Titled: “The Present” – Mid-season finale.
In the midseason finale, Barry goes somewhere he’s never been before.
After taking a half-break to deliver crossover, alien-fighting goodness last week, The Flash dives back into season 3’s main story line in tonight’s midseason finale, answering many questions we’ve had about the season — somewhat at the expense of delivering great character moments. More importantly, The Flash took us someplace we’ve yet to go so far in the show’s run, which sets up a new and intriguing but potentially infuriating direction for the back half of the season.
“The Present” doesn’t waste too much time getting to those answers. While trying to find information on Savitar, Cisco comes across a research paper about a powerful stone that can create metahumans, a.k.a. Doctor Alchemy’s Philosopher’s Stone. And, it just so happens Julian was said paper’s author. Barry confronts Julian, who explains he blew his inheritance on an expedition trying to find the stone but came up short. We know he’s lying because we found out he was Doctor Alchemy two episodes ago — and because tonight’s episode opens with a flashback scene that shows him finding the stone in India. Julian also drops one bit of information before their conversation ends: Savitar was the first meta with speed.
That last bit of intel is worrisome enough for Barry to jet over to Earth 3 and seek out Jay’s help, which leads to a fun cameo from Mark Hamill as Earth 3’s Trickster. After helping Jay subdue The Trickster, the two Flashes hop back over to Barry’s Earth and Jay reveals he’s heard of Savitar before. According to “speed force myths” (*fights urge to roll eyes*), Savitar was the first speedster and eventually became the God of Motion. If he’s on this Earth, it means he’s come to do battle with Barry because the latter has started to challenge his power……..
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