The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Armageddon, Part 4

Armageddon, Part 4 is an episode of season 8 of The Flash. It premiered on December 7, 2021.

Synopsis for "Armageddon, Part 4"

Appearing in "Armageddon, Part 4"

Featured Characters:

• The Flash (Barry Allen) (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision)
  • Reverse-Flash/Barry Allen (Armageddon Timeline) (Erased) (First appearance as Reverse-Flash)

Supporting Characters:

• Damien Darhk (Armageddon Timeline) (First appearance)
• Team Flash
  • Allegra Garcia (Dies) (Resurrected)
  • Caitlin Snow (Dies) (Resurrected)
  • Cecile Horton
  • Chester P. Runk (Dies) (Resurrected)
  • Iris West-Allen (Also in a vision) (Dies) (Resurrected)
  • Joe West (On a TV or computer screen) (Resurrected) (Cameo)

Antagonists:

• Despero (Armageddon Timeline) (Also in a vision)
• The Flash/Reverse-Flash (Eobard Thawne) (Impersonates Harrison Wells) (First appearance as Flash)
  • Team Flash (Armageddon Timeline) (Real name revealed) (First full appearance) (Erased)
    • Allegra Garcia
    • The Atom (Ryan Choi)
    • Batwoman (Ryan Wilder)
    • Caitlin Snow
    • Cecile Horton
    • Chester P. Runk
    • Chillblaine (Mark Blaine) (Single appearance)
    • Frost (Single appearance)
    • Iris West
    • Sentinel (Alex Danvers)

Other Characters:

• Arielle Atkins (Armageddon Timeline) (Single appearance) (On a TV or computer screen) (Erased)
• Channel 52 (On a TV or computer screen)
• Damien Darhk (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Iris West (Erased) (In a vision) (Cameo)
• Mallus (As a spirit) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
  • Nora Darhk (Nora Darhk's Future) (Possessed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Marcus (Armageddon Timeline) (Unnamed) (Erased) (Cameo)
• Nora Darhk (Armageddon Timeline) (Single appearance) (Deceased) (In a photograph only) (Erased)
• Martin Luther King (Armageddon Timeline) (In a photograph only) (Erased) (Cameo)
• Tupac (Armageddon Timeline) (In a photograph only) (Erased)
• A.R.G.U.S. (Armageddon Timeline) (Mentioned only)
  • Cisco Ramon (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Bart West-Allen (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
• Batwing/Luke Fox (Armageddon Timeline) (Mentioned only)
• Black Lightning (Mentioned only)
• Cora Lewis (Mentioned only)
• Cupid (Mentioned only)
• Demons (Mentioned only)
• The Devil (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Gideon (Mentioned only)
• Jenna West (Armageddon Timeline) (Mentioned only)
• Joe West (Armageddon Timeline) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• John Constantine (Armageddon Timeline) (Mentioned only)
• Kelly Olsen (Armageddon Timeline) (Mentioned only)
• The Legends (Armageddon Timeline) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
  • Nate Heywood (Mentioned only)
  • Sara Lance (Mentioned only)
• Legion of Doom (Armageddon Timeline) (Mentioned only)
• Nora West-Allen (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
• The Paragons (Multiverse) (Mentioned only)
• Ray Palmer (Armageddon Timeline) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Red Death (Armageddon Timeline) (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Ryan Wilder (Mentioned only)
• Sophie Moore (Armageddon Timeline) (Mentioned only)
• The Thinker (Mentioned only)
• Two-Face (Armageddon Timeline) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Multiverse
  • Armageddon Timeline/"Reverse-Flashpoint Timeline" (First full appearance) (Origin)
    • 2031
      • France
        • Paris
          • Eiffel Tower
      • United States of America
        • Central City
          • Robern's (First full appearance)
          • S.T.A.R. Labs
            • Chester P. Runk's Lab
            • The Cortex
          • Thawne and Iris' Apartment (Single appearance)
        • Gotham City (Mentioned only)
      • Atlantic Ocean (Mentioned only)
      • England
        • London (Mentioned only)
      • Japan (Mentioned only)
    • 2013 (Mentioned only)
      • United States of America
        • Central City (Mentioned only)
  • Cosmic Plane (Unnamed)
    • Negative Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
    • Speed Force
    • Still Force (Behind the scenes)
    • Negative Still Force (Mentioned only)
  • Alternate Earth-1 Timeline (Mark Mardon destroys Central City and Cisco is murdered by Eobard Thawne) (Unnamed) (Erased) (In a vision) (Cameo)
    • United States of America
      • Central City (In a vision) (Cameo)
  • Pre-Crisis Earth-1 (Erased) (Flashback only) (Also in a vision)
    • American Old West (Flashback only)
  • Earth-Prime
    • 2021
      • United States of America
        • Central City
          • Hall of Justice (Flashback only) (Cameo)
          • Scott Railway Station (Flashback only) (Cameo)
          • S.T.A.R. Labs (Flashback and main story)
            • The Cortex (Flashback only) (Cameo)
            • The Lounge
            • Speed Lab
            • Time Vault (Cameo)
          • West House (In a vision) (Cameo)
          • CCPD Headquarters (Mentioned only)
    • Keystone City
      • Iron Heights (Mentioned only)
  • Timestream
  • Flashpoint Timeline (Mentioned only)
  • Heaven (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Atom Bracelet (First appearance)
• Batsuit
  • Utility Belt
• Big Belly Burger (Cameo)
• Chillblaine's Gauntlets
• Despero's Belt
• Hand of the Soldier
• Medusa Mask
• Particle Eradication Distributor (First appearance)
• Reverse-Flash's Ring
• Tachyon Prototype
• The Thinker's Chair
• Time Stone
• Velocity-Zero Gun (Single appearance)

