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"Yeah, I may be the one in the suit doing all the running... but when I'm out there helping people, making a difference... you're all out there with me. I finally realized something: we were all struck by that lightning."

—Barry to Team Flash

"Fastest Man Alive" is the second episode of the first season of The Flash, and the second episode overall. It aired on October 14, 2014.

Synopsis

Barry escorts Iris to a university gathering honoring scientist Simon Stagg. When six gunmen storm the event, Barry changes into The Flash and tries to stop them. While he does save a man's life, he passes out before he can capture the robbers, which frustrates him. As Dr. Wells, Caitlin and Cisco scramble to find out what's wrong with Barry, Joe comes down hard on Barry for taking the law into his own hands and risking his life. Barry realizes that it wasn't six gunmen but a meta-human named Danton Black, who can make multiple copies of himself. Meanwhile, Iris becomes even more intrigued by the "red streak".

Cast

Starring

Guest Starring

Patrick Sabongui as Captain David Singh
Michael Christopher Smith as Danton Black/Multiplex
William Sadler as Simon Stagg
John Wesley Shipp as Dr. Henry Allen

Co-Starring

Michasha Armstrong as Java
Evelyn Chew as Woman
Emily Delahunty as Paige
Amina Elkatib as Young Iris West
Eli Gabay as Fire Chief
Suzanne Ristic as Tenant
Patrick Roccas as Prison Guard
Ronald Patrick Thompson as Samaritan
Seth Whittaker as Security Guard
Logan Williams as Young Barry Allen

Plot

With help from Cisco, Barry begins using his abilities to stop minor crimes and help citizens across the city. As Barry begins to push himself more and more, he begins to develop debilitating side effects. While assisting Iris on a school assignment, Barry witnesses a robbery by a crew of men, but faints while trying to stop them. The S.T.A.R. Labs team determine that Barry is becoming hypoglycemic from the use of his abilities due to a sped-up metabolism and needs to ingest more calories to maintain his energy level. The team eventually learns that the robbers are actually one man, Danton Black, who has the ability to create clones of himself. Black wants to kill his former employer, Simon Stagg, who stole Black's cloning research. With encouragement from Joe, Barry goes after Black and successfully stops him from killing Stagg. However, Black commits suicide to prevent being captured. Afterward, Barry accepts Joe's help in finding out who really killed Barry's mother. Later, Wells visits Stagg, who has already become obsessed with the Flash after witnessing his powers and plans to exploit him as he did to Black. To protect Barry, Wells kills Stagg.

Behind the scenes

Trivia

At S.T.A.R. Labs, Cisco built a treadmill designed to handle Barry's speed. It is possibly a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Cosmic Treadmill from the original comics.
Barry's metabolism weakness is first seen in this episode. Much like the 1990s TV series, The Flash and the comics, Barry needs to eat massive amounts of calories to replace the energy he uses while running. Failing to do so will cause dizzy spells and eventually shock from low blood sugar.
Stagg Industries and Simon Stagg played a part in the origin of the superhero Metamorpho in the comics.
Hex's Gun Shop is probably a reference to Jonah Hex, a hero who uses guns. Jonah Hex later appear on DC's Legends of Tomorrow, another Arrowverse show.
- Alternatively, the word "hex" is the Greek word for "six", a probable reference to the plot point that six men (Multiplex and five clones) rob the store.
At the start of the episode, the firemen who report that they're en route to the burning building respond as "ladder 52". This is likely a reference to the DC New 52 comic book line (a universe resulting from the Flashpoint story line), which The Flash is largely based on.
This is the first full episode of the Arrowverse that doesn't include Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen at all.

Goofs

At the end, when Wells is sitting in front of Stagg, he takes off his glasses. When camera angle changes to the back of Wells, facing Stagg, Wells now has his glasses back on. When the camera changes to face Wells again, he's holding his glasses in his hand again.
While Team Flash explains how Danton can clone himself, they never go into how Danton can clone his clothes and shoes, but not a gun.
Cisco says that Barry will need to eat the equivalent of 850 tacos, which would be somewhere between 120,000 and 150,000 calories a day. However, in "Worlds Finest", Barry states he needs to consume approximately 10,000 calories a day.

Gallery

Promos

The Flash 1x02 Promo "Fastest Man Alive" (HD)

The Flash 1x02 Sneak Peek 1 "Fastest Man Alive"

The Flash 1x02 “Fastest Man Alive” Sneak Peek 2!

