As made evident on The Flash Season 1 Episode 17, looks can be very deceiving.
On the latest stunning installment of this CW drama, the real Eobard Thawne (portrayed by Matt Letscher) was revealed during flashbacks to the night of Mrs Allen’s murder.
Stuck in the past, Eobard studied everything about Dr. Harrison Wells… and then took over his body to speed up the creation of the particle accelerator that would help him get back to his own time.
Wait… what? Really???
The actual Dr. Wells has been dead and gone for the last 15 years?
Referring to this technology as “genetic camouflage,” executive producer Andrew Kreisberg teased this week to reporters:
"What happened to Harrison Wells’ real body and what really happened that night and all these things are going to start coming out. What happened in [Episode] 15, not all of it went away as people are going to find out soon."
So expect more time travel to come.
And also expect to see Letscher again on The Flash Season 1 as Thawne, the actual Reverse Flash who has been stuck in the past ever since he attempted to kill Barry – and ended up killing Barry’s mom instead all those years ago.
As for what else is on tap, the network released the super teaser above at the end of the hour. It features:
- An amazing interaction between Cisco and Laurel (yes, from Arrow), which concludes with him confessing his love for her.
- An appearance by Grodd.
- Detective West and Captain Lance teaming up for an investigation.
- Ray Palmer in his ATOM suit.
- A very new look for Oliver Queen.
Check it out now, watch The Flash online and then react: what a crazy bananas episode, huh?!?