-2 • Escape from Earth-2 • King Shark • Trajectory • Flash Back • Versus Zoom • Back to Normal • Rupture • The Runaway Dinosaur • Invincible • The Race of His Life
Season 3	Flashpoint • Paradox • Magenta • The New Rogues • Monster (The Flash) • Shade • Killer Frost • Invasion! (The Flash) • The Present • Borrowing Problems from the Future • Dead or Alive • Untouchable • Attack on Gorilla City • Attack on Central City • The Wrath of Savitar • Into the Speed Force • Duet • Abra Kadabra • The Once and Future Flash • I Know Who You Are • Cause and Effect • Infantino Street • Finish Line
Season 4	The Flash Reborn • Mixed Signals • Luck Be a Lady • Elongated Journey Into Night • Girls Night Out • When Harry Met Harry... • Therefore I Am • Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3 • Don't Run • The Trial of The Flash • The Elongated Knight Rises • Honey, I Shrunk Team Flash • True Colors • Subject 9 • Enter Flashtime • Run, Iris, Run • Null and Annoyed • Lose Yourself • Fury Rogue • Therefore She Is • Harry and the Harrisons • Think Fast • We Are The Flash
Season 5	Nora • Blocked • The Death of Vibe • News Flash • All Doll'd Up • The Icicle Cometh • O Come, All Ye Thankful • What's Past Is Prologue • Elseworlds, Part 1 • The Flash & The Furious • Seeing Red (The Flash) • Memorabilia • Goldfaced • Cause and XS • King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd • Failure Is an Orphan • Time Bomb (The Flash) • Godspeed • Snow Pack • Gone Rogue • The Girl with the Red Lightning • Legacy (The Flash)
Season 6	Into the Void • A Flash of the Lightning • Dead Man Running • There Will Be Blood • Kiss Kiss Breach Breach • License to Elongate • The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Part 1 • The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Part 2 • Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three • Marathon • Love Is a Battlefield • A Girl Named Sue • Grodd Friended Me • Death of the Speed Force • The Exorcism of Nash Wells • So Long and Goodnight • Liberation • Pay the Piper • Success Is Assured
Season 7	All's Wells That Ends Wells • The Speed of Thought • Mother • Central City Strong • Fear Me • The One with the Nineties • Growing Pains • The People v. Killer Frost • Timeless • Family Matters, Part 1 • Family Matters, Part 2 • Good-Bye Vibrations • Masquerade (The Flash) • Rayo de Luz • Enemy at the Gates • P.O.W. • Heart of the Matter, Part 1 • Heart of the Matter, Part 2
Season 8	Armageddon, Part 1 • Armageddon, Part 2 • Armageddon, Part 3 • Armageddon, Part 4 • Armageddon, Part 5 • Impulsive Excessive Disorder • Lockdown (The Flash) • The Fire Next Time • Phantoms • Reckless • Resurrection (The Flash) • Death Rises • Death Falls • Funeral for a Friend • Into the Still Force • The Curious Case of Bartholomew Allen • Keep It Dark • The Man in the Yellow Tie • Negative, Part 1 • Negative, Part 2
Season 9	Wednesday Ever After • Hear No Evil • Rogues of War • The Mask of the Red Death, Part 1 • The Mask of the Red Death, Part 2 • The Good, the Bad and the Lucky • Wildest Dreams • Partners in Time • It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To • A New World, Part 1: Reunions • A New World, Part 2: The Blues • A New World, Part 3: Changes • A New World, Part 4: Finale

[1] Recently Added Episode Titles - Various Shows - 24th February 2022

[2] Flash Spoilers: "The Fire Next Time"

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