"Marathon" is the tenth and midseason premiere episode of the sixth season of The Flash, and the one-hundred-twenty-fourth episode overall. It aired on February 4, 2020.
| “ | Life is a marathon, not a sprint, Barry. Slow down and enjoy it. | ” |
— John Diggle to Barry Allen (Source: "Marathon" |
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Synopsis[edit]
After The Citizen prints an explosive story, Iris's life is threatened. Refusing to hide from those that are attacking her, Iris sets out to expose a dangerous organization. Meanwhile, Barry must face the consequences of the Crisis and fulfil Oliver Queen's wish for him.
Appearances[edit]
Characters[edit]
Main/Featured Characters[edit]
- Team Flash
- The Flash (Barry Allen)
- Cisco Ramon
- Frost (Caitlin Snow)
- Joe West (first appearance)
- Nash Wells
- The Central City Citizen (first appearance)
- Team Citizen (first appearance)
- Iris West-Allen (first appearance)
- Allegra Garcia (first appearance)
- Kamilla Hwang (first appearance)
- Cecile Horton (first appearance)
- Team Citizen (first appearance)
- John Diggle
- Gene Huskk (first appearance)
Villains[edit]
- Black Hole (first appearance)
- McCulloch Technologies (first appearance)
- Joseph Carver (first appearance)
- Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi) (first appearance)
- Maurice (first appearance)
- Esperanza Garcia (first appearance) (pictured)
- Malcolm Strombard (first appearance) (flashback)
- McCulloch Technologies (first appearance)
- Eva McCulloch (first appearance) (unseen)
- Sterling Brooks (first appearance)
- Anthony Ivo (first appearance) (mentioned)
- Anti-Monitor (mentioned and seen on timeline)
- Deathstroke (Slade Wilson) (mentioned and seen on timeline)
- Eobard Thawne (first appearance) (indirectly mentioned on timeline)
- Zoom (first appearance) (seen on timeline)
- Damien Darhk (first appearance) (seen on timeline)
- Remington Meister (first appearance) (pictured)
- January Galore (first appearance) (disguised by Sue Dearbon; pictured)
- Sue Dearbon (first appearance) (disguised as January Galore; pictured)
Who's Who Binder[edit]
- The following characters was pictured and named in the episode. Unless specified, they were not mentioned nor appear in the episode.
Other Characters[edit]
- Justice League (seen on timeline)
- Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) (mentioned)
- Batwoman (seen on timeline)
- Black Lightning (seen on timeline)
- Superman (mentioned and shirt)
- Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) (mentioned and seen on timeline)
- J'onn J'onzz (seen on timeline)
- Team Arrow (mentioned)
- Felicity Smoak (mentioned)
- Thea Queen (mentioned)
- Legends (seen on timeline)
- Rip Hunter (first appearance) (seen on timeline)
- Black Lighting's Team (seen on timeline)
- Thunder (seen on timeline)
- Diggle family
- Lyla Michaels (mentioned)
- John Diggle, Jr. (mentioned and seen on timeline)
- Sara Diggle (mentioned and seen on timeline)
- Bruce Wayne (seen on timeline)
- The Ray (first appearance) (seen on timeline)
- Nora Allen (first appearance) (seen on timeline)
- Hank Henshaw (first appearance) (seen on timeline)
- Pandora (first appearance) (mentioned as Pandora's Box)
- Natalie (first appearance)
- President Marsdin (first appearance) (seen on timeline)
Pre-Crisis characters[edit]
- Harrison Wells (mentioned)
- Harry Wells (mentioned)
- Jesse Wells (mentioned)
- The Monitor (mentioned)
- Maya (pictured)
Organisations[edit]
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- The Central City Citizen (first appearance)
- Black Hole (first appearance)
- McCulloch Technologies (first appearance)
- R & D Division (first appearance) (mentioned)
- McCulloch Technologies (first appearance)
- Central City Police Department (CCPD) (first appearance) (mentioned)
- Star City Police Department (SCPD) (mentioned)
- D.E.O. (mentioned)
- A.R.G.U.S. (mentioned, logo and facility)
- Obsidian Tech (mentioned)
- Channel 52
- Eden Corps (first appearance) (mentioned)
- CatCo Worldwide Media
- Mirakuru Army (first appearance) (seen on timeline)
- Central City Citizen Media (first appearance) (mentioned)
Species[edit]
- Humans
- Meta-Humans
- Dominators (seen on timeline)
Objects[edit]
- The Flash Suits
- Mirakuru (first appearance)
- Frost Suit
- Dr. Light Suit (first appearance)
- Photon Blaster (first appearance)
- Holographic Device
- Alpha-Omega (first appearance) (seen on timeline)
- Queen's Gambit (first appearance) (seen on timeline)
- Kara's Pod (first appearance) (seen on timeline)
- Guns
- The Arrow Suit (mask)
- Superman Suit (T-Shirt)
- S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator (first appearance) (seen on timeline)
- Harrison Nash Wells' Gauntlet
- Crypto-Circuit (mentioned)
- Harrison Nash Wells' Techno Fanny Pack
- Mirror Gun (first appearance) (flashback)
- Vibe-uccino (first appearance)
- Inter-dimensional Extrapolator (mentioned)
- Breaches (indirectly mentioned)
- Kamilla Hwang's Camera (first appearance)
- Meta-Human Cure (first appearance) (mentioned)
Locations[edit]
- Earth-Prime
- Earth
- United States of America
- Missouri
- Central City
- CC Jitters (first appearance)
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator (first appearance) (mentioned)
- West-House (first appearance)
- Nash's Worksite (mentioned)
- Bentley Building (first appearance)
- The Central City Citizen (first appearance)
- CCPD (mentioned)
- Central City
- National City (seen on map and timeline)
- Gotham City (seen on map and timeline)
- Star City/Starling City (mentioned, seen on map and timeline)
- Freeland (seen on map)
- Metropolis (seen on map and mentioned)
- Happy Harbor (first appearance) (seen on map)
- Midway City (first appearance) (name seen)
- Midway City Art Pavilion (first appearance) (name seen)
- Missouri
- Lian Yu
- China (first appearance) (mentioned)
- Santa Prisca (first appearance) (seen on map)
- San Monte (first appearance) (seen on map)
- Gorilla City (first appearance) (seen on map and mentioned)
- Tokyo (first appearance) (mentioned)
- Markovia (seen on map)
- Dinosaur Island (first appearance) (seen on map)
- Nanda Parbat (first appearance) (seen on map)
- Fortress of Solitude (first appearance) (seen on map)
- Kooey Kooey Kooey Island (first appearance) (seen on map)
- Bialya (first appearance) (seen on map)
- Zambesi (first appearance) (mentioned)
- Qurac (first appearance) (seen on map)
- Kasnia (seen on map)
- Corto Maltese (first appearance) (seen on map)
- Tinasha (first appearance) (seen on map)
- Hong Kong (first appearance) (mentioned and timeline)
- United States of America
- Earth
- Mirrorverse (unseen)
- Nexus (indirectly mentioned)
- Earth-2 (mentioned)
- Antimatter Universe (mentioned)
Trivia[edit]
- Doctor Light made her first live action debut in this episode.
- This episode reveals more of Nash's backstory.
- On the board of the world map, we can see multiple location fron the DC Comics.:
- Happy Harbor (the base of operations of the Justice League in the comics before the Watchtower)
- Santa Prisca (a prison known for hosting Bane a Batman villain)
Gallery[edit]
Barry and Diggle discuss Oliver's mask
- The Flash (2014) season 6 second half title card.png
New title card
