|guests= [[Robbie Amell]] as [[Ronnie Raymond (Earth-2)|Ronnie Raymond]]/[[Deathstorm]] ''(special guest star)''<br/>[[Teddy Sears]] as [[HunterZolomon|Jay Garrick/The Flash]]<br/>[[Demore Barnes]] as [[Henry Hewitt (Earth-2)|Henry Hewitt]]<br/>[[Violett Beane]] as [[Jesse Wells]]<br/>[[Michelle Harrison]] as [[Barry Allen's mother]] <small>(voice)</small><br/>[[Michael Rowe]] as [[Floyd Lawton (Earth-2)|Floyd Lawton]]<br/>[[Patrick Sabongui]] as [[David Singh]] and [[Singh]]<br/>[[Adam Stafford]] as [[Adam Fells|Adam Fells/Geomancer]]
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|guests= [[Robbie Amell]] as [[Ronnie Raymond (Earth-2)|Ronnie Raymond]]/[[Deathstorm]] ''(special guest star)''<br/>[[Teddy Sears]] as [[Jay Garrick |Jay Garrick/The Flash]]<br/>[[Demore Barnes]] as [[Henry Hewitt (Earth-2)|Henry Hewitt]]<br/>[[Violett Beane]] as [[Jesse Wells]]<br/>[[Michelle Harrison]] as [[Barry Allen's mother]] <small>(voice)</small><br/>[[Michael Rowe]] as [[Floyd Lawton (Earth-2)|Floyd Lawton]]<br/>[[Patrick Sabongui]] as [[David Singh]] and [[Singh]]<br/>[[Adam Stafford]] as [[Adam Fells|Adam Fells/Geomancer]]
|before= {{Ep|Fast Lane}}
|before= {{Ep|Fast Lane}}
|after= {{Ep|Escape from Earth-2}}
|after= {{Ep|Escape from Earth-2}}
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"So, which one of you lounge lizards is in the wrong universe?"
"Welcome to Earth-2" is the thirteenth episode of the second season of The Flash, and the thirty-sixth episode overall. It aired on February 9, 2016.
It acts as the first half of a two-part episode.[1]
Before heading to Earth-2, Barry closes all but one of the breaches so that Zoom has no other way to travel between the parallel Earths. Using the last breach at S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry, Cisco, and Dr. Wells travel to Earth-2, but there is a surge of energy that destabilizes the breach. The trio will be stuck in Earth-2 until Caitlin and Jay can fix the speed cannon. Barry decides to impersonate his Earth-2 self to get more information on Zoom. He later meets Iris and Joe of Earth-2 and learns that Iris works for the CCPD, while Joe is a singer at a jazz bar. Barry is attacked by Earth-2's Caitlin and Ronnie Raymond, known here as Killer Frost and Deathstorm, agents of Zoom. In the attack, Joe is killed. Cisco attempts to help the police stop the pair, but is confronted by his own evil doppelgänger, "Reverb". Cisco discovers Reverb has greater power, including control over nervous systems. Barry tries to rescue him, but is stopped by Reverb and Deathstorm. Zoom arrives, kills Reverb and Deathstorm for harming the Flash, and then imprisons Barry alongside Jesse. Meanwhile, Jay reveals to Caitlin that he invented Velocity 6 on his Earth and that it is the real reason why he lost his speed and is dying.
Trivia
Whenever it's daytime on Earth-2, everything is tinted yellow.
During Barry, Cisco and Earth-2 Harrison Wells' travel to Earth-2, they see several cameos in the dimension stream:
The Flash of Earth-90 from the 1990s series The Flash, portrayed by John Wesley Shipp. The emblem of this Flash's suit is backward, much like the ones of Eobard Thawne and Zoom; this has been taken as a possible clue by some fans, but is most likely a production error (a left-right "flop").
Supergirl from the CBS TV series Supergirl (a reference to Barry's future appearance in "Worlds Finest", the eighteenth episode of the first season of Supergirl).
Once arriving on Earth-2, Cisco states "I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore", referencing the quote from Dorothy Gale in the movie The Wizard of Oz.
Barry and Iris' telephone
On the telephone at Earth-2 Barry and Iris' house, the names "Eddie", "Bruce", "Hal" and "Diana" appear as speed dial options below "Mom & Dad". The first name may refer to Eddie Thawne. In the comics, Bruce Wayne is the alter ego of Batman, Hal Jordan is the alter-ego of the second Green Lantern and Diana Prince is the alter ego of Wonder Woman.
The mural in the Earth-2 Central City Police Department refers to a "A free and just society". This is a reference to the Justice Society, of which Jay Garrick is a member of in the comics.
When Cisco wonders what his doppelgänger would be like, he imagines him to be a rich inventor. Ironically in the Flashpoint timeline, Cisco himself is a rich inventor and the CEO of Ramon Industries.
