The Flash returned from a month-long break tonight — and it dropped a pretty nerdy cameo in the process.
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Spoilers for tonight’s episode of The Flash, “Null and Annoyed”, below!
Tonight’s episode saw Team Flash trying to track down Janet Petty/Null (Bethany Brown), a thief with the metahuman ability to manipulate gravity. The first inkling they got of Null being in Central City came after the local museum was robbed, something that audiences got to see firsthand.
Null stole a very securely-guarded tiara from the museum, which was being transported by two bumbling security guards, played by Kevin Smith (who directed the episode) and Jason Mewes. While Smith and Mewes’ were never given official monikers, the two were very clearly a homage to the pair’s characters of Jay and Silent Bob.
“We shot a scene, Jason and I, where we play two security guards in The Flash,” Smith explained earlier this year. “And it’s not Jay and Silent Bob, but Jason speaks and I don’t. So there you go.”
Considering the amount of nerd love for Jay and Silent Bob, and the way that the cameo was executed within the episode, fans have been pretty excited about it online. Here’s a roundup of some of those reactions.
@BetterCallLara
Jay and Silent Bob making a cameo on #TheFlash ?? Love it! pic.twitter.com/58goc4LaFl
โ Lara Hall (@BetterCallLara) April 11, 2018
@issa_ebony_
JAY AND SILENT BOB WHAT IN THE UNEXPECTED BUT EXPECTED FEATURE IS THIS #TheFlash pic.twitter.com/Bu2gDj63ob
โ Ebony|| (@issa_ebony_) April 11, 2018
@AnxiousVexation
I just resorted back to being a 90s school girl and literally giggled when I saw Jay and Silent Bob in tonight’s Flash ? #TheFlash
โ Busy Wiggin (@AnxiousVexation) April 11, 2018
@thelancemann
When I saw Jay and Silent Bob, I actually thought they had gone to commercial. #TheFlash
โ lance brinks (@thelancemann) April 11, 2018
@Tyler_Reznik
Hey, it’s Jay and Silent Bob! And they got jobs as security guards. Bet there’s a movie-worthy story behind that. #TheFlash
โ Tyler Reznik (@Tyler_Reznik) April 11, 2018
@hal2814
if you have Jay n Silent Bob as your security what you think gonna happen? #DatFlash #theflash
โ Geek and Eats (@hal2814) April 11, 2018
@JMad17
I’m still distracted by the fact that Jay and Silent Bob… I mean, Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith… were guarding that priceless crown.#TheFlash #Snugens
โ Jason Madrid (@JMad17) April 11, 2018
@cyberaug
#TheFlash returns with a Jay and Silent Bob cameo! pic.twitter.com/EvAZymdvxx
โ cyberaug (@cyberaug) April 11, 2018
@RedRobin375
Jay and Silent Bob just appeared on The Flash as security guards.
โ Alex Gonzalez (@RedRobin375) April 11, 2018
Jay and Silent Bob just appeared on The Flash as security guards.
Jay and Silent Bob just appeared on The Flash as security guards.
I. Am. Not. Joking. #TheFlash #JayAndSilentBobAreInTheArrowverseNow
@Mattybas
Jay and Silent Bob cameo, AND the guy from dusk til dawn fighting vampires? This is the best flash episode in a while. Itโs so nerdy. #TheFlash
โ Love, Matt (@Mattybas) April 11, 2018