And Joe can sing!

Earth-2 is full of surprises and death.

It seems the word ofher crossover withThe Flashcame not an episode too soon.

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But the problem of seeing double only continues once they make it to S.T.A.R.

Here, its not Joe whos the officer; its Iris, much to Barrys surprise.

Why Earth-2s version of Deadshot, Floyd Lawton, of course.

(Here, hes got some rough aim.)

The hits keep coming for Earth-1s Barry as Iris informs him his mother called for him earlier.

And Barry has the opportunity he likely never imagined he would have again: He speaks with his mother.

They share a phone call in which Barry can barely keep himself together.

Caitlin and Ronnie, as Killer Frost and Deathstorm, respectively, start wreaking havoc in Jitterbugs.

Deathstorm and Frost dont mess around, though, knocking out Joe, whose side Iris rushes to.

While shes momentarily distracted, Barry grabs Frost and speeds her away so they can fight on new turf.

He wants to help this Iris and Joe like theyre his Iris and Joe.

Harry attempts to disabuse him of this notion, but Barry refuses to abandon them.

They encounter Frost, Deathstorm, and their boss, who is essentially the middleman between them and Zoom.

That middle management metahuman is a guy named Reverb…who happens to be Earth-2s Cisco.

Deadshot, he most certainly is not.)

But Cisco is too firmly on the side of good to be swayed by such temptation.

Hes eventually hit in battle, as Deathstorm and Reverb lay into him with a flurry of blasts.

Zoom taunts his new capture, promising this will be the last room Barry ever lays his eyes on.

But Barry may be trapped in more ways than he knows.

Jay admits to lying about Zoom.

The baddie didnt steal his speed; it was the Velocity 6 that Harry developed that harmed him.

and even fashions a new line of the serum.

It restores his speed…for a time.

And theyve only got 24 hours to do so.

What did you think of the first half of this Earth-2 two-parter?