The Flash, Season 2
- by multiple writers and directors
- TV Season
- Superhero
- YA and Up
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- The Flash, Season 2 by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 6 October 2015) to 24 May 2016).
After Barry aborts his mission to the past in Season 1 in order to prevent his own present from being erased, he finds that his travel has caused even bigger problems! Yep, a rift has been a-opened to a parallel world with an alternate Flash and an evil speedster and—it would seem—more time travelin’ and another attempt to save his mom and dad!
—Michael Main
No, that’s not how it works. In our timeline, Barry’s mother’s already dead, and her death is a fixed point. And nothing can change that.
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 2000 to 2099: mostly 2015–16
- Timeline Models
- Foretold or Seen Future Is Not Set in Stone: Barry prevents the potential future that Cisco saw in “The Reverse-Flash Returns” (s02e11).
- Leaky Timelines: There may be several moments of narrative time, but the one that stands out is in the closing moments of the final episode when Barry saves his mom and an older Flash disappears from the scene.
- Multiple Naive Timelines
- Sensing Unfamiliar Timelines: Flash—and sometimes others—remember changed timelines.
- Timeline Remnants: Eobard Thawne in “The Reverse-Flash Returns” (s02e11) and others (whenever the plot calls for them to appear)
- Viewing the Future: Cisco sees a potential future in “The Reverse-Flash Returns” (s02e11).
- Viewing the Past: Cisco sees the past at least once in “Flash of Two Worlds” (s02e02).
- Themes
- Causal Loops: The possible causal loop from Season 1—when Cisco and the others saw the Flash’s new costume—became reality when the Flash adopted that very costume.
- Clock Roaches: the Time Wraiths
- Guardians of Time: One of the Speed Force’s tasks is to protect the timeline.
- Meeting or Viewing Ancestors or Descendants: In the final episode, Barry again meets his dying mother.
- Messing with Someone’s Younger Self: In addition to Thawne trying to kill child Barry (which we already knew about), Thawne also shows up anew in ”The Reverse-Flash Returns” (s02e11), hoping to kill young Flash.
- Never Change the Past!: All these changes are killing Cisco! See “The Reverse-Flash Returns” (s02e11).
- Reincarnation: Kendra and her pals seem to be reincarnated; they might also have long lives, but we’re not tagging that. See “Legends of Today” (s02e08).
- Retrocide: There’s some murky connection between time remnants and killing your younger self.
- Save Your Family!: Barry still hopes beyond hope to save Nora Allen.
- Self-Defeating Acts: Barry saving his mom is a self-defeating act, although the timeline doesn’t seem to mind.
- Selves-Visitation: When Flash goes back one year in “Flash Back” (s02e17), he meets and fights himself. And in the final episode, Barry again meets both a younger Barry and an older Barry.
- Time Montages: When Barry travels through time in “Flash Back“ (s02e17) he sees a montage of different times. Maybe other montages are in this season, too.
- Unusual Aging: There’s a brief moment in ”Flash Back” (s02217) when a Time Wraith ages Barry rapidly. Also, a meta-human in “Back to Normal” (s02e19) ages himself to death.
- Fictional Tags
- Barry Allen
- Black Canary: in “Invincible” (s02 e22)
- Firestorm
- The Flash: both the Barry Allen Flash and the Jay Garrick Flash
- Green Arrow: in “Legends of Today” (s02e08)
- Jay Garrick: For the most part, we see only imposture Jay Garrick, but we do see the real thing at the end of the season.
- Parallel Universes or Dimensions: mostly Earth-2
- Smart Simians: Grodd
- Groupings
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- The Flash, Season 2 by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 6 October 2015) to 24 May 2016).
- “The Man Who Saved Central City” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 6 October 2015).
- “Flash of Two Worlds” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 13 October 2015).
- “Family of Rogues” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 20 October 2015).
- “The Fury of Firestorm” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 27 October 2015).
- “The Darkness and the Light” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 3 November 2015).
- “Enter Zoom” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 10 November 2015).
- “Gorilla Warfare” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 17 November 2015).
- “Legends of Today” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 1 December 2015).
- “Running to Stand Still” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 8 December 2015).
- “Potential Energy” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 19 January 2016).
- “The Reverse-Flash Returns” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 26 January 2016).
- “Fast Lane” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 2 February 2016).
- “Welcome to Earth-2” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 9 February 2016).
- “Escape from Earth-2” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 16 February 2016).
- “King Shark” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 23 February 2016).
- “Trajectory” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 22 March 2016).
- “Flash Back” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 29 March 2016).
- “Versus Zoom” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 19 April 2016).
- “Back to Normal” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 26 April 2016).
- “Rupture” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 3 May 2016).
- “The Runaway Dinosaur” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 10 May 2016).
- “Invincible” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 17 May 2016).
- “The Race of His Life” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 24 May 2016).
- “The Man Who Saved Central City” by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 6 October 2015).
Translations
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- Spanish (dubbed and subtitled).
tag-4271-The Flash, Season 2 by multiple writers and directors.- “El hombre que salvó Central City” [The man who saved Central City] by multiple writers and directors.
- “Flash de dos mundos” [Flash of two worlds] by multiple writers and directors.
- “Familia de criminales” [Family of criminals] by multiple writers and directors.
- “La furia de Firestorm” [The fury of Firestorm] by multiple writers and directors.
- “La oscuridad y la luz” [The dark and the light] by multiple writers and directors.
- “Llega Zoom” [Zoom arrives] by multiple writers and directors.
- “La guerra de los gorilas” [Gorilla war] by multiple writers and directors.
- “Las leyendas de hoy” [Legends of today] by multiple writers and directors.
- “Corriendo para quedarse quieto” [Running to stay still] by multiple writers and directors.
- “Energía potencial” [Potential energy] by multiple writers and directors.
- “El regreso de Flash reverso” [The return of Reverse Flash] by multiple writers and directors.
- “Vía rápida” [Fast track] by multiple writers and directors.
- “Bienvenidos a Tierra 2” [Welcome to Earth-2] by multiple writers and directors.
- “Escape de Tierra 2” [Escape from Earth-2] by multiple writers and directors.
- “King Shark” [King Shark] by multiple writers and directors.
- “Trajectory” [Trajectory] by multiple writers and directors.
- “Retrospectiva” [Hindsight] by multiple writers and directors.
- “Contra Zoom” [Against Zoom] by multiple writers and directors.
- “De vuelta a la normalidad” [Back to normal] by multiple writers and directors.
- “Rupture” [Rupture] by multiple writers and directors.
- “El dinosaurio fugitivo” [The runaway dinosaur] by multiple writers and directors.
- “Invencible” [Invincible] by multiple writers and directors.
- “La carrera de su vida” [The race of his life] by multiple writers and directors.
- “El hombre que salvó Central City” [The man who saved Central City] by multiple writers and directors.
Indexer Notes
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- Spanish titles—from Wikipedia.