It's not easy being
The Flash right now. Not only did the hero alter his reality by time-travelling, but those same antics, as it turns out, were the catalyst for last week's invasion by the alien Dominators. Coupled with the fact that there's an all-powerful Speed Force God named
Savitar ready to eradicate him, an overwhelmed Barry will turn to
Jay Garrick in tonight's mid season finale. However, according to actor John Wesley Shipp, Jay initially believes Savitar to be a myth.
“Well, to set it up, Jay’s not sure that Savitar even exists. He’s a Speed Force myth and — as an unseen, unknown fear — is even bigger than a fear that you know,” Shipp explained to CBR.
“First of all, Jay is surprised — maybe even a little miffed — that Savitar showed himself to Barry! I’ve known him as a myth my whole life, me being Jay, and when I come up against him, I know that Jay knows that Barry alone and Jay alone cannot defeat or have a chance against Savitar. But, if we go up against him together, we have a shot.”
With Jay having dropped some hints about his mistakes earlier in the season when admonishing Barry, some have wondered if Jay's past will be explored a little further. Shipp promised that we'll be seeing a lot more of Jay in the back half of season 3, where we just might get some more backstory.
“Well, those hints keep being dropped. I mean, it’s very interesting to me, and I’m going to figure in more prominently in the second half of the season than the first. You just asked one of my questions, because nothing is wasted, I think we’ve seen in this show. So anytime something like that is dropped — and there’s more of it [in the mid season finale] — there are more."
How do you think the two Flashes will fare against Savitar? Be sure to tune in tonight to find out!
BARRY SEEKS HELP FROM JAY GARRICK — With Alchemy and Savitar still looming threats, Barry (Grant Gustin) is unable to focus on the Christmas holiday, and especially his relationship with Iris (Candice Patton). Determined to stop Savitar, Barry goes to Earth-3 to get advice from Jay Garrick (guest star John Wesley Shipp). Wally (Keiynan Lonsdale) wants to help Barry fight Savitar and reveals that he’s been training with H.R. (Tom Cavanagh), which doesn’t go over well with Barry. As Cisco (Carlos Valdes) faces his first Christmas without his brother Dante (guest star Nicholas Gonzalez), old wounds are reopened.
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