Over a thousand-foot cliff, Team Flash try to get Barry’s speed
up in a dangerous test. While everyone’s ambivalent about Barry running across
one thousand feet of air, Barry insists that he needs to get faster to stop
Zoom. He begins his run and makes it nearly halfway across the cliff before he
falls. Fortunately, Cisco rigged up drones with a safety net to save the
speedster.
Back at the base, where they now keep Jay’s helmet in a
place of honor, Jesse sees the team return while being confused at Senator
Knowles being a popstar. Barry is still frustrated at being unable to cross the
cliff and wants to continue tests. Cisco, however, suggests that they take a
break to recuperate by going out to a club, a suggestion that Caitlin actually
agrees to trying. Jesse asks Harry for permission to go, but Harry initially
rejects it. Jesse argues that he wanted her to be more active in the new world
and get to know the team, along with the fact that Zoom is in an alternate
universe. Harry then agrees, so long as she takes metahuman watch for
protection.
Barry, Cisco, Caitlin, and Jesse go to a local club where
they toast to Jay (until Barry points out that Jesse’s underaged). The group
run into Iris and Wally, who’s equally out of place in the club that Barry
picked. Barry then admits that he doesn’t know much about clubs, only that this
place got four stars on Yelp. Jesse meets Wally, with the two unexpectedly
hitting it off until Jesse’s watch beeps erratically. She goes to the bathroom
to turn it off, only to come across a secret recording from Harry after killing
the Turtle. Cisco then offers to dance with Caitlin which turns into wild moves
on the dance floors. Alone with Barry, Iris notes how odd it is that they’re
married both in the future and on Earth-2. Before they can discuss further,
however, a burst of lightning bolts through the club and steals everyone’s
wallets just like the Flash. Barry attempts to chase after the new speedster
but finds himself unable to keep up the chase.
Joe arrives at the scene of the crime where they try to
figure what happened. Iris, unfortunately, finds that a woman had taken a
picture of the blur looking similarly to the Flash, something her new boss Scott
is anxious to exploit. Iris tries to argue against the Flash being a petty
criminal, but Scott insists on a new article tomorrow. Back at STAR Labs, Jesse
confronts Harry on his desperation to rescue her leading to being a killer, but
Harry doesn’t deny his fear of losing her to Zoom. The team try to discover the
origins of the new speedster when Caitlin reveals the creation of the
Velocity-9. While it creates super speed, it has devastating effects in
cellular degeneration. Barry is frustrated that another way to gain speed
exists, but Caitlin insists that she cannot find a cure for the effects. Cisco
touches Caitlin but then receives a vibe seeing Zoom on Earth-2. Before he can
explain it, the team is alerted to the new speedster’s presence downtown, and
Barry races to find her.
The speedster causes chaos down the streets while Barry
attempts to slow it down. After colliding, Barry discovers that the speedster
is, in fact, a woman. Cisco’s surprised at the existence of a lady speedster
and wonders how she looked (for science). Her identity is still unknown, but,
from noticing that her suit was made from the same material as the Flash, the
team deduce that she must have access to some lab. Caitlin recalls a colleague
from Mercury Labs who helped her fill in some holes for the structure of
Velocity-9 name Eliza Harmon. Harry notes that with the few details she had,
Eliza could always reverse-engineer her own formula, but Caitlin believes that
it would be out of character for her. Caitlin and Joe decide to see for
themselves.
At Mercury Labs, Caitlin meets up with Eliza who appears
friendly though addicted to work. Caitlin admits that she came to question her
regarding a new speedster and the drug they worked on together. Eliza believes
that it couldn’t have come from this lab but that security has been laxed since
Mcgee’s kidnapping. While she doesn’t offer any leads, she offers any kind of
help as a friend to Caitlin. Meanwhile, Iris has been putting off her article
by stating that she knows for a fact that the speedster was not the Flash, but,
without a valid source, Scott refuses to let her run that angle. In order to
distract from smearing the Flash, Iris offers to go with Scott to get some
coffee which he accepts.
