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In season three, Joe experiences radical differences after Barry creates the alternate [[Flashpoint (comics)|Flashpoint timeline]].<ref name="Flashpoint">{{Cite episode |title=Flashpoint |episode-link=Flashpoint (The Flash episode) |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=October 4, 2016 |season=3 |number=1}}</ref> Changes to Joe's life are made even after the timeline is reset, primarily that he and Iris are not speaking because Joe never said that Francine was alive. However, they settle matters after Barry reveals the timeline changes.<ref name="Paradox">{{Cite episode |title=Paradox |episode-link=Paradox (The Flash) |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=October 11, 2016 |season=3 |number=2}}</ref> Joe fears for Wally's life after discovering Wally's dreams as [[Kid Flash]] and was badly injured in the erased timeline.<ref name="Shade">{{Cite episode |title=Shade |episode-link=Shade (The Flash) |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=November 15, 2016 |season=3 |number=6}}</ref> After Wally becomes a speedster, however, Joe eventually accepts his son's destiny thanks to [[H.R. Wells]].<ref name="Killer Frost">{{Cite episode |title=Killer Frost |episode-link=Killer Frost (The Flash episode) |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=November 22, 2016 |season=3 |number=7}}</ref> He also begins to move on from his widowhood by dating district attorney [[Cecile Horton]].<ref name="Shade" /><ref name="I Know Who You Are">{{Cite episode |title=I Know Who You Are |episode-link=I Know Who You Are (The Flash) |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=May 2, 2017 |season=3 |number=20}}</ref>
In season three, Joe experiences radical differences after Barry creates the alternate [[Flashpoint (comics)|Flashpoint timeline]].<ref name="Flashpoint">{{Cite episode |title=Flashpoint |episode-link=Flashpoint (The Flash episode) |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=October 4, 2016 |season=3 |number=1}}</ref> Changes to Joe's life are made even after the timeline is reset, primarily that he and Iris are not speaking because Joe never said that Francine was alive. However, they settle matters after Barry reveals the timeline changes.<ref name="Paradox">{{Cite episode |title=Paradox |episode-link=Paradox (The Flash) |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=October 11, 2016 |season=3 |number=2}}</ref> Joe fears for Wally's life after discovering Wally's dreams as [[Kid Flash]] and was badly injured in the erased timeline.<ref name="Shade">{{Cite episode |title=Shade |episode-link=Shade (The Flash) |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=November 15, 2016 |season=3 |number=6}}</ref> After Wally becomes a speedster, however, Joe eventually accepts his son's destiny thanks to [[H.R. Wells]].<ref name="Killer Frost">{{Cite episode |title=Killer Frost |episode-link=Killer Frost (The Flash episode) |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=November 22, 2016 |season=3 |number=7}}</ref> He also begins to move on from his widowhood by dating district attorney [[Cecile Horton]].<ref name="Shade" /><ref name="I Know Who You Are">{{Cite episode |title=I Know Who You Are |episode-link=I Know Who You Are (The Flash) |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=May 2, 2017 |season=3 |number=20}}</ref>


