"Versus Zoom"[1] is the eighteenth episode of the second season of The Flash, and the forty-first episode overall. It aired on April 19, 2016.
| “ | Why the charade? Running around dressed like The Flash? To give people hope, Detective. Hope? So I could rip it away from them. It's so fun pretending to be a hero. You are no hero. You're nothing but a monster. |
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Synopsis[edit source]
Equipped with the tachyon device, Barry believes he is fast enough to stop Zoom and wants to open the breaches to catch him. Harry strongly advises against that plan, but after Barry convinces him, Harry reveals that Cisco has the power to re-open the breach. Meanwhile, Hunter Zolomon's painful story on Earth-2 and his origin as Zoom are revealed.
Appearances[edit source]
Characters[edit source]
Protagonists[edit source]
Antagonists[edit source]
- Reverse-Flash (Eobard Thawne) (flashback)
- Reverb (mentioned)
- Zoom (Hunter Zolomon)
- James Zolomon (flashback)
Other Characters[edit source]
- Ashley Zolomon (Earth-1) (pictured)
- Ashley Zolomon (Earth-2) (flashback)
- Barry Allen (Earth-2) (mentioned)
- Darth Vader (Anakin Skywalker) (mentioned)
- Eddie Thawne (mentioned)
- Francine West (mentioned)
- God (mentioned)
- Hannibal Lecter (mentioned)
- Henry Allen (flashback)
- Hunter Zolomon (mentioned)
- Iris West-Allen (Earth-2) (mentioned)
- James Zolomon (Earth-1) (pictured)
- The Flash (Jay Garrick) (mentioned)
- Man in the Iron Mask (mentioned)
- Jesse Wells (mentioned)
- Nora Allen (flashback)
- Patch Adams (mentioned)
- Scott Evans (mentioned)
Teams and Organizations[edit source]
- Central City Fire Department (flashback)
- Central City Orphanage (flashback)
- Central City Picture News (Earth-2) (newspaper)
- Central City Police Department (Earth-1) (flashback)
- Central City Police Department (Earth-2) (pictured)
- Keystone City Police Department (mentioned)
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- St. Perez Children's Hospital
- St. Perez Mental Asylum for the Criminally Insane
- Team Flash
Events[edit source]
- Assassination of Nora Allen (flashback)
- Murder of Ashley Zolomon (flashback)
- Particle Accelerator Explosion (Earth-2) (flashback)
- Kidnapping of Jesse Wells (mentioned)
- Battle in the Pipeline (mentioned)
- Singularity (mentioned)
- Metahuman Invasion
Species[edit source]
- Humans (Earth-1)
- Humans (Earth-2)
- Metahumans (Earth-1)
- Metahumans (Earth-2)
- Metahumans (Earth-3)
- Time Remnants (mentioned)
Objects and Concepts[edit source]
- Breaches
- BOOT
- Cisco-ed Treadmill
- Dark Matter (mentioned)
- Energy Guns
- Midichloria (mentioned)
- Next Gen Watch
- Patch Adams (mentioned)
- Power Dampener
- Reverb Goggles
- Reverse-Flash Suit (flashback)
- S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator (Earth-2) (mentioned)
- Speed Cannon
- Speed Force Transmitter
- Speed Mirages (mentioned)
- The Flash Suit (Earth-1)
- The Flash Suit (Earth-2) (mentioned)
- Jay Garrick's Helmet (mentioned)
- Time Travel (mentioned)
- Velocity-9 (mentioned)
- Zoom Suit
Locations[edit source]
- Earth-1
- Earth-2
- Earth-38 (indirectly mentioned)
- Hell (mentioned)
- Speed Force (mentioned)
Notes[edit source]
- This episode coincides with Barry Allen's appearance on the Supergirl episode Worlds Finest.
Gallery[edit source]
Zoom steals The Flash's speed
Comic Sneak Peek
