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{{Crossover notice|Crisis on Earth-X}}
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{{Dialogue|It's hard to believe a place like this actually exists, on any Earth.|I wish I shared your sentiment. But in all my travels to distant times, one thing that sadly remains constant is man's ability to feel hatred for other men.|[[Alex Danvers]] and [[Martin Stein]] on [[Earth-X]]}}
 
{{Episode
 
{{Episode
 
|name= Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3
 
|name= Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3
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|season= 4
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|epnum= 8
 
|number= 77
 
|number= 77
 
|airdate= November 28, 2017
 
|airdate= November 28, 2017
 
|writer= '''Teleplay by:'''<br/>[[Todd Helbing]]<br/>'''Story by:'''<br/>[[Andrew Kreisberg]]<br/>[[Marc Guggenheim]]
 
|writer= '''Teleplay by:'''<br/>[[Todd Helbing]]<br/>'''Story by:'''<br/>[[Andrew Kreisberg]]<br/>[[Marc Guggenheim]]
 
|director= [[Dermott Downs|Dermott Daniel Downs]]
 
|director= [[Dermott Downs|Dermott Daniel Downs]]
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|before= {{Ep|Therefore I Am}}
|guests= [[Stephen Amell]] as [[Oliver Queen|Oliver Queen/Green Arrow]] and [[Oliver (Earth-X)|Oliver]] ''(special guest star)''<br>[[Victor Garber]] as [[Martin Stein]]/[[Firestorm]] ''(special guest star)''<br>[[Emily Bett Rickards]] as [[Felicity Smoak]] and [[Felicity Smoak's Earth-X doppelgänger]] ''(special guest star)''<br>[[Caity Lotz]] as [[Sara Lance|Sara Lance/White Canary]] ''(special guest star)''<br>[[Chyler Leigh]] as [[Alex Danvers]] ''(special guest star)''<br>[[Franz Drameh]] as [[Jefferson Jackson]]/[[Firestorm]] ''(special guest star)''<br>[[Paul Blackthorne]] as a [[Sturmbannführer]] ''(special guest star)''<br>[[Jeremy Jordan]] as [[Winn Schott (Earth-X)|Winn Schott]] ''(special guest star)''<br>[[Juliana Harkavy]] as [[Dinah Drake]] ''(special guest star)''<br>[[Melissa Benoist]] as [[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]] and [[Kara (Earth-X)|Kara/Overgirl]] ''(special guest star)''<br>[[Wentworth Miller]] as [[Leo Snart]] ''(special appearance by)''<br/>[[Russell Tovey]] as [[Ray Terrill|Ray Terrill/The Ray]]
 
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|after= {{Ep|Don't Run}}
|before= {{Ep|Therefore I Am}}<br/>{{Ep|Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2}} <small>(''[[Arrow]]'')</small>
 
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|crossover= Crisis on Earth-X
|after= {{Ep|Don't Run}}<br/>{{Ep|Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4}} <small>(''[[DC's Legends of Tomorrow]]'')</small>
 
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|crossoverbefore= {{Ep|Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2}}
|show= The Flash
 
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|crossoverafter= {{Ep|Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4}}
}}
 
 
|show= The Flash (The CW)
"'''Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3'''" is the eighth episode of the [[Season 4 (The Flash)|fourth season]] of ''[[The Flash]]'', and the seventy-seventh episode overall. It aired on November 28, 2017.
 
 
}} The episode is the third of the four-part crossover, {{Cross|Crisis on Earth-X}}, with the [[Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1|eighth episode]] of the [[Season 3 (Supergirl)|third season]] of {{S|S}}, [[Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2|eighth episode]] of the [[Season 6 (Arrow)|sixth season]] of {{S|A}} and [[Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4|eighth episode]] of the [[Season 3 (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)|third season]] of {{S|L}}.
 
