Did you catch the reference to Wally West in tonightâs episode of The Flash?
While Wally West wasnât specifically name-dropped, EP Andrew Kreisberg does confirm the character exists (will be played by Keiynan Lonsdale).
The episode saw Iris investigate her sick mother, where Iris learned her mother left town pregnant and had a son.
Thatâs Wally West!Â
Another bomb is dropped by Kreisberg in that Wally West is indeed Joe Westâs son.
Via IGN:
âThatâs Wally.â In the comics, Wally was originally Irisâ nephew, but Kreisberg said he and the Flash team decided to make it a sibling Iris never knew about, noting, âWe always hated on TV shows that itâs year two and somebodyâs like, âWell, Cousin Johnâs coming!â And itâs like, âOh, good olâ Cousin John!â who no one ever mentioned before. It was always weird. The notion that they donât know Wally was sort of where that came from and then that was the idea that Francine was still alive and then that whole storyline.â
âIris is now in the position that Barry was in last year â sheâs keeping a secret to protect somebody and sheâs going to find that, for all of her anger at Barry and Joe from last year, keeping this secret is not going to be so easy and itâs going to be weighing on her before she finally decides to take some action in an upcoming episode.â
