Impulsive Excessive Disorder

"Impulsive Excessive Disorder"
Information
Season 8 » Episode 6
Episode number	157 of 184
Original airdate	March 9, 2022
Written by	Thomas Pound
Directed by	David McWhirter
Chronology
Preceded by	"Armageddon, Part 5"
Followed by	"Lockdown"

"Impulsive Excessive Disorder" is the sixth and midseason premiere episode of the eighth season of The Flash, and the one-hundred-fifty-seventh episode overall. It aired on March 9, 2022.

Synopsis

Picking up where Season 7 left off, after returning home from a visit for their parent's vow renewal, Bart and Nora quickly realize that things are not exactly as they left them. The duo race to repair any fissures in the timeline and restore everything back to the way it is supposed to be.[src]

Plot

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Cast

Starring

• Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash
• Candice Patton as Iris West-Allen/The Flash
• Danielle Panabaker as Frost
• Danielle Nicolet as Defense Attorney Cecile Horton
• Kayla Compton as Allegra Garcia
• Brandon McKnight as Chester P. Runk
• Jesse L. Martin as Joe West

Special guest star

• Rick Cosnett as Detective Eddie Thawne
• Jessica Parker Kennedy as Nora West-Allen/XS

Guest starring

• Jordan Fisher as Bart West-Allen/Impulse
• Piper Curda as Avery Ho
• Agam Darshi as Mona Taylor/Queen
• Ryan Jefferson Booth as King
• John Wesley Shipp as Dr. Jay Garrick/The Flash

Co-starring

• Stephanie Izsak as Officer Daisy Korber
• Megan Peta Hill as Wanda Wayland/Ten
• Eston Fung as Jake Fox/Jack
• Eduard Witzke as Sterling Brooks
• Finn Michael as Hawkshaw
• Leanne Buchanan as Hostage #2

Uncredited

• Michelle Harrison as Dr. Joan Williams (archive footage) and the Speed Force (archive footage)
• Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon (archive footage)
• Unknown as Godspeed clones (archive footage)
• Rick D. Wasserman as Godspeed clones (voice; archive audio)

Gallery

Videos

The Flash 8x06 Promo (HD) Season 8 Episode 6 Promo

Trivia

• The episode title is a play on the mental health disorder obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), with Bart and Nora's alter-egos (Impulse and XS) replacing the words "obsessive" and "compulsive", respectively.
• This episode marked Rick Cosnett's first time portraying Eddie Thawne or his likeness since the Season 3 episode "Into the Speed Force", which aired almost exactly five years previously (on March 14, 2017).
• This episode makes various nods to DC's Legends of Tomorrow by featuring Ray Palmer's A.T.O.M. Exosuit and Firestorm's suit, mentioning "fixed points", and Booster Gold's newspaper appearance.
• Timeline-wise, this episode takes place almost entirely before Armageddon, seeing as in "Armageddon, Part 1", the Royal Flush Gang's casino heist on January 1, 202_ is mentioned, and in this episode, it's shown that the Royal Flush Gang formed and robbed the casino on December 31, 2013 due to Nora and Bart's presence in the past.
  • This is the first episode of The Flash to take place almost entirely before a previous episode.
• Eddie and Iris' interaction in this episode references Iris' story from "Pilot" of how she started dating Eddie.
• Jay Garrick remarks that he "lived on and off in the past for 16 years", and that "it was another lifetime." This may be a nod to his counterpart's time being part of the JSA on Stargirl, as the show's events do not interact with the Arrowverse shows, aside from being part of the new multiverse.
• Nora and Bart introduce themselves to Eddie as Nora Moy and Bart Waid. These are references to DC Comics writers Jeff Moy, co-creator of Jenni Ognats/XS, and Mark Waid, co-creator of Bart Allen/Impulse.
• Avery is reference to Avery Ho, a speedster who takes on the mantle of The Flash in DC Comics, though her last name is not given.
• Lex Luthor is mentioned by Jay, but as a joke of him becoming president in the future thanks to Nora and Bart's changes. This being a reference to Lex actually becoming president in DC comics as well as various other adaptations.
  • This is the third time this storyline is mentioned in the Arrowverse.
    • It is partially alluded to when Lex takes control of the White House and uses President Phil Baker as his puppet in Season 4 of Supergirl.
    • It had also been referenced by Earth-167's Clark Kent (as a future storyline of Smallville) in "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two".
• Avery calls Bart "McFly" before he returns to 2049. This is a reference to Marty McFly, a character from the Back to the Future franchise, where time travel features heavily.
• The concept of Fixed Points in Time being circumvented without damaging the timeline was also used in Doctor Who in the 2011 season finale The Wedding of River Song; where its also shown what happens when you BREAK a Fixed Point.