Thank you for also noticing this!

I thought that had more meaning as well… maybe now it just means he was dead inside.

Yeah, but Thawne not killing Wells to move forward in time has a high likelihood of being one of the things that helped make this time line different.

I didn't see it mentioned anywhere, but we do see one flashback to the island where his Russian companion (whose name I have no clue about) had the glowing yellow eyes. Did I somehow miss an episode or was this snuck in?

And now I am reading her lines with Swearingen's voice. Thanks :p