The Flash Is Born

Episode aired Nov 18, 2014
TV-PGTV-PG
42min

8.4/10

5.4K

S1.E6

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Barry takes on his childhood bully, who can now turn himself into steel. Iris finally coins the moniker "the Flash."Barry takes on his childhood bully, who can now turn himself into steel. Iris finally coins the moniker "the Flash."Barry takes on his childhood bully, who can now turn himself into steel. Iris finally coins the moniker "the Flash."

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Greg Finley and Candice Patton in The Flash (2014)

Greg Finley and Grant Gustin in The Flash (2014)

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The Flash faces Tony, a new meta-human who can turn himself into girded steel at will. While Dr. Wells and Caitlin worry for Barry's safety, Cisco comes up with a plan to take Tony down. Meanwhile, Iris's blog on The Flash gets her into trouble, and Eddie, witnessing Tony's abilities firsthand, begins to ask questions that Joe doesn't want answered. Joe asks Dr. Wells to help him solve Nora Allen's murder. —Jiilo_Kim

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Trivia
Tony Woodward is a comic book character who made his debut in Flash: Iron Heights (August 2001). He is a villain known as Girder who developed his powers after being thrown into a vat of molten metal for assaulting a female coworker. Unknowingly there was remnants of a S.T.A.R. Labs experimental liquid steel that attached to his body giving him incredible blunt force resistance and physical power.

Goofs
Ripping out a fire alarm pull station will not stop an alarm once it has been tripped.

Quotes
[first lines]
Iris West: [on her blog; voice-over] To understand what I'm about to tell you, you need to do something first. You need to believe in the impossible. Can you do that? Good. Because all of us, we have forgotten what miracles look like, maybe because they haven't made much of an appearance lately. Our lives have become ordinary, but there's someone out there who is truly extraordinary. I don't know where you came from, I don't know your name, but I have seen you do the impossible to protect the city I love; so, for those of us who believe in you and what you're doing, I just want to say thank you.

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 TV Bullies Who Got What They Deserved (2018)

Soundtracks
Generation Blues
(uncredited)
Performed by Terraplane Sun

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9/10

Great Episode!

The Flash redeems itself from last weeks episode. This weeks episode is really good, not better than episode 1 or 4 but definitely good. I love the new villain Tony. The conflict is probably the best we had so far, the final scene is also incredible! The background to Tony's story about him being a bully to Barry is genius and really stands up to bully's globally! Flash learns how strong he really is on this episode which made extremely enjoyable to watch. Villain is superb! Iris chasing after "The streak" is now starting to annoy me as well as there love triangle as I said last week. I liked Iris at some point, but she's beginning to look like some mindless idiot looking for a red streak. I don't like her as much as I did before which makes me sad. I might be the only one to say this but I really ship Barry and Caitlin. Just saying. Overall, fantastic episode. Not the best, but definitely not the worst! Here's to another great episode! - Jdmax

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