THE FLASH Executive Producer On What He Would Change About Season Three And Easing Back On The Time Travel
With The Flash gearing up for season four, Executive Producer Todd Helbing has revealed what he would change about season three, and says that the show's producers have had their fill of time travel.
Season 4 of The Flash will premiere later this October and look to pick up the pieces of the season three finale. Part of season three's major story arc involved time travel, and lots of it - something that Executive Producer Todd Helbing said the writers will back off from this season.
Speaking to Den Of Geek at San Diego Comic-Con, Helbing said, “I think we’ve all had our fill of time travel for a bit. It’s confusing and hard to tell those stories. It got pretty dark last year, and that’s about as dark as we want to go with this show, so we’re going to dial it a little bit back to season 1 and have The Flash enjoy being The Flash.”
While reflecting on how dark season three was, Helbing also revealed one of his regrets. “One thing we probably would have changed would have been to reveal Savitar a little bit earlier, especially since Grant is so amazing with his evil, future version of himself. It became tricky but I’m certainly proud of what we did last season," he said.
The Flash returns to The CW on October 10, 2017.