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**Barry remembers trapping Thawne in the containment cell in [[Fast Enough]]
 
**Barry remembers trapping Thawne in the containment cell in [[Fast Enough]]
 
**Fallout gets mentioned.
 
**Fallout gets mentioned.
**Ralph mentions that David Hersch was supposed to be Cicada in the original timeline, before Nora changed it.
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**Ralph mentions that David Hersch was supposed to be Cicada in the original timeline, before Nora changed it, referring to [[The Death of Vibe]].
   
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 15:35, 8 May 2019

"The Girl With The Red Lightning" is the twenty-first episode of the fifth season of The Flash, and the one-hundred-thirteenth episode overall. It aired on May 7, 2019.

Synopsis

Team Flash is on high alert after Cicada II threatens to unleash a dangerous virus that would put all meta-humans at risk.[1]

Trivia

  • The title is a reference to the novel The Girl with the Red Balloon, which involves time travel.
  • When about to fight Cicada, Ralph morphs his hands into blades a reference to the 1991 science fiction film Terminator 2: Judgement Day in which the T-1000 does the same thing.
  • At the beginning of the episode while testing his new tech gun, Cisco says sometimes you have to pull down your pants and slide on the ice. This is a direct quote from. The TV show M*A*S*H where twice, once in the finale psychiatrist Sidney Freedman says the exact same thing.
  • References to previous episodes are mentioned including:
    • Renee mentions watching a fight on the 6 o'clock news, between "A Giant Shark and a Giant Gorilla" referring to King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd.
    • Barry remembers trapping Thawne in the containment cell in Fast Enough
    • Fallout gets mentioned.
    • Ralph mentions that David Hersch was supposed to be Cicada in the original timeline, before Nora changed it, referring to The Death of Vibe.

References