The Flash is off for the next two weeks, returning on Tuesday, April 19.
After Barry traveled back to the past to learn how to run faster from Eobard Thawne in order to defeat Zoom, The Flash is taking two weeks off. A rerun of The Flash season 2, episode 15, “King Shark,” will air on April 5 and an encore of iZombie will air on April 12.
The Flash returns with a new episode on April 19, in which Barry confronts Jay for the first time since learning he is Zoom.
In The Flash season 2, episode 17, “Flash Back,” Barry realized he is not fast enough to confront Zoom — or even get to Zoom on Earth-2. Hearing Wally talk about reading the journals of experts in his field gave Barry the idea to talk to a speedster genius: Eobard Thawne. The only wrinkle? Thawne was written out of existence in the season 1 finale.
In order to talk to Thawne, Barry decided to travel back to the previous year and take his own place for an afternoon to get Thawne’s advice on the speed equation. However, things didn’t go as planned and Thawne figured out Barry was from the future. Thinking quickly, Barry convinced Thawne to help him by bluffing the existence of a letter that tells season 1 Barry the truth about Thawne stealing Harrison Wells’ identity.
Additionally, Barry was targeted by a Time Wraith. The season 1 S.T.A.R. Labs team helped Barry get back to his own time, bringing the Time Wraith with him. In the present day, the combined efforts of Caitlin, Cisco and Hartley Rathaway defeated the Wraith. That’s right, Barry’s time traveling has somehow brought Hartley back into the S.T.A.R. Labs fold.
The synopsis for The Flash season 2, episode 18, “Versus Zoom,” reads:
“BARRY IS READY TO FACE ZOOM; HUNTER ZOLOMAN’S STORY IS REVEALED – Equipped with the tachyon device, Barry (Grant Gustin) believes he is fast enough to stop Zoom (guest star Teddy Sears) and wants to open the breaches to catch him. Harry (Tom Cavanagh) strongly advises against that plan but after Barry convinces him, Harry reveals that Cisco (Carlos Valdes) has the power to re-open the breach. Meanwhile, Hunter Zoloman’s (Teddy Sears) painful story on Earth-2 is revealed. Stefan Pleszcynski directed the episode written by Joe Peracchio & David Kob (#218).”
The Flash returns on Tuesday, April 19 at 8:00 p.m. ET on The CW.
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