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The Flash - Season Finale Post Mortem - Bosses on Heartbreaking Death & More

May 20, 2015

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When did you know Eddie would make this sacrifice?

When we decided to name him Thawne, we hoped the audience would suspect Eddie was the Reverse-Flash because of his last name. We always knew Eddie would be his ancestor, but we weren't quite sure how we would end the season. The way things were moving forward, it felt like it was the best thing to do for his character. Like with Colin Donnell [whose character Tommy died in Arrow's season one finale], it was literally the worst thing we could do to ourselves as writers, producers and friends, because we all love Rick so much both personally and professionally, and we think he's crushed it as Eddie all season. We've all become very close. It's one of those terrible things. The story sort of tells you what it wants to be and as much as it broke our hearts, we knew this was the way the season needed to end.

What does this mean for Tom Cavanagh's future on the show?

Tom Cavanagh will be back. That is not in question. Tom Cavanagh will continue to be a regular.

You've said season two will introduce more Speedsters. Is that going to be a major theme akin to the Rogues in this season?

Yeah. We are going to introduce a few more speedsters next year and a bunch more villains. How they and those villains come about is part of the surprise of season two. We're really excited. [Executive producer] Greg [Berlanti] and myself and [executive producer] Geoff Johns and the writers, the cast, the crew, the directors — we are so proud of this season of television. It really is a high mark for all of us and we feel a great deal of pressure and anxiety to live up to it, because it's been so well received. As proud as excited as we are about everything we've done this year, we really are just as proud and excited for all the things we are planning coming up and hopefully people will continue to take this ride with us.


We got a brief glimpse of Matt Letscher before Reverse Flash fizzled out. Will he be a part of the show moving forward?
Yeah. We hope so. Greg [Berlanti] and I both worked with Matt on Eli Stone. We’re friends. We’re such huge fans. The idea of Eobard Thawne having essentially stolen Harrison Wells’ body was an idea that we came up with midstream. That wasn’t always part of the conception. What’s wonderful about it is now it allows us to have two tremendously talented actors both playing the same villain. When the Reverse Flash returns, the face that’s underneath the hood can be one of two faces now.

Let’s talk about Barry running into the singularity in the final moments of the finale. Are you planning to pickup right where season 1 left off?
We’re mapping out the season. The circumstances in which we come back will hopefully be surprising and entertaining. There are a bunch of questions that were left unresolved at the end of the season and they’ll be resolved in the premiere. But how that happens won’t quite be the way people expect. Hopefully the unexpected is what people have come to expect from us.

The entire city is being sucked up into this singularity.
I hate when that happens!

Should we be worried about time getting altered in the process of Barry fixing things?
When you open a singularity above a city, you should be worried about anything and everything that happens. Part of the fun of The Flash is when you have people dabbling in sci-fi physics, they’re significantly altering the world. We established in the finale that the entire series of The Flash is, in itself, an alternate timeline that’s been skewed from the real one. Wells setting off the accelerator created all the metahumans, and the results of the singularity will also have long-term effects.

39 comments:

  1. Yes to more Tom Cavanagh, he is excellent on the show!! I can't wait for Season 2 now :)

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  2. Aw man, I have been dreading this happening for the last couple weeks and I am still super upset to see Eddie go. He was just such a good character. At least he died a hero, but he will be missed.


    Hell, this is like Tommy all over again, why do they have to keep killing my favorites?

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  3. "When did you know that Eddie would make the sacrifice"


    Easy answer: when they decided they needed a Tommy character ;)
    They played that "younger relateive of a villain is actually pure of heart" already

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  4. So now the real Harrison Wells never died because Eobard Thawne was never born and Tom C. can can back as the nice original Wells ?

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  5. That sucks I love Eddie, really hope they find a way to bring him back!

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  6. Well hope they're up to the change of sorting out this timeline mess. Because damn that is messy. Also please let those Speedsters be Wally and Jay.

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  7. Hahaha The entire city is bein sucked up into this singularity.
    "I hate when that happens."
    Me: Yeah we all do.

    Okkk i'm pretty sure one of those speedsters will be Jay!!!! Pleaseee give me Bart along with him. I'll even take a reference!

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  8. RIP Tomm... I mean Eddie. You know when his body got sucked into the wormhole I thought maybe he'll go to the future where they'll use an advanced technological method to revive him.

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  9. The gotta keep a speedster aside for the DCMU, so I'm thinking Wally might be a no go...

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  10. I think Barry will be the DCCU Flash, and they've talked about introducing Wally in two, so for now DC has no problem.

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  11. I'd rather Wally but Bart is cool.

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  12. That is super weird for them...

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  13. Well i'll be.. wouldn't surprise me

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  14. RIP Eddie Thawne you heroic bastard. You did what even the Flash could not, beat Eobard Thawne.

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  15. I like them all except Bart! I mean if they do him as Impulse like in Smallville he is horrible. But If he will be the sidekick Kid Flash for Barry then I'm OK with him.

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  16. Wally is Barry's Kid Flash traditionally.

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  17. i think he'll return as harrison wells, the real one. i don't see muchsense in him returning as RF, at least not this season.

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  18. Yep, that's what I thought too, now that Eobard isn't able to kill him.. Either way its great too have more of him :)

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  19. He really hated his grandson to kill himself just to take him down we seen the grandfather pardox bye bye eobard lol

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  20. YAY. Love Tom Cavanagh, hopefully, hel might be good ol wells, and not reverse flash wells.. but anyhow, yay to more of him!

