The premiere episode of The Flash season 7 not only brought fans up to speed again, but also raised the stakes with an unexpected and heartbreaking death.
As you’ll know, the crew behind The CW’s Scarlet Speedster didn’t manage to conclude the sixth run last year due to the restrictions imposed by the ongoing global pandemic. After a long hiatus, though, the cast returned to filming the remaining three episodes, but the network opted to move them up as the first three chapters of season 7. And after much speculation about what would transpire in Barry Allen’s fight against the Mirror Master, the premiere managed to shock people and tug at their heartstrings.
During last night’s outing, Team Flash struggled to find a new power source to embody Barry’s Speed Force. Eventually, the Council of Wells – doppelgängers of Harrison Wells throughout the multiverse – realized that the multiversal particles within Nash could help restore the protagonist’s speed. The only catch being that he has to die for that to happen.
All these different versions of Wells embody Barry and try to convince Nash that he can redeem himself after the events of last year’s season and “Crisis on Infinite Earths.” And sure enough, he decides to sacrifice himself and all the other versions of Harrison Wells to create a new Speed Force.
As you can imagine, fans are pretty heartbroken over this surprising development, and here are just some of the things they’ve been sharing on Twitter:
For six seasons Tom Cavaughn was one of the best parts of this show. We will always have the Wells goodbye parade. #TheFlash
— John Wickham BlackLivesMatter (@jtwickham88) March 3, 2021
Wells! #TheFlash pic.twitter.com/4GNmvdoDlS
— LS 'tximeleta txiki ederra' Walts (@LSWalts) March 3, 2021
Well, he looked good in his Pariah suit. #TheFlash
— Randy Caldwell (@misterperturbed) March 3, 2021
Tom Cavanagh as the multiple Harrison Wells has always been Emmys worthy. #Flash #TheFlash
— Kevin Lockett (@kevinlockett) March 3, 2021
https://twitter.com/TooDeepNot2Deep/status/1366929787005112320
It’s funny how a version of Harrison Wells was responsible for Barry getting his powers and now another version of Harrison Wells made sure that Barry kept his powers. #TheFlash
— Alex Schadrie (@ASchad2014) March 3, 2021
#TheFlash got his full speed force back, but it cost us Wells… All of them. They all died heroes, y'all better remember that. 😭 pic.twitter.com/ik5sWIt1td
— Dat Nutty Steve 🥜 (@SAOFollower) March 3, 2021
TEAM FLASH HAS ALWAYS HAD A WELLS. I’M NOT CRYING YOU ARE. 😭💔💯 #TheFlash pic.twitter.com/HNaqPmllFQ
— MICH💯 (@Mich1521) March 3, 2021
YO WHAT IF WELLS SOMEHOW RE-EMERGES AS MAX MERCURY?!? 😱 #TheFlash
— aka Darin Rosu (@DarkstarDarin) March 3, 2021
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https://twitter.com/thefoxmasteryt/status/1366929315334610949
While The Flash premiere made it pretty clear that this was the end of Harrison Wells as we know him, the incident doesn’t necessarily imply that this will be the last of Tom Cavanagh in the Arrowverse, especially considering the fact that the Reverse-Flash could potentially make a return in the seventh season.
