History Recap / TheFlash2014S2E4TheFuryofFirestorm

* LongLostRelative: Turns out Francine had a son (heavily implied to be Wally West) eight months after she left Central City. But she didn't tell Joe about him. Iris however did some digging and found about him. Iris doesn't know if Joe's the father or not, and she doesn't what to know because if Joe is the dad, Iris knows would flip out that he never got to raise his son. Either way, it only hardens Iris' resolve to not reconnect with her mom.

* ImmuneToBullets: King Shark simply shrugs off Patty's pistol fire. Unfortunately, he's not invulnerable against an energy blaster gun.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Let's see--so far there's been a talking gorilla, two speedsters, two weather controllers, and countless other metahumans in Central City. Maybe she's new at this, but Patty laughing off the idea of a [[ComicBook/SecretSix shark-man]] seems like this trope.

* BrickJoke: Patty asks Barry to investigate a mysterious tooth, and finds that it probably belongs to a shark-man. [[ArbitrarySkepticism She laughs this off as implausible, but guess what shows up at the end?]]

* ImmuneToBullets: The Landshark simply shrugs off Patty's pistol fire. Unfortunately, he's not invulnerable against an energy blaster gun.

* LongLostRelative: Turns out Francine had a son (heavily implied to be Wally West) eight months after she left Central City. But she didn't tell Joe about him. Iris however did some digging and found about him. Iris doesn't know if Joe's the father or not, and she doesn't what to know because if Joe is the dad, Iris knows would flip out that he never got to raise his son. Either was it only hardens Iris' resolve to not reconnect with her mom.

* IShallTauntYou: Barry and Jax do this to Hewitt to wear him down.

* HumbleHero: Jay Jackson. Which is why he's compatible with the Firestorm matrix.
* IShallTauntYou: Barry and Jay do this to Hewitt to wear him down.

* PutOnABus: Stein and Jay go back to Pittsburg to get a better handle on their abilities. Just in time for Earth-2!Wells to show up.

* SnobsVsSlobs: Most of Team Flash originally think that since Hewitt is a scientist he's a better match for Stein than the working class Jay. Barry however think both men deserve an equal chance, and in the end his faith in Jay is rewarded.

* LongLostRelative: Turns out Francine had a son (heavily implied to be Wally West) eight months after she left Central City. But she didn't tell Joe about him. Iris however did some digging and found about it. She doesn't know if Joe's the father or not. As far as Iris is concerned it's just another one of her mom's lies.

* LongLostRelative: Turns out Francine had a son (heavily implied to be Wally West) eight months after she left Central City. But she didn't tell Joe about him. Iris how did some digging and found about it. She doesn't know if Joe's the father or not. As far as Iris is concerned it's just another one of her mom's lies.

** Iris's mom reveals that she's dying from [[Series/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries MacGregor's Syndrome.]]

* TrailersAlwaysLie: It was well advertised that Jay would be the new Firestorm.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Let's see--so far there's been a talking gorilla, two speedsters, two weather controllers, and countless other metahumans in Central City. Maybe she's new at this, but Patty laughing off the idea of a shark-man seems like this trope.

* MoodWhiplash: Barry is giving one of his close of episode monologues, about moving on, and implying that he's about to ask Patty out... and then King Shark shows up and attacks him.

*PutOnABus: Stein and Jay go back to Pittsburg to get a better handle on their abilities. Just in time for Earth-2!Wells to show up.

PutOnABus: Stein and Jay go back to Pittsburg to get a better handle on their abilities. Just in time for Earth-2!Wells to show up.

* HeroicRROD: Since he's not sharing the Firestorm matrix anymore, Professor Stein is undergoing this.

* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Hewitt's attempt to merge with Stein results in his gaining fire powers fueled by rage. Fortunately, he burns himself out before he can do too much damage.

The team has to find someone compatible to merge with Dr. Stein in order to save his life, and locate two possible candidates. iris meets with her mother but it doesn't end well. The Earth 2 Harrison Wells breaks into Mercury Labs and is seen by Tina [=McGee=] who informs Joe, who refuses to tell Barry.

