
So far, Eddie has barely had any contact with Wells (though don’t forget how Reverse-Flash stared at Eddie in “The Man in the Yellow Suit”), but tonight’s episode opens up new possibilities for interactions between them. Wells called Eddie a “distant relative,” and considering Wells comes from the future, it’s not unreasonable to assume that Eddie is Wells’ ancestor. One especially important thing to wonder about is how Eddie Thawne will fit into all this. Concerning Barry’s time travel, next week’s previews shows him telling Wells what he did and knowing what we know now, the stranded Wells will likely attempt to use Barry’s notched-up speed as his ticket back home. Nevertheless, this episode had all the makings of a season finale, and with two more months worth of episodes, it’s hard to imagine how anything will top the bombshells dropped tonight. Labs when her back was turned.ĭespite this revelation, and in keeping with series tradition, there are still several questions left to be answered, such as how Wells ended up in the past in the first place and how he plans to take Barry’s speed to get back to his own time, centuries in the future. Unfortunately for him, Wells saw through her ruse and raced back to S.T.A.R. This week, Cisco decided to investigate what went wrong that night, specifically to see if Wells had anything to with it, and recruited Caitlin to distract their boss why he was snooping. Labs containment field wasn’t able to hold the Reverse-Flash despite everything working properly. “Out of Time” finally answered the question “Who is Harrison Wells?” The answer: Eobard Thawne, better known to comic book fans as Professor Zoom, one of Barry Allen’s greatest enemies from the comics.īack in “The Man in the Yellow Suit,” the S.T.A.R. The midseason finale turned quite a few heads when it revealed that he was the Reverse-Flash, but there were still plenty of questions that needed answering, and fortunately this week crossed one of those off the list. Ever since the ending of the pilot showed he is still able to walk and that he hails from the future, fans have been obsessively trying to figure out what his deal is. To borrow a few words from Oliver Queen, there has always been something off about The Flash’s Harrison Wells.
