The Flash Season 1 would have gone very differently if Rick Cosnett had played Jay Garrick, whether he was the Hunter Zolomon fake Jay or the real Jay.
The Flash returns to The CW for Season 3 on Tuesday, October 4 at 8 p.m. ET.
If he had played the real Jay, we might not have gotten the “Holy crap!” moment of discovering that Earth 3 Jay Garrick was actually Henry Allen’s doppelganger.
Comic fans knew going into The Flash that the villain Reverse-Flash also goes by the name of Eobard Thawne; it seemed likely that Eddie was going to end up an enemy of Barry’s.