[s1e5] Fail-safe 【ULTIMATE ⇒】

The episode title is a reference to the 1964 film Fail-Safe , which dealt with a potential nuclear confrontation between the US and the USSR. Critical Reception

Valentina Vostok attempts to force Stein to help her create a Soviet version of Firestorm. She eventually merges with Stein against his will, creating a "Soviet Firestorm," but Jax is able to reach out to Stein to help him regain control and break the fusion. [S1E5] Fail-Safe

As the team escapes in the Waverider, they are attacked in the temporal zone by the bounty hunter Chronos. The ship is knocked out of time and crashes into Star City in the year 2046 , where they encounter a new, younger Green Arrow (Connor Hawke). Key Trivia The episode title is a reference to the

The episode features a meta-reference when Leonard Snart (played by Wentworth Miller) says, "This isn't my first prison break," nodding to Miller's starring role in the series Prison Break . As the team escapes in the Waverider, they