We also learn that, in order to keep up this façade and become a part of Team Flash, Zolomon got a version of himself from another moment in time (called a Time Remnant) to pretend to be him when necessary. (I’ll be referring to him as Hunter Zolomon going forward now that we know the Jay Garrick identity was a complete fiction.) Playing the hero was a fun game for him, especially whenever he could rip hope away from people. We basically knew this already, but we didn’t know that “Jay Garrick” was simply an invention of Earth-2’s Hunter Zolomon and created to play with people’s emotions because he’s an emotionally stunted jerk. “Versus Zoom” fails on many levels, so let’s get the most important reveal out of the way: Hunter Zolomon is Jay Garrick is Zoom. This episode squanders potential, contradicts its own world building, and leads several characters to make incredibly stupid decisions. The Flash has had some rocky episodes this season, especially when it was stuck setting up Legends of Tomorrow, but “Versus Zoom” is a particularly disappointing low point. That’s it? After all that build-up, after so much time spent exploring Earth-2, after all of those emotional moments … this is the big secret about Zoom? Martin as Joe, Candice Patton as Iris, Grant Gustin as Barry.
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