Title: The Flash Season 5 Episode 1 English Subtitles Release Date: 10th Oct '18 Description: After an unexpected guest from the future, Nora West-Allen, appears at their home, Barry and Iris must figure out how to get her back to the future without disrupting the timeline - even more than she already has.
Welcome back to Up To Speed, home of the the Flashest Recaps Alive. Here we’ll recap the latest episode of The Flash, dispense some Flash Facts and talk about what works, what doesn’t and where the series might be headed, as we try and keep up with the adventures of the fastest man alive, Barry Allen, more widely known as The Flash.This week, we’re back from a month hiatus and ready to tackle the fifteenth episode of the first season, “Out of Time.” And hoo-doggies, it's a doozy of an episode. Beanies are brandished, wands are wielded, time is traversed, and hearts are literally broken in one of the craziest episodes of the season. Okay, let's get started.
FLASHBACK: What Happened This WeekWe start off with a flashback to the very first episode of the show, with Mark and Clyde (RIP) Mardon making their getaway in the crop-duster while being pursued by Joe West and his now-dead partner. The heretofore unseen Mark, played by former Spartacus and obvious non-American Liam McIntyre, tries giving his baby bro some advice, but their plane is shot up with STAR Labs-infused super-lightning, granting them both weather wizard powers. We knew this was coming, right?We then flash-forward to the 'present,' to a bowling alley in Central City, where Barry Allen and Linda Park are on a date. Bowling dates are always a good idea on paper, but any date where you have to wear shoes that are heavy with the sweat of other peoples' feet is already on shaky ground.Barry and Linda are mid-smooch when Iris West, Barry's adopted sister, interrupts them with a friendly 'hello.' Turns out she's also on a date with her boyfriend, Detective Eddie Thawne. You remember Eddie?
Kind of tall, way too eager to please, also faking an American accent? Yeah, he's been missing from the show for the past few episodes cuz this show was busy backdoor-piloting a Firestorm TV show. Well, he's back, and he's not too happy about his girlfriend's now-obvious crush on her little bro. Neither is Linda, and their impromptu double date turns super-awkward once Iris starts playfully removing drops of ketchup from Barry's face. Barry and Joe, one of whom is a police detective, figure out that maybe all this sudden rain isn't seasonal, and sure enough, Marden pulls up behind them in a pickup truck and tries to zap them with a lightning bolt. Thankfully, Barry is literally faster then lightning and manages to get Joe out of the car before it explodes.Back at the cop castle, Singh places Joe under double secret probation, forbidding him to leave the station until Marden is captured. Joe throws a temper tantrum, but Barry manages to talk him down.At the paper, Iris' mentor, Mason Bridge, is floating a theory that Harrison Wells killed Simon Stagg, because that's exactly what he did.
Iris is shocked at this, even though she knows nothing about the dude beyond that Barry's always hanging out at his Neverland Ranch. Iris then approaches Linda, who is frosty as hell towards her because Iris obviously has feeling for Barry. 'One thing you learn about people when you work here, Iris: it's usually what isn't said that's the real story.' It's a good line that doesn't quite land because the actress, Malese Jow, just doesn't look like a hardened newspaper reporter. She looks like a twenty-something actress on a CW show.At the coffee shop, Barry and Iris chat about their double date, and decide that, despite the fact that Iris has just been told otherwise by her boyfriend and Linda, their date went off just smashingly. Iris asks Barry about Harrison Wells and how he's shady as heck, but Barry's like, 'Nah, he's a cool dude.'
At STAR Labs, Cisco has whipped up an enlarged prop replica of the Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver a 'weather wand' that will help neutralize Marden's powers. Wells compliments Cisco, because this for episode, they really need to hit it hard that he considers Cisco family. Then he make a joke about having to go 'stretch his legs,' leaving Barry alone with Caitlin and Cisco to complain about Bridge planting the idea that Harrison Wells is up to no good, thereby planting the idea into the heads of both members of C+C Science Factory.At the police HQ, it's a dark and stormy night as Cisco drops the wand off to Joe and asks him about Wells.
