Previously, Harrison Wells' cover was blown. The core characters all know he's the Reverse-Flash, he's from the future, and killed Nora Allen. Just as Eddie was about to propose to Iris, Wells kidnaps him and reveals their shared lineage and that Iris ends up marrying Barry and not him. Iris has also learned that Barry is the Flash.
After last week's fight with Grodd, our heroes uncover that Wells had been hiding Eddie in the depths of the particle accelerator, and rescue him. He's still shaken up, but reveals to them what the audience (and Cisco) already know: Wells' real name is Eobard Thawne. They also discover that the particle acelerator is going to reactivate, which would kill all the imprisoned metahumans inside.
Barry gets a call to Diggle's wife and ARGUS arranges transport to Lian Yu, (the island Oliver was stranded on, now serving as a prison for particularly dangerous people). Joe attempts to get help from the city, but the legal issues were too extensive for his friend at the DA's office to get involved. As a last resort, the Flash seeks help from Leonard Snart/Captain Cold and his sister, who Cisco reluctantly names Golden Glider.
A few episodes ago, Cold learned Barry's secret identity, making it necessary for Barry to negotiate with him. Snart agreed to keep quiet and stop killing civilians and Barry let him get away. This time, Captain Cold agrees to help the Flash move the metahumans in exchange for complete erasure of his records from the police and federal registries, and Barry reluctantly goes through with it. I'm hoping that Barry kept backups on the flash drive he had with him, but I can't be sure. Once his records are destroyed, they make their way to Ferris Air, which has been abandoned since one of their test pilots disappeared (a foreshadowing reference to Green Lantern).
Once they arrive, however, the power inhibitor in the transport truck fails, thanks to Cold's tinkering. He shoots down the ARGUS plane and the metahumans escape (except for one, who Snart kills to keep the others in line). It's a win-win for Captain Cold; he's got a blank slate in criminal databases, he pulled one over on the Flash, and the rest of the rogue's gallery owes him a favor.
Then, as the particle accelerator activates, Wells resurfaces for a showdown with Barry, but he's not alone this time. The Flash is flanked by Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond), and Oliver Queen/Al Sahim (check the next Arrow review for an explanation). The three manage to take him down with some effort, Oliver ready with some nanite arrows that reduce Wells' superspeed. It's an amazing fight. When it's over, Oliver asks Barry for a favor.
While all this is going on, Eddie decides to pull the plug on his relationship with Iris. Eobard's revelations that their relationship goes nowhere is enough of a reason for him to give up on it, although Iris doesn't really want to yet still resigns to it.
There's a lot of great aspects of this episode; the easter egg references, the cameos from the two other heroes, and a seemingly final showdown with Wells. It's not over yet, tho. There's one episode left in the season, and it looks like we're going back to that night when the Reverse-Flash killed Barry's mom. I don't think Barry will be able to save her, but what if he does? What will that mean for the future? I look forward to finding out.
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