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The Flash: 4 Things We Learned From Season 3, Episode 4 [SPOILERS]

There's a whole new breed of bad guys in Flash's world, in the episode titled "The New Rogues."

The Flash has a new speedster to train in Jesse Quick, and that's not all that happened during this week's episode of The Flash. Between that, the new metahumans, and a few other things, viewers certainly learned a lot about where this season is headed.

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Last week, Harrison Wells and his daughter Jesse returned to Earth-1, and it turned out that Jesse had developed speed powers of her own.

However, we quickly learned that training Jesse Quick to be a hero was not going to be as easy as it seems. There were a couple of new villains on the block, and they both used to work with Leonard Snart who goes by the name Captain Cold. That was not all that happened, so let's check out all the major developments from the October 25 episode.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for the October 25 episode of The Flash.

There Is a New Metahuman Named Mirror Master

Three years ago, when the accelerator at STAR Labs malfunctioned, the explosion created all the metahumans that appeared in Season 1 of The Flash, including Barry Allen. In present day, viewers learned that there were still more super-powered beings in Central City, as both Mirror Master (Sam Scudder) and his girlfriend The Top (Rosalind Dillon) surface. Scudder wants revenge on Leonard Snart, but ultimately ends up battling The Flash and Jesse Quick.

The additions of Mirror Master and The Top is a welcoming one. While their story was just another "villain of the week" plotline, both of these characters are still around, and because the title of the episode was "The New Rogues," we're guessing we'll see them again, hopefully with a brand new Rogue team. We also learned that Mirror Master existed on Earth-2, so Harrison Wells is familiar with this character, even if his version wasn't a metahuman and used a mirror gun to travel through reflective surfaces.

Wally and Jesse's Relationship Begins to Blossom

In the last episode, one of the characters the story focused on was Wally West. He wanted powers and was jealous of Jesse because she was tapped into the Speed Force. Now, a relationship between the two is starting to blossom. At first, Wally doesn't want it because Jesse lives on another Earth. Later in this episode, Wally comes to the decision to explore this because he has feelings for her, and he doesn't want to deny that.

The Flash is about relationships as much as it is about having powers and saving the world. However, what makes this interesting is that not only is Wally opening up a bit more, but he also may develop speedster powers during this. Maybe this is a leap in logic, but Wally was The Flash in the Flashpoint storyline, and it's been mentioned before that maybe something needs to "waken up" his powers. Does that mean a relationship with another speedster could unlock his potential?

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There Is Another Wells on the Team

Harrison Wells has to eventually head back to his own parallel world, but before he does, he wants to find another version of himself--from another world--to help out the STAR Labs team. They find a few candidates but end up picking out a Harrison with a sense of humor that seems pretty cool. It seems like the team will always have Harrison by their side.

Harrison is an essential part of this team, and while he really brings everyone together, this was a questionable plotline. It leaves more questions than answers, like why does Earth-2 Harrison have to go back so quickly? After seeing the preview for next week's episode, it seems like every Harrison this team comes in contact with isn't 100% trustworthy.

Caitlin Embraces Her Inner-Killer Frost

Last week, viewers caught a glimpse of Caitlin Snow with her freezing powers. In Season 2, on Earth-2, Caitlin was known as the villain Killer Frost. While Killer Frost is no more, Caitlin is aware of her doppleganger's existence. This week, she uses her powers to help Barry get out of the Mirrorverse, but only Barry knows about this. Everyone else at STAR Labs is in the dark. During the final moments of the episode, Caitlin freezes the water, while taking a shower, and her hair starts turning white. She's becoming more like the character everyday.

We can see where this story is going. Caitlin will eventually look exactly like Killer Frost, and she'll spend a lot of time struggling with that because she doesn't want to be a villain. Regardless of the paint-by-numbers plot, assuming that's where they are going, this adds a nice layer to the show, and it finally gives Caitlin a bit more screentime, as she's fallen by the wayside because The Flash has so much going on.