Plus, after literal years of Barry and Iris getting kidnapped, targeted by crazed murderers, trapped in alternate dimensions, and generally kept apart for whatever reason, the pair deserves a little bit of domestic bliss before the series’ run is over. And is there a more poetic way to wrap up The Flashthan by definitively showing us that even though this show is ending, the Flash family will always keep running? And, thanks to the wonders of time travel showing us how old they are in the 2049 version of Central City, we also know that the West-Allens basically have to start their family sometime real soon.
We not only already know that Barry and Iris have kids, but we’ve also met both Bart and Nora multiple times over the course of the show. Barry and Iris Finally Start Their Family I’ve given up on understanding how the Forces of Nature work or what Iris’ time sickness even was exactly, so here’s hoping we spend the series’ final episodes just doubling down on the sort of stories that remind us why we all loved this show so much in the first palace. The Flash season 9 needs to get back to basics: Some entertaining low stakes adventures with a return to the character’s rogues gallery (one of the best in all superhero fiction) and stories that tell us something we didn’t know about the characters we care about or give their relationships with each other more depth.