“The Flash” returned last night and it came back in a big way. The show played with time a little bit and showed us flashbacks of how Barry and company fixed the wormhole over Central City.
There will be spoilers from this point on so don’t continue if you don’t want the premiere to be spoiled.
Barry got a little help from Firestorm while trying to close the wormhole and Ronnie Raymond sacrificed himself to save the people he cares about the most. At first glance it appears that we’ve seen the last of Ronnie Raymond on the show, but executive producer Andrew Kreisberg recently told EW that no one ever really dies on “The Flash.”
“Well, you’re never really dead when you’re on The Flash, a TV show where there are universes and time travel. He was, in fact, killed in that moment, but that doesn’t mean that we’ve seen the last of Robbie Amell on this show. Certainly, Greg [Berlanti], Robbie and I all hope to work together onThe Flash again. Part of the decision was Robbie’s burgeoning film career. He’s on his way to being a very big star, which he completely deserves both professionally and personally. We didn’t want to stand in the way of that. As always, sometimes those tough decisions yield the best storytelling because obviously Ronnie’s death has a major impact on all the characters, Barry, Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker), Professor Stein. It also gave us a lot of our storytelling as we move forward. Everyone knows there’s a second spin-off coming with Legends of Tomorrow. They know the Firestorm legacy is far from over, so it just gave us a lot of rich storytelling to pursue.”
He was also asked if a Ronnie Raymond from another Earth could be the catalyst the pushes Caitlin Snow to become Killer Frost.
“Everything that happens on this show is going to slowly push her there. How and when it happens is obviously something we’d like to keep on the down low. For those people who are hoping to one day see Caitlin do that, I can’t promise it’ll be as soon as you want, but it’s definitely in the future — or one possible future, he said devilishly. [Laughs]”
With the multiverse being integrated into season 2 the possibilities are truly endless for the show. It’s already been confirmed that we’ll be seeing Harrison Wells again at some point and we’re willing to bet there will be many more surprises along the way.
“The Flash” airs Tuesday nights on the CW at 8pm EST.
