Running to Stand Still

"Running to Stand Still" is the second Christmas-themed episode of The CW series The Flash, produced and aired as the ninth episode of its second season.

Synopsis[]

Mardon breaks James Jesse and Snart out of Iron Heights in an effort to team up to kill the Flash. Snart declines and alerts Barry. Jesse and Mardon place bombs hidden in Christmas gifts throughout the city, threatening to set them off in family homes if Barry does not sacrifice himself. Wells, Cisco, and Jay find one of the bombs and alter its magnetic polarity; they send it into one of the dimensional breaches, which causes it to attract the remaining bombs, removing them from the city. With them gone, Barry subdues Mardon and Jesse, dissuading Patty from killing Mardon. Meanwhile, Iris and Barry tell Joe about the latter's son named Wally, who later shows up at Joe's. Caitlin and Jay start a romantic relationship. Elsewhere, Zoom is revealed to be sending metahumans in order to help Barry get faster so that Zoom can take the latter's speed force, which Harry reluctantly agrees to help Zoom with because of his daughter, Jesse.

Songs[]

Uncredited

"Jingle Bell Rock" - Mandy Barnett
"Christmas Dan" - The Rosebuds
"The Christmas Song" - Rosemary Clooney
"We Wish You a Merry Christmas"

Availability[]

The episode was made available on The Flash: The Complete Second Season DVD and Blu-ray sets, released by Warner Home Video on September 6, 2016.

Cast[]

Actor/actress	Character
Grant Gustin	Barry Allen/The Flash
Candice Patton	Iris West
Danielle Panabaker	Caitlin Snow
Carlos Valdes	Cisco Ramon
Keiynan Lonsdale	Wally West
Tom Cavanagh	Dr. Harry Wells
Jesse L. Martin	Joe West
Mark Hamill	James Jesse/The Trickster
Wentworth Miller	Leonard Snart
Teddy Sears	Jay Garrick
Shantel VanSanten	Patty Spivot
Patrick Sabongui	David Singh
Violett Beane	Jesse Quick
Liam McIntyre	Mark Mardon/Weather Wizard
Cody Davis	Brat
Conor Roche Julien Durant	Guards
Kegan Firth	Cute kid

External links[]

"Running to Stand Still" at the Internet Movie Database

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Warner Bros.

Movies
Warner Bros. Pictures	Christmas in Connecticut • Gremlins • Lethal Weapon • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation • Batman Returns • Jack Frost • The Polar Express • Kiss Kiss Bang Bang • Fred Claus
New Line Cinema	The Long Kiss Goodnight • Elf • The Nativity Story • Four Christmases • A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas • The Conjuring 2 • Collateral Beauty • Shazam! • 8-Bit Christmas
Blue Ribbon Content	A Christmas Story 2 • A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish
Warner Bros. Television	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure • The Year Without a Santa Claus • Christmas on the Square

Live-action television episodes
**Friends and Joey**		"The One With the Monkey" • "The One With Phoebe's Dad" • "The One Where Rachel Quits" • "The One With the Girl from Poughkeepsie" • "The One With the Inappropriate Sister" • "The One With the Routine" • "The One With All the Candy" • "The One With the Holiday Armadillo" • "The One With Monica's Boots" • "The One with Ross's Step Forward" • "The One With the Creepy Holiday Card" • "The One With Christmas in Tulsa" • "Joey and the Plot Twist" • "Joey and the Christmas Party"
Chuck Lorre Productions	*Two and a Half Men*	"Santa's Village of the Damned" • "Walnuts and Demerol" • "Warning, It's Dirty" • "One False Move, Zimbabwe!" • "Give Santa a Tail-Hole" • "On Vodka, On Soda, On Blender, On Mixer" • "Family, Bublé, Deep-Fried Turkey"
	*The Big Bang Theory*	"The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis" • "The Maternal Congruence" • "The Santa Simulation" • "The Cooper Extraction" • "The Clean Room Infiltration" • "The Holiday Summation"
DC Comics		"Season's Greedings" • "Home is Where the Hurt Is" • "Twas the Night Before Mxymas" • "Lexmas" • "Gemini" • "Year's End" • "Three Ghosts"
Other shows		"A Semi-Merry Christmas" • "Mel, the Magi" • "Mel's Christmas Carol" • "'Tis the Season to Be Jealous" • "A Christmas Story" (Growing Pains) • "The Kid" • "It's Not Easy Being Green" • "A Christmas Story" (Just the Ten of Us) • "Santa Goes Downtown" • "Let It Snow" • "The Night Court Before Christmas" • "Santa on the Lam" • "Have Yourself a Merry Winslow Christmas" • "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Urkel" • "Christmas is Where the Heart is" • "Miracle on Elm Street" • "Fa La La La Laagghh!" • "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" • "Deck the Malls" • "The Christmas Show" • "The Man Who Canceled Christmas" • "Christmas Day-Ja Vu" • "A Country Christmas" • "The Gift" • "A Miracle Happens Here" • "Homeless for the Holidays" • "Do You See What I See" • "The Miracle Worker" • "How the Finch Stole Christmas" • "The Greatest of Gifts" • "I'll Be Home For Christmas" • "Hindsight" • "Twas the Night" • "All About Christmas Eve" • "City of Mercy" • "Meet the Cuban Parents" • "Christmas Punch" • "A Clear and Presentless Danger" • "George is Being Elfish and Christ-Misses His Family" • "Santa's Secret Stuff" • "A Very Supernatural Christmas" • "Christmas" (The Middle) • "A Simple Christmas" • "A Christmas Gift" • "Christmas Help" • "The Christmas Tree" • "The Christmas Wall" • "Not So Silent Night" • "A Very Marry Christmas" • "The Christmas Miracle" • "It's Beginning to Stink a Lot Like Christmas" • "Jolly Red Elf" • "The World Ain't Over 'Till It's Over" • "Home for Christmas" • "Jingle Bell Glock" • "The Walk-Out" • "Yule Never Know" • "Merry Ex-Mas" • "A Very Carrie Christmas" • "Veronica's Christmas Song" • "Veronica's Secret Santa" • "An Echolls Family Christmas" • "One Angry Veronica" • "Hell Hath No Furies"

