The Flash - Season 1
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Eobard said everything he could to make Eddie eat a gun.
Pushed him to it.
Considering how dangerous Eddie was, Thawne should have tricked his ancestor into winning the Lottery and buggering the hell off before he even came with in 10 miles or 5 years of Barry Allen.
Seriously, why was Eddie held underground for 4 days being brayed at by a crazy bugger?
Tactically it made no sense.
Pushed him to it.
Considering how dangerous Eddie was, Thawne should have tricked his ancestor into winning the Lottery and buggering the hell off before he even came with in 10 miles or 5 years of Barry Allen.
Seriously, why was Eddie held underground for 4 days being brayed at by a crazy bugger?
Tactically it made no sense.
From what year is Thawne anyway? The newspaper is from 2024 but that's only ten years away, Eobard would've been born already. And if he's fought future Barry he can't be from much further than say 2044 or Barry would be too old. Unless Barry travels forward to fight him.
^As Thawne stated in the finale, he was born in the year 2151. He grew up to become the Reverse Flash, and at some point he traveled back in time and battled the Flash in the early 2020s. Their final battle, according to the newspaper, was in 2024, and they both vanished. Presumably they went back to 2000, where Thawne killed Barry's mother.
^I thought that as well. But with the future newspaper revealing the Flash disappeared in 2024. How did the Reverse Flash get a hold of that as surely it would have been published after they vanished. Of course the simple solution would be that the Reverse Flash brought it from further into the future but the surely a later edition would reveal when/if the Flash returned. Of course he might have travelled back in time to see why The Flash disappeared thus setting into motions the events that The Flash would dissappear.
Just have to wait for S2 to see if they unravel some more of the mystery.
Just have to wait for S2 to see if they unravel some more of the mystery.
Thawne from further in the future than 2024. The disappearance of the Flash is history to him. I assume his computer or at least part of it, is also from his time period and contains historical information.
According to Gideon, she was built by Barry Allen himself, presumably before 2024; but she evidently survived sometime thereafter. Whether Thawne obtained her in his own time or went back to sometime after 2024 to obtain her is unclear.
Barry first turned up in an episode of Arrow (pre superpowers)
(More accurately, season 2, episodes 8 & 9 - The Scientist and Three Ghosts)
(More accurately, season 2, episodes 8 & 9 - The Scientist and Three Ghosts)
Right. That 2-parter was the backdoor pilot for The Flash, and it ended with Barry getting struck by lightning. That's why the series started with Barry waking from a 9-month coma rather than getting his powers immediately after the lightning strike as in most versions.
Which as I pointed out earlier in the thread is super-confusing to anyone who a) doesn't read comics b) was only watching arrow.
They introduce a love interest for Felicity and then randomly he is struck by lightening and goes into a coma - it's a bit odd.
A friend of mine was like "Eh? That's a bit random".
But that's the point isn't it? That event is supposed to make you check out the other show if you want to know what it is about. 
But that's the point isn't it? That event is supposed to make you check out the other show if you want to know what it is about.
Which makes absolute sense if you watch it on the TV or in america - if you watch it on an overseas (legal) streaming service like we do unless you read the genre media you wouldn't know there was an *other* series - this never occured to me because i'm genre fan.
Which as I pointed out earlier in the thread is super-confusing to anyone who a) doesn't read comics b) was only watching arrow.
They introduce a love interest for Felicity and then randomly he is struck by lightening and goes into a coma - it's a bit odd.
A friend of mine was like "Eh? That's a bit random".
Some of my family had that reaction too as they're hooked on Arrow.
Though I'd never read the comics, I was somewhat familiar with the character from news online and other genre series so it wasn't as random for me. (I'll probably try and track down the original Flash series at some point)
For me watching it in the UK, they didn't quite get season 3 of Arrow and season 1 of The Flash quite lined up. It wasn't quite as bad as other series where they're on different channels entirely, but there was a little bit of a disconnect at certain events.
Well, I am overseas and i watched it on itunes as it is the only legal way I found to watch it basically in real time.
Though I can see how that does not work for the casual watcher catching the show on TV.
For anyone getting confused by barry getting hit by lightning, there is the pay off in the following season with additional crossovers with enough exposition to further hint at the other side of the story.
Though I can see how that does not work for the casual watcher catching the show on TV.
For anyone getting confused by barry getting hit by lightning, there is the pay off in the following season with additional crossovers with enough exposition to further hint at the other side of the story.
Which as I pointed out earlier in the thread is super-confusing to anyone who a) doesn't read comics b) was only watching arrow.
They introduce a love interest for Felicity and then randomly he is struck by lightening and goes into a coma - it's a bit odd.
A friend of mine was like "Eh? That's a bit random".
i think at hat point they had NOT yet casted or plotted Iris.i was personally hoping we'd find out Felicity was her MIDDLE name,and it was revealed her first name was Iris.
Maybe she was created by Barry at some point after 2024, managed to survive into the 22nd century where Thawne got his hands on her and used her to combat Barry when he travelled back to the 2020's?
That would account for why Thawne has her, why he was in the 2020's at all and how she had records from after they both left that time period.
It's interesting watching it - what they had decided or not at that point - there is a bit where they mention Iris but get really vague about her relationship to Barry - maybe up in the air at that point.
It's not that uncommon for things to change from a pilot to a series proper. Take NCIS for example in the first episode of the series (not the backdoor pilot in JAG) it appears as if Fornell and Gibbs don't know each other. Yet in the series they have history and Fornell even married one of Gibbs's ex-wives.
Okay, coming in late here...
A very bad ep for us Barrlin shippers.
And it's one thing for a medical doctor not to know what a singularity is. But one that works in a blooming particle accelerator definitely should.
For a moment there, when Barry rushed to his mother in the past and his dad was knocked out, I thought it would turn out that he'd been killed instead of her. Of course, that would write Shipp out, which they have no reason to do, but I thought it was a neat idea while it lasted.
And the reason for Eobard-Future Barry's animosity "doesn't matter" at present? Wha?!
And did no one ask or explain why letting Eobard out was at all a good idea, let alone necessary?! (I see this has been discussed already.)
Indeed. Offhand, I can't think of any other plot in the Arrowverse - from Merlyn's undertaking to Slade's and Rha's assaults to Eobard's intentional explosion - that has yet had the potential to do apocalyptic damage. And it could have been avoided by having Eobard escape his cell and then activate the accelerator by himself, leading Barry, who would have previously decided not to take the risk, to follow him in and fight him.
A very bad ep for us Barrlin shippers.
And it's one thing for a medical doctor not to know what a singularity is. But one that works in a blooming particle accelerator definitely should.For a moment there, when Barry rushed to his mother in the past and his dad was knocked out, I thought it would turn out that he'd been killed instead of her. Of course, that would write Shipp out, which they have no reason to do, but I thought it was a neat idea while it lasted.
And the reason for Eobard-Future Barry's animosity "doesn't matter" at present? Wha?!
And did no one ask or explain why letting Eobard out was at all a good idea, let alone necessary?! (I see this has been discussed already.)
