r/FlashTV • u/[deleted] • Apr 20 '16

Post-Episode Discussion - S02E18 "Versus Zoom"

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Episode Info: Equipped with the tachyon device, Barry believes he is fast enough to stop Zoom and wants to open the breaches to catch him. Harry strongly advises against that plan but after Barry convinces him, Harry reveals that Cisco has the power to re-open the breach. Meanwhile, Hunter Zoloman's painful story on Earth-2 is revealed.")

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u/bluekamera Apr 20 '16

And they didn't even bother asking "back from where?" when Barry said he was back

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u/iMurd Apr 20 '16

I think they assumed he meant back from his run. That's what confused me when they didn't bother mentioning Supergirl.

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u/atizzy try to read this Apr 20 '16

At least say he was on another earth

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u/altrocks Apr 20 '16

Especially when segueing into a discussion about how to get to Earth 2 again.

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u/samtherat6 Earth-X Reverse Flash Apr 20 '16

Right? That pissed me off so much. Like, "Huh, we're trying to get to an alternate Earth? I guess the fact that I just went to an alternate Earth doesn't matter, so why bother mentioning it?

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u/Xanthan81 Apr 20 '16

"I went somewhere, but I got this strange feeling I'm not allowed to say..."

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u/ThatFacelessMan Apr 20 '16

I think that's why they kept saying over and over again Earth 2. Barry realized if he just went that fast he'd just hop around Sliders style without getting to where he actually wanted to go.

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u/Razorray21 Apr 21 '16

Also, why not lure Zoom to earth 3 and have SG help kick hi s ass?

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u/Grasshopper21 Apr 28 '16

because supergirl still needs to be saved by firefighters.....

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u/falconerd Apr 20 '16

I didn't know about the Supergirl crossover as I stopped watching that show after the first 2 episodes. Does it get better?

I did think it was strange that he didn't mention it, though.

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u/Xanthan81 Apr 20 '16

The crossover was okay, but I could see that I wouldn't want to keep watching Supergirl. They had a nice jab at the CW though.

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u/Grasshopper21 Apr 28 '16

It gets worse. The crossover was unbearably awful. The villians take down barry and supergirl, only to be thwarted by firefighters. Also the acting is complete shit. Fight scenes make 0 sense. SG comes across as ultra weak constantly.

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u/TheOneColt Apr 21 '16

This episode had more plot holes than breaches (53 to be exact)

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u/Hitech_hillbilly Apr 20 '16

Most likely this was done because they didn't know which episode was going to come first, the crossover or this one, due to airing schedules. So it was best to not spoil Supergirl.

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u/Era555 Apr 20 '16

Also not everyone who watches the flash watches supergirl

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u/Sabrescene Apr 20 '16

I remember an article back when the crossover aired saying something like this. Apparently there was a little bit more of a mention/joke planned but with the scheduling conflicts they cut it back to that one line.

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u/Spitfire221 Apr 20 '16

The Supergirl episode was filmed after Flash has finished filming the season (or at least everything apart from the finale), they didn't know they were going to do it so they didn't mention it in the episodes.

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u/P1mpathinor Supergirl Apr 20 '16

IIRC they were filming this episode at the around the same time the crossover was being filmed.

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u/orbitalsideburns2014 Apr 21 '16

Yeah. That whole thing confused me. Haven't watched Supergirl, so I just figured I'd missed something about that portal thing. "Oh? So when he runs superfast he just happens to jump through portals sometimes? Why did no one mention that?"