DC Comics character Rupture comes to Earth-1 vowing to make those responsible pay for the death of his brother.
Rupture is Earth-2 Dante Ramon (Nicholas Gonzalez), otherwise known as Ciscos (Carlos Valdes) brother.
Rupture doesnt think Reverb died at the hands of Zoom (Teddy Sears) he blames Cisco.
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Cisco has his own protective hero moment, keeping secrets from the ones he loves.
Rupture has come to avenge his brothers death.
Rupture is under the impression that Cisco did it, because Zoom planted that idea in his brain.
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As far as Rupture knows, hes completely committed to killing the guy who supposedly killed his brother.
Its a total Inigo Montoya situation.
What will we see of Cisco exploring his powers further?
Obviously, Ciscos powers have been growing.
His confidence with his powers have been growing.
Episode 218 was pivotal to that arc; his Anakin Skywalker moment.
Hell always be living with that fear of going over to the dark side.
That will be ever present for Cisco the same way any sort of traumatic origin story is.
His powers start to prove a vital function in stopping Zoom.
Fans can expect his powers to have to come through in a clutch.
What better way to learn how to swim than to just get thrown in the water and paddle?
Zoom does return to Earth-1 planning to conquer the world.
What can you tease of how Team Flash will be dealing with this and their final showdown with Zoom?
First of all, I think showdown is right; thats the right word to use.
It becomes riveting in that way.
Every cog in the plan depends on the other cogs.
Its a completely interdependent system.
Everybody has to be focused and the plan has to go through without a hitch.
There are no backup plans anymore.
The energy funnels itself into this big showdown event that takes place in the finale.
Barry tries to get his powers back with another particle accelerator explosion.
How does Cisco feel about that given what happened last time?
Its the worst idea of all time.
Its a terrible idea.
Barry could die, let alone be put in a coma for nine months.
Obviously the inanity of the plan is ever present throughout the next episode.
But, ultimately, the team and Earth-1 has been backed into a corner.
Theres literally no other option to take.
The only way we know how to do that at this point is to recreate the particle accelerator explosion.
Harry is an incredibly smart character.
The thing about it is, Harry underneath that curmudgeon visage has a good heart.
His heart is in the right place and he wants to do the right thing.
He would never hurt Barry.
What can you tease of the Kevin Smith-directed episode?
The logline says that Barry is gone, which is presumably a result of the particle accelerator explosion.
Correct, he is in the aftermath of recreating that explosion.
The episode itself is just the best.
It was a blast to film.
Kevin is the best.
He allowed us all to basically takes the reins for the most part in telling the story.
Thats what allowed for us to create such a great episode.
Its a very emotional episode, at times.
Its just a really good episode.
I remember just from reading it the first time being really impressed with how it was laid out.
I think fans can expect that episode to deliver.
How determined is Cisco to rescue Caitlin?
1 on his mind for these next few episodes.
Cisco has an optimism about him; its almost to a fault that hes optimistic.
Its that optimism that allows him to channel that levity thats so important in these episodes.
He carries this constant faith throughout these next few episodes that we will get Caitlin back.
Of course well get Caitlin back, because weve always been able to come through in a clutch.
Were Team Flash, we can do this!
I guess were just going to have to recreate this particle accelerator explosion to do that.
Its that faith that allows him to remain optimistic.
There is no other option for him.
The Flashairs Tuesdays at 8 p.m.
ET on The CW.
