The footage of John Wesley Shipp is from that show's Pilot.
That was really from the '90s series? Gee, I was just thinking the other day about whether that show could be treated as an alternate Earth within the multiverse established herein. This could be taken as evidence that it is.
So... anyone have any thoughts about the
rest of the episode? Kind of odd that Barry just kidnapped his counterpart and knocked him out. At least he could've explained the situation, gotten his cooperation, and gotten a briefing on the details of his life before trying to impersonate him. Still, there were some nice moments, especially the talk with his mom.
And it was fun that they used this opportunity to bring Deadshot back from the dead -- and make him a terrible shot. And Reverb was interesting. Somehow Carlos Valdez's performance reminded me of Craig Charles as an alternate Dave Lister from
Red Dwarf (I'm not sure which alternate -- there were several).
I'm really, really glad they didn't follow through on Iris-2's sexual invitations to Barry-1. I hated it when
Deep Space Nine's Sisko slept with Mirror-Universe Dax (and Kira!) while pretending to be his counterpart. Impersonating someone's lover to have sex with them is called rape by fraud, and it's a crime. So I'm really relieved they avoided that here.
I wonder who that'll turn out to be in the metal mask in Zoom's cell.