I just caught up the the last 2 most recent episodes and there'll be a new one tomorrow. Have you guys seen the promo!
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odRXOGW1I5g[/youtube]
Originally posted by: simplypurple
Perhaps Reverse Flash is just that fast that he can actually trick the eye into thinking there's him and there's the Reverse Flash. We already know he's faster than the Flash.
I know I haven't read the comics but everything in that promo supports what I wrote a while ago! This promo literally has gotten me so excited! Dr. Wells splits himself in front of Cisco's very eyes.
Here's my reasoning as to why Dr. Wells is possibly THE Reverse Flash or at the very least the flash beating himself up.
Dr. Wells is from the future and in the future The Flash disappears. There must have been some life that desperately needs saving which is what brought Dr. Wells to the past. Somehow Barry Allen figured out how to save his mother which causes him to vanish from the future. His mother is alive, his dad never went to jail, he never got interested in forensics, he was never where he was supposed to be in order to be hit by the lightening. Although, I still need to work out how Dr. Wells managed to be there where it happens. Or if he decided to take on the responsibility (or burden) of causing the lightening storm in the first place. We already know Dr. Wells is trying to protect The Flash.
So anyway, Barry has disappeared from his own future. So Dr. Wells is tracing back all the steps into ensuring The Flash returns to the future. Perhaps when Barry goes back to save his mother, Dr. Wells causes him to fail either as THE reverse flash or as the second reverse flash. Only problem is, even after doing that he hasn't managed to set the course of the future back to the way it was. So Dr. Wells stays on trying to figure out what else has changed and how can he fix this new reality.
And along those lines, I'm guessing Barry had finally figured out how to go back in time to save his mom and against Dr. Wells' better judgement.
Phew!
PS: Not looking for spoilers, Just trying to postulate some of my own theories.