"Wildest Dreams"[1] is the seventh episode of the ninth season of The Flash, and the one-hundred-seventy-eighth episode overall. It aired on March 29, 2023.
“ | When my powers started fritzing, I thought that I was losing my path as the Dreamer, so I held on tighter. But Iris helped me realize that giving up control was what I needed to do all along. Turns out, we were both on the right path. We just needed to adjust our perspectives. [...] So, it turns out that my potential is beyond my wildest dreams. | ” |
Synopsis[edit | hide | hide all]
Iris is visited by Nia Nal, as she needs Iris' help. When Iris and Nia fall into a fever dream and explore different possibilities for their lives, Barry, Chester, Allegra and Cecile desperately try to help them. Meanwhile, Mark entertains Khione, but they have different ideas of what is fun, leaving Khione to feel that Mark is trying to make her something she is not.[1]
Appearances[edit | hide]
Characters[edit | hide]
Protagonists[edit | hide]
Antagonists[edit | hide]
- Leonard Snart (mentioned)
- Lisa Snart (mentioned)
- Cicada (mentioned)
- Red Death (mentioned)
Other Characters[edit | hide]
- Adi Haq (name seen)
- Central City Citizen Media
- Aariz Mousa (dream)
- Taylor Downs (dream)
- Bart West-Allen (mentioned)
- Cisco Ramon (mentioned)
- Daisy Korber (dream)
- Deon Owens (mentioned)
- Dreamer
- Frost (mentioned)
- Gideon (mentioned)
- God (mentioned)
- Isabel Nal (mentioned)
- Isabel Nal's Mother (mentioned)
- Joe West (mentioned)
- John Diggle (mentioned)
- Marco (dream)
- Millie (mentioned)
- Nora West-Allen (mentioned)
- Renita (dream)
- Ryan Wilder (mentioned)
- Sue Dearbon (pictured in flashback)
- Super Friends (mentioned)
- Alex Danvers (mentioned)
- J'onn J'onzz (mentioned)
- Kara Danvers (mentioned)
- Querl Dox (mentioned)
Teams and Organizations[edit | hide]
- Big Belly Burger (food)
- CC Jitters (dream)
- Central City Citizen Media
- Central City Picture News (mentioned)
- Central City Police Department (dream)
- Channel 52 (television in dream)
- Helena's (mentioned)
- Justice League (mentioned)
- NC Jitters
- O'Shaughnessy's Fine Food & Drink
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- Super Friends (mentioned)
- Team Flash
Events[edit | hide]
- Escape from Orlin Dwyer (mentioned)
- Nightmare Under Red Skies (mentioned)
- Escape from the Dreaming
- Pulitzer Prize (television in dream)
Species[edit | hide]
- Humans
- Human-Naltorian Hybrids
- Metahumans
- Naltorians
Objects and Concepts[edit | hide]
- Cold as Ice
- Consciousness Resurrection Capsule (mentioned)
- Dreamer Suit
- Map Book (flashback)
- Oneiric Energy
- Red Death Armor (pictured)
- The Flash Suit
Locations[edit | hide]
- Dreaming
- Earth-Prime
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- California
- Missouri
- Central City
- 3rd Street (mentioned)
- Helena's (mentioned)
- City Center (dream)
- CC Jitters (dream)
- Central City Police Precinct (dream)
- E. Matz Street / Sully Street
- Gardener River
- University Town
- West House
- West-Allen Loft
- 3rd Street (mentioned)
- Keystone City
- Central City
- United States of America
- Sumatra (mentioned)
- North America
- Naltor (indirectly mentioned)
- Earth
- Hell (mentioned)
Notes[edit | hide]
- This episode takes place on March 28, 2023.
- Nia and Iris mention the monthly brunches with Kara Danvers, Alex Danvers, and Ryan Wilder, the latter of whom invited Iris in The Mask of the Red Death, Part 2.
- During the events of the episode, Querl Dox, Kara Danvers and J'onn J'onzz were off-world.
Gallery[edit | hide]
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Nal and West-Allen enters the Dream Realm