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{{Quote|Why the charade, running around dressed like the Flash?"<br>"To give people hope, Detective."<br>"Hope?"<br>"So I could rip it away from them.|[[Joe West]] and [[Hunter Zolomon|Zoom]]}}
{{Quote|You can't lock up the darkness.|[[Zoom]] taunting [[Barry]]}}{{Episode
 
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{{episode
 
|name= Versus Zoom
 
|name= Versus Zoom
|image=Barry_confronts_Zoom.png
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|image=Barry_confronts_Zoom.png
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|season=2
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|epnum=18
 
|number= 41
 
|number= 41
 
|airdate= April 19, 2016
 
|airdate= April 19, 2016
 
|writer= [[Joe Peracchio]]<br/>[[David Kob]]
 
|writer= [[Joe Peracchio]]<br/>[[David Kob]]
 
|director= [[Stefan Pleszczynski]]
 
|director= [[Stefan Pleszczynski]]
|guests= [[Teddy Sears]] as [[Hunter Zolomon|Hunter Zolomon/Zoom]]<br>[[Tony Todd]] as Zoom's voice ''(uncredited)''
 
 
|before= {{Ep|Flash Back}}
 
|before= {{Ep|Flash Back}}
 
|after= {{Ep|Back to Normal}}
 
|after= {{Ep|Back to Normal}}
|show= The Flash
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|show= The Flash (The CW)
 
}}
 
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"'''Versus Zoom'''" is the eighteenth episode of the [[Season 2 (The Flash)|second season]] of ''[[The Flash]]'', and the forty-first episode overall. It aired on April 19, 2016.
 
   
 
==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
Equipped with the [[Tachyon prototype|tachyon device]], [[Barry Allen|Barry]] believes he is fast enough to stop [[Zoom]] and wants to open the breaches to catch him. [[Harrison Wells (Earth Two)|Harry]] strongly advises against that plan but after Barry convinces him, Harry reveals that [[Cisco Ramon|Cisco]] has the power to re-open the breach. Meanwhile, Hunter Zolomon's painful story on Earth-2 and his origin as Zoom are revealed.<ref>[http://flashtvnews.com/the-flash-official-description-for-versus-zoom/24309 ''The Flash: Official Description for “Versus Zoom”'' - FlashTvNews]</ref>
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{{Synopsis|Equipped with the [[Tachyon prototype|tachyon device]], [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry]] believes he is fast enough to stop [[Hunter Zolomon|Zoom]] and wants to open the [[breaches]] to catch him. [[Harry Wells|Harry]] strongly advises against that plan but after Barry convinces him, Harry reveals that [[Cisco Ramon|Cisco]] has the power to re-open the breach. Meanwhile, Hunter Zolomon's painful story on [[Earth-2]] and his origin as Zoom are revealed.|http://flashtvnews.com/the-flash-official-description-for-versus-zoom/24309}}
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==Cast==
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===Starring===
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*[[Grant Gustin]] as [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry Allen/The Flash]]
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*[[Candice Patton]] as [[Iris West-Allen|Iris West]]
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*[[Danielle Panabaker]] as Dr. [[Caitlin Snow]]
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*[[Carlos Valdes]] as [[Cisco Ramon|Cisco Ramon/Vibe]]
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*[[Keiynan Lonsdale]] as [[Wally West]]
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*[[Tom Cavanagh]] as Dr. [[Harry Wells]]
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*[[Jesse L. Martin]] as Detective [[Joe West]]
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===Guest starring===
 
