This week’s episode of Arrow, titled “The Scientist,” introduced Barry Allen to the world of the show in a way that it’s no secret has been designed to lead to a pilot for The Flash.It’ll be Barry’s first time on the small screen in a while; there was a short-lived Flash TV series once already, and he did appear on an execrable pilot for Justice League of America that never got picked up, but when the animated Justice League and Justice League Unlimited series happened, it was Wally West who was The Flash in the comics and he stepped in to fill the role on the cartoons. Wally arguably fit those better, as he was a more acerbic and youthful figure in the comics. They’re trying to pump some of that into Barry here, it seems.The series is already starting to get some seeds planted for it; not only will it have Arrow’s rogues gallery to choose from and presumably Felicity Smoak to rely on for intel…but it also seems as though we’ve got an archenemy in the offing. So it’s probably not surprising that there would be one or two nods to Barry’s future.The episode, though, is co-written by longtime Flash scribe and certifiable Silver Age DC nerd Geoff Johns, and so it didn’t feature one or two–it featured a ton of wink-and-a-nod moments hinting at DC’s future as the Fastest Man Alive.Here’s a list–and let us know if we missed one:
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