Events:

• Armageddon
• The Flashpoint (Mentioned only)
• Reverse-Flashpoint (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)

Concepts:

• Anachronisms (Mentioned only)
• Flame of Py'tar
• Magic
• Metahumans
• Time Travel
• Wormholes

Notes

• This episode is the fourth part of the Armageddon event.
• The origin of the Armageddon Timeline is revealed:
  • Eobard Thawne used the Negative Still Force to alter the timeline and cause Barry's madness. Then, he ran back in time to steal Barry's life: he was hit by the lightning, which originally turned Barry Allen into Flash, becoming a conduit of the Speed Force as the Flash as well as Iris West's fiancee and the leader of Team Flash.
  • Later, he turned the Barry Allen of this timeline into the Reverse-Flash.
  • In the end, Thawne ran again back in time and murdered Barry as a child so that the original Barry would die in the new timeline.
• Many events of the Armageddon Timeline are mentioned or implied:
  • Ryan Wilder married Sophie Moore and is still the leader of the Bat-Team;
  • Frost and Chillblaine are married;
  • Cecile Horton once again wields the Medusa Mask to boost her psychic powers but she's not possessed by the Psycho Pirate;^[1]
  • Ryan Choi never had a family^[2] in this timeline and succeeded Ray Palmer as the Atom;
  • Damien Darhk never died in this timeline^[3] so he never allied himself with Mallus that is presumably still imprisoned in his dark dimension. However, a future version of Nora Darhk still traveled to the past and died in unknown circumstances;
  • Cisco Ramon became the head of A.R.G.U.S.;
  • Reverse-Flash/Barry Allen allied himself with Damien Darhk and eventually killed Cisco Ramon and the Legends;
  • A new version of the Legion of Doom was reformed in the altered timeline;
  • Harvey Dent became Two-Face and a Batwoman villain in this timeline.
• Despero's prophecy is fulfilled as Reverse-Flash/Barry Allen causes the Armageddon in order to run back in time and undo Thawne's reality changes.
  • However, Barry restores the original timeline of Earth-Prime and erases the Armageddon from the future.

Trivia

• The Batwoman theme is played.During Barry's fight against Batwoman.
• Alex Danvers marrying Kelly Olsen was originally shown in the Supergirl series finale, "Kara".
  • Similary, Ryan marrying Sophie Moor is eventually shown in Batwoman Season 3.
• Ryan Wilder mentions the "lady in red" who is obviously the Armageddon counterpart of Red Death/Ryan Wilder.
• Before running back in time to restore the timeline, as Barry faces Iris West and told her he loved her, the woman stops Thawne from chasing him and tells him to go before she changes her mind.
  • These are almost the same words her counterpart told him and Oliver Queen in the Elseworlds reality after John Deegan swapped their identities, turning Oliver into Iris' fiancee.
• Damien Darhk mentions Barry restoring the universe with love, referencing his Multiversal role as the Paragon of Love.^[2]

See Also

• 17 Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Armageddon, Part 4
• Episodes of The Flash (2014 TV Series)
• Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series)
• Gallery for the The Flash (2014 TV Series) series

Recommended Media

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