Cue the Jaws theme: King Shark is about to return to Central City to face Barry Allen and friends on next week's episode of The CW's The Flash.
Please note that the following contains spoilers.
A new promo trailer reveals the return of King Shark, as well as the team receiving help from Arrow's Lila and Diggle. Here's the official description for the episode:
"When King Shark escapes from an A.R.G.U.S. holding tank, Lila (guest star Audrey Marie Anderson) and Diggle (David Ramsey) travel to Central City to warn The Flash. King Shark shows up at the West house and attacks Joe, Iris, Wally and Barry."
Notably absent from the video is Jay Garrick, who seemed to meet his demise at the end of Tuesday night's episode. However, is Jay really dead? Although Zoom put his hand through Jay's chest, he had Velocity-9 in his bloodstream, which could trigger his regenerative powers. The episode didn't specifically state that Jay was dead, and viewers didn't see him actually die, and this is a series about superheroes, so anything is possible.
There's also the mystery of who's behind Zoom's mask. Just because King Shark is next week's villain doesn't mean that the team isn't still learning more about this season's biggest bad guy. Meanwhile, Iris and Wally continue to grow closer as brother and sister.
"They begin to really have this authentic brother and sister relationship, which is quite different from Barry and Iris," said Candice Patton, the actress who portrays Iris on the series, to Collider. "I would say that they have a true life-long friendship, whereas Iris and Wally will continue to have an authentic brother and sister relationship, where she's continually rooting for him, looking out for him and wanting what's best for him. I don't think we'll see much more tension between those two."
This also sets up Wally to eventually take on a superhero costume himself, as Kid Flash, although there's no word yet on when that might happen.
"My honest answer is that I really don't know," said Keiynan Lonsdale, the actor who portrays Wally, to Tech Times. "I would imagine that, and I hope that I get to know something about it soon, but things are being kept pretty under wraps, even with me. But I'm sure the day I do try on my suit, I'll probably be posting some kind of big smile on my social media: that will probably be the hint."
The Flash airs on The CW on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. EST.