The episode is the third of a four-part crossover with the [[Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1|eighth episode]] of the [[Season 3 (Supergirl)|third season]] of ''[[Supergirl]]'', [[Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2|eighth episode]] of the [[Season 6 (Arrow)|sixth season]] of ''[[Arrow]]'' and [[Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4|eighth episode]] of the [[Season 3 (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)|third season]] of ''[[DC's Legends of Tomorrow]]''.
 
   
 
==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
[[Barry Allen|Barry]] and [[Iris West|Iris]]'s wedding brings the gang together, but things go awry when villains from Earth-X attack the ceremony. All of the superheroes band together with help from their super friends like [[Leo Snart|Citizen Cold]], [[Ray Terrill|The Ray]], [[Felicity Smoak]], Iris West and [[Alex Danvers]] to take on their most formidable villains yet. Earth's mightiest heroes - [[Oliver Queen|Green Arrow]], [[Kara Danvers|Supergirl]], [[Barry Allen|The Flash]] and [[Sara Lance|White Canary]] - lead their teams into battle to save the world.<ref name="synopsis">[http://comicbook.com/dc/2017/11/10/crisis-on-earth-x-arrowverse-crossover-description-released/ '''Crisis on Earth-X' Arrowverse Crossover Description Released'' - Comicbook.com]</ref>
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{{Synopsis|[[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry]] and [[Iris West-Allen|Iris]]'s wedding brings the gang together, but things go awry when villains from [[Earth-X]] attack the ceremony. All of the superheroes band together with help from their super friends like [[Leo Snart|Citizen Cold]], [[Ray Terrill|The Ray]], [[Felicity Smoak]], Iris West and [[Alex Danvers]] to take on their most formidable villains yet. [[Earth (Earth-1)|Earth]]'s mightiest heroes - [[Oliver Queen|Green Arrow]], [[Kara Danvers|Supergirl]], [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|The Flash]] and [[Sara Lance|White Canary]] - lead their teams into battle to save the world.|http://comicbook.com/dc/2017/11/10/crisis-on-earth-x-arrowverse-crossover-description-released}}
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==Cast==
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===Starring===
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*[[Grant Gustin]] as [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry Allen/The Flash]]
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*[[Candice Patton]] as [[Iris West-Allen|Iris West]]
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*[[Danielle Panabaker]] as Dr. [[Caitlin Snow]]
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*[[Carlos Valdes]] as [[Cisco Ramon]]
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*[[Tom Cavanagh]] as Professor [[Eobard Thawne]] and Dr. [[Harry Wells|Harrison "Harry" Wells]]
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*{{F|Jesse L. Martin|(credit only)}}
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===Special guest star===
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*[[Stephen Amell]] as [[Oliver Queen|Oliver Queen/Green Arrow]] and [[Oliver (Earth-X)|Oliver/Dark Arrow]]
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*[[Victor Garber]] as Professor [[Martin Stein]]/[[Firestorm]]
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*[[Emily Bett Rickards]] as [[Felicity Smoak]] and [[Felicity Smoak's Earth-X doppelgänger]]
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*[[Caity Lotz]] as [[Sara Lance|Sara Lance/White Canary]]
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*[[Chyler Leigh]] as Dr. [[Alex Danvers]]
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*[[Franz Drameh]] as [[Jefferson Jackson]]/[[Firestorm]]
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*[[Paul Blackthorne]] as [[Sturmbannführer]]
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*[[Jeremy Jordan]] as General [[Winn Schott (Earth-X)|Winn Schott]]
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*[[Juliana Harkavy]] as [[Dinah Drake|Dinah Drake/Black Canary]]
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*[[Melissa Benoist]] as [[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]] and [[Kara (Earth-X)|Kara/Overgirl]]
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===Special appearance by===
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*[[Wentworth Miller]] as [[Leo Snart]]
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===Guest starring===
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*[[Russell Tovey]] as [[Ray Terrill|Ray Terrill/The Ray]]
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===Co-starring===
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*[[Brian Cook]] as Nazi
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*[[Brett Davidson]] as Nazi Facility Guard
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*[[Frederick Schmidt]] as {{F|page=Metallo (Earth-X)|Metallo-X|(voice)}}
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*[[Micah Steinke]] as Nazi Soldier #1
   
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
Barry, Oliver, Sara, Alex, Martin and Jax wake up in a Nazi concentration camp on Earth-X, with power dampening handcuffs.
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Barry, Oliver, Sara, Alex, Stein, and Jax wake up in a Nazi concentration camp on Earth-X, with handcuffs and power dampening collars. They wonder of all the "undesirables" the Nazis have rounded up. Jax asks from one of the captives, what was his crime, and he says he loved the wrong person.
   