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  21. Hey i loved Bart! why didn't you?

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  22. RIP Eddie. I hate it they turned you exactly like Tommy. I would have rather liked you being a villain. I will miss you pretty Ricky.


    They just stepped around how Eobard's death will affect the timeline question. I really want to know if the time line is not changed and Barry remains Flash how does that happen? Or does that mean everything that happened till now exists until Eddie was alive and then boom.

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  23. At least Ronnie survived the finale,i was so scared he was gonna bite the dust.Even though he died a hero which i liked(Who can dislike anything about that amazing finale anyway?),i never cared much for this guy.R.I.P Eddie.

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  24. http://tsukibooks.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-flash-time-travel-and-what-it-all.html



    This is my explanation on how this all works. It's not confirmed by anyone on the show but it is how I saw last night and the reality/timeline splits.

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  25. I am happy that Ronnie survived. Throughout the episode, I was expecting him to die at any moment. The show surprised me in this regard.

    So Eddie is this show's Tommy? Next season, Iris will be all mad at Flash and blame him for Eddie's death- that is if TPTB haven't learned their lesson from Laurel's arc on Arrow.

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  26. If anything,This untimely death will strengthen the bond of friendship between them,i think.

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  27. Quick Question, If a show's season finale end up with the hero goes into a tornado, and the show comes from the WB (AKA the CW) does that guarantees it a full 10 seasons? (i.e. Smallville)...

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  28. Okay, I've been reading various comments and theories from a few different sites to try and make sense of it.


    Time as the good Doctor said is not a strict progression of cause and effect and I believe we're dealing with quite a few different timelines.


    1. The original unaltered timeline in which Barry's mom lived, Barry never formed a bond with Joe and Iris was probably just a girl at school. The real Dr. Wells and Tessa create the particle accelerator which explodes and makes Barry the Flash in the year 2019. This is the "white emblem' Flash and Eobards original foe.



    2. The timeline from episodes 1-15 branch point being Eobard killing Nora, everything up to that point still happend (Barry being conceived etc). After the Flash disappears from this timeline, things go bad. Cisco is dead, Iris & Joe are probably dead in the tsunami etc...


    3. The timeline from episodes 15-23, branch point being Barry taking out Weather Wizard before he creates the tsunami.


    4. A possibly unseen timeline were Barry from timeline 3 saves Nora. Thus causing some other unseen catastrophe (Flashpoint paradox?) and forcing White emblem Flash to go back again merge with is first version (like Barry from 3 merged into the one from 2 when he went back) and branch time yet again by warding him off.



    5. The timeline from now on, branch point being Eddies death, thus erasing Eobard from existance. Everything up to that point still happend, But the future is a new one, a new branch.



    BUT in order for this timeline to remain stable and not erase itself, or be stuck in a Grandfather paradox.....and now I'm speculating based on the comic book story (Flash is good that way in that it sticks to the comics, perk of the comics author Geoff Johns being an EP & writer I guess) Flash needs to have been created without an action from Eobard, as he no longer exists. Thus it will eventually be revealed that the lightning bolt that strikes Barry and grants him his powers is actually NOT due to the particle accelerator explotion like everyone has been thinking but it is in fact the "white emblem" Flash coming out from the Speed Force and charging him. Merging with himself for the new timeline.



    This also subtly affects Arrow without wiping anything that had already happend or forcing Arrow-only folk to watch Flash. The change is subtle, unpercivable and they don't have to acknowledge it in any way on Arrow but as we're in a new branch of the world now there is no way to know if the actions that are happening in season 4 were meant to happen before the branch or if they're only happening on this new branch. It's quite abstract and perhaps hard to grasp for some. But maybe Oliver was supposed to be permantly retired, living his happily ever after and never putting on the mask again. But in this new branch his destiny changes, something is different forcing him to become the Arrow again when season 4 rolls around. When Oliver and Cisco meet next time Cisco could percive this possible alternate future for him.

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  29. Yes, Tom is amazing and excellent! :D I now feel like watching everything starring Tom that he did before The Flash.

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  30. I can only speculate based on Geoff John's comics (good thing the guy who wrote the orginal comic book story is EP and writer of the show). But the lightning bolt that strikes Barry isn't actually FROM the particle accelator, but is in fact a Flash from one of the previous timelines charging Barry with speed force and in essence creating himself without the involvment of Eobard.

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  31. Hmm... If that is the case they will let us know next season. Yet the other questions still remain. Even if Barry can be Flash without Eobard how does the particle accelerator they stand in exists in 2015 without Eobard making it. I am more inclined to go with the explanation @tsukikomew gave below. The singularity is a result of Eobard being erased and the events till then cannot be undone. I truly wish they had not left us with a cliffhanger.

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  32. Yes, tsukikomew seem to have a grasp of things. Like I said, I can only speculate based on very similar events from Flashpoint in the comics.

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  33. I wish they had taken their time and done Flashpoint in 3 episodes or something instead of just glossing over it. That would have been awesome.

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  34. Could have been cool if they had filmed it as an extra crossover special for airing during the summer hiatus to keep the buzz going for the shows.

    Similar to Doctor Who's Xmas special which I belive they've mentioned as an inspiration for future crossovers.

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  35. Guess any R&R/Vacations/movie projects on the side for the the cast & crews are canceled next year :)

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