Barry asks Harry for help reopening one, but he refuses, saying it's too dangerous. The only problem is the STAR Labs Gang closed all the breaches to Earth-2. He's confident he's now fast enough to defeat Zoom. He makes a test run and goes four times faster than normal (well, normal for him). In the present on Earth-1, Barry's trying out the tachyon enhancer he got from Eobard Thawne to increase his speed. Hunter's then sent to an ominous-looking orphanage, his only possession his dad's metal, Flash-like army helmet. He makes Hunter watch as he shoots his mother right in front of him. James is an abusive psycho who's just come back from a war. We flash back to "many years ago" on Earth-2, where young Hunter Zolomon hears his parents, James and Ashley, arguing. Maybe Iron Mask will turn out to be the real Jay Garrick somehow, and the real Earth-2 Flash will take his rightful place on the show. I'm hopeful that Zolomon didn't tell us his entire story here, and that the writers have a plan up their sleeves to redeem Jay. It's like suddenly saying Superman is a serial killer and villain. It feels like a slap in the face to comic fans. Turning him into a villain does a grave disservice to a heroic character, and undoes over seventy years of comic book history. Jay made his debut in 1940, was one of the first superheroes of Golden Age comics, and a major part of DC's history. I have to say I'm not happy with this week's revelations regarding Jay Garrick, the Earth-2 Flash. Just because this is a comic book show, that shouldn't excuse it for such frivolous pop psychology. Conversely there are millions who would have been much better off away from their families. I'm sure there are millions of people out there who had horrible childhoods and turned out just fine. That's a very simplistic view of psychology there. But because Barry had a familial support system to take him in he became a hero, while Zolomon had no one and became a crazed villain. This episode hammers us over the head with the similarities between Barry Allen and Hunter Zolomon, who both witnessed traumatic events in their childhoods. Why it's almost like the writers came up with a bunch of cool story beats for Zoom, then had to figure out how to link them together in a reasonable manner! It's a very convoluted origin, one that I haven't quite been able to sort out. Like this week's The Flash, for instance. After months and months of setup, this week we finally get the origin of Zoom, aka Jay Garrick, aka Hunter Zolomon.
Welcome to that wonderful time of the year in which serialized TV shows finally stop wasting time and gear up for their big season finales.
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