huh?
The man in the iron mask -- while he was seen just briefly at the end of last week's episode, he didn't look like an easter egg character -- he didn't have any symbols on his body or in his cell that would signal who he was underneath the mask. In tonight's episode, he sat in his glass cell tapping out some kind of code. At first Barry through it was a signal, but Jesse, as tired and hurt as she was, thought it was nonsense. When Barry reminded her of her father's words, that the only person in the world smarter than him, was her, hope was restored a bit, and she conceded that perhaps it was a code. Turns out it was a "Tap Code" that P.O.W.s used in World War II. The code spelled out three letters: J-A-Y. When Barry asked if that meant Jay Garrick, he shook his head yes. When Barry tried to comfort the man by telling him that Jay was safe on Earth-1, the man freaked out and rapidly started shaking his head. Was the man asking about Jay Garrick, or was he trying to spell his own name? Is the man in the mask the real Earth-2 Jay Garrick? If Zoom was trying to harness speed from speedsters, it would make sense that he would be collecting different versions of The Flash. If that is Jay Garrick, then who is the man posing as Jay on Earth-1? So far there are two people he could be.
He could be either be Edward Clariss/The Rival, Jay Garrick's comic book adversary from Earth-2 who attempted to recreate Jay's speed through a serum called Velocity 9 -- sound familiar? He could also be the Earth-2 version of Hunter Zolomon. A few episodes back Jay showed Caitlin the Earth-1 version of himself, a man named Hunter Zolomon. In the comics, Zolomon was Wally West's greatest adversary, his Zoom. If this Garrick is really Clariss or Zolomon, what does Jay look like under the mask? Is that actor Teddy Sears, or is it someone else? There have been a few Earth-2 flashbacks that showed Teddy Sears as Earth-2's Flash, so maybe this imposter Jay can change his DNA somehow? The scary thing about the idea of a fake Jay Garrick, is that Caitlin was lied to again by a man that she trusted. First Doctor Wells/Eobard Thawne, and now Jay. She even perfected the Velocity serum for him, thus creating a stable Velocity 9. At the end of the episode, Jay was able to stabilize the speed canon, but as he closed it, Zoom pulled him back through to Earth-2. It actually looked like Zoom killed him, because Zoom's hand was through his chest. But was this all part of Zoom's plan? Send in a fake speedster and get Caitlin to create a chemical speed generator? It all seemed a little too convenient that the second Caitlin perfected Velocity 9, Jay was killed or taken away.
But why would they pull an Earth-3 character out of nowhere like that? I still think the whole Garrick/Zolomon thing is a misdirect and Zoom isn't connected to them.
