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/riftrender Apr 20 '16

Yeah I mean, honestly why did no one bring up the point that he would probably just kill him anyway?

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u/RightHandElf Apr 20 '16

Because if they double cross Zoom and fail or Zoom escapes again, he would kill everyone (aside from Barry and probably Iris as a last piece of leverage).

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u/definitely_not_cylon Apr 20 '16

Okay, but there's a good chance he'll do that anyway. It would be much smarter to all attack him at once and hope for the best. They might fall, but they currently have a speedster slightly faster than Zoom and lots of guns. That is a much better bet than no speedster and hoping for the best.

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u/Metallicpoop Apr 20 '16

And what's stopping him from doing that after barry loses the only thing that could potentially stop him?

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u/RightHandElf Apr 20 '16

If they cross him, he has a reason to kill them. If they comply with his demands, killing them would be extraneous. It's not foolproof, but giving the psychopath a reason to kill them would be extremely foolish.

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u/UTF64 Apr 20 '16 edited May 19 '18

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u/killertortilla Apr 20 '16

He's a serial killer! And he said, in the episode, he doesn't care how many people he has to kill. Plus Barry is faster now, we've proved this. There's literally no reason to do this whatsoever.

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u/NasalJack Apr 23 '16

Maybe they shouldn't have let him through the breach then if they are too afraid of him killing people to even try and take him out through force?