The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 1

"My name Is Iris West-Allen and i once met a young man, a superhero who I called the Streak. The world has come to know him as the Fastest Man Alive, the Scarlet Speedster, the Flash. But no matter what title you choose for him, he'll always be remembered as the protector of our amazing city and it's citizens, as a beacon of hope for us all, and as the man who sacrificed himself again and again so we could live. Today we say goodbye to him. Today we say goodbye to him, not because he was taken but because he gave himself willingly. And in the end, that's what makes him deserving of the greatest title of all. Hero."

—Iris West-Allen on the Flash's death.

"The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 1"
Information
Season 6 » Episode 7
Episode number	121 of 184
Original airdate	November 26, 2019
Written by	Jonathan Butler Gabriel Garza
Directed by	Chad Lowe
Guest stars
Sendhil Ramamurthy as Dr. Ramsey Rosso/Bloodwork Michelle Harrison as Nora Allen Victoria Park as Kamilla Hwang Kayla Compton as Allegra Garcia
Chronology
Preceded by	"License to Elongate"
Followed by	"The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2"

"The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 1" is the seventh episode of the sixth season of The Flash, and the one-hundred-twenty-first episode overall. It aired on November 26, 2019. It will act as the first half of a two-part episode.

Synopsis

As Barry Allen stands on the threshold of his impending death in Crisis, his convictions are tested when the monstrous Dr. Ramsey Rosso infects the Flash with a mysterious, hallucinogenic contagion. Meanwhile, reporter Iris West-Allen uncovers a vast conspiracy.

Trivia

• This is the second multiple part episode of the Arrowverse (outside of crossovers), after DC's Legends of Tomorrow's "Pilot, Part 1" and "Pilot, Part 2".
• This is the first time Ramsey is called Bloodwork.
• Iris starts to write a version of the article covering Flash's dissapearance in the Crisis of 2019 seen since "Pilot".
• When Barry is infected by Ramsey, his appearance and lightning color are based on that of the Negative Flash from the comics, wherein Barry was similarly infected but rather by Thawne with the Negative Speed Force.
• This episode take place two days before Crisis. This is a reference to the fact that the second episode to premiere after this one is part of Crisis on Infinite Earths​.
• This is the first episode of Flash to end in a "To Be Continued", without being part of a crossover.
• This is the first two parter episode since the season 3 two parter episode "Attack on Gorilla City" and "Attack on Central City".
• At one point in his coma, Barry finds himself walking among the gravestones of everyone he failed to save, and stops before his own grave a reference to the the famous novella, A Christmas Carol with Ebenezer Scrooge.
  • Coincidentally Barry made his first appearance in the S2 episode of Arrow The Scientistwhich was followed by Three Ghosts.