The Flash season 1
"Pilot" • "Fastest Man Alive" • "Things You Can't Outrun" • "Going Rogue" • "Plastique" • "The Flash is Born" • "Power Outage" • "Flash vs. Arrow" • "The Man in the Yellow Suit" • "Revenge of the Rogues" • "The Sound and the Fury" • "Crazy for You" • "The Nuclear Man" • "Fallout" • "Out of Time" • "Rogue Time" • "Tricksters" • "All Star Team Up" • "Who is Harrison Wells?" • "The Trap" • "Grodd Lives" • "Rogue Air" • "Fast Enough"

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+{{Quote|Yeah, I may be the one in the suit doing all the running... but when I'm out there helping people, making a difference... you're all out there with me. I finally realized something: we were all struck by that lightning.|[[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry]] to [[Team Flash]]}}
-{{Quote|Joe was right I'm in way over my head|Barry begins to doubt himself}}{{Episode
+{{Episode
 |name= Fastest Man Alive
-|image= The_Fastest_Man_Alive_vs._Multiplex.png
+|image= The Fastest Man Alive vs. Multiplex.png
+|season=1
 |number= 2
+|epnum=2
 |airdate= October 14, 2014
 |writer= '''Story by''':<br />[[Greg Berlanti]]<br />[[Andrew Kreisberg]]<br />'''Teleplay by''':<br />Andrew Kreisberg<br />[[Geoff Johns]]
 |director= [[David Nutter]]
+|before= {{Ep|Pilot (The Flash (The CW))}}
-|guests= [[Patrick Sabongui]] as [[David Singh]]<br />[[John Wesley Shipp]] as [[Henry Allen]]<br />[[Logan Williams]] as Young [[Barry Allen]]<br />[[Amina Elkatib]] as Young [[Iris West]]<br />[[Michael Christopher Smith]] as [[Danton Black|Danton Black/Multiplex]]<br />[[William Sadler]] as [[Simon Stagg]]
-|before= {{Ep|Pilot|page=Pilot (The Flash)}}
 |after= {{Ep|Things You Can't Outrun}}
-|show= The Flash
+|show= The Flash (The CW)
 }}
-"'''Fastest Man Alive'''" is the second episode of the [[Season 1 (The Flash)|first season]] of ''[[The Flash]]'', and the second episode overall. It aired on October 14, 2014.
-== Cast ==
-=== Main Cast ===
-* [[Grant Gustin]] as [[Barry Allen|Barry Allen/The Streak]]
-* [[Candice Patton]] as [[Iris West]]
-* [[Danielle Panabaker]] as [[Caitlin Snow]]
-* [[Rick Cosnett]] as [[Eddie Thawne]]
-* [[Carlos Valdes]] as [[Cisco Ramon]]
-* [[Tom Cavanagh]] as [[Eobard Thawne|Eobard Thawne/Harrison Wells]]
-* [[Jesse L. Martin]] as [[Joe West]]
 == Synopsis ==
-[[Barry Allen|Barry]] escorts [[Iris West|Iris]] to a university gathering honoring scientist [[Simon Stagg]]. When six gunmen storm the event, Barry changes into The Flash and tries to stop them. While he does save a man's life, he passes out before he can capture the robbers, which frustrates him. As [[Harrison Wells|Dr. Harrison]], [[Caitlin Snow|Caitlin]] and [[Cisco Ramon|Cisco]] scramble to find out what's wrong with Barry, [[Joe West|Joe]] comes down hard on Barry for taking the law into his own hands and risking his life. Barry realizes that it wasn't six gunmen but a metahuman named [[Danton Black]], who can make multiple copies of himself. Meanwhile, Iris becomes even more intrigued by the "red streak".
+[[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry]] escorts [[Iris West-Allen|Iris]] to a university gathering honoring scientist [[Simon Stagg]]. When six gunmen storm the event, Barry changes into The Flash and tries to stop them. While he does save a man's life, he passes out before he can capture the robbers, which frustrates him. As [[Eobard Thawne|Dr. Wells]], [[Caitlin Snow|Caitlin]] and [[Cisco Ramon|Cisco]] scramble to find out what's wrong with Barry, [[Joe West|Joe]] comes down hard on Barry for taking the law into his own hands and risking his life. Barry realizes that it wasn't six gunmen but a [[Meta-humans|meta-human]] named [[Danton Black]], who can make multiple copies of himself. Meanwhile, Iris becomes even more intrigued by the "red streak".
+==Cast==
-== Plot ==
+===Starring===
+*[[Grant Gustin]] as [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry Allen/The Streak]]
+*[[Candice Patton]] as [[Iris West-Allen|Iris West]]
+*[[Danielle Panabaker]] as Dr. [[Caitlin Snow]]
+*[[Rick Cosnett]] as Detective [[Eddie Thawne]]
+*[[Carlos Valdes]] as [[Cisco Ramon]]
+*[[Tom Cavanagh]] as Dr. [[Eobard Thawne|Harrison Wells]]
+*[[Jesse L. Martin]] as Detective [[Joe West]]
+===Guest Starring===
+*[[Patrick Sabongui]] as Captain [[David Singh]]
+*[[Michael Christopher Smith]] as [[Danton Black|Danton Black/Multiplex]]
+*[[William Sadler]] as [[Simon Stagg]]
+*[[John Wesley Shipp]] as Dr. [[Henry Allen]]
+===Co-Starring===
+*[[Michasha Armstrong]] as [[Java]]
+*[[Evelyn Chew]] as Woman
+*[[Emily Delahunty]] as [[Paige]]
+*[[Amina Elkatib]] as Young [[Iris West-Allen|Iris West]]
+*[[Eli Gabay]] as Fire Chief
+*[[Suzanne Ristic]] as Tenant
+*[[Patrick Roccas]] as Prison Guard
+*[[Ronald Patrick Thompson]] as Samaritan
