Jay Garrick


 * For his Earth One equivalent, see Henry Allen. For his Earth Two equivalent, see Barry Allen's father. For the Earth Two meta-human who also stole his name and alter-ego, see Hunter Zolomon.

"I'm Jay Garrick, the real Jay Garrick."

- Jay to Team Flash

Jay Garrick is a speedster from Earth Three known as The Flash. Jay was found by Zoom, a meta-human speedster from Earth Two, and held prisoner forced to wear an iron mask that dampened his powers, until being rescued by Team Flash. Jay's name and mantle as the Flash was used by Zoom to carry out facades as part of a plan to inspire hope in Central City. He currently resides on Earth Two with Harrison Wells and Jesse Quick, until they can find a way back to his Earth.

Early life
Little is known of his early life though given his surname is Garrick rather than Allen, like his Earth One doppelgänger, it's implied that Jay's father never played a role in his upbringing. This could also be why his name is Jay rather than Henry. Given that he wouldn't recognize Barry later it's heavily implied that Jay never had kids or married Nora's Earth Three doppelgänger.

Activities as the Flash
At some point Jay Garrick was given the power of superhuman speed through connection to the Speed Force. He began helping the public as a hero known as The Flash. Eventually, he was found by Hunter Zolomon/Zoom, a fellow speedster from another Earth. Initially wishing to steal Jay's speed as a cure from the deadly side-effects of the Velocity serums he overdosed on, he was unable to and instead resorted to imprisoning him on his own Earth within his base of operations. Hunter put a mask on Jay with a speed dampener in the helmet in order to suppress his speed. Following this, Hunter was bored of always playing the villain and wanted to have fun playing the hero, and he took Jay's name and identity upon his own Earth to give people false hope under his heroic persona, only to take it away from them as his alter-ego and true personality Zoom.

Helping Barry Allen
He was eventually joined by Jesse Quick, and later, speedster Barry Allen, the Flash of Earth One. He attempted to continually knock on the glass. Barry soon realized that he was trying to communicate, but Jesse urged him to let it go. Barry and Jesse eventually realized he was not using Morse code, but a 5x5 tap code commonly used by POWs. The two began to work together and started to decipher his message. Barry and Jesse discovered the first part of his message spells J-A-Y as in Jay Garrick, when Barry stated that "Jay" was alive, but not with them, believing Hunter was Jay, Jay became distressed. Just as Barry got Jay to calm down enough to try to explain what he meant, Zoom ran in and warned Jay not to talk to them again. Jay watched in distress as Zoom pummeled Barry.

Eventually Barry and Jesse were rescued by their friends, but before they could help Jay, Zoom arrived and endangered them all. While Killer Frost pinned down Zoom to allow Barry and the others to escape, Barry promised the man that he would return to rescue him. When Zoom returned to his lair with his deceased time remnant, Jay was suddenly horrified by his return.

New inmates
Jay encountered a new temporary inmate, Wally West, asking where he was. He attempted to use the same tap code, but Wally didn't understand it. Zoom then spoke to the new prisoner, before speeding off, taking Wally with him, leaving him alone once more.

Caitlin Snow had an encounter with Jay while he was tapping the glass, but was cut off by her doppelgänger noticing her. Killer Frost said if she could get her powers to work through the wall the first thing she would do would be shutting him up. Caitlin then asked who he was but Killer Frost said she didn't know. She concluded that Zoom must've needed him due to him being there. He later witnessed Zoom murdering Killer Frost.

Finally escaping Zoom
After Joe was taken prisoner to Earth Two by Hunter, following a botched attempt to stop him without Barry, Hunter revealed Jay's identity to Joe and the circumstances of his capture. After Zooms defeat Jay was rescued and taken to Earth One where Cisco and Harry removed the mask. However Jay was confused as to why they all looked shocked towards him, especially Barry, (unaware his Earth One doppelganger was Barry's father who Zoom killed the previous day). After reclaiming his uniform and destroying the mask he noticed Hunter's helmet. Harry explained what it was supposed to stand for and Jay decided to claim the helmet for himself and inspire the hope it was meant to. After thanking the team for his rescue Jay transported Harry and Jesse back to Earth Two through the breach with the promise of helping him find his way back to Earth Three.

