'The Flash' Season 1 Episode 11 Will Find the Scarlet Speedster Next Pitted Against a Furious Meta-Human Who Can Manipulate Sounds Who Calls Himself the Pied Piper
The CW's The Flash Season 1's 11th episode which airs Tuesday, January 27, at the 8:00-9:00 pm time slot, is entitled "The Sound and the Fury." Directed by John Showalter from a script by Alison Schapker and Brooke Eikmeier, the network's official synopsis reveals that Flash's next enemy will be a very furious ex-protege of Dr. Wells who has turned into a meta-human and who now has the power to control sound energy. An extended teaser clip for the upcoming episode is now available on the internet.
As said in the press release for the episode, Dr. Wells' (Tom Cavanagh) former protege, Hartley Rathaway (guest star Andrew Mientus), returns to seek revenge on his mentor after being affected by the particle accelerator explosion. Now able to manipulate sound waves, the brilliant Rathaway is a dangerous threat to both Wells and The Flash (Grant Gustin). Meanwhile, Iris (Candice Patton) is thrilled when she's hired by the Central City Picture News as their newest cub reporter. Unfortunately, her editor (guest star Tom Butler) pairs her with a veteran reporter, Mason Bridge (guest star Roger Howarth), who wants nothing to do with her. Back at the S.T.A.R. Labs, Cisco (Carlos Valdes) recalls his first day on the job when he met Hartley and Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker). Elsewhere, Joe (Jesse L. Martin) asks Eddie (Rick Cosnett) for a favor but asks him to keep it a secret from Barry.
Incidentally, the Pied Piper in the DC Comics mythology was the pampered son of the rich and influential Osgood and Rachel Hathaway, whose expensive painting 'Fire & Ice' was seen stolen and destroyed by Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller) and Heat Wave (Dominic Purcell) in last week's episode of The Flash. Hartley also wasn't an inherently evil person, just bored and obsessed with sounds. He was born deaf but through his parent's wealth he was finally made able to hear. However, he developed a strange fascination for sounds so much so that it became his lifelong obsession.