The Flash Season 3: 8 Ways Flashpoint Will Change The Show
The Flash is going a bit Back To The Future in Season 3. Probably still gonna need roads though.
A defining part of Barry Allen's character is the death of his mother, Nora - and that's something the makers of CW's The Flash have transferred to the screen, making it an intrinsic element of the show.
The sense of loss weighed heavily on Barry in Season 1, and helped to give the series its emotional core, in particular during the stunning season finale. It was a thread they continued to pull at in Season 2, such as the Kevin Smith-directed The Runaway Dinosaur, but then they went and changed it all.
The Season 2 finale once again had Barry go back in time to face Reverse-Flash, but this time actually decided to stop him - thus saving his mother, and rewriting his entire history.
It's an event lifted from the comics, known as Flashpoint. On page, it's a huge arc that changed the entire face of DC Comics: Wonder Woman fought Aquaman, there was no Justice League, and Batman was Thomas Wayne.
The TV series, for a variety of reasons (not least the fact those characters are tied-up on the big screen) will be doing things differently. It'll play out on a smaller, more personal scale, but it's still going to have a big impact on the show, and mean we'll be seeing a number of changes when Season 3 gets underway.
8. Both Of Barry's Parents Are Alive
The death of his mother was the event that helped Barry become the hero we know, giving him a strong desire to stop people from getting hurt and crimes going unsolved. His father's wrongful arrest also played into that, and his relationship gave the show some of its most heartfelt moments, right up until his death towards the end of Season 2.
While we've seen Henry Allen come in and out of his son's life, this time around we're going to see a Barry who has grown up with both of his parents, and still has them in the present day. It's going to be a nice change getting to see the Allens together for once, but the biggest impact will be on on Barry himself: with both his parents by his side, how can he become the person we know he does? Barry's life is very different, and he will be too as a result.