![]() In an interview with Entertainment Weekly discussing the upcoming episode in which Reverse-Flash is introduced, Grant Gustin said, " I’ve heard so many theories surrounding Reverse Flash that are all interesting. He didn't care about his victims at all, he just knew their names because they are famous in the future, showing how calculating he is.Īll of this adds up to The Flash finally revealing that Harrison Wells is Reverse-Flash or Professor Zoom, popular theories among fans. It was a nice DC comics call out, but all Harrison did was name people who were affected by the accident who superheroes. ![]() Io9 commenter signofzeta explains Wells' possible motives well: Harrison knowing all those names seems to be what satisfied Barry mentally on what Harrison did, but I think it served two purposes. For example, Bea da Costa is Fire, Will Everett is Amazing-Man, and Ronnie Raymond will be revealed as Firestorm. Basically all the people he lists are superheroes. But I recognized a lot of the names he listed and realized this was just another side of Wells' own cunning. It's enough for Barry to change his mind about Wells and get over the mental block that was holding back his powers (and future). When confronting Blackout, Wells lists people who have been killed because of the particle accelerator going haywire. Throughout the entire episode, Wells motivations are also questioned by Blackout, which leads to Barry calling him out. But even worse, it makes it clear that Wells is not only selfish, he's straight up evil and his interest in The Flash's abilities are more sinister than I gave him credit for. Wells takes some of Blackout's blood and says, "You had the ability to steal The Flash's powers and I'd love to know how you did that," which is creepy in and of itself. But perhaps what's most telling about Wells happened at the end of the episode.Īfter Farooq, nicknamed Blackout post-mortem by Cisco, died, his body was brought to the lower levels of S.T.A.R. He's keen to keep the future seen in the 2024 newspaper intact for reasons that aren't exactly clear. But from what we've seen about Wells in his lair, that isn't true at all. Around his colleagues, Wells uses the pretense that Barry's abilities could help cure diseases and other altruistic motives. In the beginning of "Power Outage," Wells is pretty pissed that Barry's abilities haven't grown further, blaming it on his "penchant for the heroic." Wells doesn't want Barry to be a superhero, he wants him to realize "the full scope of his abilities" instead. Which makes it undeniable that Harrison Wells is a villain on The Flash. But as we learned last week, Wells isn't interested in Barry as a superhero so much as his metahuman abilities. But all of it was in service of keeping Barry's legacy as The Flash intact, which on the surface seems like a total good-guy move. Yes, he's manipulated friends and enemies alike, even going so far as killing Simon Stagg. Up until this episode, what we've seen of Wells could go either way. In last week's episode "Power Outage," instead of waiting until the end to pull back the curtain a bit more on Wells, his true motivations were put front and center. But this week? I think it is pretty clear that Wells' motives are far too selfish for him to be a good guy. If a week ago you had asked for my thoughts on whether Harrison Wells is good or evil, I would have told you that The Flash was setting him up to be an anti-hero.
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