Arrow Season 4: 12 Questions We're Asking After 'Canary Cry'

2. Barry Has His Speed Back?

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Well, thanks for the spoiler Arrow! Potentially, anyway.

We knew Barry turned up at the grave after everyone else has gone, and the scene didn't offer too much that we hadn't already been shown, at least not until the end of it. That's when Barry speeds back off to Central City. Nothing unusual there, of course, as this is the Flash.

Only, if you're up-to-date with the Flash, you'll know Barry has lost his speed. Obviously he was always going to get it back, but now viewers know that his and Wells' plan is going to work. Unless... the timeline of Arrow is behind that of The Flash, meaning that what we're seeing happened before Barry lost his speed?

Barry's presence, and that ending with him zooming off, where probably established before The Flash knew that Barry would be losing his speed towards the end of the season, but it still seems rather careless on behalf of the writers (especially given they share so many of the production staff).

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