*[[Teddy Sears]] as [[Hunter Zolomon|Hunter Zolomon/Zoom]]
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===Co-starring===
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*[[Tatayana Forrest]] as [[Ashley Zolomon]]
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*[[Shaine Jones]] as [[James Zolomon]]
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*[[Octavian Kaul]] as Young [[Hunter Zolomon]]
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*[[Brian McBride]] as CPS Man
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*[[Valeria McNicol]] as Caretaker
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===Uncredited===
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*[[Ryan Handley]] as [[Hunter Zolomon|Zoom]]
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*[[Lucas Wolf]] as [[Jay Garrick|Man in the Iron Mask]]
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*[[Tony Todd]] as [[Hunter Zolomon|Zoom]] <small>(voice)</small>
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*[[Amina Elkatib]] as Young [[Iris West-Allen|Iris West]] <small>(archive footage)</small>
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*[[Michelle Harrison]] as [[Nora Allen]] <small>(archive footage)</small>
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*[[David Hayter]] as [[Shay Lamden (Earth-2)|King Shark]] <small>(archive footage)</small>
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*[[Allison Paige]] as [[Eliza Harmon]] <small>(archive footage)</small>
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*[[John Wesley Shipp]] as [[Henry Allen]] <small>(archive footage)</small>
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*[[Logan Williams]] as Young [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry Allen]] <small>(archive footage)</small>
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==Plot==
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In flashbacks, events from 15 years ago on Earth-2 are shown, and from, where Hunter Zolomon's father, James Zolomon, argues fiercely with Hunter's mother Ashley Zolomon, which ends with James shooting Ashley in front of him. Hunter is taken to an orphanage.
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In the present day [[Earth-1]], Barry, Cisco, [[Caitlin Snow|Caitlin]] and [[Iris West-Allen|Iris]] are preparing to run a test on the tachyon device to see if Barry's speed can increase with it. The test proves to be success, with Barry running with extreme speed without consequences. He even travels through a dimensional breach and reappears less than a second later (during this brief time he ended up on [[Earth-38]] and became friends with [[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]]<ref>{{Ep|Worlds Finest}}</ref>). When he returns to S.T.A.R. Labs, no one even realized he traveled to another world entirely. Satisfied that he is now faster than Zoom, Barry intends to reopen a breach to Earth-2. Harrison Wells objects, and claims the breaches can't be reopened but he agrees to make the tachyon device smaller. Iris goes on a date.
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At Joe's place, Wally arrives with laundry and informs he has no place to live on campus. Barry gets the idea about opening the breaches with Cisco's powers, since his doppelganger, Reverb, was able to manipulate dimensional energy. They try it in the breach in the labs, but nothing happens. Wells goes to see Joe and attempts to get him to stop Barry from opening a breach, but Joe tells him, that once Barry sets his mind on something, there's no way to talk him out of it. Instead he tells Wells to help him.
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Barry and Cisco find the strongest breach source in an abandoned mental hospital. Cisco is still unable to open the breach, until Wells arrives with his goggles. With the goggles, Cisco is able to open the breach, and Zoom also sees it and urges Cisco to keep coming. But Cisco stops and runs off.
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Joe and Iris come to the labs to give help, and Barry tells Joe that Wally wants Joe to invite him to live with him. Caitlin and Iris talk about Iris' situation, as Caitlin has noticed she has been watching Barry with love for some time. Iris admits she didn't go on her date yesterday, as she has started to think that maybe she is truly meant to be with Barry, reasoning that they are married on Earth-2 and supposedly married in the future. Barry goes to see Cisco, and Cisco tells him he's not afraid of Zoom, but himself. He fears that if he keeps using his powers, he will end up becoming like Reverb. But Barry says that unlike Reverb, Cisco has friends here, who consider him family, and they will always stand by him. Cisco agrees to try again. Joe offers Wally a chance to live with him and he accepts.
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Wells has succeeded in remaking the tachyon device, and the team begins to wonder, if Zoom's real name really is Jay. Caitlin tells the team, that there is no Jay Garrick on Earth-1, rather his doppelganger's name was Hunter Zolomon. The name alerts Wells, who then reveal, that Hunter Zolomon on Earth-2 was a convicted serial killer, who was given to an orphanage, when his father killed his mother in front of his eyes. He murdered 26 people, until he was finally caught and sent to a mental hospital. While being treated, the particle acceleration explosion affected him, giving him the Speed Force. Thus, Zoom was born. Barry gets an idea on how to defeat him.
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Barry and Cisco return to the mental hospital, while Wells, Joe, Iris and Caitlin take shelter inside the Time Vault, as Zoom supposedly can't enter it. Cisco opens the breach and Zoom comes out. Barry runs and Zoom gives chase. Barry is able to run faster than Zoom and lure him into S.T.A.R. Labs. Inside, Zoom finds that Barry has set the room with dummies of his parents. They distract him long enough to allow Barry to trap him with meta-human chains. Zoom questions. how did Barry figure out his real identity, and Barry says he made a mistake, when he told Caitlin about his doppelganger. When it seems that Flash is victorious, Zoom manages to break free and escapes.
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Barry, Iris and Joe return home, to find the place is ransacked. They find that Wally is missing, and that Zoom has him. He left a message: "Your speed for Wally's life." Zoom has Wally taken to his lair on Earth-2. Eventually, Barry finds no other choice, but to accept.
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Cisco vibes, and calls to Zoom, who appears with Wally. The exchange is made, and Wells inserts the Speed Force Draining device into Barry's suit. The team questions Zoom, why did he do the things he did and how he was able to convince them, that there was two of him. Zoom reveals that he traveled to the past to meet himself, making Cisco realize he is a time remnant, like the Reverse-Flash. His past self agreed with his plan to steal Flash's speed in order to cure him, and also inspiring hope in people, so that he could then snatch it from them. Barry uses the treadmill so that his Speed Force can be extracted. All of his speed is taken and Zoom injects it to himself. He is thrilled and proceeds to kill Barry, until Caitlin talks him out of it. He then escapes, taking Caitlin with him.
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*While Barry tests out the tachyon device, he travels through a breach, coming out through a breach. Once he comes back to S.T.A.R. Labs, he asks "How long was I gone?", but neither Cisco nor Caitlin pay attention to the statement. This is a reference to {{Ep|Worlds Finest}}, an episode of ''[[w:c:supergirl:Supergirl|Supergirl]]'' in which ''[[Barry Allen|The Flash]]'' crossed over. This episode took place within this moment.
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*While [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry]] tests out the [[Tachyon prototype|tachyon device]], he travels through a [[Breaches|breach]] and comes out through another breach, with the {{S|S}} leitmotif blending in with the background music. Once Barry returns to [[S.T.A.R. Labs (Earth-1)|S.T.A.R. Labs]], he asks, "How long was I gone?", but neither [[Cisco Ramon|Cisco]] nor [[Caitlin Snow|Caitlin]] pay attention to the statement. This is a reference to {{Ep|Worlds Finest}}, an episode of {{S|S}} in which {{S|F}} crossed over. This episode took place within this very brief moment.
**Humorously, both take place at the eighteenth episode of their own series.
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**Coincidentally, both take place at the eighteenth episode of their own series.
*Strangely, when Wells tells Barry that there is no way back to another Earth, Barry doesn't tell him about how he had accidentally run to another Earth, which had happened earlier that episode (most likely due to his uncertainty about how that happened and his inability to precisely create such a breach).
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*Strangely, when [[Harry Wells|Wells]] tells Barry that there is no way back to another Earth, Barry doesn't tell him about how he had accidentally ran to another Earth, which had happened earlier that episode (most likely due to his uncertainty about how that happened and his inability to precisely create such a breach).
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
===Promos===
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===Videos===
 
