Even The Flash Admits Eddie Thawne’s Death Was Pointless

The Flash season 8 used the apparent resurrection of Eddie Thawne to acknowledge that his sacrifice to stop the Reverse-Flash was completely futile.

Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for The Flash season 8.

A critical meta commentary in The Flash season 8 affirmed just how pointless the death of Eddie Thawne ultimately was. Introduced into the series as a Detective with the CCPD, Eddie Thawne (Rick Cosnett) was also an ancestor of the Reverse-Flash, Eobard Thawne (Matt Letscher). Eddie took his own life in The Flash season 1 finale in an effort to end the menace of the Reverse-Flash once and for all. Sadly, this effort proved completely ineffectual, and the character was largely forgotten until The Flash season 8 brought him…