The Flash Season 2: 11 Big Questions We're Asking After 'Flash Back'

5. What Next For Hartley?

The Flash Barry Time Wraith
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Very briefly it seemed as though Barry's trip to the past had changed things in a fairly large way, and that somehow Hartley Rathaway had actually ended up as a permanent member of Team Flash. It's something even Barry is clearly thinking, and would've made for an interesting twist (for an episode or so, but then they'd need to get rid of him). 

That wasn't actually what had happened, instead simply Rathaway was brought in for his expertise now that he's very much a reformed criminal, and while he may look like he should be making YouTube parodies of Harry Potter (maybe that's really why the dementor-like wraiths appeared...), he was a fun character to bring back. Is that the last we've seen of him or, with more of a partnership established, can we expect him to help out again on occasion? 

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