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‘The Flash’ Season 4: How Will Cisco and Iris Deal With Leading Team Flash?

“Barry’s superpower isn’t speed. It’s hope.” —HR Wells

Stop! This article contains spoilers for The Flash Season 3 and limited information about the upcoming Season 4.

I don’t know about you but the Season 3 finale episode ‘Finish Line’ of The Flash tugged at the heartstrings. I was ready to cry as Barry (Grant Gustin) willingly sacrificed himself to save Central City from the unstable Speed Force. To see him say his goodbyes to his friends and his family was enough to make me want to throw my computer out the window.

What tore me apart was seeing Barry say goodbye to fiancée, Iris (Candice Patton) and place his best friend Cisco (Carlos Valdes) and soon-to-be brother-in-law …show more content…

Being engaged to a superhero, Iris knew what she was getting herself into when she and Barry got together. As we saw just before Barry walked into the Speed Force, she and Barry sent out their Save the Date cards for their wedding. Jeez, thanks Barry.

It would be understandable if she harboured some resentment towards him, because they had just started planning their future, starting with their wedding. Iris even states that she’s ready to become Iris West-Allen.

How They Would Deal With Barry’s Absence
Barry’s absence will be one of the biggest obstacles in the first episode as six full months would passed.

Every character will deal with Barry’s absence differently, depending on the relationship that they have with the speedster.

Being Barry’s fiancée and best friend respectively, will likely act as a factor for Iris and Cisco. Barry’s departure into the Speed Force devastated them and the rest of the team.

Iris’s heartache over Barry’s departure will likely prompt her to become harder as she takes her place up on the podium that is leadership.

Cisco and Barry faced a lot of obstacles in Season 3 when Barry changed the timeline to save his mother, unwittingly creating Flashpoint. When he returned, Cisco was in a state of mourning when it was revealed that the timeline had changed and that Cisco’s older brother, Dante had been hit and killed by a drunk

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