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The Flash – Season 2, Episode 10 Potential Energy

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The Flash – Season 2, Episode 10

Potential Energy

Aired Jan 19, 2016

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Barry wants to tell Patty that he is The Flash; Joe and Iris get to know Wally; the team pursues a meta-human capable of slowing time down.

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"Potential Energy" delivers a solid, albeit slower-paced, offering by cleverly balancing the time spent on Barry's personal issues and on the villain of the week.

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Candice Patton

Iris West

Danielle Panabaker

Caitlin Snow

Carlos Valdes

Cisco Ramon

Tom Cavanagh

Dr. Harrison Wells

Jesse L. Martin

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Angelica Jade Bastién

New York Magazine/Vulture

07/26/2018

3/5

Barry's relationship drama also crosses paths with the meta-human-of-the-week. We don't have any hot, low-level criminals, or a thief with a surprising way of words - man, this episode could really use Captain Cold's energy.

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Jonathon Dornbush

Entertainment Weekly

07/26/2018

There's still the matter of Barry's superhero identity hidden away, and Iris suggests to Barry it may finally be time to tell her.

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Scott Von Doviak

AV Club

07/24/2018

B+

Potential Energy maintains an ideal balance between the villain-of-the-week story and various personal complications, while keeping Zoom in the picture as the looming threat of the season.

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Joseph McCabe

Nerdist

08/07/2018

Wells has grown frantic in his quest to rescue his daughter from Zoom. While he promised the villain he'd help him steal Barry's speed in exchange for Cassie's life, he's open to Cisco's idea of stealing Zoom's speed instead.

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Jesse Schedeen

IGN Movies

08/03/2018

9/10

Once you throw in the always unpredictable Dr. Wells, this episode delivered on pretty much every front.

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Dave Trumbore

Collider

07/31/2018

3/4

They've out-crazied themselves in the past so "Potential Energy" had a high bar to jump over if it wanted to keep raising the stakes, but it doesn't feel like they wanted to do that just yet.

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Synopsis

Barry wants to tell Patty that he is The Flash; Joe and Iris get to know Wally; the team pursues a meta-human capable of slowing time down.

Director: Rob Hardy
Executive Producer: Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, David Nutter, Sarah Schechter
Screenwriter: Bryan Q. Miller
Network: The CW
Rating: TV-PG
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date: Jan 19, 2016

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