Joe is reluctant to voice his concerns, but I'm too dizzy by the vertiginous spinning move the cameras are doing in this scene to tell you more of what happened.For some reason, Joe has left the weather wand, a machine built exclusively to help him defeat the man who is determined to kill him, on this dainty table in the middle of the foyer of the police station, so when Marden shows up to kill him, there's this tense moment where he can't get to the wand in time to avert a catastrophe. It literally makes no sense beyond it having to happen so that certain other things happen later in the episode. At STAR Labs, Cisco tests the containment thingy and finds out it's just a hologram projector that plays back the Reverse Flash's speech from episode 9.Meanwhile, Joe is tracking down Marden, and is joined by an unflappable Eddie Thawne, who's there to protect his partner/girlfriend's dad. They search a dilapidated flop house, and turn up Marden's room.
Just as they start to figure out a plan, Joe gets sucked out the window, only to wake up all bloody on a boat with Marden monologuing at him.Also meanwhile, Barry finds Iris at home and they have a little talk where Iris says that she doesn't think Linda is right for Barry and Barry's all, 'Well, who is?' And then he stares at her really hard.Also also meanwhile, Caitlin is trying to keep Wells busy at the coffee shop, but her small talk game is too weak, and before she knows it, she turns around and his chair is empty, and DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN!At the police station, Eddie is giving a briefing on Marden while Barry and Iris have a very intense talk about saving Joe that involves Barry taking Iris' head in his hands like he's gonna kiss her while Eddie is like 10 feet away. These kids, I swear. Eddie sees them and they both give a guilty-as-hell look when suddenly, her phone rings. It's Marden, giving directions to where he has Joe captive. Linda passes them on the way out and asks Barry if they can talk, but he's like, 'Well, I have this important thing with Iris,' and Linda's all, 'Ugh.'
Back at STAR Labs, Cisco is staring at horror at the projection of Reverse Flash when who shows up behind him but Harrison Wells, who does that super villain unmasking thing where he lays out all his secret plans. Turns out he's Eobard Thawne, a 'distant relative' of Eddie. Turns out he's from the future (duh) and can make it look like there's two of him thanks to that 'speed mirage' trick he mentioned to Barry earlier in the episode. This is how he was able to beat the crap out of himself in episode 9. Cisco says that he killed Nora Allen, but Wells says that he was there to kill Barry. Because he's marooned in this time period for 15 years, and only the Flash's speed can get him back to his time.There's a really emotion bit where Cisco tries to talk him out of all this, and Wells tells him that he's like a son to him, but Wells starts his hand vibrating and before you can say 'Kali ma shakti-dae om shiva om shiva om shiva,' he's plunged his super-fast fist into Cisco's chest.
Cisco falls to the ground, dead as hell, and Wells slowly turns and walks away.At the waterfront, Barry and Iris are looking for Joe and Marden, when Marden starts forming a tsunami off the coast. Barry tries to get Iris to leave, but she's not going. They have a super-lovey chat on the beach and smooch, and then Barry's like, 'Welp, I guess this is happening,' and changes into the Flash in front of her while he tries to run fast enough to create a wind barrier that will stop the rogue wave. He's running and running and running and suddenly - a portal opens in in front of him and he's back at the start of the episode. He's the speed mirage.
He skids to a halt and it's all there: the dogs, the sign spinner, Godzookie. Aaaand scene.FLASH FACTS: Random Observations. Eobard Thawne was created by Carmine Infantino and John Broome and first appeared in Flash #139. A time traveler from the 25th century, he came to the present to become the world's greatest super villain. There's more to it, and it involves Pre-Crisis vs. Post-Crisis and all that stuff, but that's the gist of it. So, a lot of stuff happened in this episode!
Obviously the writers were able to give themselves an out with that ending, which means we'll be Edge of Tomorrow/Live Die Repeat/GroundhogDay-ing it up next week. That Cisco part, right? And Barry revealing his secret identity to Iris? And their kiss that we were supposed to be rooting for, but I was kind of icked out by?!
After a few episode that felt like treading water, this really kicked things into high gear. Eddie is back. But the recently-revealed PaleyFest sizzle reel shows him turning evil, so we'll see about that. Also in that video is Mark Hamill Trickster, the return of Captain Cold and Heatwave, Actual Human Giant Clancy Brown, another Arrow (okay, technically Atom) crossover, and more GRODDDD.