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On Earth-1, the Nazis have rounded up nearly everyone in the S.T.A.R. Labs pipeline (including Cisco, Caitlin, Wells, Wild Dog, Mr. Terrific and Black Canary). At the same time, Kara has been strapped into a surgery table with artificial red sunlight from the Prism siphoning her powers. Thawne is preparing for the surgery, but it takes a while for Kara's powers to reach the point it can be performed. Overgirl then has a private chat with her doppelgänger, and mocks Kara for protecting the weak, while she has taken on the belief that it is the purpose of the weak to fuel the strong and how she revels in being regarded as a god. Kara sees that Overgirl's ideology is not leading, but ruling. Overgirl agrees with that and tells Kara that her heart is worthless. But Kara counters it by saying that at least she has a heart. In the ventilation shafts, Felicity and Iris hear everything and they have to figure out, how to save Kara and others before the surgery is performed.
The leader of the concentration camp is revealed to be the Earth-X doppelgänger of Quentin Lance, who takes them away for execution, before they are saved by Citizen Cold (the Earth-X doppelgänger of Leonard Snart). Snart takes them to a resistance bunker, where the team meets fellow resistance fighters Ray Terrill and General Schott (Winn Schott's doppelgänger).
 
   
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On Earth-X, the heroes are taken away by the leader of the concentration camp, who is revealed to be the Earth-X doppelgänger of Quentin Lance, known only as [[Sturmbannführer]]. He talks with Sara, telling that he once had a daughter like her, and killed her due to her sexuality. They are taken away to be executed, alongside the prisoner, [[Ray Terrill]], whom Jax talked with. Oliver and the heroes attempts to strike at the Nazis, but their collars act as shock collars, and they are easily put down. As the execution takes place, the heroes are suddenly rescued by Earth-X doppelgänger of [[Leonard Snart]], [[Leo Snart]] aka Citizen Cold. In the chaos, the heroes manage to break free and escape with Leo and Ray to the Freedom Fighters hideout, an Earth-X version of Arrowcave in [[Star City (Earth-X)|Star City]].
It is revealed the only way back to Earth-1 is through a temporal gateway in a Nazi facility, which Winn plans to blow up to destroy the enemy's doomsday device.
 
   
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Back at Earth-1, Felicity and Iris attempt to free everyone from the pipeline, but before they succeed, they are just about to be spotted. Instead, Felicity sends a distress signal to the [[Legends]].
Oliver disguises himself as his Earth-X doppelgänger to infiltrate the facility, discovers the Nazi's doomsday device against the multiverse is a militarized timeship called ''Wellenreiter'', and saves a prisoner (who is Felicity's Earth-X doppelgänger) from Quentin.
 
   
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The Freedom Fighters are led by [[Winn Schott (Earth-X)|General Schott]], Earth-X counterpart of [[Winn Schott]]. He reveals the only way back to Earth-1 is through a breach facility, and he doesn't allow Earth-1 heroes to pass through it, as destroying it presents an opportunity to trap Nazi leaders, Dark Arrow and Overgirl, to Earth-1, and give the Freedom Fighters a chance to liberate Earth-X. Alex tries to convince him to give them a little time for them to pass through, trying to convince him, that his counterpart on [[Earth-38]] is one of Kara's best friends, and he would do anything for her. The general refuses. Later, Alex tries to find a gun, intending to go it alone to save her sister. Sara finds her and swears Alex that they will not let Kara die, and encourages her to trust her instincts and reveals how she always wants to return to her former lover, [[Nyssa al Ghul|Nyssa]], but hasn't. But she gives Alex her support in saving Kara, telling her that she is part of her team now. Eventually, Ray and Leo, who are lovers, manage to convince the General to give them the time they need to pass through the breach. The heroes put up a daring plan to infiltrate the facility, as Oliver can impersonate the Führer.
Barry and Ray battle the Earth-X Red Tornado, while the rest of the team enters the facility. In attempting to reactivate the portal, Stein is shot and gravely wounded.
 
