'The Flash' Season 6: Wally West 'might have some new abilities', hints showrunner Eric Wallace
After 'Crisis', 'The Flash' has managed to keep the gripping factor intact. Ever since it was announced that Wally West (Keiynan Lonsdale) would be returning to the series in the episode, 'Death of the Speed Force', there have been enough speculations and theories about how Wally would fit in the scheme of things.
Showrunner Eric Wallace teased an exciting return. "It’s going to be quite exciting,” Wallace told TVLine. "When I first talked to Keiynan about it, he was very excited about what he called this ‘fresh take’ on Wally. And once on-set, he was loving ‘the New Wally West’ — and that’s not an exaggeration at all. It’s the same character that we know and love, but he has grown, deepened and changed. And he might even have some new abilities."
Wally was last seen in Episode 5 in a few episodes and was absent in Season 6. He wasn't part of the 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' either.
Wallace also spoke of how Kid Flash would help Barry Allen (Grant Gustin)."The real fallout of ‘Crisis’ has yet to be seen. That is the heart of our story, and that is the heart of what is going to lead Barry on a very emotional journey that he is not prepared for, he said. "That’s one of the things having Keiynan back as Kid Flash does for us: It directly addresses — because Keiynan will be in one of our episodes in ‘Graphic Novel #2’ — is to help Barry deal with the real fallout of 'Crisis.'"
The recent episodes of 'The Flash' saw the introduction of two new DC characters. Ralph Dibny's (Hartley Sawyer) iconic love-interest Sue Dearbon (Natalie Dreyfuss) and the gender-swapped version of the second Mirror Master with Eva McCulloch (Efrat Dor), who is planned to be a series regular.
'The Flash' Season 6 will be back on February 4, 2020, on The CW.