{"id":130498,"date":"2016-04-27T07:37:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T13:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/04\/27\/harrison-wells-the-sometimes-antagonist-and-co-star-of-the-flash.html"},"modified":"2016-05-02T22:09:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T04:09:29","slug":"harrison-wells-the-sometimes-antagonist-and-co-star-of-the-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/04\/27\/harrison-wells-the-sometimes-antagonist-and-co-star-of-the-flash.html","title":{"rendered":"Harrison Wells, the sometimes-antagonist and co-star of "The Flash""},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether or not Tom Cavanagh deserves an Emmy, he deserves a shout-out for a huge, largely unsung, chunk of the popularity of CW's The Flash.<\/i> He's played, effectively, multiple characters on the show, and each has been neatly crafted and portrayed, either as a villain or as just someone to amp up the pressure on the hero (through encouragement, discouragement, or sometimes both). Scenes with him tend to sparkle with tension as he rarely lines up neatly with what everyone else wants or thinks is right.<\/p>\n

Without Harrison Wells, and without Cavanagh playing him (them), The Flash<\/i> would be a far weaker show.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nThe Flash: The Many Faces of Harrison Wells<\/a><\/span>
\nTonight’s episode of The Flash, “Back to Normal,” may focus on the now powerless Barry Allen. But it’s also an important episode for this season’s Harrison “Harry” Wells.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Whether or not Tom Cavanagh deserves an Emmy, he deserves a shout-out for a huge, largely unsung, chunk of the popularity of CW's The Flash. He's played, effectively, multiple characters on the show, and each has been neatly crafted and portrayed, either as a villain or as just someone to amp up the pressure on … Continue reading “Harrison Wells, the sometimes-antagonist and co-star of "The Flash"”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,852],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-dc-cinematic-univese"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130410,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/04\/13\/the-speed-force.html","url_meta":{"origin":130498,"position":0},"title":"The Speed Force!","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 13-Apr-16 7:29am","format":false,"excerpt":"CW's The Flash has been playing fast and loose with the DC Comics \"Speed Force\" that provides the Flash with his powers (which is okay, since the DC Comics version has been a bit goofy and inconsistent itself, https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Speed_Force). 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