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(MINI) Ms. Marvel's new powers remain mysterious, but the actual origin story is finally spelled out in Ms. Marvel episode 3.

(MINI) Kamala and Bruno attempt to figure out the source of Kamala's newfound powers. However, Kamala's training is put on hold after she starts having visions of a mysterious woman and Kamran, a new boy in town, becomes the center of her attention.

I am so sorry... After training Meena, Barry is shown the Biometric Lightning Oscillation Chamber (BLOC), which grants Meena's speed. She introduces him to its co-inventor: Thawne, with his original face, though he doesn't remember his past or Barry. On Lian Yu, Thawne theorizes that he is from an alternate timeline. Barry tries to stop Meena from using the BLOC, but she connects to the Negative Speed Force and begins draining power junctions. The alternate Thawne states that he fell in love with Meena and had visions of the BLOC, but was unaware of the NSF. He and Team Flash find Meena in Keystone City, and he is able to disconnect Meena from the NSF. Later, Ray Palmer informs Team Flash that the Flashpoint Thawne was revived by the Time Wraiths[N 2] and Barry theorizes that he was revived again and brought to Meena. Meanwhile, Cecile's powers grow when she stops a bank robbery and mugging. Mark contacts Caitlin with a new plan to revive Frost. John Diggle approaches Thawne for help in opening his box[N 3], but it disappears when Diggle chooses to remain with his family instead of accepting its power. Thawne is visited by Deon who states that it's time to "fulfill his destiny".

(MINI) Reva center stage as the origins and objectives of her character are fully revealed.

(MINI) Obi-Wan Kenobi plots a daring mission into enemy territory.

A new speedster stops a fire at Ivo Labs, but also steals a Newton Battery. Fearing it could be Thawne, Barry checks on him on Lian Yu. Thawne is aware of Frost's death and deduces that the speedster started the fire by accident. Meanwhile, Lydia informs Allegra about hostility from their former gang the Arañas now led by Kimiyo Hoshi and Millie Rawlins. They attack CCC Media during an interview, so Chester activates a forcefield. Taylor exposes Allegra as a former member of the Arañas to her employees, so Allegra reveals herself as the light-based meta assisting Flash to regain their trust. Allegra holds Hoshi and Rawlins off while Lydia exposes the Arañas live, prompting them to flee. Taylor reconciles with Allegra, but also tells her that she can’t hide from the world. Caitlin tells Team Flash that she needs to step back to figure things out. That night, Flash catches the speedster returning the Newton Battery. She is revealed as its inventor and the CEO of Fast Track Labs, Meena Dhawan. Flash agrees to mentor her.

(MINI) Kamala Khan is a 16-year-old high schooler and fangirl of the Avengers, particularly Captain Marvel. After failing another driving test and meeting with school counselor Gabe Wilson, Kamala and her best friend Bruno Carrelli finish her Captain Marvel cosplay for "AvengerCon" while avoiding her strict parents, Yusuf and Muneeba. Kamala receives a package of items from her grandmother including a golden bangle, but Muneeba sees it as junk. After failing to convince her parents to let her go to AvengerCon, Kamala and Carrelli sneak out and attend anyway, taking the bangle as part of her cosplay. After getting there and dressing up, she puts it on, but it causes her to shoot energy constructs, inadvertently causing havoc. Carrelli rushes Kamala back home, where a distraught Muneeba pleads with her to focus on her own story and grounds her. In a mid-credits scene, Department of Damage Control (DODC) agents P. Cleary and Sadie Deever watch a video of Kamala's incident at AvengerCon and head to New Jersey to find and detain her.

SPOILERS! But at this rate you have all seen it.... This week we give our full spoiler review for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Enjoy!

(MINI) Kenobi v Vader Round 2

 David Singh asks Barry to locate a gamma absorption array stolen from Mercury Labs. He finds the thief, Pytor Orloff, but is blasted by the array, causing him to age 30 years. The more Barry uses his speed, the faster he’ll age. He struggles to catch Orloff while suffering from body pain and memory loss. He and Cecile find a laptop with his work, and Chester deduces that Orloff’s plan is to become immortal by stealing energy from everyone in Central City, aging them hundreds of years. He activates his machine, though Barry is able to force the gamma field backwards, inverting the energy charge and reverting the changes to Orloff and Barry. Orloff is sent to prison. One week later, Barry checks on Caitlin at her apartment and learns about her plan to revive Frost and she tries to sell him on the idea by asking what he'd do if he could bring back his parents. Barry isn't convinced and Caitlin refuses to accept that Frost is gone, so he destroys her equipment.

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