Animated productions
Looney Tunes and related shows	The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives • Bedtime for Sniffles • Gift Wrapped • Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales • "It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special" • "'Twas the Day Before Christmas" • "Jingle Boo" • "The Great Wakkorotti: The Holiday Concert" • "A Christmas Plotz" • "Little Drummer Warners" • "No Time for Christmas" • "A Pinky and the Brain Christmas" • "It Happened One Night Before Christmas" • "In Arms Way" • "The Twelve Days of Christmas" • Christmas Eve with Yakko, Wakko & Dot • "Noel" • "The Christmas Tree" • "The Banks of the Delaware River" • "Feather Christmas" • "Yule Be Sorry" • "Christmas in July" • Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas • "A Christmas Carol" • "Tis the Seasoning" • "Winter Blunderland" • "The Legend of Burrito Monday" • Bugs Bunny's 24-Carrot Holiday Special • "Looneyburg Lights" • "How the Brain Thieved Christmas" • "Santamaniacs"
DC Comics	"Christmas With the Joker" • "Holiday Knights" • "Frozen Out" • "Comfort and Joy" • "Storybook Holiday" • "Invasion of the Secret Santas!" • "Second Christmas" • "The True Meaning of Christmas" • "Halloween v Christmas" • "Teen Titans Save Christmas" • "Party Animal" • "Beast Boy on a Shelf" • "Christmas Crusaders" • "Dye Hard" • "A Holiday Story" • "The Great Christmas Caper"
Hanna-Barbera co-productions	"A Dickens of a Christmas" • A Scooby-Doo! Christmas • "Ho Ho Horrors" • Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale • Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays • Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers • "The Plight Before Christmas" • "Scary Christmas" • "Scroogey Doo" • "It's a Wacky Life" • "Dashing Thru the Snow" • "Signed, Sealed and Wacky" • "The Spirit of Frostnos" • Tom and Jerry: Snowman's Land
Other cartoons	"Yuletide and Redtide" • A Cool Like That Christmas • "Santa Mask" • The Polar Express • "The Match Before Xmas" • A Miser Brothers' Christmas • "Da Grinchy Code / Duck" • "FROST / Undercover Claus" • "Fantastic Four Christmases / Red and White Collar" • Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas • "Christmas in Oz" • "Top of the Naughty List" • "Mandora Saves Christmas" • Beebo Saves Christmas

Albums
Have Yourself a Looney Tunes Christmas • A Hip-Hopera Christmas • Merry Christmas: Animaniacs & Looney Tunes • The Looney Tunes Kwazy Christmas • A Looney Tunes Sing-A-Long Christmas

Christmas Specials Based on Comic Books
DC Comics	"The Duo is Slumming" • "Cool, Cruel Christmas Caper" • Batman Returns • "Christmas With the Joker" • "Season's Greedings" • "Home is Where the Hurt is" • "Twas the Night Before Mxymas" • "Holiday Knights" • "Frozen Out" • "Comfort and Joy" • "Lexmas" • "Gemini" • "Storybook Holiday" • "Invasion of the Secret Santas!" • "Second Christmas" • "The True Meaning of Christmas" • "Halloween v Christmas" • "Teen Titans Save Christmas" • "It's a Superful Life" • "Fortress of Solidarity" • "Super Gift Swap" • Shazam! • "Beast Boy on a Shelf" • "Christmas Crusaders" • "Dye Hard" • "A Holiday Story" • "The Great Christmas Caper"
Marvel	"Have Yourself a Morlock Little X-Mas" • "Reinforcement" • Iron Man 3 • "Nightmare on Christmas" • "It's a Wonderful Smash" • Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight! • "Jingle Bell Rock" • "The Moon Knight Before Christmas" • "The Present" • "A Very Spidey Christmas" • Spider-Man: No Way Home • "Halted Holiday" / "Merry Spidey Christmas" • The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special • "A Snow Day for Aunt May"
Archie	"A Girl and Her Cat" • "Sabrina Claus" • "Christmas Amnesia" • "Sabrina, Nipping at Your Nose" • "The Christmas Phantom" • "Witchmas Carole" • "Sabrina's Perfect Christmas" • "It's a Hot, Hot, Hot, Hot Christmas" • "Chapter Twenty-Two: Silent Night, Deadly Night"
Other companies	The Smurfs' Christmas Special • "Baby's First Christmas" • 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy • We Wish You a Turtle Christmas • "Santa Mask" • "The Tick Loves Santa!" • "The Black Christmas Syndrome" • Richie Rich's Christmas Wish • "The Christmas Aliens" • Gotta Catch Santa Claus • The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol • "The Christmas Star" • O Holy Knight! • "Christmas with Grubbs"