History Recap / TheFlash2014S1E11TheSoundAndTheFury

** Remember in the previous episode how Captain Cold kidnapped Caitlyn by icing her car? Here it's now Cisco getting nearly blown up by Piper's sonic breakout.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Cisco sees Hartley this way but it is somehwat subverted when they reveal the reason Hartley was fired was that he [[EvenEvilHasStandards refused to endanger the lives of the people in Central City]]. At least before Wells betrayed him Hartley had a[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold heart]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Cisco sees Hartley this way but it is somehwat subverted when they reveal the reason Hartley was fired was that he [[EvenEvilHasStandards refused to endanger the lives of the people in Central City]]. At least before Wells betrayed him Hartley had a[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold heart]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Cisco sees Hartley this way but it is somehwat subverted when they reveal the reason Hartley was fired was that he [[EvenEvilHasStandards refused to endanger the lives of the people in Central City]]. At least before Wells betrayed him Hartley had a[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold heart]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Cisco sees Hartley this way but it is somehwat subverted when they reveal the reason Hartley was fired was that he [[Even EvilHasStandards refused to endanger the lives of the people in Central City]]. At least before Wells betrayed him Hartley had a[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold heart]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Cisco sees Hartley this way but it is somehwat subverted when they reveal the reason Hartley was fired was that he [[Even EvilHasStandards refused to endanger the lives of the people in Central City]]. At least before Wells betrayed him Hartley had a[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold heart]].

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Wait, did Wells just [[http://i.imgur.com/Evf3dde.jpg stealth]] [[ShockSite Goatse]] the viewers?

** Barry's subjected to this, with Hartley's gloves going off at the same frequency as his suit's Bluetooth, essentially speakering him almost to death.
* BaitAndSwitch: Hartley continually mentions Harrison's secret. We think it's going to be Harrison's identity as the Reverse-Flash, but it turns out he was talking about Harrison's knowledge that the particle accelerator might backfire. It even looks like he is just about to show them he can stand but then just readjusts himself in his chair.

* BigDamnHeroes: Wells does a bit of HollywoodHacking to save Barry from the Piper's frequency by hacking in to all of the satellite radioes to broadcast a counter frequency.

* {{Blackmail}}: When Hartley threatens to expose the particle accelerator's potential danger, Wells threatens to destroy his career should he ever breathe a word.

** Barry tells [[HiddenVillain Wells]] he's good at the heroism.

** Iris takes a job at ''Picture News'', the employers of her comic counterpart.

** In the climax, [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi a villain in a hooded black cloak slowly tortures the hero to death with energy attacks before being unexpectedly stopped by a morally ambiguous father figure to the hero.]]

* BaitAndSwitchComment: Cisco calls Hartley a jerk, and it implies that he might have seen another side to Hartley... not.

* PetTheDog: Wells takes a moment to tell Cisco how incredibly valuable he is, that although Hartley was brilliant, he never brought joy to the team like Cisco does. "There was never any Chosen One... there's just us."

** In the flashback depicting Hartley and Cisco's first meeting, Cisco's FunTShirt reads "Stay Calm and [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Han]] [[MemeticMutation Shot First]]". Then Dr. Wells states he has "a good feeling about him".

** Wells using his super speed... and then we see those powers ''failing'', to the point where he falls down to the ground and can't get up.

STAR Labs' prodigal son Hartley Rathaway returns to STAR Labs, minus his hearing, but now wearing sonic gloves and taking the moniker of Pied Piper. Meanwhile, Iris receives an invitation to a big-name news station, only to find out she's being used thanks to her knowledge on the Flash.

** Barry's subjected to this, with Hartley's gloves going off at the same frequency as his suit Bluetooth, essentially speakering him almost to death.

* BaitAndSwitchComment: Cisco calls Hartley a jerk, and it implies that he might have seen another side to Hartley...not.
-->''He was mostly a jerk, but sometimes, he was a '''dick'''.''

* EarAche: Hartley pulls his (very long) hearing aids out in [[GrossUpCloseUp close detail]].

* IdiotBall: Out of all the scientists working at STAR Labs, Hartley was the ''only'' one noticed there was a chance the Particle Accelator could explode. Really?

** Iris takes a job at ''Picture News'', the employers of her her comic counterpart.

* PetTheDog: Wells takes a moment to tell Cisco how incredibly valuable he is, that although Hartley was brilliant, he never brought joy to the team like Cisco does. "There was never any Chosen One... there's just us".

* WhamLine: Wells' AI Gideon mentions the [[MetaOrigin Speed Force]].

** Wells using his super speed....and then we see those powers ''failing'', to the point where he falls down to the ground and can't get up.

* CanonDiscontinuity: The majority of this episode gets rewritten by season 2's "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E17FlashBack Flash Back]]" episode.

* CanonDiscontinuity: The majority of this episode gets rewritten by season 2's "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E17FlashBack Flash Back]]" episode.

* XanatosSpeedChess: Harrison plays two games of this: Quickly adjusting Barry's path in the beginning to catch robbers, and then playing the game the rest of the episode against Hartley.

* CanonDiscontinuïty: The majority of this episode gets rewritten by season 2's "Flash Back" episode.

* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title references ''Literature/TheSoundAndTheFury'' by William Faulkner.

* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title references ''Literature/TheSoundOfTheFury'' by William Faulkner.

* {{Jossed}}: Those people who thought Dr. Wells might be a RedHerring for the Reverse-Flash's identity? In this episode, he uses his speed to dodge falling glass and we learn that his powers are failing.
* KickTheDog: Hartley asks Caitlin where his wedding invite is.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Detective West laughs at Cisco's BaitAndSwitchComment.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Hartley is right that Cisco's outfit is out of place in a proffesional workplace, but he still could be more polite about it.