The Trap

Episode aired Apr 28, 2015
TV-PGTV-PG
42m

9.4/10

S1.E20

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Barry, Caitlin, Cisco and Joe set a trap for Wells. Cisco uses himself as bait, which puts him in great danger. Meanwhile, Eddie makes a decision regarding Iris, which leaves Joe a bit unset... Read allBarry, Caitlin, Cisco and Joe set a trap for Wells. Cisco uses himself as bait, which puts him in great danger. Meanwhile, Eddie makes a decision regarding Iris, which leaves Joe a bit unsettled.Barry, Caitlin, Cisco and Joe set a trap for Wells. Cisco uses himself as bait, which puts him in great danger. Meanwhile, Eddie makes a decision regarding Iris, which leaves Joe a bit unsettled.

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Danielle Panabaker, Grant Gustin, and Carlos Valdes in The Flash (2014)

Tom Cavanagh and Carlos Valdes in The Flash (2014)

Danielle Panabaker, Rick Cosnett, and Grant Gustin in The Flash (2014)

Danielle Panabaker, Rick Cosnett, and Carlos Valdes in The Flash (2014)

Grant Gustin and Carlos Valdes in The Flash (2014)

Jesse L. Martin, Danielle Panabaker, Rick Cosnett, Grant Gustin, and Carlos Valdes in The Flash (2014)

After discovering Dr. Wells' Time Vault (where Barry, Caitlin and Cisco meet Gideon), the group decides to tap into Cisco's dream state, wherein lies information from the alternate timeline. There Cisco hears Dr. Wells admit to killing Nora Allen. To get Henry Allen out of prison, they all need to hear that admission and decide to recreate conditions from the other timeline to get Wells to confess, which puts Cisco directly in harm's way. Meanwhile, Eddie makes a request of Joe, which Joe unexpectedly and flatly refuses. —statmanjeff

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Trivia
The future news article read by Barry and his team indicates that the fight between the Flash and the Reverse Flash is witnessed by the Atom, Hawkgirl, and "Starling City's Green Arrow."

Goofs
Towards the end, Joe fires three bullets at the same time that travel inches away from each other. Since Joe doesn't have super speed, it's impossible for him to fire a bullet, pull the trigger when the first bullet had only traveled inches away from the gun, and then fire yet another bullet while the first and second are still inches away.

Quotes
[reading a newspaper front page in the Time Vault]
Cisco Ramon: "Flash missing. Vanishes in crisis."
Barry Allen: "After an epic street battle with The Reverse-Flash, our city's very own Scarlet Speedster disappeared in an explosion of light."
Caitlin Snow: Barry, look at the date.
Barry Allen: April 25, 2024. Guys, w-when I fought The Reverse-Flash at Christmas, he said that we'd be fighting for centuries.
Caitlin Snow: Wait, you can't really think that this is from... the future.
Cisco Ramon: That would mean Dr. Wells, whoever he is, is also...
Barry Allen: From the future.
Cisco Ramon: I have to say, I'm really digging the brighter red suit. And the white on the symbol? That's dope. Wait a second. Suppose we now change the color on your suit. Will it be because we got the idea from this picture? That would mean we're living in a causal nexus. This - wow - this is so trippy, like, Marty and the Polaroid trippy.
Caitlin Snow: Not as trippy as the name on the byline.
Barry Allen: Iris West-Allen?
Cisco Ramon: Mazel tov?

Connections
References 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

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Over & Over
by Smallpools

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10/10

Best episode ever!

I wanted the title to be 'BEST EPISODE EVER' because this episode deserves an all caps title, but IMDb asked me not to shout. So starting with my review, there are good episodes and then there are episodes that blow your mind and this episode did exactly that. Oh my god, I have seen many super hero shows and thought I liked a few shows more than this one but this specific episode has changed everything. It is a true piece of art. Wow just wow! I had to go back and change my rating for 'The Flash' from 8 to 9 after this single episode because it was that powerful. Out of the thousands of episodes I have seen in the past few years, this is hands down my favorite episode ever. I can't even start to imagine what the writers are going to do next to top this.

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