The Flash Season 4 premieres in less than a month and every year around this time, fan theories go wild. Prompted by the release of the first real promo trailer for Season 4 Episode 1, “Hero Reborn,” we are left asking ourselves “Who is Barry Allen?”
The promo trailer begins with an old pickup truck driving on a country road nowhere near Central City. A flash of red lightning runs up the street and stops the car. It looks like Barry has found his way home .. until Iris tells Team Flash, “You need to prepare yourselves.”
Cisco stands over Barry, who is hooked up to a vitals machine and informs him he’s made a brand new Flash suit … possibly the one we’ve already seen in trailers and footage from last season? “You want to take it for a spin?” Cisco suggests. Barry is unenthused, staring at Cisco like, “New phone, who dis?”
That’s when the trailer cuts to a scene of Barry, who looks half like the Barry Allen we know and love and half like the evil, emo-beard-having version we saw at the end of Season 3. His eyes flicker red like we’ve never seen before. He’s full of speed force, and from the looks of it, has developed brand new powers. For starters, it looks like he’s now traveling at the speed of light. Usually we see some sort of remnants of his body when he runs at superspeed, but not anymore.
Barry has been in the speed force for six months when the Season 4 premiere airs, and clearly he’s learned a lot of speed force secrets. He’ll have not only new knowledge, but probably some new powers as well. Series star Grant Gustin told Russ Burlingame at San Diego Comic Con that he will be a bit scrambled and not himself when the season kicks off because of all he’s experienced.
“The speed force is kind of non-linear with time so Barry has experienced his life from start to end infinity times over since he’s been in there. He’s going to have an awakening when he comes out. He’s got some knowledge he probably doesn't quite understand yet,” Gustin said.
Hopefully, the extended version of this promo trailer will reveal some of those speed force secrets and powers, as well as Barry’s new suit in action.
What did you think of the promo? Let us know in the comments. The Flash Season 4 premieres Oct. 10.
