11 things nobody wants to admit about The Flash

10. Kid Flash deserved better

One of the most exciting aspects of The Flash season 2 was the addition of Keiynan Lonsdale as Wally West. Not only did his arrival expand the West family, it also meant he would eventually become Kid Flash, following in the footsteps of Barry Allen to become one of Central City’s greatest heroes.

Less than two seasons later, Wally was nowhere to be seen on The Flash. Instead, he had been moved over to DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, which admittedly made much better use of him as it knew exactly how to juggle an ensemble cast.

After Wally’s initial introduction, the show began to give him less to do. Lonsdale continued to deliver a great performance (and he looked great in the suit), but the decision to sideline him early on in season 4 – before bringing in Elongated Man as the Scarlet Speedster’s new partner in the field – was incredibly misguided, and a little disrespectful to the legendary Kid Flash.

The Flash and Kid Flash could have been the beginning of the legendary Flash Family. Instead, we got a poor evolution of Team Flash instead, which continued to add non-speedster heroes to its line-up (and only occasionally featured the Flash Family in cameo appearances later in the series).

Wally deserved better than that.