- "Our love story never ends, Barry. Not even with Crisis."
"Iris, it's inevitable."
"Maybe. But whether you vanish or or worse, I am gonna be there with you. I'm gonna be right there with you to the very end, okay? Because the only thing more inevitable than Crisis is us." - —Iris West-Allen and Barry Allen
"The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2" is the eighth episode of the sixth season of The Flash, and the one-hundred-twenty-second episode overall. It aired on December 3, 2019. It acts as the second half of a two-part episode. This episode is also the eighth in a subset of the sixth season episodes the writers dubbed as "Blood and Truth."
Synopsis
With the Flash freshly infected by the monstrous Bloodwork, Iris and Cisco battle to help Barry take control of himself before he’s lost forever to Ramsey's influence. Meanwhile, the rest of Team Flash fight to reclaim control of Central City from Bloodwork's growing army.[src] |
Plot
The scene beings with Cecile opening the door for Kamila. Suddenly, a person walks, unbeknownst to them that the person is infected with Ramsey Rosso's blood. The scene then cuts to Star Labs, where Cisco puts a force field up. Meanwhile, Iris and the others are listening to the bloodcurdling screams coming from the radio. They play back a footage from the camera, revealing that Barry had sabotaged the particle accelerator.
Cast
Starring
- Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash/Dark Flash
- Candice Patton as Iris West-Allen
- Danielle Panabaker as Dr. Caitlin Snow/Frost
- Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon
- Hartley Sawyer (credit only)
- Danielle Nicolet as Defense Attorney Cecile Horton
- Tom Cavanagh as Dr. Nash Wells
- Jesse L. Martin as Captain Joe West
Guest starring
- Sendhil Ramamurthy as Dr. Ramsey Rosso/Bloodwork
- Victoria Park as Kamilla Hwang
- Kayla Compton as Allegra Garcia
- Meera Simhan as Dr Rachel Rosso
Co-starring
- Kailey Spear as Terrified Civilian 1
- Samantha Spear as Terrified Civilian 2
Uncredited
- LaMonica Garrett as Mobius/Anti-Monitor (voice)
Trivia
- The final scene with Nash Wells is also used in Supergirl, Batwoman and Arrow in their final episodes before Crisis. Only in this episode is that scene’s context given.
- Cisco Ramon had Babel Protocols built just in case the Flash ever went "dark" at S.T.A.R. Labs. This is a reference to JLA: Tower of Babel, where Batman similarly made contingency plans if the Justice League ever went rogue.
- Barry’s infected form is based on his Negative Flash form from the comics, although Cisco refers to him as "Dark Flash." Previously, this nickname was given to Eobard Thawne in his Reichsmen outfit in concept art for Crisis on Earth-X. In the comics, this name refers to Walter West, a doppelgänger of Wally’s that used his speed to become a brutal vigilante.
- This is the last episode of The Flash to use the title card introduced in Season 4.
- The H.R. Wells quote Cecile mentions was something he said to Joe West in "Killer Frost".
Gallery
References
The Flash season 6 | ||||
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Blood and Truth | ||||
"Into the Void" • "A Flash of the Lightning" • "Dead Man Running" • "There Will Be Blood" • "Kiss Kiss Breach Breach" • "License to Elongate" • "The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 1" • "The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2" • "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three" | ||||
Reflections and Lies | ||||
"Marathon" • "Love Is A Battlefield" • "A Girl Named Sue" • "Grodd Friended Me" • "Death of the Speed Force" • "The Exorcism of Nash Wells" • "So Long and Goodnight" • "Liberation" • "Pay the Piper" • "Success Is Assured" |