THE FLASH Season 1, Episode 6 Synopsis; "The Flash is Born"

THE FLASH Season 1, Episode 6 Synopsis; "The Flash is Born"

It sounds as if The Flash's sixth episode will be a landmark occasion for Barry Allen based on the title, but this description focuses more on the fact that The Fastest Man Alive will come face to face with the villainous Girder! Meanwhile, someone else joins the hunt for Nora's killer...

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By JoshWilding - Oct 30, 2014 03:10 PM EST
Filed Under: The Flash
GREG FINLEY GUEST STARS AS DC COMICS’ VILLAIN GIRDER — The Flash (Grant Gustin) faces a new meta-human named Tony (guest star Greg Finley, “Star-Crossed,” “Secret Life of the American Teenager”), who can turn himself into girded steel at will. While Dr. Wells (Tom Cavanagh) and Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) are concerned about Barry’s safety, Cisco (Carlos Valdes) comes up with a plan to take Tony down. Meanwhile, Iris’s (Candice Patton) blog on The Flash gets her into trouble, and Eddie (Rick Cosnett) witnesses Tony’s abilities firsthand and begins to ask questions that Joe (Jesse L. Martin) doesn’t want answered. Joe asks Dr. Wells to help him solve Nora Allen’s murder. Millicent Shelton directed the episode written by Jaime Paglia & Chris Rafferty (#106).


While another metahuman villain will be taking the spotlight in this episode of The Flash, it sounds like the Scarlet Speedster will finally be given a name in this instalment of The CW series. Seeing as many fans believe Dr. Harrison Wells is in fact the Reverse-Flash, him getting involved with the investigation to solve Nora Allen's murder should be very interesting to see play out. Thoughts?
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CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 10/30/2014, 3:18 PM
I really hope they stop calling him "The Streak." That sounds so gross.
GreenLantern519
GreenLantern519 - 10/30/2014, 3:20 PM
@CaptainObvious

Agreed, thankfully they don't say it as much and it seems like they'll stop with that soon. It's definitely not as a bad as the "red-blue blur".
GreenLantern519
GreenLantern519 - 10/30/2014, 3:21 PM
Harrison Wells totally had a part in Nora Allen's murder, so I'm sure some interesting details about his character will be revealed in that episode.
thebearjew
thebearjew - 10/30/2014, 3:24 PM
last nights episode
HOLY SHIT
HOLY SHIT
that train scene man giving spider-man 2 some competition for best train scene
thebearjew
thebearjew - 10/30/2014, 3:25 PM
loved when cisco called him captain cold
n he looked up with a grin like 'yeah ...I like that'
soberchimera
soberchimera - 10/30/2014, 3:25 PM
@Captain Obvious Yeah cause "The Flash" can't be misconstrued at all.
dcmarvel10
dcmarvel10 - 10/30/2014, 3:27 PM
@LeonardSnart
You were badass in going rogue!
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 10/30/2014, 3:30 PM
I can't remember when and where, but they confirmed that he'll be known as "The Flash" and will be a publicly recognised hero either by the midseason finale or when the show returns in January. :)
CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 10/30/2014, 3:33 PM
@soberchimera- At least The Flash is a cooler superhero name than The Streak. Nobody would ever would give a superhero a name like that.
LMB10
LMB10 - 10/30/2014, 3:44 PM
I misread that first line as 'Greg finally guest stars' and got briefly confused as to who Greg was and how long people had been waiting for him to guest star
Dmon
Dmon - 10/30/2014, 3:51 PM
@thebearjew Here you go
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 10/30/2014, 4:34 PM
What is CW's difficulty with just calling characters by their supername? That last episode was like a self-parody with all the ways they were trying to avoid the [frick]ing title of the show.
Darkjedi41
Darkjedi41 - 10/30/2014, 4:49 PM
Who was Wells talking too in the room in the preview...
soberchimera
soberchimera - 10/30/2014, 5:06 PM
@typicalfanboy
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 10/30/2014, 5:18 PM
@LeonardSnart

For What Purpose, Though?!

These characters do have names and in the case of the Flash, it's like they are just avoiding it as a (horribly unfunny) inside joke. And it's not just CW, either. WB movies have seemed uncomfortable with their characters' super identities as well.

It's like watching a Star Trek show that desperately doesn't want to refer to their spaceships by name. "Welcome aboard the Flagship of the Federation" and everyone just refers to it as "the Flagship". [frick] ME, I'M DOING IT AGAIN
TheTMan15
TheTMan15 - 10/30/2014, 6:22 PM
The producers have said that they aren't avoiding his name, but they are trying to be realistic. If barry has only been running around for a few weeks and barely anyone has actually seen him then realistically no one is gonna be calling him his comic book name yet. The producers also said while they are doing this realistic movement, it won't be for long, as can be pretty much seen by the title of this upcoming episode.
CanIchangethis2
CanIchangethis2 - 10/30/2014, 7:07 PM
Thank you @captainobvious
thebearjew
thebearjew - 10/30/2014, 9:23 PM
leonardsnart I don't know what hes talking about either

GA has often been called arrow in the comics short for green arrow
and the flash hasn't really revealed himself to the public
(which I think is coming in next weeks episode)
all the public has seen is a mysterious red streak
most don't seem to believe in is existence
and supes n bats have been referred to by their superhero moniker in all of their movies so I don't really know what hes talking about
cataclysmic
cataclysmic - 10/31/2014, 3:18 AM
gryphonalpha
gryphonalpha - 10/31/2014, 9:09 AM
My belief is Eddie Thawne is Eobard Thawne ("Reverse Flash"), not Dr. Wells.
Still trying to figure out what character Dr. Wells can be.

Here is a weird theory, Dr. Wells is actually HG Wells and has traveled in his time machine and that would explain the newspaper from the future.
gryphonalpha
gryphonalpha - 10/31/2014, 10:40 AM
Maybe Dr. Harrison Wells is actually "Booster Gold" from the future.
He is from the future to secure the existence of the "Flash".
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