Barry Allen was just 11 years old when his mother was killed in a bizarre and terrifying incident and his father was falsely convicted of the murder. With his life changed forever by the tragedy, Barry was taken in and raised by Detective Joe West, the father of Barry’s best friend, Iris. Now, Barry has become a brilliant, driven and endearingly geeky CSI investigator, whose determination to uncover the truth about his mother’s strange death leads him to follow up on every unexplained urban legend and scientific advancement that comes along.
Barry’s latest obsession is a cutting edge particle accelerator, created by visionary physicist Harrison Wells and his STAR Labs team, who claim that this invention will bring about unimaginable advancements in power and medicine. However, something goes horribly wrong during the public unveiling, and when the devastating explosion causes a freak storm, many lives are lost and Barry is struck by lightning. After nine months in a coma, Barry awakens to find his life has changed once again – the accident has given him the power of super speed, granting him the ability to move through Central City like an unseen guardian angel.
Barry has always had the heart of a hero and now he has the legs to match, but he quickly learns that being a superhero is not as easy as it seems -- and he can’t do it alone. While Barry struggles to understand his new abilities, the people around him also have to adjust to a new reality. Joe West, Barry’s surrogate father, is coming to grips with the fact that the world of the extraordinary actually does exist. Joe thought he understood what it meant to chase criminals, but now he’s facing opponents who can do more than just rob a bank, they can control the weather. Though he knows this remarkable turn of events is Barry’s destiny, every time Barry faces danger, Joe is terrified for his surrogate son. While Joe worries about Barry, Barry worries about Joe’s daughter Iris, and how his new life as The Flash will change their relationship. Iris and Barry grew up together, and she has always believed in Barry’s conviction that unknown forces were at work the night his mother was killed. Barry has kept his romantic feelings for Iris hidden, and now feels he must protect her by keeping his new identity a secret as well. And Iris has a secret of her own -- she has been dating her father’s partner, Detective Eddie Thawne, who is such a good guy, even Barry finds it hard to hate him. Still, there is tension between Barry and Thawne, who is jealous of Iris’ newfound fascination with The Flash and is determined to unmask him. Barry realizes that keeping the secret of his new identity separates him from Iris, even as her growing obsession with uncovering the truth brings her ever closer to The Flash.
Barry has found another kind of surrogate family in the team at Harrison Wells’ S.T.A.R. Labs. Wells himself is quickly becoming a second father figure to Barry, who learned about morality and justice from Joe, and is now learning about science and technology from Wells. Wells’ ultimate agenda remains somewhat mysterious, but Barry is excited by the grander worldview that has been opened for him, and the friendship he’s building with S.T.A.R. lab team members Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon. For Caitlin, who lost her fiancé in the catastrophic explosion, working with Barry is providing a much- needed sense of purpose and a way to deal with her grief. Caitlin’s excitement at seeing Barry learn to use his new power is balanced by her growing concern for his safety – she and Cisco have both learned that accidents have devastating consequences. Cisco was a close friend of Caitlin’s fiancé and secretly blames himself for the tragedy. A mechanical genius who comes up with amazing gadgets that help Barry control his speed, Cisco is happy to suddenly have a new project –- and a new friend –- in Barry.
While he struggles to combine these two very different groups of people into a crime-fighting unit, Barry is still excited every day by his newfound powers. He is also shocked to discover he is not the only “meta-human” created in the wake of the accelerator explosion – and not everyone is using the new powers for good. In the months since the accident, the city has seen a sharp increase in missing people, unexplained deaths and other strange phenomena. Barry now has a renewed purpose – using his gift of speed to protect the innocent, while never giving up on his quest to solve his mother’s murder and clear his father’s name. For now, only a few close friends and associates know that Barry is literally the fastest man alive, but it won’t be long before the world learns what Barry Allen has become…The Flash.
The series stars Grant Gustin (“Glee,” “Arrow”) as Barry Allen/The Flash, Candice Patton (“The Game”) as Iris West, Rick Cosnett (“The Vampire Diaries”) as Eddie Thawne, Danielle Panabaker (“Necessary Roughness,” “Justified”) as Caitlin Snow, Carlos Valdes (“Once” on Broadway ) as Cisco Ramon, with Tom Cavanagh (“Ed,” “Eli Stone”) as Harrison Wells and Jesse L. Martin (“Law & Order”) as Detective West. THE FLASH is produced by Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg Berlanti (“Arrow,” “The Tomorrow People,” “Green Lantern”), Andrew Kreisberg (“Arrow,” “Eli Stone”), David Nutter (“Arrow,” “Game of Thrones”) and Sarah Schechter. The pilot was directed by David Nutter. This series is based upon characters published by DC Entertainment.
