The Flash Season 2: 10 Big Questions We're Asking After 'Back To Normal'

7. Another Step Closer To West-Allen?

The Flash Barry Particle Accelerator Harry Wells
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It wasn't a big moment in the grand scheme of the episode, but the brief scene between Iris and Barry, with the latter talking about how she was the first person he saved, feels like the show is laying some more groundwork for the West-Allen coupling.

While mostly put on the backburner this year, as Barry started dating Patty and Iris tried to move on from Eddie, the idea of the pair being together has been gradually coming more to the forefront since their trip to Earth-2, where of course they are already an item.

This week, then, seemed to move us a step closer to it actually happening on Earth-1, and the only question at the minute is when?

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