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A seemingly impossible robbery at Queen Consolidated's Applied Sciences Division brings Central City police scientist Barry Allen to town. Citing a similar case back home, Barry offers to help Oliver and team with the investigation. Oliver senses there is more to Barry than meets the eye, but he's distracted by the similarities between this current case and something that happened on the island. Meanwhile, Felicity takes a liking to Barry, which doesn't go unnoticed by Oliver. Sin asks Roy for help when a friend of hers goes missing. Roy is surprised when Thea not only encourages him to help, but joins the search. Unfortunately, Sin's friend is connected to Brother Blood, and their search ultimately gets one of them seriously injured.
| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Stephen Amell | - | Oliver Queen / The Arrow |
 | Katie Cassidy | - | Laurel Lance (credit only) |
 | David Ramsey | - | John Diggle |
 | Willa Holland | - | Thea Queen |
 | Emily Bett Rickards | - | Felicity Smoak |
 | Colton Haynes | - | Roy Harper |
 | Manu Bennett | - | Slade Wilson |
 | Susanna Thompson | - | Moira Queen |
 | Paul Blackthorne | - | Quentin Lance |
 | Grant Gustin | - | Barry Allen |
 | Kevin Alejandro | - | Sebastian Blood |
 | Celina Jade | - | Shado |
 | Caity Lotz | - | Sara Lance |
 | Summer Glau | - | Isabel Rochev |
 | Bex Taylor-Klaus | - | Sin |
While Barry is observing chemicals in the lab with Felicity, there is a noticeable thunder crack and lightning that catches Barry's attention. This is a direct nod to how he eventually gets his powers as The Flash, being struck by lightning in a chemistry lab.
This episode starts off with a shot of the sky and a flash of lightning. This is a direct nod to Barry Allen (aka The Flash), who is introduced this episode.
Just before the 6 minute mark, Barry Allen describes the stolen industrial centrifuge as "a Kord Enterprises 2BX-900". In the DC-verse Kord Enterprises is run by Ted Kord, AKA The Blue Beetle.
This episode was originally intended to be a back door pilot for the The Flash (2014), but the CW decided to give the show its own stand-alone pilot.
Barry tells Felicity a couple of times that he's not a very good dancer; however, the actor who plays Barry, Grant Gustin, is an incredibly talented dancer. He started tap dancing when he was 8 years old. He's also a talented singer and played the recurring role of Sebastian Smythe on the third season of Лузеры (2009). Grant had originally auditioned for a role as a tap dancer, but he didn't get the part.
In this episode Diggle says, "My God, what's next, Aliens?" This may be a reference to an up and coming show, Star-Crossed (2014) that focuses on alien and human interaction.
When Felicity asks Barry Allen to be her plus one at the upcoming Queen party, he asks "will there be any dancing? I'm not very good with my feet." This is ironic foreshadowing of his character's future alias as The Flash.
One part in the episode, Diggle remarks, "What's next? Aliens?" Later in Season 5, Ep. 8: "Invasion!" the team fight the Dominators, an alien race.