In season four, Joe learns that Cecile is pregnant with his child.<ref name="Luck Be a Lady">{{Cite episode |title=Luck Be a Lady |episode-link=Luck Be a Lady (The Flash) |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=October 24, 2017 |season=4 |number=3}}</ref> Having a child young enough to be their grandchild causes him and Cecile to initially experience a [[midlife crisis]].<ref name="Elongated Journey Into Night">{{Cite episode |title=Elongated Journey Into Night |episode-link=Elongated Journey Into Night |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=October 31, 2017 |season=4 |number=4}}</ref><ref name="Girls Night Out">{{Cite episode |title=Girls Night Out |episode-link=Girls Night Out (The Flash) |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=November 7, 2017 |season=4 |number=5}}</ref> When Barry is on trial after being framed for [[Clifford DeVoe (Arrowverse)|Clifford DeVoe]]'s "murder", Joe considers framing DeVoe's wife and ally [[Marlize DeVoe]] to prove Barry's innocence, but is talked out of doing it by [[Ralph Dibny (Arrowverse)|Ralph Dibny]].<ref name="The Trial of The Flash">{{Cite episode |title=The Trial of The Flash |episode-link=The Trial of The Flash |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=January 16, 2018 |season=4 |number=10}}</ref> When Cecile goes into labor during Barry's final battle with DeVoe, Joe stays by Cecile as Caitlin helps to deliver their child; following DeVoe's demise, he and Cecile later name their newborn daughter Jenna Marie West. He later talks to Wally at the party that follows, being proud of his son's new confidence, and be delightful with Jenna's birth. His friends and family also meet [[Nora West-Allen]], Barry and Iris' future daughter and therefore Joe's yet-to-be born granddaughter.<ref name="We Are the Flash">{{Cite episode |title=We Are the Flash |episode-link=We Are the Flash |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=May 22, 2018 |season=4 |number=23}}</ref>
In season four, Joe learns that Cecile is pregnant with his child.<ref name="Luck Be a Lady">{{Cite episode |title=Luck Be a Lady |episode-link=Luck Be a Lady (The Flash) |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=October 24, 2017 |season=4 |number=3}}</ref> Having a child young enough to be their grandchild causes him and Cecile to initially experience a [[midlife crisis]].<ref name="Elongated Journey Into Night">{{Cite episode |title=Elongated Journey Into Night |episode-link=Elongated Journey Into Night |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=October 31, 2017 |season=4 |number=4}}</ref><ref name="Girls Night Out">{{Cite episode |title=Girls Night Out |episode-link=Girls Night Out (The Flash) |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=November 7, 2017 |season=4 |number=5}}</ref> When Barry is on trial after being framed for [[Clifford DeVoe (Arrowverse)|Clifford DeVoe]]'s "murder", Joe considers framing DeVoe's wife and ally [[Marlize DeVoe]] to prove Barry's innocence, but is talked out of doing it by [[Ralph Dibny (Arrowverse)|Ralph Dibny]].<ref name="The Trial of The Flash">{{Cite episode |title=The Trial of The Flash |episode-link=The Trial of The Flash |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=January 16, 2018 |season=4 |number=10}}</ref> After Barry is exonerated, Joe is among those who celebrate with him.<ref name="True Colors">{{Cite episode |title=True Colors |episode-link=True Colors (The Flash) |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=February 6, 2018 |season=4 |number=13}}</ref> When Cecile goes into labor during Barry's final battle with DeVoe, Joe stays by Cecile as Caitlin helps to deliver their child; following DeVoe's demise, he and Cecile later name their newborn daughter Jenna Marie West. He later talks to Wally at the party that follows, being proud of his son's new confidence, and be delightful with Jenna's birth. His friends and family also meet [[Nora West-Allen]], Barry and Iris' future daughter and therefore Joe's yet-to-be born granddaughter.<ref name="We Are the Flash">{{Cite episode |title=We Are the Flash |episode-link=We Are the Flash |series=The Flash |series-link=The Flash (2014 TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=May 22, 2018 |season=4 |number=23}}</ref>


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Revision as of 16:54, 14 March 2019

Joe West
The Flash character
First appearance"Pilot" (2014)
Created by
Portrayed byJesse L. Martin
In-universe information
OccupationPolice detective
AffiliationTeam Flash
SpouseFrancine West (deceased)
Children
RelativesNora West-Allen (maternal granddaughter; future)
NationalityAmerican

Joe West is a fictional character portrayed by Jesse L. Martin in the CW television series The Flash. Created by Geoff Johns, Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg, the character was introduced in the pilot episode. He is the foster father (later father-in-law) of protagonist Barry Allen / Flash, father of Iris West, Wally West, and Jenna West, and future maternal grandfather of Nora West-Allen. Joe works at the Central City Police Department as a detective, heading its metahuman task force, and aids Barry in keeping the city safe from superpowered and dangerous criminals. Martin has also reprised the role of Joe in the television series Supergirl, which is part of the Arrowverse franchise along with The Flash.

