The Top 10 Most Suspenseful Moments From ‘Arrow’ & ‘The Flash’

8. Zoom Wrecks Barry

Barry just can’t seem to ever actually be the fastest man in the world. In season 2, not only does Zoom prove in the midseason finale that he is faster and stronger than Barry, but that he can toss the hero around like a rag doll. From the second Zoom caught Barry’s lightning midair and threw it back at the scarlet speedster, it was obvious Barry was in trouble. Barry followed it up with a fancy trick of fighting Zoom in the air, ultimately taking speed out of the equation. This seems to work for a second as it looks like Barry is gaining the upper hand, but when they get back to the ground it’s a different story.

Earth-2 Harrison Wells attempts to shoot Zoom with a speed dampening serum, but unfortunately for Barry Zoom catches the dart in the air and stabs Barry with it instead. The serum is followed by a few minutes of Zoom parading Barry around town in defeat, after beating the hero to a pulp. The suspense in the scene comes from the fact that at first, even after Zoom catches Barry’s lightning, the fight seems fair. Barry even seems to have the upper hand at some points, but the direction vastly changes as Zoom lets loose full ferocity after Wells shoots a dart at him. Up until Enter Zoom, the season 2 big bad didn’t seem like the greatest threat in the world, simply throwing weak Earth-2 baddies at Barry week after week. After the mid-season finale, however, Zoom was seen as a force to be reckoned with.