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<gallery>
 
The Flash 2x18 Promo "Versus Zoom" (HD)
 
The Flash 2x18 Promo "Versus Zoom" (HD)
The Flash Versus Zoom Trailer The CW
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The Flash 2x18 Extended Promo "Versus Zoom" (HD)
The Flash Versus Zoom Scene The CW
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The Flash 2x18 Sneak Peek "Versus Zoom" (HD)
The Flash 2x18 Sneak Peek 2 Season 2 Episode 18 Sneak Peek 2
 
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
   
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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Revision as of 01:26, 30 July 2020

"Why the charade, running around dressed like the Flash?"
"To give people hope, Detective."
"Hope?"
"So I could rip it away from them.
"
Joe West and Zoom

"Versus Zoom" is the eighteenth episode of the second season of The Flash, and the forty-first episode overall. It aired on April 19, 2016.

Synopsis

Cast

Starring

Guest starring

Co-starring

Uncredited

Plot

In flashbacks, events from 15 years ago on Earth-2 are shown, and from, where Hunter Zolomon's father, James Zolomon, argues fiercely with Hunter's mother Ashley Zolomon, which ends with James shooting Ashley in front of him. Hunter is taken to an orphanage.

In the present day Earth-1, Barry, Cisco, Caitlin and Iris are preparing to run a test on the tachyon device to see if Barry's speed can increase with it. The test proves to be success, with Barry running with extreme speed without consequences. He even travels through a dimensional breach and reappears less than a second later (during this brief time he ended up on Earth-38 and became friends with Kara Danvers/Supergirl[1]). When he returns to S.T.A.R. Labs, no one even realized he traveled to another world entirely. Satisfied that he is now faster than Zoom, Barry intends to reopen a breach to Earth-2. Harrison Wells objects, and claims the breaches can't be reopened but he agrees to make the tachyon device smaller. Iris goes on a date.