Fictional character biography

Central City police detective Joe West originally was married to Francine with whom they had their daughter Iris. During their marriage, Francine developed a drug addiction that Joe failed to recognize early on. Despite his attempts to help, Francine left Joe when Iris was a child. Joe eventually lost track of Francine and told Iris that Francine had died to spare pain, since Iris had little memory of the woman. Despite his wife's abandonment of the family, Joe never filed for divorce. Unbeknownst to Joe, Francine gave birth to their son Wally after leaving the family. The Wests were neighbors to the Allen family: Henry, Nora and their son Barry. After Nora was murdered and Henry tried and convicted of the crime, Joe became Barry's legal guardian, taking the boy in to live with him and Iris. Joe provided Barry a stable, loving home and family environment; Joe to this day regards Barry as his son, and the adult Barry considers Joe to be just as much his father as Henry. Joe remained convinced Henry killed Nora, despite Barry's insistence of witnessing mysterious speedsters fighting that night and pursuit of other claims of metahuman activities to establish Henry's innocence.

In season one, Joe realizes that Barry may have been right after the S.T.A.R. Labs' particle accelerator explodes and transforms Barry and other individuals in Central City into metahumans. He aids in Barry's crime-fighting efforts as the costumed speedster known as the Flash and agrees to help exonerate Henry. Joe becomes one of the few who knows Barry's secret early on, alongside Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon,[1] and he insists to Barry to not reveal this secret for Iris's safety. Joe is partnered with detective Eddie Thawne and they have a good working relationship until Eddie begins dating Iris, which colors Joe's feelings towards Eddie. Joe also knows that a police officer's life is dangerous and potentially deadly, and he wants to shield his daughter from that.[2] Joe secretly investigates S.T.A.R. Labs' director Harrison Wells.[3] Joe, Barry, Caitlin and Cisco ultimately discover "Wells" is actually the time-travelling speedster Eobard Thawne.[4] Joe is powerless when Eddie shoots himself dead in order to erase Thawne (his descendant) seemingly from existence.[5]

In season two, Joe becomes head of Central City Police Department's metahuman task-force, working with Cisco and Patty Spivot.[6] He relies on Cisco's inventions to deal with superhuman criminals and becomes a mentor to the two. Joe later struggles with his disintegrated marriage when Francine resurfaces,[7] leading him to face widowhood after learning that Francine is dying of a terminal illness.[8] Joe ultimately learns of Wally through Iris discovering Wally's existence.[9] Once they are introduced, their connection is uneasy; Joe is unsure of how to be a father to Wally, and Wally is somewhat resentful that his detective father was not there.[10] But after the Earth-2 speedster Hunter Zolomon kidnaps Wally, father and son become close.[11] Joe is proud of Wally's aptitude in mechanical engineering and strong need to help others. After Wally is exposed to Harry Wells's dark matter experiment,[12] Joe suspects that his son has become a metahuman.[13] Joe gets captured during an attempt to neutralize Zolomon, however, Barry defeats Zolomon and saves the multiverse.[14]

In season three, Joe experiences radical differences after Barry creates the alternate Flashpoint timeline.[15] Changes to Joe's life are made even after the timeline is reset, primarily that he and Iris are not speaking because Joe never said that Francine was alive. However, they settle matters after Barry reveals the timeline changes.[16] Joe fears for Wally's life after discovering Wally's dreams as Kid Flash and was badly injured in the erased timeline.[17] After Wally becomes a speedster, however, Joe eventually accepts his son's destiny thanks to H.R. Wells.[18] He also begins to move on from his widowhood by dating district attorney Cecile Horton.[17][19]

In season four, Joe learns that Cecile is pregnant with his child.[20] Having a child young enough to be their grandchild causes him and Cecile to initially experience a midlife crisis.[21][22] When Barry is on trial after being framed for Clifford DeVoe's "murder", Joe considers framing DeVoe's wife and ally Marlize DeVoe to prove Barry's innocence, but is talked out of doing it by Ralph Dibny.[23] After Barry is exonerated, Joe is among those who celebrate with him.[24] When Cecile goes into labor during Barry's final battle with DeVoe, Joe stays by Cecile as Caitlin helps to deliver their child; following DeVoe's demise, he and Cecile later name their newborn daughter Jenna Marie West. He later talks to Wally at the party that follows, being proud of his son's new confidence, and be delightful with Jenna's birth. His friends and family also meet Nora West-Allen, Barry and Iris' future daughter and therefore Joe's yet-to-be born granddaughter.[25]

