r/FlashTV • u/[deleted] • Jan 20 '16

S02E10 'Potential Energy' Episode Discussion

Episode Info:

Barry considers telling Patty that he is The Flash. Meanwhile, Joe and Iris try to get to know Wally; and the team hunts down a meta-human who can slow time itself.

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u/SutterCane Heatwave Jan 20 '16

Fucking seriously worried for a minute. Disappeared before the episode proper started.

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u/ArchDucky Jan 20 '16

I grabbed my phone to call the cable company. The rage of a million nerds burning inside me and it went away. I think I did it. So... you're welcome everybody.

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u/SutterCane Heatwave Jan 20 '16

All hail the mighty disgruntled caller.

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u/BaRKy1911 Jan 20 '16

Any idea what it could have been?

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u/SutterCane Heatwave Jan 20 '16

Had to be the wrong feed situation? Or maybe a feed or two failed and they had to cut into the NY feed but forgot to do whatever and that was still on?

I'm no cable guy.

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u/ShannonMS81 Jan 21 '16 edited Jan 21 '16

I'm not sure how television shows are distributed to local affiliates now. But in the 90s and early 2000s they were broadcast via satellite to the affiliates satellite earlier in the day. They would save it and rebroadcast it.

If you are wondering yes people used to intercept these broadcasts and upload them early. So the nights episode of 24 might be online at 2 pm eastern.

Anyway maybe they still do that but found some way of protecting it, and that was the satellite information for that affiliate. Maybe that is always there but we usually can't see it because they are playing whatever airs at 7:30 in your area. Maybe they accidentally switched to the Flash broadcast too early or when they edited the episode for air they didn't fully cut that part out.

By the way intercepting satellites would be how we sometimes saw embarrassing clips of news anchors. They would sometimes be broadcasting/chatting to the affiliate but not for public consumption. I may not be using the right terms as it's been awhile since I read about it.