Tricksters

"Run, Run, Run, Run, Run"

- The Trickster getting Barry to run away

"Tricksters" is the seventeenth episode of The Flash and the seventeenth episode overall. It aired on March 31, 2015.

Synopsis
A copycat killer who goes by the name “The Trickster” starts setting off bombs in Central City. In order to stop the villain, Barry and Joe meet with the original Trickster, a criminal mastermind named James Jesse, who has been imprisoned for 20 years. Things quickly go from bad to worse when the Tricksters unite and take Henry Allen prisoner. Meanwhile, Iris asks Eddie for help with a case, and flashbacks show how Harrison Wells came up with the idea for the particle accelerator.

Production
Preparation began January 9, 2015 and ran until January 19, 2015. Shooting began January 20, 2015 and ran until January 30, 2015.

Trivia

 * The situation when Eobard Thawne asked Gideon for help, after getting his powers depleted, bears some some resemblance to a scene from the TV show Smallville, featuring another DC character from the future, Booster Gold, also asking an artificial intelligence (called Skeets) for help.
 * The scene where James Jesse told Axel "I am your father." is taken from Mark Hamil's most famous role as Luke Skywalker. In which, Darth Vader revealed he is Luke's father in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
 * James Jesse placing a bomb on Flash's wrist and saying it will explode if he stops running is similar to the 2012 animated film Justice League: Doom where Mirror Master did the same thing under the same threat. Similar to how Barry gets rid of it in the episode by vibrating through a truck, in the film he gets rid of the explosive by vibrating through an iceberg.