Other versions

In season two, Barry meets Joe's Earth-2 doppelgänger Joseph West, a lounge singer who does not share a father-son bond with that Earth's Barry who is married to Joseph's daughter Iris, a police detective. Joseph even blames Barry for Iris being in the police, claiming she joined to help pay his tuition to further his forensics career, though Iris herself denies this. Joseph is killed when Deathstorm hurls an energy blast at him.[26][27]

In the Flashpoint timeline of season three, Joe is an alcoholic, uncommitted to his job and preferring to stay home and drink. He is estranged from both of his children and is unaware that Wally is secretly the Flash.[15] In an alternate 2024, Joe is shown to still be grieving Iris' death and Wally's paralysis and catatonia, both caused by Savitar. He is even estranged from Barry who severed ties with him in pursuit of vengeance against Savitar.[28]

In a dreamworld created by the Music Meister in the episode "Duet," a gangster named Digsy Foss resembles Joe and is a rival of "Cutter" Moran, who has the likeness of Malcolm Merlyn. In addition, he has an unnamed husband who has the likeness of Martin Stein. Digsy confronts Moran outside his club and a firefight ensues, leaving no survivors.[29][30]

Development

Executive producers Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg, and DC Comics CCO Geoff Johns, created the character of Joe West for the CW series The Flash. In January 2014, Jesse L. Martin was cast in the role, described as "an honest, blue-collar cop who is a surrogate father to Barry", and the biological father of Iris West.[31] Although Barry's foster father in the comics is Darryl Frye,[32] and Iris' father during the Bronze Age of Comic Books was Ira West,[33] and William West since the launch of the New 52,[34] Joe West is an original creation for the TV series.[35] However, like Iris' family in the comics since the launch of the New 52, he and Iris were written as African-American for the TV series.[36] Regarding Joe's relationship with Barry, Martin said, "When something is bothering [Barry], he will come to [Joe]. He won't go to Harrison Wells to talk about his real life. He comes to [Joe]."[37] In season five, Joe made less appearances due to Martin taking a medical leave of absence from the series after suffering a back injury.[38]

Critical reception

Reviewing the pilot episode of The Flash, IGN's Jesse Schedeen praised the dynamic between Joe and Barry, calling it "solid".[39] In 2015, Leah Thomas of Bustle ranked Joe fifth in her list of "original characters who help complete DC Comics' TV Universe".[35] Irina Curovic of Comic Book Resources felt that Joe lacked a clear purpose in season 3 since, unlike the previous two seasons where he was an important ally for Barry in catching criminals, "the third season mostly used Joe for the purposes of exposition". She felt that for this reason, the series no longer needed him.[40] Screen Rant's Jason Berman ranked Martin eighth on his 2016 list "20 Best Actors in the Arrowverse".[41] The following year, Katerina Daley of the same website included Joe in her list "7 Best (And 8 Worst) Arrowverse Characters", saying, "One of the most loving and committed fathers on television right now, Joe West portrayed with beautiful conviction by the esteemed Jesse L. Martin, is everything that a father should be."[42]

Other appearances

Martin reprised his role in the TV series Supergirl (also part of the Arrowverse franchise along with The Flash) in that series' episode of the four-part crossover event "Crisis on Earth-X".[43] When he and Cecile are attending Barry and Iris' wedding, it is suddenly interrupted by invaders from Nazi-dominated Earth-X led by Dark Arrow and his Kryptonian wife Overgirl. Barry and his allies fight the invaders, while Wally takes Joe and Cecile to safety.[44] Joe does not appear in the remaining three episodes of the crossover which take place across Arrow,[45] The Flash,[46] and Legends of Tomorrow,[47] but after the deaths of Dark Arrow and Overgirl in the Legends of Tomorrow episode, John Diggle officiates Barry and Iris' wedding, therefore making Joe the father-in-law of Barry.[48]

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