1.23 Fast Enough
EPIC SEASON FINALE; VICTOR GARBER AND ROBBIE AMELL GUEST STAR — Wells (Tom Cavanagh) presents Barry (Grant Gustin) with a life-changing choice. Dr. Martin Stein (guest star Victor Garber) and Ronnie Raymond (guest star Robbie Amell) return to help the S.T.A.R. Labs team with this final fight. Dermott Downs directed the episode with story by Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg and teleplay by Gabrielle Stanton & Andrew Kreisberg (#123). Original airdate 5/19/2015
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Question: Do you have any scoop on any DC heroes or villains coming to Arrow or The Flash? —Michael
Ausiello: I’ve got some explosive scoop on this one (you’ll see what I did there in a minute): Sgt. Bette Sans Souci – AKA Plastique – will make her way to The Flash this season.
The series’ incarnation of the metahuman is a fetching young redhead who was a bomb specialist with the Army before she was injured by an IED in Iraq.
Since being exposed to the Central City explosion, she can turn any object into a bomb with just a touch of her hand – not a bad comrade for The Flash to have on his team, eh? (Source)
What can you tell me about Stephen Amell’s cameo in the pilot for The Flash? —Kat
I can tell you that it’s a nice enough, if obvious, moment, where Barry seeks out the nudge he needs to be the hero he now can be.
Now, if I can interest you in some Episode 2 scoop, I am hearing that the second metahuman The Flash will face off against might make us all feel a bit… well, Mist-y. (Source)
Any info on the crossover episodes of Flash and Arrow? — Leona
I hear the shows' overall narrative arcs will be somewhat related this season, enough so that the crossover will make sense.
"Something will happen at the end of Episode 7 of Arrow that will send the Arrow team to Central City and they will discover it was a wider plot, which will drive them all back to Starling City," executive producer Andrew Kreisberg tells me. (Source)
Do you know if The Flash is looking to introduce any more of the Rogues from the comics? – Andy B.
In addition to the likes of Captains Cold and Boomerang, at midseason we will also meet Hartley, a onetime mentee of Dr. Wells’ who lost his hearing in an accident and now is out to wreak havoc with an invention of his own.
(Of course, you may know Hartley — who happens to be gay — as the Pied Piper.) (Source)
Well, if you mean an alternate TL, then yeah I could see it. But in the current one I don't see EI getting engaged right after getting back together. I think they'd still be on shaky ground even if they love each other, I don't think they're that dumb. Too much would be going on for an engagement. Maybe they'll talk about it or it'll be brought up again next season but I'd be very surprised to see them actually get engaged in this timeline in the finale.
Eddie asking in the first place was ridiculous given the timing, but that's how season finals go. I doubt E/I get back together for them not to get engaged. Storytelling wise it doesn't make sense as that's not upping the game. And they need to have some sort of pay off for the engagement plot.
However, I can see Joe giving Eddie his blessing and Eddie finally getting his chance to propose, only Iris refuses because having gone through the catastrophe of nearly getting Barry erased from her life made her finally realize Barry's her man.
Bree347
05-14-2015 06:43 PM
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Eddie asking in the first place was ridiculous given the timing, but that's how season finals go. I doubt E/I get back together for them not to get engaged. Storytelling wise it doesn't make sense as that's not upping the game. And they need to have some sort of pay off for the engagement plot.
However, I can see Joe giving Eddie his blessing and Eddie finally getting his chance to propose, only Iris refuses because having gone through the catastrophe of nearly getting Barry erased from her life made her realize how much she loves him.
If they get engaged both of them are really stupid lol. I think the almost proposal happening when it did was for maximum drama for the Iris West-Allen revelation. IMO the big relationship drama in the finale will be about Iris' feelings for Barry and if she'll admit them even if she wants to get back together with Eddie.
But I could see your second scenario since Eddie is supposed to fight to change his future or whatever. I don't rule out the proposal being brought up again, just them actually getting engaged.
ParsD
05-14-2015 07:28 PM
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If they get engaged both of them are really stupid lol. I think the almost proposal happening when it did was for maximum drama for the Iris West-Allen revelation. IMO the big relationship drama in the finale will be about Iris' feelings for Barry and if she'll admit them even if she wants to get back together with Eddie.
But I could see your second scenario since Eddie is supposed to fight to change his future or whatever. I don't rule out the proposal being brought up again, just them actually getting engaged.
But I don't think Eddie would stay with Iris if she refused his engagement. I mean, what's the point when their views and commitment diverges so much? That would make less sense than her accepting imo.
The other option is leaving it as a cliffhanger. Say if Eddie asks Iris to walk the walk and choose him over Barry by moving to a new city with him or something. That way Iris would be forced to ask for time to think, even if she's massively loyal to him and would choose to marry him in heartbeat.
Bree347
05-14-2015 07:52 PM
They would very likely break up if she said no to his proposal, not disputing that. But also if Eddie is supposed to hold on tighter & be determined to change things then maybe he'd be okay with staying with her and plan to propose again down the track. That is if she still wants to be with him but is just unsure about getting engaged right now.
