EW Interview

Though tragic, the loss of Ralph will affect Barry in a unique way, as he doesn’t really think he has the time to mourn. “Barry’s kind of in denial about his role in Ralph’s death,” Gustin says. “He’s taking it pretty hard, but he’s kind of repressing it a little bit and wants to keep moving, because we still have DeVoe to deal with. Barry has some guilt that he feels just because he feels like he didn’t do everything that he could do, and he pushed Ralph too hard. It feels just like another person that died because of Barry.” Hence, don’t expect Barry to tussle with DeVoe again right away, as the team’s loss will set them back. “It’s kind of getting in the way of dealing with DeVoe for a couple episodes, just because Barry is having a hard time dealing with both of those things at the same time,” Gustin teases.