   
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On Earth-1, the surgery is about to begin and Overgirl is put into a hibernation, while Kara is being kept awake. As Thawne begins, the power goes out. Dark Arrow orders a sweep. Felicity and Iris have managed to use the Time Vault computer to turn off the power. As the Nazis sweep the Labs, the women sneak to the medical room and free Kara. They try to take her outside to recharge, but all exists are blocked, forcing them to hide.
Back on Earth-1, Thawne prepares to perform surgery on Kara to save Overgirl. Felicity and Iris try to stop him, but are captured.
 
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On Earth-X, Leo infiltrates the breach facility with Oliver and Oliver uses his appearance to trick the Nazis. He meets with the Sturmbannführer and Oliver witnesses as the Nazis send their secret weapon to Earth-1, the ''[[Wellenreiter]]'', Earth-X version of the ''[[Waverider (Earth-1)|Waverider]]''. Oliver had to let it go as to not blow his cover. Meanwhile, Sara, Alex, Stein and Jax sneak in to the facility, while Barry and Ray are ready to provide support. However, General Schott backs away on his promise and sends the [[Red Tornado (Earth-X)|Red Tornado]] to attack and destroy the facility, forcing Barry and Ray to take care of it before it reaches the facility. Sturmbannführer suspects Oliver is not the Führer, and puts him into a test: to kill a jew, who shared her rations with other prisoners in the camps. The jew is Felicity's Earth-X counterpart. Oliver tries to shoot the Sturmbannführer, but the gun is empty. With his cover blown, Oliver assaults the Nazis, and Alex and Sara engage the Nazis alongside Firestorm. Oliver defeats the nazis and gives a machine gun to Felicity's doppelgänger, encouraging her to escape. Oliver joins others, and the Nazis send everyone they have to fight the heroes.
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On Earth-1, Thawne discovers what Felicity and Iris did, and they and Kara are eventually found. As Felicity encoded the sequence to restore power, Thawne pins her to the wall. Felicity attempts to remain silent, but Thawne muses aloud about the history books, and this age of heroes. His menacing voice reach a fever pitch, he prepares to slaughter Felicity. Kara interrupts, unwilling to let any of her friends get hurt, surrenders and tells Felicity to reveal the code, on the condition Thawne and Dark Arrow spare the others. In tears, Felicity reveals the code, to Thawne's sardonic amusement, and Kara is taken back for the surgery.
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The fight on Earth-X keeps going. To activate the breach, two controllers must be used. Stein coerces Jax and him to separate, as he thinks they have a better chance to succeed like that. Jax manages to hotwire his end, but Stein gets pinned down by Nazi gunfire before he can reach the other device. Oliver, Sara, Alex and Leo take out many Nazis, but more come, while Barry and Ray attempt to deal with Red Tornado, eventually succeeding. Stein tries to run to the controller, but he is shot in the back by Sturmbannführer. The episode ends as Stein begins to bleed.
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
===Videos===
 
===Videos===
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
Crisis On Earth-X Sizzle The CW
 
Crisis on Earth-X Night 2 Trailer The CW
 
 
DCTV Crisis on Earth-X Crossover Cast Teaser - The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, DC's Legends (HD)
 
DCTV Crisis on Earth-X Crossover Cast Teaser - The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, DC's Legends (HD)
 
DCTV Crisis on Earth-X Crossover Cast Tease 2 - The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, DC's Legends (HD)
 
