Line #24 Recap/TheFlash2014S5E3TheDeathOfVibe


1	After their encounter with Cicada, Team Flash turns to a new ally -- Harrison Sherloque Wells in taking down their deadly new adversary, hopefully before he kills his next victim...
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3	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Sherloque is a so much better detective than Ralph that the latter gets basically forgotten by the rest.
4	* AppealToFlattery: Harrison Wolfgang Wells tries to get into Team Flash by praising Iris' beauty.
5	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Sherloque asks Nora if someone else encouraged her to intervene in stopping [=DeVoe's=] ColonyDrop. Her unsettled reaction suggests that the answer is yes.
6	* AwesomenessByAnalysis:
7	** Sherloque is so good that he could deduce Cisco was getting over a break-up in a matter of moments! And during the confrontation with Cicada, he figures out where they are by listening to the crickets and getting told which trees are around.
8	** Joe takes notice on how Cicada goes on and on about family and is able to deduce a lot from that.
9	* BadassInDistress: Cicada manages to get the drop on Joe and hold him hostage as a lure to catch Vibe.
10	* BaitAndSwitch: For a few ''tense'' moments, it seemed like the episode truly ''was'' killing off Cisco by showing that he was disintegrated. And then a breach opens behind a distraught Barry...
11	* BerserkButton: The eco-friendly burglar at the beginning of the episode. The cashier better not put the money in a plastic or paper bag! He brought his own biodegradable one.
12	* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: Somebody, probably the man himself, is watching Caitlin through a camera while she is deducing her (supposedly) dead father's message.
13	* BombThrowingAnarchists: The original Cicada was on his way to becoming one, conveniently meaning the heroes don't have to feel too bad about beating him up.
14	* TheBusCameBack: Wolfgang Wells makes a brief return when the team enlists his help in tracking down Cicada.
15	* ChekhovsGun:
16	** Sherloque faking his death provides the inspiration for Cisco to fake his and get Cicada off his back (for now, at least). The inter-dimensional portal was an early element and later becomes key to Cisco's trick.
17	** The old game Caitlin found, where she and her father would make up names for elements, is the key to deciphering the message her father left her.
18	* ColdBloodedTorture: Cicada tortures Joe with electro shocks from his dagger to get him to call Cisco to their location.
19	* ContinuityCavalcade: A young Nora's visit to the Flash Museum features a hall dedicated to the Flash's villains where their iconic gear are stored: the Reverse-Flash suit (complete with the tachyon device attached), Heatwave's flamethrower, the Weather Wizard's wand, Savitar's armor, among many other trinkets.
20	* DidntSeeThatComing:
21	** Sherloque is flabbergasted that time travel threw off his deductions.
22	** Played for laughs as Cisco is jarred that rather than his usual arrogant jerk self, German!Wells is a total FanBoy for Barry, Iris and even Nora.
23	* TheDreaded: Cicada, a villain ''no hero'' could catch. Not Team Flash, not the Legends, not Green Arrow, not Supergirl, or even the League.
24	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cicada turns out to have a young daughter in a coma.
25	* ExactWords: The title "Death of Vibe"; Cisco is forced to pretend that Vibe is dead to appease Cicada.
26	* FakingTheDead: The only way Cicada was going to leave was if Vibe was killed. An explosion, a hidden breach out, and Cisco leaving his costume behind managed to get the job done.
27	** The inspiration for this plan was Sherloque trying to pull this on Team Flash earlier in order to get out of giving them a refund. Apparently he's done it before with one of his ex-wives (twice).
28	* {{Flight}}: Cicada shows himself to be able to fly through unknown means.
29	* FreezeFrameBonus: Tons at the Flash Museum.
30	* FrenchJerk: Sherloque is now the third french Wells in total and quite a bit full of himself.
31	* HistoryRepeats: Once again, Cisco and another Wells have an...intense relationship.
32	* JackTheRipOff: Cisco even compares Cicada to Jack the Ripper.
33	* KavorkaMan: Sherloque is an insufferable jerkwad who, admittedly, looks like Tom Cavanagh. Not only has be been married and divorced several times - you'd think word would get around - but [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor his second wife was also his fourth]].
34	* KilledOffScreen: Block was transported to a hospital after being stabbed by Cicada last episode, but apparently died on the way there.
