The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Finish Line

Finish Line is an episode of season 3 of The Flash. It premiered on May 23, 2017.

Synopsis for "Finish Line"

Appearing in "Finish Line"

Featured Characters:

• The Flash (Barry Allen) (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision)

Supporting Characters:

• Central City Police Department
  • Det. Joe West
• The Flash/Jay Garrick (Earth-3)
• Gypsy (Earth-19)
• Harry Wells (Earth-2)
• Team Flash
  • H.R. Wells (Earth-19) (Flashback and main story) (Dies) (Impersonates Iris West)
  • Iris West (Revealed to be alive) (Also in a vision) (Also as an illusion) (Impersonates H.R. Wells)
  • Julian Albert (Also in a vision)
  • Kid Flash (Wally West)
  • Vibe (Cisco Ramon)
• Tracy Brand

Antagonists:

• Killer Frost (Caitlin Snow) (Flashback and main story)
• Savitar (Barry Allen) (Flashback and main story) (Dies) (Erased)

Other Characters:

• Black Flash (Hunter Zolomon) (Dies) (First appearance as Black Flash)
• The Flash/Barry Allen (Future) (On a TV or computer screen) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Speed Force (Impersonates Nora Allen) (Cameo)
  • Nora Allen (Deceased) (As an illusion only) (Cameo)
• The Atom/Ray Palmer (Future) (Mentioned only)
• Captain Cold (Leonard Snart) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Dr. Carla Tannhauser (Mentioned only)
• Cisco Ramon (Alternate Earth-1) (Erased) (Mentioned only)
• Clifford DeVoe (Savitar's Future) (Mentioned only)
• Gods (Mentioned only)
• Green Arrow (Future) (Mentioned only)
• Hawkgirl (Future) (Mentioned only)
• Henry Allen (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Iris West-Allen (Future) (Mentioned only)
• Julie Greer (Future) (Erased) (Mentioned only)
• Queen Inc. (Future) (Mentioned only)
• Reverse-Flash/Eobard Thawne (Pre-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)
• Ronnie Raymond (Mentioned only)
• Team Flash (Savitar's Future) (Mentioned only)
  • Cisco Ramon (Mentioned only)
  • The Flash (Barry Allen) (Mentioned only)
  • Iris West (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Dr. Tracy Brand (Savitar's Future) (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Wayne Tech (Future) (Mentioned only)
• John Lennon (Mentioned only)
• Mark Twain (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Multiverse (Mentioned only)
  • Earth-1
    • Earth
      • United States of America
        • Central City
          • Central City Cemetery
          • Infantino Street (Flashback and main story)
          • Savitar's Hideout (Flashback and main story)
          • S.T.A.R. Labs
            • The Cortex
            • Speed Lab
            • Time Vault
          • West-Allen's Apartment
          • West House (Mentioned only)
        • Masonville (Mentioned only)
    • S.T.A.R. Labs Satellite (Mentioned only)
  • Speed Force
    • Speed Force Prison
  • Timestream (Behind the scenes)
    • Dawn of Time (Mentioned only)
    • End of Time (Mentioned only)
  • 2024 Future (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
    • 2024 (Mentioned only)
      • United States of America
        • Central City (Mentioned only)
        • Starling City (Mentioned only)
  • Alternate Earth-1 Timeline (Mark Mardon destroys Central City and Cisco is murdered by Eobard Thawne) (Unnamed) (Erased) (Mentioned only)
  • Earth-2 (Mentioned only)
  • Flashpoint Timeline (Mentioned only)
  • Hell (Mentioned only)
  • Savitar's Future (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
    • United States of America
      • Central City
        • S.T.A.R. Labs (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Allen Family Ring
• Cerebral Inhibitor (Mentioned only)
• Facial Transmogrification Device
• Hermes' Helmet
• H.R. Wells' Drumsticks
• Killer Frost's Cure (Single appearance)
• Philosopher's Stone (Destroyed)
• Pulse Rifle
• Savitar's Armor (Flashback and main story) (Destroyed)
• Speed Force Bazooka
• Vibe's Goggles

Events:

• The Crisis (Mentioned only)
• Speed Force Storm

Concepts:

• Flashtime (Unnamed)
• Metahumans
• Red Skies (Mentioned only)
• Time Remnant
• Time Travel (Mentioned only)
• Wormholes

Notes

• This episode takes place on 23 May, 2017, the day that this episode was originally aired.
• In an alternate reality of a local Multiverse, which was born as a consequence of Barry Allen never creating the Flashpoint Timeline, Savitar never came to exist so the H.R. Wells of the alternate Earth-19 never had to sacrifice himself and continued being a member of Team Flash.^[1]
  • H.R. Wells' presence also helped the alternate Team Flash easily defeat their version of Clifford DeVoe.^[2]
• Barry and his future daughter XS will travel back in time to this point in time in "What's Past Is Prologue".
• Hunter Zolomon is referred to as Black Flash for the first time in the Arrowverse continuity.

Trivia

• The title of the episode is a reference to Barry giving up his role after being banished into the Speed Force.
• "Post 60" is The Chronicles of Cisco post regarding this episode.^[3]
• During his visit to S.T.A.R. Labs, Savitar foreshadows the incoming threat of The Thinker/Clifford Devoe who is the main antagonist of Season 4.
  • DeVoe was previously mentioned by Abra Kadabra in "Abra Kadabra".
• The Speed Force Storm is inspired by the same storm that hit Central City in The Flash (Volume 5) #2 during the DC Rebirth era.
• Cisco nicknames Savitar "Two-Face", a possible reference to the famous Batman villain.

See Also

• 2 Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Finish Line
• 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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