The Flash Sets Up Godspeed Highlander Scenario (Why There Can Be Only One) - Screen Rant

The Flash’s big Godspeed twist sets up a Highlander story for the show’s mysterious speedster villains. The latest episode reveals that the multiple Godspeeds in the Arrowverse aren’t actually on the same side. One of the biggest unanswered questions left by The Flash season 6 pertains to the true nature of the white-clad speedster, Godspeed. An earlier version of Godspeed turned out to be a super-powered android, but they were never able to figure out where it actually came from.

It could have been made by Godspeed’s pre-Crisis creator, August Heart, or perhaps a different villain entirely. Either way, what they did know was that the mastermind’s goal was to achieve “infinite velocity”. It wasn’t until The Flash season 7, episode 15 - titled “Enemy at the Gates” - that the series revisited the villain mystery. In the episode, Team Flash had to deal with multiple Godspeed clones breaking into S.T.A.R. Labs.

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What saved them, in the end, was the arrival of more Godspeed androids, who inexplicably fought against the intruders. Not believing that rescuing them was the point, Barry (Grant Gustin) came to the conclusion they were in the middle of a Godspeed “civil war”. Why they would be at odds isn’t clear, but one possible answer is that this new conflict is a Highlander situation of sorts. In the Highlander franchise, the main character Connor McLeod is an immortal swordsman who is constantly getting caught in fights with other immortals seeking his head. The immortals are always killing each other in the franchise because of the “there can be only one” idea that drives the characters.

The same mindset may be what’s motivating the Godspeeds to battle it out during The Flash season 7. That would make sense, especially when taking into consideration how their powers work. Similar to the immortals in Highlander, the clones may have something to gain by killing each other. In Highlander, it was believed the last surviving immortal would acquire ultimate power. A scenario not unlike that one may be unfolding in The Flash. If the clones can drain the speed of their own kind (and not just Barry’s), then there would indeed be a benefit to turning on each other. The last Godspeed standing could have the power of all Godspeeds combined.

The race to become the fastest speedster is an old Arrowverse theme, and one that may be in the process of being revived with Godspeed in The Flash season 7. As the civil war heats up in the episodes to come, they could begin eliminating each other until only one rival to the Flash remains. If that’s the case, the strange in-fighting between the Godspeeds may be an unintentional consequence of their creator making so many of them.

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