Power Outage

"My speed, it's gone."

- Barry realises Farooq took his speed away.

"Power Outage" is the seventh episode of the first season of The Flash. It aired on November 25, 2014.

Synopsis
The Flash goes up against Farooq aka Blackout, a meta-human who can harness electricity. During their battle, Farooq zaps The Flash and siphons all his electricity, leaving The Flash without his speed. Dr. Wells, Caitlin and Cisco work to reverse the effects on Barry, but their efforts are disrupted when Farooq comes banging on S.T.A.R. Labs' doors in search of Wells, who he blames for his accident. Without Barry's powers to protect them, the group must figure out a way to save themselves from the meta-human. Meanwhile, Tockman manages a coup inside the Central City Police Department and takes several people hostage, including Joe and Iris. While Iris is sure The Flash will save them, Eddie has a trick up his sleeve.

Trivia

 * In a flashback scene at the beginning of the episode, the explosion of the particle accelerator was shown from a distance, witnessed by Farooq and his friends, and one could clearly see the airplane of the Mardon brothers hitting the shockwave of the explosion.
 * When Barry dives in and pulls Wells (Eobard) out of the way of Blackout's attack at super speed, Eobard is frozen, but because he's a speedster, he had to have been faking in order to not compromise his identity.

Behind the scenes

 * When a guy attempts to rob Barry outside CC Jitters, several posters can be seen, including the close-ups of the previously shown Blue Devil II: Hell to Pay and The Rita Farr Story, and another movie poster with a stylized title, NIGHTHAWK & Cinnamon.
 * In the DC comics, Nighthawk (Hannibal Hawkes) and Cinnamon (Kate Manser) were legendary bounty hunter partners in the American west during the 19th Century, the reincarnated forms of prince Khufu and princess Chay-Ara. Their spirits would eventually become Hawkman and Hawkgirl.
 * The names Dr. Wells recounts during the confrontation with Farooq are respectively as below; most of them share names with existing DC comic book characters. The descriptions are for what the characters are like "in the DC comics", for the sake of keeping the list concise, the same line is not written repetitively but still applies:
 * Jake Davenport and Daria Kim
 * They were Farooq's friends and the only ones on this list without DC comic book counterparts.
 * Ralph Dibny
 * Character of the same name is Elongated Man, one of the world's greatest detectives with the ability to stretch his body great lengths, the only character on this list to debut in a Flash title (Flash Vol 1 #112).
 * Al Rothstein (Earth One)
 * Albert "Al" Julian Rothstein is Nuklon/Atom Smasher, the god son of the original Atom (Al Pratt), having super-strength and the ability to grow in size.
 * Grant Emerson
 * Character of the same name is Damage, a superhero/vigilante with great destructive energy powers, the biological son of the original Atom (Al Pratt) and the god brother of Al Rothstein; though due to "Project: Telemachus", he supposedly also shares DNA with several other DC comic book characters, including Wildcat (Ted Grant), Flash (Barry Allen), Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance), Atom (Ray Palmer) and more.
 * Will Everett
 * William "Will" Blake Everett is the original Amazing Man, whose powers allow him to mimic whatever elements he touches, whose grandson (Will Everett III) also takes the title of Amazing Man. It is not exactly clear which one, the grandfather or the grandson, is being referred.
 * Bea da Costa
 * Beatriz "Bea" Bonilla da Costa is Fire, a Brazilian supermodel turned government agent turned superhero with the ability to generate green flames.
 * Ronnie Raymond
 * Ronald "Ronnie" Raymond is one-half of Firestorm. After the self-title the characters debuted in got canceled with only five issues (Firestorm Vol 1), the adventures of Firestorm continued as a back-up feature in a Flash title (Flash Vol 1 #289-#304). Firestorm Vol 2 was launched shortly after, and this time lasting one hundred issues and five annuals.
 * Note that, however, during, Dr. Wells has specifically said 17 people died because of the malfunctioned accelerator, hence, if keeping with the continuity, those listed above aren't all the supposed casualties he knows of.