At Mercury Labs, Eliza overworks herself, complaining that
she’s six months behind in her work despite the drug’s effects. A voice remarks
behind her that it’s only because she’s a perfectionist and refuses to revel in
chaos. Eliza notes that it’s all her fault for getting them hooked on the drug
in the first place, but the voice states the Caitlin was the one who left the
formula out in the open for them to take. Against Eliza’s better judgement, she
takes the remaining vial of her Velocity-9, revealing herself to be the female
speedster with a new plan on how to get more.
Barry and Harry talk about Barry’s training where Barry once
again suggests taking the Velocity-9 to level the playing field against other
speedsters. Harry states that every time he compromises his values he loses a
piece of his humanity, and taking the Velocity-9 is a great risk. Harry remarks
that Barry should try to emulate Jay who worked for his speed. Suddenly, STAR
Labs is infiltrated by the female speedster who locks the Flash in the
pipeline. She then knocks Joe aside and takes his gun. She calls herself
Trajectory and demands that Caitlin hand over a case of Velocity-9. In the
chaos, Cisco gets another vision of Zoom, but Trajectory is adamant and
threatens to kill them one by one starting with Jesse. Harry states that they
will make some for her.
At Jitters’, Iris and Scott talk about the Flash, whom Iris
considers a hero, but Scott looks with scrutiny. He tells a story of writing a
story about a corrupt mayor who had the city’s support but had a campaign
bought and paid for by the mob. He states that their jobs as reporters is to
report on the truth, and even heroes are held accountable, remarking that this
must be a turnoff for the people she dates. Iris, however, says this isn’t a
date, leading Scott to understand that she just wanted to distract him from
posting the article. Iris apologizes, but Scott tells her to save it.
Harry and Caitlin complete a vial of Velocity-9, but
Trajectory doesn’t trust the scientists. She then sticks Jesse with the formula
to prove its worth and steals the rest when Jesse survives. However, after
Trajectory leaves, Jesse collapses in a seizure from the drug. Caitlin states
that a blood transfusion will flush the drug from her system with Harry being a
perfect match in PZ Negative, which Cisco notes is not a thing on this earth.
Jesse survives the drug, but she still expresses mistrust in her father willing
to give Trajectory everything she wanted just to save her.
Caitlin reveals that she placed a tracker in the drug to
find her moving back and forth on a city bridge. Barry deduces that Trajectory
is building up enough friction to destroy the bridge and everyone on it. Barry
runs to find the bridge collapsing beneath the people. He manages to rescue the
200 people on them but still has to fight Trajectory. When the bridge
collapses, he has no choice but to make the jump at Mach 3.3, a feat he finally
accomplishes. He tries to stop Trajectory to appeal to Eliza, but she takes the
drug anyway. When she attempts to run away, however, her lightning turns blue
and causes her to evaporate into thin air.
Iris reveals to Scott her new article about the Flash
stopping Trajectory, stating that it was easier to write the truth. She also
remarks that after getting over the initial surprise, she wouldn’t be opposed
to a date with him, much to his pleasure. At STAR Labs, Harry finds Jesse’s
watch where she recorded a message stating that she has left on her own to
discover what the world can offer in Opal City. Barry reveals to the others on
Eliza’s blue lighting comparing it to Zoom. Harry believes that Zoom, too, is
dying and requires a cure from the Velocity-9, just like Jay. Cisco then
reveals his vibes about Zoom coming from Jay’s helmet, discovering for
themselves that Jay is really Zoom.
Favorite Quotes:
- "Yeah, I picked it. I don’t go out much. It had four stars on Yelp." -Barry
- “I wonder what our married doppelgangers are doing right now?” -Barry “Probably the Earth-2 equivalent of Netflix and chill.” -Iris
- “Wow, how very Law and Order of you, Caitlin.” -Eliza
- “Villains gonna vill.” -Cisco
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