The Flash Recap: Tricksters

Season: 1 / Episode: 17 / CW And you say Central City!! (15 years ago) We open up with Honey Mustard Flash going after Barry’s Mom like he a pimp in Studio. We then cut to the behind-the-scenes of HMF running down the street and completely out of speed juice. That’s when Gideon tells him that he entered a No Flex Zone with all his running and is now stuck in the past. Gideon didn’t even try to do the “GPS Rerouting” either, man. He was like “tough shit homie, you stuck.” We also See a very different looking Eobard once he lifts the mask. Back in the present, Barry is going over with Joe how Wells is Honey Mustard Flash. Barry wants to take him down now but Joe saying they gotta play the waiting game as well. We then see random gifts on parachutes coming down on the public. You already know that shit ain’t right cause ain’t shit free. The gifts start exploding as soon as they come into contact with anything. We see a young kid apparently ignoring that, thinking the gift falling toward him is going to be a dude and contain the Willy Wonka Golden ticket. Barry comes in and saves the kid. We then cut to S.T.A.R. Labs as they are watching this villain calling himself The Trickster drop a mixtape promo about how he is running the villain game. Joe West recognizes that this copycat is taking the approach of an old terrorist James Jesse, The original Trickster. Barry was throwing some shade Wells’ way that Joe had to cover. At Iron Heights we see the two talking with the Trickster an…