'The Flash': Easter Eggs and Other Things You Might Have Missed In "Mixed Signals"
Barry Allen is officially back in action tonight on The Flash and it's not just the Scarlet [...]
'Game of Thrones'
Even with Barry's exuberance at being back home there are things he has missed out on in his absence which is where the second big cultural Easter egg of the night comes in. After making a giant breakfast and apparently taking care of every single chore that he could possibly tackle before Iris wakes up, Barry relaxes on the couch to get caught up on some of his favorite television shows -- all six months' worth, all at once. Cisco made him a special, sped up tape of everything Barry missed while he was gone and it turns out that Barry is a Game of Thrones fan. We briefly see the show's direwolf logo as well as get to see Barry react to the Jon Snow situation.
"Jon Snow died," Barry says sadly before a moment later excitedly noting "oh! He's alive!"
'Silicon Valley'
The third big pop culture reference in tonight's episode, however, isn't quite as obvious as Risky Business and Game of Thrones. After narrowly saving Joe from Ramsey Deacon's attempt at killing his former business associate, Cisco and Barry discuss how Deacon reminds them of Richard on Silicon Valley, an HBO series that follows a group of young software programmers trying to strike gold in California's Silicon Valley. Richard, much like Deacon in the episode, is a software designer. Barry feels like the hacker bad guy Team Flash is dealing with reminds him more of another Silicon Valley character, Guilfoyle while Cisco thinks he's more like the character Erlich.
It's a subtle reference that many won't catch unless they also happen to watch Silicon Valley, but if you missed it, don't worry. Iris quickly puts the boys in their places and gets them back to working trying to figure out if Deacon really is their metahuman villain and, if so, who his next target is.
Before You Go
The Flash airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on The CW.