The Flash Showrunner Teases Reverse-Flash Return in Season 9
The showrunner of The Flash has teased that viewers may not have seen the end of Eobard Thawne. The character, played by Tom Cavanagh, has had a complicated history on the Arrowverse series. Cavanagh originally appeared on the show as Iris West's former fiancé Eddie Thawne, though he died in the season 1 finale back in 2015. The actor had the chance to reappear in the series, continuing to play his character's descendant Eobard Thawne, also known as Reverse-Flash, who had taken on the appearance of Eddie after time traveling from the future.
The most recent episode of The Flash was the season 8 finale, titled «Negative, Part Two,» which aired on June 29, 2022. In that episode, Cavanagh plays Negative Reverse-Flash, who is acting on behalf of the entirety of the Negative Forces. After a climactic battle with The Flash, the character is seemingly destroyed for good.
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During a post-mortem session with TVLine discussing the season 8 finale, The Flash showrunner Eric Wallace teased a little about the future of Reverse-Flash on the series. While he insists that Reverse-Flash and Negative Reverse-Flash are well and truly dead, he reminds readers that "it is a comic book show." In the world of comic books, death isn't necessarily always permanent, and he teases the same may be the case for Reverse-Flash, saying it's a "pretty safe bet" that "you might see Tom Cavanagh again." Given the fact that Cavanagh has appeared on The Flash for 138 episodes so far, it makes perfect sense that he will find his way back somehow. Check out Wallace's full quote below:
Reverse-Flash and the Negative Reverse-Flash, just like Frost, are dead. I mean, they are dead.
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