DCTV Crisis on Earth-X Crossover Cast Tease 2 - The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, DC's Legends (HD)
The Flash Crisis on Earth-X, Part Three Scene The CW
 
 
The Flash 4x08 Sneak Peek "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3" (HD) Season 4 Episode 8 Sneak Peek
 
The Flash 4x08 Sneak Peek "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3" (HD) Season 4 Episode 8 Sneak Peek
 
DCTV Crisis on Earth-X Crossover Behind the Scenes - The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, DC's Legends (HD)
 
DCTV Crisis on Earth-X Crossover Behind the Scenes - The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, DC's Legends (HD)
 
DCTV Crisis on Earth-X Crossover Behind the Scenes 2 - Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, DC's Legends (HD)
 
DCTV Crisis on Earth-X Crossover Behind the Scenes 2 - Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, DC's Legends (HD)
The Flash Inside Crisis on Earth-X – The Flash The CW
 
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
*This is the first episode of the series to not feature {{F|Jesse L. Martin|([[Joe West]])}}.
*[[Barry Allen|Barry]] quotes [[Leonard Snart]]'s rules to making a plan; "Make the plan. Execute the plan. Expect the plan to go off the rails. Throw away the plan." He previously told Barry these in the [[Season 3 (The Flash)|third season]] ''[[The Flash]]'' episode {{Ep|Infantino Street}}. which Leo thinks is a bad idea, as he always has a plan referencing his Prison Break character Michael Scofield.
 
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**This leaves only four cast members to appear in every episode: {{F|Grant Gustin|([[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry Allen]])}}, {{F|Danielle Panabaker|([[Caitlin Snow]])}}, {{F|Carlos Valdes|([[Cisco Ramon]])}}, and {{F|Candice Patton|([[Iris West-Allen|Iris West]])}}.
*This is the first episode of ''The Flash'' where [[Joe West]] does not appear.
 
*Wally does not feature in this episode at all.
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*[[Wally West]] does not appear in this episode, nor is he credited.
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*When [[Harry Wells|Harry]] is imprisoned in [[S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator (Earth-1)|the pipeline]], he begins throwing a ball against the wall of his cell. This could be a nod to ''[[wikipedia:The Great Escape (film)|The Great Escape]]'', where [[wikipedia:Steve McQueen|Steve McQueen]]'s character does the same in his cell.
*The Ray confirms that he is from Earth One, the reasons as to how and why he ended up on Earth X is unknown.
 
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*Harry exclaims, "Rip van Ramon awakens" when [[Cisco Ramon|Cisco]] wakes up, a reference to the short story ''[[wikipedia:Rip Van Winkle|Rip Van Winkle]]'' by [[wikipedia:Washington Irving|Washington Irving]] in which the character falls asleep for 20 years.
*The Ray and Citizen Cold are in a relationship together.
 
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*Seeing the operation [[Kara Danvers|Kara]] was about to undergo, [[Felicity Smoak|Felicity]] warns [[Iris West-Allen|Iris]] that Kara "only has few hours before they go full [[Mengele]] on her". This is a reference to [[wikipedia:Josef Mengele|Josef Mengele]], the Nazi doctor nicknamed "Angel of Death" due to his various inhumane experiments on the victims at the [[wikipedia:Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz concentration camp]].
*This is the first episode of Season 4 in which [[Clifford DeVoe]] doesn't appear or even mentioned at all.
 
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*When traveling through the air conditioning vents, Felicity quips to Iris, "Lead the way, McClane", referencing an iconic scene in the 1988 film ''[[w:c:diehard:Die Hard|Die Hard]]'' in which protagonist [[w:c:diehard:John McClane|John McClane]] does the same.
*This episode marks the first time since "[[Who is Harrison Wells?]]" that [[Paul Blackthorne]] appears on ''The Flash.''
 
