With The Flash's second season right around the corner, producer on the show Gabrielle Stanton has spoken to Collider and touched on where Barry Allen's head will be at when the series returns.
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"[Barry] went through a lot, at the end of last season. He's definitely going to start this season with a step back and be like, "What am I doing? Why am I doing this?" If last season was the journey of Barry discovering he's a hero, this season is definitely him trying to figure out what that means. What is it to be a hero? What does he need to be a hero? What is it going to do to his personal relationships?"
She also talked about the introduction of Jay Garrick, "who will be a mentory character to Barry. Jay has seen some things that Barry hasn't seen, and he's going to be helping him through the process."
Comparing the relationship between the two to the one Barry had with Harrison Wells, she adds: "Reverse Flash was always trying to get Barry to run faster. He seemed like he was really helping him, but really, he was doing it for his own evil purposes. Hopefully, it's going to be a little bit different now that Barry is exploring the use of his powers without the man who killed his mother sitting on his shoulder."
Iris' future was also hinted at, with Stanton saying: "She's definitely going to be more of a part of Team Flash because she knows all the secrets now and we don't have to be hiding things from her. We're going to see more of her, as a journalist who's generating stories. Maybe Team Flash needs her help one week, and then she goes to them and says, "I need you." We're going to see a lot more of the world outside of STAR Labs, and Barry and Iris interacting in it."
What fans may be most interested in however is Danielle Panabaker's transformation into villainous Killer Frost.
"It's going to be a slower burn on that. That was just to keep people guessing. Who knows when Killer Frost is going to turn up? We did the helmet. We try to drop little Easter eggs. What I really like about The Flash is that I am a comic book fan, so I know a lot of this stuff, but my husband is not a comic book fan at all, and he still gets everything."
And on the topic of the members of STAR Labs, Cisco's journey this season could be one of the most enthralling.
"Wells was like a father to him and it was pretty devastating, losing him, and it was pretty devastating when he tried to kill him. So, he's definitely going on a journey, this season. The second season of a show is always great because you've built up your main character, explored a little bit of him and sent him on his journey, and then you can fill in some of the other characters and get a deeper look into their psyches. We're definitely going to be doing that, this year."
The Flash will return for its second season on The CW on October 6 at 8pm.
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