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* AesopAmnesia: Joe zig-zags this trope. On the one hand he's very open with Iris about her mom. On the other hand, he refuses to tell Barry about the other Wells. Which doesn't matter since they run into each other at the end.
* BrickJoke: At the start of the episode, Patty is investigating reports of a humanoid shark and asks Barry to analyze some teeth which leads them to conclude it wasn't real. At the end of the episode it shows up, and is very real. Also, very large.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Hewitt turns out to have a sealed criminal record from his younger days.
* EntitledBastard: Dr. Hewitt ''really'' thinks he deserves to be Firestorm which is why he's non-compatiable with Dr. Stein.
* HumbleHero: Jay Jackson. Which is why he's compatible with the Firestorm matrix.
* IShallTauntYou: Barry and Jay do this to Hewitt to wear him down.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: What Cisco and Caitlin ''think'' of Hewitt. Turns out he's just a Jerkass.
* PutOnABus: Stein and Jay go back to Pittsburg to get a better handle on their abilities. Just in time for Earth-2!Wells to show up.
* PsychologicalProjection: Caitlin seems drawn to Hewitt because she originally sees a lot of Ronnie in him.
* SnobsVsSlobs: Most of Team Flash originally think that since Hewitt is a scientist he's a better match for Stein than the working class Jay. Barry however think both men deserve an equal chance, and in the end his faith in Jay is rewarded.
* TrailersAlwaysLie: It was well advertised that Jay would be the new Firestorm .
* WorkingClassHero: Jay is a blue collar mechanic.

* Aesop Amnesia: Joe zig-zags this trope. On the one hand he's very open with Iris about her mom. On the other hand, he refuses to tell Barry about the other Wells. Which doesn't matter since they run into each other at the end.
* BrickJoke: At the start of the episode, Patty is investigating reports of a humanoid shark and asks Barry to analyze some teeth, which leads them to conclude it wasn't real. At the end of the episode, it shows up, and is very real.

* PutOnABus: Stein and Jay go back to Pittsburg to get a better handle on their abilities. Just in time for Earth-2! Wells to show up.
* PsychologicalProjection: Caitlin seems drawn to Hewitt because she originally she's a lot of Ronnie him.

* PutOnBus: Stein and Jay go back to Pittsburg to get a better handle on their abilities.

* SnobsVsSlobs: Most of Team Flash originally think that since Hewitt is a scientist he's a better match than the working class Jay. Barry however think both men deserve an equal chance.

* SnobsVs.Slob: Most of Team Flash originally think that since Hewitt is a scientist he's a better match than the working class Jay. Barry however think both men deserve an equal chance.

The team has to find someone compatible to merge with Dr. Stein in order to save his life, and locate two possible candidates. iris meets with her mother but it doesn't end well. The Earth 2 Harrison Wells breaks into Mercury Labs and is seen by Tina [[=McGee=]] who informs Joe, who refuses to tell Barry.

* HumbleHero: Jay Jackson. Which is why he's compatible with the Firestorm matrix.

The team has to find someone compatible to merge with Dr. Stein in order to save his life, and locate two possible candidates. iris meets with her mother but it doesn't end well. The Earth 2 Harrison Wells breaks into Mercury Labs and is seen by Tina {{McGee}} who informs Joe, who refuses to tell Barry.

* DarkAndTroubled: Hewitt turns out to have a sealed criminal record.

* HumbleHero: Jay Jackson. Which is why he's compatible with the Firestorm matrix.

Professor Stein is in danger of dying unless the team can find another person he can merge with, and locate two candidates. Iris meets with her mother, but it doesn't go well due to secrets her mother refuses to reveal. The Earth 2 Harrison Wells breaks into Mercury Labs.

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* BrickJoke: Patty enlists Barry's assistance regarding reports of a humanoid shark, but his analysis seems to indicate it was faked. And then at the the end of the episode, it shows up.