- "That's crazy, I love you."
"But you don't love me as you love being the Flash." - ―Barry Allen and Iris West
Priorities is the first episode of the first season of The Flash: Escape the Midnight Circus. The episode was written and directed by Henry Loevner, and was released on Max on July 10, 2023.
Synopsis[]
Barry Allen, aka The Flash, messes up big time with his girlfriend Iris West. But is getting her back worth punching a hole in the space-time continuum?
Plot[]
A civilian desperately calls an ambulance for a school bus that has fallen into the water. Meanwhile Colin convinces Barry Allen and Iris West to confess their feelings for each other, West reveals that she feels that as a couple they are not spending enough time together, because Allen's work as a superhero gets in the way of everything, when Colin asked Barry to summarize what Iris said, Allen said that despite everything he felt ambitious, annoying West for not listening to her, who was desperate for the relationship to work. In that, a drafting occurred in the room where they were talking, with Barry being the one to rescue the school bus, angering West because Allen was not paying attention and not prioritizing their needs as a couple.
When the therapy is over, Captain Cold visits the Central City Bank, assaulting the receptionist and causing terror in the people. During the night, Allen and West go to dinner, with Allen greeting the taxi driver and telling him about Iris West's award, when they get off, Allen tries to talk West into being happy for her achievements as a journalist. Upon entering the gala, West is interviewed by Cat Grant, later at dinner, West shared a conversation with Allen until he was called by a police officer about Captain Cold's robbery of the bank and how he was kidnapping people, however Allen recommended him to negotiate with him and that they solve it alone, but due to their incompetence Allen finally decided to go solve it.
During the robbery, Cold explained his freezing weapon to a police officer before using it against him, just before hearing Flash arrive to stop him, being applauded by the police officers. When Flash defeated him, a police officer arrested him and he got into a car to be tried, while a lady thanked Flash for saving them, giving him knish in gratitude and introducing him to her granddaughter. Flash explained that he had to leave and returned with flowers to Iris West, who was sad because the relationship was not working, forcing him to take priorities if they did not want to break up, leaving the house in tears.
Allen depressedly went to talk to Colin about the situation, with Allen revealing that he wasn't paying attention to the therapies and Colin making him reason with what Iris was saying, giving Barry the idea to travel back in time and fix their relationship. Flash left and used the Speed Force to travel back in time, landing in an alternate dimension where he met another Captain Cold who told him about the Midnight Circus.
Cast[]
- Max Greenfield as Barry Allen/Flash
- Shalita Grant as Iris West
- Dan Gill as Colin
- Kunal Dudheker as David Singh
- Bruce Thomas as Captain Cold and Captain Cold
- George Pullar as Digger Harkness/Captain Boomerang
- Reba Buhr as Cat Grant
- Jim O'Heir as Bank Teller
- Max Jenkins as Police Officer
- Susan Berger as Old Woman
- Gadiel Del Orbe as Driver
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- Daily Planet (mentioned)
- Central City Police Department
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