It's just, the idea of her saying yes makes no sense to me. She was going to say yes in 1x20. And now, after everything, she's still going to say yes? After she's acknowledged she does feel something for Barry, and Eddie's called her out on it? I don't see how the same conclusion can be reached in this timeline. It just makes no sense to me, something's gotta give. And also I think her saying yes to him would kind of be choosing Eddie over Barry (because she's acknowledged her feelings for Barry) in too big of a way. I don't think they'd do that because WA is obviously the main ship :shrug:
Leelala
05-14-2015 08:12 PM
thanks for the new thread :)
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Wait how do we know the byline is changing at the end? I thought Grant meant WA's future is gonna be different in the chaos timeline like in Flashpoint (or when Barry flicks out of existence), but I seriously doubt they're gonna piss off their biggest fanbase and have I/E together (possibly engaged) and have Iris' name change to like West-Thawne permanently by the end.
And it doesn't even make sense, as without Iris, Barry wouldn't be. He'd get lost in the speedforce and that's it.
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@Bree, Spoiler!Grant is back.
He says: "The course of things will be changed in the finale, anyway" when she asks him about the West-Allen name.
From this quote a couple pages back… So I guess its a bit of filling in the blanks. ??
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I think the only way Eddie and Iris stay broken up is if alternate timelines come into play tbh. Otherwise I think they get back together, Joe probably tells Eddie not to throw the relationship away (the surprising scene Rick/Jesse mentioned) and Eddie changes his mind. The WA cliffhanger I could see being Iris admitting her feelings when everything gets catastrophic or maybe Grant just meant it's not resolved because Iris stays with Eddie and isn't open about her true feelings :shrug:
:bawl: this is killing me :thud:
Roswell Dream Girl
05-14-2015 08:28 PM
Thanks for the new one!
ParsD
05-14-2015 08:38 PM
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From this quote a couple pages back… So I guess its a bit of filling in the blanks. ??
Grant's immediate response was ehhh, the byline isn't reliable, so I don't think he was saying we're gonna see that change specifically, but that the future can be changed/things diverge at the end of the final. But we'll see I guess.
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They would very likely break up if she said no to his proposal, not disputing that. But also if Eddie is supposed to hold on tighter & be determined to change things then maybe he'd be okay with staying with her and plan to propose again down the track. That is if she still wants to be with him but is just unsure about getting engaged right now.
It's just, the idea of her saying yes makes no sense to me. She was going to say yes in 1x20. And now, after everything, she's still going to say yes? After she's acknowledged she does feel something for Barry, and Eddie's called her out on it? I don't see how the same conclusion can be reached in this timeline. It just makes no sense to me, something's gotta give. And also I think her saying yes to him would kind of be choosing Eddie over Barry (because she's acknowledged her feelings for Barry) in too big of a way. I don't think they'd do that because WA is obviously the main ship :shrug:
I agree with you, it'd be a huge mess if she said yes. That's why I'm leaning towards her either saying no or a cliffhanger.
But I guess Eddie could give Iris the ring, and tell him to give him an answer whenever she's ready. Unless he turns evil in the next scene though, that's some seriously anti-climatic stuff.
Chiqa
05-14-2015 08:47 PM
I don't know if the byline changes but my assumption from what Grant said is that it wouldn't matter anyway because things will change in the finale.
Anyway, I'm good with Eddie and Iris continuing as long as they don't continue this I love Mr. A deep down from the bottom my heart and I love Mr. B so much from the middle of my heart. It's confusing and pointless to the audience. No one tuned in for "Brother Husbands" or whatever this is supposed to be. If Eddie isn't turning evil, we don't give a crap.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with Iris choosing to stay with a man she loves. Apparently, she is happy in the home she's built with him as we saw her looking at their return stickers and she loves him enough to want to marry him as we saw last episode. This is good. Stick with this. And let them continue their relationship in peace instead of this fight/makeup/fight/makeup that no one gives a crap about.
All I want is that if the timeline gets shifted (or even if it doesn't), Barry gets a new love interest. Please, just show Patty Spivot or some other known love interest in one of the last scenes of the finale.
This is my song for Barry.
Move on with your life. Find a new love, Bro. Maybe in Season 3, you and Iris will be ready to be together. But till then, you can still find female companionship elsewhere.
scarletspuffyfan
05-14-2015 08:54 PM
i'm disappointed. i really wanted them to do Iris/Barry the way they're supposed to be in the comics- as this solid, super together supportive couple. they could totally be entertaining that way, it doesn't have to be boring just because they're together.
ParsD
05-14-2015 08:54 PM
lol, but that's not happening. Grant pretty much said Barry will continue to be tortured by Iris, now that he knows she loves him back. And that they're potentially getting together in s2.
scorpio_chick
05-14-2015 09:06 PM
Doubt Barry is getting another love interest but if he does, folks would just be complaining about how he's still pining for Iris because we all know that's inevitable. :lol:
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i'm disappointed. i really wanted them to do Iris/Barry the way they're supposed to be in the comics- as this solid, super together supportive couple. they could totally be entertaining that way, it doesn't have to be boring just because they're together.
Barry and Iris are still very young, nowhere near where they are in the comics. When and how they come together romantically is a part of their origin story. I'm sure we'll see them more like they are in the comics at some point.