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*While the [[Sturmbannführer]] is talking to [[Sara Lance]], the song "[[wikipedia:Edelweiss (song)|Edelweiss]]" is heard in the background. This is a reference to ''[[wikipedia:The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]'', which takes place in 1930s Austria pre-World War II. It may also be a reference to [[w:c:themaninthehighcastle:The Man in the High Castle|''The Man in the High Castle'']], which primarily deals with a Nazi-controlled alternate Earth and uses a cover of "Edelweiss" in its opening credits.
*This is the second episode of [http://arrow.wikia.com/wiki/The_Flash the Flash] where [[Jeremy Jordan]] (as [[Winn Schott]] of [[Earth-X]]) appears in, the first being "[[Duet]]", where he appeared as [[Grady]].
 
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**The song's original symbolism of a small white flower as an expression of resistance can be extended to Sara, the White Canary.
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***Interestingly, [[Martin Stein]] sang the song to a group of [[Nazi|Nazis]] in the {{S|Legends of Tomorrow}} episode {{Ep|The Justice Society of America}}.
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*The slogan that appears at the front of the concentration camp where the heroes are detained, "Arbeit macht frei", means "Work shall set you free". The slogan appeared on the gates of Auschwitz and other real-life Nazi extermination camps.
 
*Barry quotes [[Leonard Snart]]'s rules to making a plan: "Make the plan. Execute the plan. Expect the plan to go off the rails. Throw away the plan." Snart previously told Barry this in {{Ep|Infantino Street}}.
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**[[Leo Snart]] opposes his doppelgänger's philosophy, as he always has a carefully thought-out plan. This is a reference to [[w:c:prisonbreak:Michael Scofield|Michael Scofield]], a character from the show ''[[w:c:prisonbreak:Prison Break|Prison Break]]'', who is also portrayed by [[Wentworth Miller]].
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*Iris tells Kara, "Come with me if you want to live", referencing [[w:c:terminator:Come with me if you want to live.|the catchphrase]] from the ''[[w:c:terminator:Terminator (franchise)|Terminator]]'' franchise.
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*The password Felicity gives to [[Eobard Thawne|Thawne]] is "Latte Ada Jonas 11900"; "Latte" could refer to the first time she and [[Oliver Queen|Oliver]] met in {{Ep|Lone Gunmen}} when his terrible excuse for why he needed her help was that he spilled a latte on his bullet-ridden computer, "Ada" could refer to [[wikipedia:Ada Lovelace|Ada Lovelace]] (the mother of computer science) or the [[wikipedia:Ada (programming language)|programming language]] named for her, "Jonas" is Oliver's middle name, and "(0)11900" is the HEX color code for a shade of green.
   
==References==
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==Goofs==
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*At the beginning of the episode, [[Eobard Thawne|Eobard]] tells [[Kara Danvers|Kara]] that he hated every minute he spent working at [[S.T.A.R. Labs (Earth-1)|S.T.A.R. Labs]]. However, he previously stated in {{Ep|The Trap}} that he had grown to love working with [[Team Flash]] during his time there and in {{Ep|Moonshot}} that he missed the cameraderie of working with fellow scientists such as [[Cisco Ramon|Cisco]] and [[Caitlin Snow|Caitlin]].
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"It's hard to believe a place like this actually exists, on any Earth."
"I wish I shared your sentiment. But in all my travels to distant times, one thing that sadly remains constant is man's ability to feel hatred for other men."
Alex Danvers and Martin Stein on Earth-X

"Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3" is the eighth episode of the fourth season of The Flash, and the seventy-seventh episode overall. It aired on November 28, 2017. The episode is the third of the four-part crossover, Crisis on Earth-X, with the eighth episode of the third season of Supergirl, eighth episode of the sixth season of Arrow and eighth episode of the third season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow.

Synopsis

Cast

Starring

Special guest star

Special appearance by

Guest starring

Co-starring

Plot

Barry, Oliver, Sara, Alex, Stein, and Jax wake up in a Nazi concentration camp on Earth-X, with handcuffs and power dampening collars. They wonder of all the "undesirables" the Nazis have rounded up. Jax asks from one of the captives, what was his crime, and he says he loved the wrong person.

