The mid-season finale of The Flash finally saw Flash confront Reverse-Flash and it was a jaw-dropping episode that had plenty of surprises, revelations, and twists that most of us probably saw coming and others that we probably didn’t.
The man in the yellow suit is back and trying to get his hands on Tachyon particles that would allow him to become invincible. He goes to Mercury labs, headed by Dr. Christina McGee who has a history of competition with Harrison Wells. Barry confronts him, but he is so fast and powerful that Barry is left feeling powerless to stop him.
Meanwhile, Iris finally finds out about Barry being in love with her and while we don’t know what this brings for the two, we do know she is still planning on moving in with Eddie after he asked her in this episode. Eddie also learns about the meta-humans when he helps Joe and Wells capture the man briefly. Joe avoids telling him about Barry being Flash. And we get touching scenes with Barry and the two men in his life who call him their son.
Then, the final scene of the episode gives us a shocker about Harrison Wells that no one, maybe, saw coming. While we knew he was hiding something, this only further brings into question just exactly what he is up to and will he hurt Barry in the future?
Plus, Ronnie, Caitlin’s fiancé, is alive and known as ‘Firestorm,’ as he calls himself. She is overcome with emotion as Cisco helps her find him and deal with the situation.
All in all, the mid-season finale of The Flash gave us so much to look forward to when the show comes back on Jan. 20 of next year. Until then, let’s take a look at the top ten moments from “The Man in the Yellow Suit.”
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10. Caitlin sees a metahuman
While heading to her car, Caitlin sees someone behind her and follows a man in the car garage. She notices him turn into flames and she realizes it is her fiancé, Ronnie, who was presumed dead.
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9. Task force
Eddie is still determined to catch Flash and he orders Joe to bring him in on what he and Barry are working on. When he threatens to tell their boss, Joe agrees. Later, after confronting the man in the yellow suit, Joe finally tells Eddie about the meta-humans and tells him the Flash is the one who saved their lives.
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8. Firestorm
Caitlin gets Cisco to help her find Ronnie, but doesn’t tell him about him being on fire when she saw him. They find him in a building and Cisco is in shock as Caitlin tries to get Ronnie to come back to the lab. But Ronnie grabs her and tells her he isn’t Ronnie. He becomes fire again after calling himself ‘Firestorm’ and turning away.
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7. First confrontation
Barry has a conversation with Iris and learns that she is moving in with Eddie. She brings up Eddie thinking he liked her romantically and Barry evades the truth by telling her she’s wrong. After she leaves, Barry looks out the window and sees the man in the yellow suit. He runs after him and asks him why he murdered his mother. The man tells him to catch him if he wants to find out.
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6. One step ahead
In his first battle with Reverse-Flash, Barry doesn’t get much information, and the man claims that they know each other and that it is Barry’s destiny to lose to him. Barry is unable to keep up with him and it leaves him emotionally drained.
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5. Christmas gift
Barry surprises Iris with a sweet Christmas gift. He got her the replica of her mom’s wedding band that was lost on a class trip. Iris, in return, gets Barry a microscope for work.
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4. Barry and his father
In an emotional scene, Barry goes to see his father to tell him about the man in the suit. He apologizes because he let him get away and now his dad is there because of Barry. As he cries, his dad tells him not to let the man take the rest of his life away like it had consumed him for years already.
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3. Love
Barry goes home where he sees Iris finishing the tree. He gives her a hug and tells her he loves her and she responds back, thinking he means as friends. But then Barry stuns her by telling her the truth. Iris is surprised to learn he has had feelings for her for years and he tells her he couldn’t lie anymore before leaving as she sits in stunned silence.
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2. Battle
Joe and Wells are able to trap the Reverse-Flash, but they can’t stop him for long as he manages to escape the barrier and steal the particle he was after. Just as he is about to attack Joe, Flash shows up thanks to Caitlin’s S.O.S, but when he gets him outside, is severely beaten until Ronnie shows up to save the day. He tells Caitlin not to look for him before disappearing.
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1. Joe and Barry
Joe and Barry had a special moment at the end of the episode after Barry admits that the reason he lost was because he had been scared his entire life. Joe tells Barry that he was terrified himself when he took Barry in, but the truth was that Barry changed his life. He tells the young man not to lose his light because while Flash was what the world wanted, he needed “my Barry Allen.”
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Extra
Our extra scene comes because of the amazing twist we saw at the end. We saw Wells go into a room where the yellow suit for Reverse-Flash was hanging. He put something on the chest before we hear him speak in an automated voice. I think it’s safe to say while we knew Wells was up to something, this was definitely a major twist!
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