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Iris West spent the majority of "The Flash" season 1 in the dark about her best friend Barry Allen's secret superhero identity, and when she did find out, she was rightfully upset about Barry's decision to keep mum.

However, in this deleted scene from the season 1 episode "Tricksters" -- which MTV News can exclusively reveal -- Barry wanted to tell Iris about The Flash a lot sooner. Joe, on the other hand, wanted to keep his daughter safe, and he thought the only way to do that was to keep her in the dark.

"The secret identity is actually the least interesting aspect for any of these [superhero] shows for us," executive producer Andrew Kreisberg told MTV News while promoting the season 1 home release, out on DVD and Blu-ray on Sept. 22. "'Clark! Clark! You just missed Superman' -- it feels like a relic from a bygone era. But it does help, and it certainly helped their relationship last year, especially in the beginning, to have somebody not know."

When Iris eventually confronted the scarlet speedster, she was reasonably upset with Barry and her dad for keeping such a huge secret from her. But it didn't take her long to fit right in on Team Flash.

"For us, in episode 21, where she was in the know and part of the team and you saw that she had agency to help, it suddenly got a lot easier for us," Kreisberg added.

Better yet, Iris will have a more expanded role within the team in season 2. In fact, when "The Flash" returns for its second season in October, it's Iris who brings Team Flash back together.

"I think we took some unfortunate bashing last year for keeping her in the dark, but now that she knows, she's definitely a part of things," Kreisberg said. "It's really Iris who really brings the team together in episode 201, the season premiere."

"We find everybody a little bit fractured from the events of the finale," he added. "We see her out and about. We see her in investigative journalism, getting herself into some big trouble, but also, being what she's always been, which is Barry's star and the thing he's guided by."

As for Iris' relationship with her dad, well, that's an entirely different story. If last season was all about Barry's family drama, then this season, it's time for the Wests to take center stage.

"Iris has an extremely strong story this year, dealing with the West family and her dad," he said. "It's absolutely amazing -- and we're really excited for people to see what happens to her this year."

Might the West family drama have anything to do with the introduction of future Kid Flash, Wally West (Keiynan Lonsdale)? Of course it does!