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Season 2 / Episode 16 / The CW And you say Central City! So it’s been a while since we done recapped Barry da God Body Allen, A.K.A. The Flash, and it’s been a minute since we done seen the meta-humans and bad guys give our hero a run for his money. Well, let me begin by saying… the Flash got his ass whooped this episode! But it was all in an effort to understand and stop the disturbed villainous she-speedster, Trajectory. At the same time, Barry goes through a lot in this episode when you think about the big picture. More on that later… So we pick up the pieces following the closing of the breaches, the gargantuan sized shark terrorizing the city, and that big end of the episode reveal that Zoom is actually Jay Garrick (or something like that), by everyone going out to get “turnt!” Dammit Cisco, even when you’re being a lamo we still love you. The whole squad out here turnin’ up. Barry, Iris, Cisco, Wally, Caitlin, and they even convinced Harry ‘Heart of Ice’ Wells to let his under-21 daughter go.
Team Flash and company are getting their groove on when out of nowhere, someone comes speeding by. The bolts of lightning pickpockets everyone at the party and makes off with hella cash. The Flash does what he does best — run faster than everyone in the world — the only problem is, well, the she-demon blows his speed out the water! Barry is left in the dust to contemplate life, cry a little, whip out his emergency baby blanket for comfort… oh, and figure out the steps he…
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Ja-Quan Greene
Ja-Quan is a NYC teacher and artist holding a B.A. in Sociology and History from SUNY New Paltz. On his journey to become Hokage, the Lord of The Speed Force and Protector of the Recaps…
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