![]() ![]() It's probably a member, past or present, of Team Flash. ![]() But when it comes to Savitar, I think we can presume it's not a doppleganger or a new cast member (as we already, long ago, had the mini-reveal of Julian as Alchemy). In The Flash's second season, the late reveal of The Man in the Iron Mask worked because Lord knows there were enough Jay Garricks and dopplegangers running around (literally) to keep up with in the first place (and it was arguably more interesting even than the reveal of Zoom, who had enough of a comic basis to guess his origin). Yes it messed greatly with Oliver's head, but he still wasn't able to stop Prometheus, and Prometheus' game with Oliver had only just begun. When that show's masked villain Prometheus was revealed, it was someone we knew, but the unmasking didn't really matter. I likely wouldn't have as much of an issue with this late-season reveal if we hadn't just seen Arrow do it differently and so much better. But, The Flash loves ramping up emotions with these masked-man reveals, so it pretty clear now that Savitar will be someone we already know - but who? Prior to that, I think we all had pretty much assumed Savitar was just Savitar, a CG (now, mercifully mostly practical) Decepticon-looking "God of Speed". What's worse, in a way, is that we didn't know Savitar was even someone to be revealed until halfway through the season, when Barry tried to rip his head off. Don't forget to take a look at our midseason TV premiere schedule to see all your other viewing options.At last, it seems like Savitar's identity will be revealed in the next Flash episode, "I Know Who You Are." This is a very good thing, because the question of Savitar's identity has both overshadowed and bogged down a season that has been enslaved to this question. Next week marks the big musical crossover between Supergirl and The Flash, so be sure to mark your calendar. Grant Gustin did just say that we won't find out Savitar's identity the same way we did for Reverse Flash and Zoom, so I'd say that it's very possible that the temporal loop will cause more damage than what we just saw in "Into the Speed Force." Tune in to The CW on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. If The Flash uses some of its classic time travel shenanigans, it could easily turn future Wally or Jay into Savitar and argue that they were so traumatized by their time in the temporal loop that they eventually went mad and were consumed by the need for revenge on the speedster who kinda sorta got them stuck there. "Into the Speed Force" finally clarified that Savitar is indeed a human in a suit of armor. Personally, I'm curious to learn if the temporal loop has something to do with the origin of the man beneath the Savitar armor. We don't know just yet who the man is beneath the Savitar armor (although you can check out our list of the most likely candidates), so we can't say just yet what painful memory he was reliving, but we can bet that it was pretty damn awful. ![]() Unfortunately, Barry didn't seem to connect the dots between the terrible thing happening to Wally and the terrible thing that was happening to Savitar the whole time he was trapped in the Speed Force. pretty much explains why Savitar hates Barry so much.īarry had to face off against Speed Force versions of his dead pals in the form of Eddie Thawne, Ronnie Raymond, and Leonard Snart before he found Wally and learned the terrible truth of the temporal loop. Barry discovered that Wally was stuck in a temporal loop that was forcing him to relive the single most painful moment of his life over and over again, which. ![]() Still, Barry wouldn't be scared out of the Speed Force, as he was determined to retrieve Wally after Savitar snagged him out of Central City last week to take his place in the Speed Force. Barry zipped his way back into the Speed Force in "Into the Speed Force," and it was a much scarier experience this time around than it was back in Season 2. ![]()
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