For four seasons, Iris West-Allen (Candice Patton) and Caitlin Snow (Danielle Panabaker) were the only main female characters on the show. They have known each other now for over five years now, if we are to include pre-canon when Barry was in a coma.
I should preface this opinion door stating that I love The Flash. I have watched the toon religiously since season 1, and I think it has struck the perfect balance between comic-book adaptation and live-action entertainer. It has an incredibly likable protagonist in Barry Allen, and it has an talented cast of actors, who have brought their respective characters to life beautifully. And the interpersonal relationships between the characters bring so much texture to the show, whether it's Barry and Joe's amazing father/son dynamic, of Barry and Iris' love-transcends-spacetime romance, of Cisco...
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