35	* MadBomber: Earth-1 David Hersch might not have become Cicada, but he is still a terrorist targeting the goverment.
36	* MetaTwist: By this point, the audience is expecting the season's main Wells to be some kind of fraud or liar. Sure enough, Sherloque reveals he stopped putting in actual effort to find Cicada after it turned out to be the same guy in a few dozen universes. He just fakes the profile so the good guys have probable cause. But thanks to some unknown disruption, it's a different guy on Earth-1. Then he fakes his death; more evidence he's just a conman. And then Sherloque shows he does have actual detective skills; see AwesomeByAnalysis, above.
37	* MythologyGag:
38	** Nora casually mentions that the [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica League]] was amongst the heroes who couldn't catch Cicada.
39	** Nora mentions that Cicada's first victim was Floyd Belkin, the civilian name of Legion character Arm-Fall-Off Boy.
40	** Kolins Woods is a reference to former Flash artist (and Cicada co-creator) Scott Kolins.
41	* NervesOfSteel: Joe never shows fear towards Cicada even once while being intimidated and tortured. Only when Cecile appeared did he gets nervous.
42	* NeverMyFault: After being surprised about the fact that the resident version of David Hersch is ''not'' Cicada, instead of admitting that he was lazy and skipped the real detective work, Sherloque scolds Nora for not telling him that Earth-1's timeline is altered.
43	* NotHisSled: Sherloque Wells has caught 37 different Cicadas, all of whom were their Earth's David Hersch, which is indeed his secret identity in the comics. Unfortunately, Earth-1 Cicada is ''not'' David Hersch; it's ambiguous if this because of Nora staying in the past or if it's similar to Jay and Jesse being the Flashes on their Earths and not a version of Barry.
44	* OnceASeason: It wouldn't be a new season without another Harrison Wells joining the team. This season's model is Harrison Sherloque Wells -- he's just as insufferable as his [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes namesake]].
45	* OutsideContextProblem: Nora mentions that the problem with Cicada is that nobody knows ''anything'' about him. The origins of his powers, his motivations, his identity - all a complete mystery. And he was never caught...
46	* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: The passcode to Caitlin's mother's records room is Caitlin's birthday.
47	* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Cicada can use his dagger like this. Justified since he can at least [[SummonToHand draw his weapon back to his hand]].
48	* PunchClockHero: Sherloque Wells agrees to help Team Flash catch Cicada...for a fee of course; he has a lot of alimony to pay for. Team Flash later browbeats him into working for them since they want a refund and he gave their money to his ex-wives (yes, plural).
49	* SherlockScan:
50	** Sherloque Wells, naturally, does this a lot.
51	** Cisco later pulls one of his own when Sherloque is trying to bail on them.
52	* ShoutOut:
53	** Sherloque Wells is a living amalgamation of famous literary detectives -- he's named after Sherlock Holmes, but his general demeanor and detection methods invoke Hercule Poirot.
54	** Cisco refers to Sherloque as "[[Creator/BenedictCumberbatch Cumberbatch]]" and Cicada as "[[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]]".
55	* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: Averted. Nora mentions that other heroes tried to capture Cicada and failed.
56	* TookALevelInKindness: Wolfgang Wells is far more amiable to all of Team Flash than he was to Harry and Cisco last season, though Cisco hasn't forgotten [[{{Jerkass}} his past demeanor]]. He even thinks Wells is trying to troll him when the latter shows his new personality.
57	* TheUnreveal: The exact price Sherloque charged Team Flash with for his services: the most we get of it is that, according to Nora, it was pretty high even for someone from the future.
58	* WhamLine:
59	** Sherloque Wells asking Nora if she was encouraged to intervene and help her father with [=DeVoe=]'s ColonyDrop. He stops her from giving an answer and waves off the question; it's implied the answer is "yes".
60	** Amongst her list of the heroes that tried and failed to stop Cicada [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueofAmerica was the League]].
61	* WhatTheHellHero: Barry scolds Nora when she attempts to kidnap David Hersch from police custody to force him to confess.
62	* WorkOffTheDebt: The reasoning for keeping Sherloque on the team: since he basically scammed them, they're not letting him go until he pays them back.
63	* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Cicada has a strange-looking, glowing wound on his body that won't heal.

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