A show can easily get too caught up in its own future. Its a classic mistake to spend so much time setting up future plot lines that writers forget about the present and the show suffers as a result. But to completely ignore where next year on The Flash is headed isnt a good way to get viewers to turn back in either. As the season is winding to a close, The Flash ought to start dropping a few hints soon about what were in store for next year. That doesnt necessarily mean flat-out revealing who the big bad will be or what kind of time jump well be in for, but it should hint at where the characters journeys are all headed. A few indications is all thats needed and considering how the show often employs stingers before the end credits, its not hard to imagine how a few of those could give us things to speculate about all summer long.