At Joe's place, Wally arrives with laundry and informs he has no place to live on campus. Barry gets the idea about opening the breaches with Cisco's powers, since his doppelganger, Reverb, was able to manipulate dimensional energy. They try it in the breach in the labs, but nothing happens. Wells goes to see Joe and attempts to get him to stop Barry from opening a breach, but Joe tells him, that once Barry sets his mind on something, there's no way to talk him out of it. Instead he tells Wells to help him.

Barry and Cisco find the strongest breach source in an abandoned mental hospital. Cisco is still unable to open the breach, until Wells arrives with his goggles. With the goggles, Cisco is able to open the breach, and Zoom also sees it and urges Cisco to keep coming. But Cisco stops and runs off.

Joe and Iris come to the labs to give help, and Barry tells Joe that Wally wants Joe to invite him to live with him. Caitlin and Iris talk about Iris' situation, as Caitlin has noticed she has been watching Barry with love for some time. Iris admits she didn't go on her date yesterday, as she has started to think that maybe she is truly meant to be with Barry, reasoning that they are married on Earth-2 and supposedly married in the future. Barry goes to see Cisco, and Cisco tells him he's not afraid of Zoom, but himself. He fears that if he keeps using his powers, he will end up becoming like Reverb. But Barry says that unlike Reverb, Cisco has friends here, who consider him family, and they will always stand by him. Cisco agrees to try again. Joe offers Wally a chance to live with him and he accepts.

Wells has succeeded in remaking the tachyon device, and the team begins to wonder, if Zoom's real name really is Jay. Caitlin tells the team, that there is no Jay Garrick on Earth-1, rather his doppelganger's name was Hunter Zolomon. The name alerts Wells, who then reveal, that Hunter Zolomon on Earth-2 was a convicted serial killer, who was given to an orphanage, when his father killed his mother in front of his eyes. He murdered 26 people, until he was finally caught and sent to a mental hospital. While being treated, the particle acceleration explosion affected him, giving him the Speed Force. Thus, Zoom was born. Barry gets an idea on how to defeat him.

Barry and Cisco return to the mental hospital, while Wells, Joe, Iris and Caitlin take shelter inside the Time Vault, as Zoom supposedly can't enter it. Cisco opens the breach and Zoom comes out. Barry runs and Zoom gives chase. Barry is able to run faster than Zoom and lure him into S.T.A.R. Labs. Inside, Zoom finds that Barry has set the room with dummies of his parents. They distract him long enough to allow Barry to trap him with meta-human chains. Zoom questions. how did Barry figure out his real identity, and Barry says he made a mistake, when he told Caitlin about his doppelganger. When it seems that Flash is victorious, Zoom manages to break free and escapes.

Barry, Iris and Joe return home, to find the place is ransacked. They find that Wally is missing, and that Zoom has him. He left a message: "Your speed for Wally's life." Zoom has Wally taken to his lair on Earth-2. Eventually, Barry finds no other choice, but to accept.

Cisco vibes, and calls to Zoom, who appears with Wally. The exchange is made, and Wells inserts the Speed Force Draining device into Barry's suit. The team questions Zoom, why did he do the things he did and how he was able to convince them, that there was two of him. Zoom reveals that he traveled to the past to meet himself, making Cisco realize he is a time remnant, like the Reverse-Flash. His past self agreed with his plan to steal Flash's speed in order to cure him, and also inspiring hope in people, so that he could then snatch it from them. Barry uses the treadmill so that his Speed Force can be extracted. All of his speed is taken and Zoom injects it to himself. He is thrilled and proceeds to kill Barry, until Caitlin talks him out of it. He then escapes, taking Caitlin with him.

Trivia

  • While Barry tests out the tachyon device, he travels through a breach and comes out through another breach, with the Supergirl leitmotif blending in with the background music. Once Barry returns to S.T.A.R. Labs, he asks, "How long was I gone?", but neither Cisco nor Caitlin pay attention to the statement. This is a reference to "Worlds Finest", an episode of Supergirl in which The Flash crossed over. This episode took place within this very brief moment.
    • Coincidentally, both take place at the eighteenth episode of their own series.
  • Strangely, when Wells tells Barry that there is no way back to another Earth, Barry doesn't tell him about how he had accidentally ran to another Earth, which had happened earlier that episode (most likely due to his uncertainty about how that happened and his inability to precisely create such a breach).

Gallery

Videos

References