+*[[Seth Whittaker]] as Security Guard
+*[[Logan Williams]] as Young [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry Allen]]
+==Plot==
 With help from Cisco, Barry begins using his abilities to stop minor crimes and help citizens across the city. As Barry begins to push himself more and more, he begins to develop debilitating side effects. While assisting Iris on a school assignment, Barry witnesses a robbery by a crew of men, but faints while trying to stop them. The S.T.A.R. Labs team determine that Barry is becoming hypoglycemic from the use of his abilities due to a sped-up metabolism and needs to ingest more calories to maintain his energy level. The team eventually learns that the robbers are actually one man, [[Danton Black]], who has the ability to create clones of himself. Black wants to kill his former employer, [[Simon Stagg]], who stole Black's cloning research. With encouragement from Joe, Barry goes after Black and successfully stops him from killing Stagg. However, Black commits suicide to prevent being captured. Afterward, Barry accepts Joe's help in finding out who really killed Barry's mother. Later, Wells visits Stagg, who has already become obsessed with the Flash after witnessing his powers and plans to exploit him as he did to Black. To protect Barry, Wells kills Stagg.
-== Behind the scenes ==
+==Behind the scenes==
-=== References ===
+===Trivia===
-* At S.T.A.R. Labs, Cisco built a treadmill designed to handle Barry's speed. It is possibly a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Cosmic Treadmill from the original comics.
+*At [[S.T.A.R. Labs (Earth-1)|S.T.A.R. Labs]], Cisco built a treadmill designed to handle Barry's speed. It is possibly a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Cosmic Treadmill from the original comics.
-* Barry's metabolism weakness is first seen in this episode. Much like the 1990s TV series and the comics, Barry needs to eat massive amounts of calories to replace the energy he uses while running. Failing to do so will cause dizzy spells and eventually shock from low blood sugar.
+* Barry's metabolism weakness is first seen in this episode. Much like the 1990s TV series, {{S|1990}} and the comics, Barry needs to eat massive amounts of calories to replace the energy he uses while running. Failing to do so will cause dizzy spells and eventually shock from low blood sugar.
-* Stagg Industries and Simon Stagg played a part in the origin of the superhero [[Wikipedia:Metamorpho|Metamorpho]] in the comics.
+* [[Stagg Industries]] and Simon Stagg played a part in the origin of the superhero [[Wikipedia:Metamorpho|Metamorpho]] in the comics.
-* [[Hex's Gun Shop]] is probably a reference to [[Wikipedia:Jonah Hex|Jonah Hex]], a hero that uses guns.
+* [[Hex's Gun Shop]] is probably a reference to [[Wikipedia:Jonah Hex|Jonah Hex]], a hero who uses guns. [[Jonah Hex]] later appear on {{S|DC's Legends of Tomorrow}}, another [[Arrowverse]] show.
+**Alternatively, the word "hex" is the Greek word for "six", a probable reference to the plot point that six men (Multiplex and five clones) rob the store.
-* At the start of the episode, the firemen who report that they're en route to the burning building respond as "ladder 52". This is likely a reference to the DC New 52 comic book line (a universe resulting from the ''Flashpoint ''story line) which ''The Flash ''is largely based on.
+* At the start of the episode, the firemen who report that they're en route to the burning building respond as "ladder 52". This is likely a reference to the DC ''New 52'' comic book line (a universe resulting from the ''Flashpoint ''story line), which {{S|The Flash (The CW)}} is largely based on.
+*This is the first full episode of the Arrowverse that doesn't include [[Stephen Amell]] as [[Oliver Queen]] at all.
+=== Goofs ===
+* At the end, when Wells is sitting in front of Stagg, he takes off his glasses. When camera angle changes to the back of Wells, facing Stagg, Wells now has his glasses back on. When the camera changes to face Wells again, he's holding his glasses in his hand again.
+*While [[Team Flash]] explains how Danton can clone himself, they never go into how Danton can clone his clothes and shoes, but not a gun.
+*Cisco says that Barry will need to eat the equivalent of 850 tacos, which would be somewhere between 120,000 and 150,000 calories a day. However, in {{Ep|Worlds Finest}}, Barry states he needs to consume approximately 10,000 calories a day.
 == Gallery ==
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 <gallery>
 The Flash 1x02 Promo "Fastest Man Alive" (HD)|Promo
+The Flash 1x02 Sneak Peek 1 "Fastest Man Alive"
+The Flash 1x02 “Fastest Man Alive” Sneak Peek 2!
 </gallery>
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