Originally Posted by
lancerman
The ultimate thing is, if Wells was innocent, then there was no harm in letting Barry, Joe, and Cisco investigate without clueing Wells in on it. Best case scenario, they prove or find nothing. Worst case scenario, he's guilty and then she knows that she's been lied to for years, this nan ruined her and her boyfriends life , harmed untold amounts of people with his accelerator explosion and is one of the most dangerous men in the world.
The alternative to that is tell him, kill any investigation, never really know, possibly put everyone at risk.
There were enough reasons to give them suspicion. Joe and Eddie really has no reason to be loyal to Wells. Barry wasn't suspicious until a reporter who was looking into Wells went missing. If anybody else was the Reverse Flash, why kill a guy whose linking someone else to the identity? The only person who benefits is Wells if he's the a Reverse Flash. That made sense for Barry in conjunction with Joe always being skeptical. Cisco was always weary of his machine not working, and he had been having recurring nightmares that were dressing him out. That made him more prone to believe it.
So it comes down to the Caitlin scenario I already laid out. She has nothing to lose. The only negative thing that could happen is that Wells is innocent, he finds out, gets upset, everyone explains there side of the story, and he either forgives them or doesn't. That's the biggest risk if he's innocent.
It's really the only logical thing.