History Recap / TheFlash2014S3E12Untouchable

* AdultFear: Joe finally learns about the dreaded {{Futureshadowing}} and reacted in a matter anyone would have expected. What's worse is that shortly after this revelation Iris' life is on the line when Yorkin attacks her.

* RealityEnsues: Barry realizes that he has been [[UnskilledButStrong letting Wally coast by on his natural talents]] which due to his lack of experience and honing those skills leads to a standstill in his training.

* AlternateHistory: We learn more about the history of Earth-19. UsefulNotes/AlCapone was Vice President[[note]]Funnily enough, he'd actually appeared a few episodes earlier on ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' and was mayor.[[/note]], gambling is illegal, and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln is on the one-hundred dollar bill instead of UsefulNotes/BenjaminFranklin.

** Later Caitlin repays the favor by asserting that Julian isn't weak, and that it was his strength kept her from going completely Killer Frost, asserting that TheTeam would be more appreciative if he would start dropping the JerkassFacade more often like she knows he can.

** Cisco and HR compare Julian and Caitlin working on the corpse of Yorkin's first victim as like watching an episode of ''Franchise/{{CSI}}''. Creator/MegalynEchikunwoke (WesternAnimation/{{Vixen}}'s Mari [=McCabe=]) was a main cast member on ''Series/CSIMiami'', while Creator/KellyHu (Series/{{Arrow}}'s China White) played a RecurringCharacter on ''Series/{{CSINY}}''.

* AdultFear: Joe finally learns about the dreaded {{Futureshadowing}} and reacted in a matter anyone have suspected. What's worse is that shortly after this revelation Iris' life is on the line when Yorkin attacks her.

* AlternateHistory: We learn more about the history of Earth-19. UsefulNotes/AlCapone was Vice President[[note]]Funnily enough, he'd actually appeared a few episodes earlier on ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''.[[/note]], gambling is illegal, and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln is on the one-hundred dollar bill instead of UsefulNotes/BenjaminFranklin.

* AdultFear: Joe finally learns about the dreaded {{Futureshadowing}} and reacted in a matter anyone have suspected. What's worse is that shortly after this revelation her life is on the line when Yorkin attacks her.

** When Yorkin barges in on Iris in their loft, she activates the Meta-Alarm app on her phone that Cisco installed in "Paradox". Later Joe uses the alarm [[ChekhovsBoomerang again]] when the train he is on is headed for a collision.

** Cisco and HR compare Julian and Caitlin working on the corpse of Yorkin's first victim as like watching an episode of ''Franchise/{{CSI}}''. Creator/MegalynEchikunwoke (Series/LegendsOfTomorrow's Mari [=McCabe=]) was a main cast member on ''Series/CSIMiami'', while Creator/KellyHu (Series/{{Arrow}}'s China White) played a RecurringCharacter on ''Series/{{CSINY}}''.

** Cisco and HR compare Julian and Caitlin working on the corpse of Yorkin's first victim as like watching an episode of ''Franchise/{{CSI}}''. Creator/MegalynEchikunwoke (Mari [=McCabe=]) was a main cast member on ''Series/CSIMiami'', while Creator/KellyHu (China White) played a RecurringCharacter on ''Series/{{CSINY}}''.

* OhCrap: Yorkin, in typical supervillain fashion, loses his cool when he realizes Wally has disbabled his powers.

* AdultFear: Joe finally learns about the dreaded {{Futureshadowing}} and reacted in a matter anyone have suspected. What's worse is that she nearly died in this episode, as well.

* BackForTheDead: Julio Mendez returns again, just in time to get the axe from Yorkin.

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: At first, Joe isn't too concerned about Yorkin, because they have faced worse metahuman's before.

** Barry realizes that Yorkin's first two victims are his coworkers from the ''Flashpoint'' timeline:
** When Yorkin barges in on Iris in their loft, she activates the Meta-Alarm app on her phone that Cisco mentioned in "Paradox". Later Joe uses the alarm when the train he is on is headed for a collision.

* MythologyGag: Clive Yorkin almost killing Iris. In the comics, he was the suspect on Iris murder until it's revealed that it was Eobard Thawne who did the deed.