On Earth-1, the Nazis have rounded up nearly everyone in the S.T.A.R. Labs pipeline (including Cisco, Caitlin, Wells, Wild Dog, Mr. Terrific and Black Canary). At the same time, Kara has been strapped into a surgery table with artificial red sunlight from the Prism siphoning her powers. Thawne is preparing for the surgery, but it takes a while for Kara's powers to reach the point it can be performed. Overgirl then has a private chat with her doppelgänger, and mocks Kara for protecting the weak, while she has taken on the belief that it is the purpose of the weak to fuel the strong and how she revels in being regarded as a god. Kara sees that Overgirl's ideology is not leading, but ruling. Overgirl agrees with that and tells Kara that her heart is worthless. But Kara counters it by saying that at least she has a heart. In the ventilation shafts, Felicity and Iris hear everything and they have to figure out, how to save Kara and others before the surgery is performed.

On Earth-X, the heroes are taken away by the leader of the concentration camp, who is revealed to be the Earth-X doppelgänger of Quentin Lance, known only as Sturmbannführer. He talks with Sara, telling that he once had a daughter like her, and killed her due to her sexuality. They are taken away to be executed, alongside the prisoner, Ray Terrill, whom Jax talked with. Oliver and the heroes attempts to strike at the Nazis, but their collars act as shock collars, and they are easily put down. As the execution takes place, the heroes are suddenly rescued by Earth-X doppelgänger of Leonard Snart, Leo Snart aka Citizen Cold. In the chaos, the heroes manage to break free and escape with Leo and Ray to the Freedom Fighters hideout, an Earth-X version of Arrowcave in Star City.

Back at Earth-1, Felicity and Iris attempt to free everyone from the pipeline, but before they succeed, they are just about to be spotted. Instead, Felicity sends a distress signal to the Legends.

The Freedom Fighters are led by General Schott, Earth-X counterpart of Winn Schott. He reveals the only way back to Earth-1 is through a breach facility, and he doesn't allow Earth-1 heroes to pass through it, as destroying it presents an opportunity to trap Nazi leaders, Dark Arrow and Overgirl, to Earth-1, and give the Freedom Fighters a chance to liberate Earth-X. Alex tries to convince him to give them a little time for them to pass through, trying to convince him, that his counterpart on Earth-38 is one of Kara's best friends, and he would do anything for her. The general refuses. Later, Alex tries to find a gun, intending to go it alone to save her sister. Sara finds her and swears Alex that they will not let Kara die, and encourages her to trust her instincts and reveals how she always wants to return to her former lover, Nyssa, but hasn't. But she gives Alex her support in saving Kara, telling her that she is part of her team now. Eventually, Ray and Leo, who are lovers, manage to convince the General to give them the time they need to pass through the breach. The heroes put up a daring plan to infiltrate the facility, as Oliver can impersonate the Führer.

On Earth-1, the surgery is about to begin and Overgirl is put into a hibernation, while Kara is being kept awake. As Thawne begins, the power goes out. Dark Arrow orders a sweep. Felicity and Iris have managed to use the Time Vault computer to turn off the power. As the Nazis sweep the Labs, the women sneak to the medical room and free Kara. They try to take her outside to recharge, but all exists are blocked, forcing them to hide.

On Earth-X, Leo infiltrates the breach facility with Oliver and Oliver uses his appearance to trick the Nazis. He meets with the Sturmbannführer and Oliver witnesses as the Nazis send their secret weapon to Earth-1, the Wellenreiter, Earth-X version of the Waverider. Oliver had to let it go as to not blow his cover. Meanwhile, Sara, Alex, Stein and Jax sneak in to the facility, while Barry and Ray are ready to provide support. However, General Schott backs away on his promise and sends the Red Tornado to attack and destroy the facility, forcing Barry and Ray to take care of it before it reaches the facility. Sturmbannführer suspects Oliver is not the Führer, and puts him into a test: to kill a jew, who shared her rations with other prisoners in the camps. The jew is Felicity's Earth-X counterpart. Oliver tries to shoot the Sturmbannführer, but the gun is empty. With his cover blown, Oliver assaults the Nazis, and Alex and Sara engage the Nazis alongside Firestorm. Oliver defeats the nazis and gives a machine gun to Felicity's doppelgänger, encouraging her to escape. Oliver joins others, and the Nazis send everyone they have to fight the heroes.