Consequences of Time Travel
It seems that Jay has had been watching Barry ever since Harry informed that he was Barry's late father doppelgänger. So Jay decided to keep an eye on him, but was unable to stop Barry from saving his mother from being killed by the Reverse Flash. After Barry undid that but realized multiple changes in the timeline that almost broke him, Jay pulled Barry into the 1990's where they had a heart-to-heart talk. In the end, Jay tells Barry that he has to keep moving forward.

Personality
Though he had a short appearance, Jay showed himself to be a good-natured and kind man. He also showed himself to be a humble man as well, respectfully calling Barry by their shared name, Flash, displaying his deference to the Earth One speedster who saved his life, and acknowledging him as an equal and hero. He was not without his need for display his anger, using his vibrating hand to split the speed-dampening mask that Zoom had used on him in half. Jay was also capable of appreciating poetic justice and irony, taking up Hunter's helmet as it was originally a symbol of hope on Earth Two as explained by Harrison Wells, and Jay smiled, taking it with him and adding it to his uniform, hoping to make a symbol for justice back home. He did this partly out of revenge against Hunter for stealing his identity, and also as a memento of this adventure. He shares many traits with his Earth One counterpart, Henry Allen, including his kind nature, his admiration for Barry Allen, his intelligence, and his ability to control his temper even when having undergone a terrible ordeal.

Powers and abilities

 * Speed Force connection: Jay possesses a connection to the Speed Force, as evidenced the the yellow lightning he generates.
 * Bodily vibration: Jay has the ability to vibrate his cells and overall parts of his body on command for various effects, as shown when he vibrated his hand to split the iron mask that was put on him by Zoom, destroying it.
 * Electrokinesis: As a speedster, Jay produces a yellow electricity from his body when he runs which is the same exact color as Barry's as opposed to the lighter yellow lightning than later on sapphire-blue lightning produced from the Velocity serums.
 * Interdimensional travel: Jay was able to travel between the breach using his super speed.
 * Superhuman speed: Jay is able to run at superhuman speeds, as shown when ran through a breach back to Earth Two with Harry and Jesse.
 * Time travel: Jay told Barry that he is able to travel through time as he has done it before. His skill at this ability allows him to even intercept other speedsters attempting to time travel through the Speed Force. He also seems to be aware what time he arrives at when time traveling, as he told Barry that they were in the 1990s.

Equipment

 * The Flash suit: Jay wears a protective suit as his superhero alter-ego, The Flash. It is similar to Hunter Zolomon's Flash suit but when he stole his identity, Hunter switched up the colors and designs of Jay's. After the defeat of Zoom, Jay got his suit back and decided to wear Hunter's helmet as it originally symbolized hope to the people of Earth Two and as a bit of revenge for stealing his identity.

Former equipment

 * Speed dampening mask: During his imprisonment, Jay was forced to wear an iron full faced mask that not only prevented him from speaking, but also severed his connection to the Speed Force. After the combined efforts of Harry and Cisco removed it on Earth One, Jay took great pride in destroying it, saying he never wanted to see it again.

Trivia

 * Jay didn't seem to recognize Barry, implying that he never had any children on his Earth unlike Henry, meaning Barry doesn't have a doppelgänger on Earth Three.
 * However since he had a different family than Henry did starting from childhood the high possible of having a different family into adulthood is very likely since in the comics Jay has a wife named Joan who hasn't been mentioned yet in the TV series.
 * In his earlier appearances before his identity was revealed, Jay was seen to be skinnier and less muscular.
 * Eobard Thawne implies that he met either Jay or Hunter given that he recognized his (formerly Hunter's) helmet in "Fast Enough".

Behind the scenes

 * In DC Comics Jay Garrick is the first person to take up the superhero mantle of the Flash. He was also a member of the Justice Society of America.
 * This is John Wesley Shipp's second time portraying the Flash. The first was that of Barry Allen from the 1990s CBS The Flash series.
 * When the series was announced along with John Wesley Shipp's involvement fans hoped to see him play Jay Garrick until it was announced he was instead playing Henry Allen. However the producers kept him in mind for the role when they planned the second season.
 * Jay Garrick appearing in the Finale was hinted by Greg Berlanti, stating in a tweet weeks before the episode "For those inquiring, we love Jay Garrick and would never make him a baddie. No reinvention. Keep watching :) love that you're asking q's.".

Season 3

 * Paradox
 * Paradox