On Earth-1, Thawne discovers what Felicity and Iris did, and they and Kara are eventually found. As Felicity encoded the sequence to restore power, Thawne pins her to the wall. Felicity attempts to remain silent, but Thawne muses aloud about the history books, and this age of heroes. His menacing voice reach a fever pitch, he prepares to slaughter Felicity. Kara interrupts, unwilling to let any of her friends get hurt, surrenders and tells Felicity to reveal the code, on the condition Thawne and Dark Arrow spare the others. In tears, Felicity reveals the code, to Thawne's sardonic amusement, and Kara is taken back for the surgery.

The fight on Earth-X keeps going. To activate the breach, two controllers must be used. Stein coerces Jax and him to separate, as he thinks they have a better chance to succeed like that. Jax manages to hotwire his end, but Stein gets pinned down by Nazi gunfire before he can reach the other device. Oliver, Sara, Alex and Leo take out many Nazis, but more come, while Barry and Ray attempt to deal with Red Tornado, eventually succeeding. Stein tries to run to the controller, but he is shot in the back by Sturmbannführer. The episode ends as Stein begins to bleed.

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  • This is the first episode of the series to not feature Jesse L. Martin (Joe West).
  • Wally West does not appear in this episode, nor is he credited.
  • When Harry is imprisoned in the pipeline, he begins throwing a ball against the wall of his cell. This could be a nod to The Great Escape, where Steve McQueen's character does the same in his cell.
  • Harry exclaims, "Rip van Ramon awakens" when Cisco wakes up, a reference to the short story Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving in which the character falls asleep for 20 years.
  • Seeing the operation Kara was about to undergo, Felicity warns Iris that Kara "only has few hours before they go full Mengele on her". This is a reference to Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor nicknamed "Angel of Death" due to his various inhumane experiments on the victims at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
  • When traveling through the air conditioning vents, Felicity quips to Iris, "Lead the way, McClane", referencing an iconic scene in the 1988 film Die Hard in which protagonist John McClane does the same.
  • While the Sturmbannführer is talking to Sara Lance, the song "Edelweiss" is heard in the background. This is a reference to The Sound of Music, which takes place in 1930s Austria pre-World War II. It may also be a reference to The Man in the High Castle, which primarily deals with a Nazi-controlled alternate Earth and uses a cover of "Edelweiss" in its opening credits.
  • The slogan that appears at the front of the concentration camp where the heroes are detained, "Arbeit macht frei", means "Work shall set you free". The slogan appeared on the gates of Auschwitz and other real-life Nazi extermination camps.
  • Barry quotes Leonard Snart's rules to making a plan: "Make the plan. Execute the plan. Expect the plan to go off the rails. Throw away the plan." Snart previously told Barry this in "Infantino Street".
  • Iris tells Kara, "Come with me if you want to live", referencing the catchphrase from the Terminator franchise.
  • The password Felicity gives to Thawne is "Latte Ada Jonas 11900"; "Latte" could refer to the first time she and Oliver met in "Lone Gunmen" when his terrible excuse for why he needed her help was that he spilled a latte on his bullet-ridden computer, "Ada" could refer to Ada Lovelace (the mother of computer science) or the programming language named for her, "Jonas" is Oliver's middle name, and "(0)11900" is the HEX color code for a shade of green.

Goofs

  • At the beginning of the episode, Eobard tells Kara that he hated every minute he spent working at S.T.A.R. Labs. However, he previously stated in "The Trap" that he had grown to love working with Team Flash during his time there and in "Moonshot" that he missed the cameraderie of working with fellow scientists such as Cisco and Caitlin.

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