New Season Synopses Revealed For Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, And Legends Of Tomorrow
The CW's DC-universe continues to grow.
We're steadily approaching October, and the next chapter in DC's successful screen universe: the one taking place on TV.
The CW's shows continue to grow, with this year seeing Supergirl joining the ranks alongside Arrow, The Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow, and now the network has revealed new plot summaries for each of the upcoming seasons (2, 5, 3, and 2 respectively) which give us a few more clues as to what we can expect. The Supergirl synopsis is as follows:
"Kara has left the safety of being Cat Grant’s assistant in order to figure out what she really wants to do, while as Supergirl she continues to work at the DEO, protecting the citizens of National City and searching for Jeremiah and Cadmus. Along the way, she will team up with Superman (Tyler Hoechlin) to battle new villains, as she strives to balance her personal life with her life as a superhero."
It's not really a surprise they're pushing Superman in the synopsis, given the stature of the character, although it remains to be seen just how big a part he has to play in things, while the rest of the synopsis sounds like a natural continuation of Season 1. Supergirl Season 2 stars October 10.
The synopsis of Arrow Season 5 reads:
"Newly appointed Mayor Oliver Queen finds himself challenged as he fights on two fronts for the future of Star City. With Diggle back in the military and Thea adamant about hanging up her hood as Speedy, Team Green Arrow is down to just Oliver and Felicity – but they’re no longer the only vigilantes in town. Green Arrow’s public defeat of Damien Darhk at the end of Season Four has inspired a new crop of masked heroes to step up and defend the city, though their painful inexperience makes them obstacles, rather than allies, in the field. The arrival of a deadly new adversary will force Oliver to confront questions about his own legacy, both as mayor and as the Green Arrow."
That fits with everything we've heard so far, with those new heroes including Wild Dog and Evelyn Sharp, and the villain set to be Prometheus (although a different version to the one in the comics), and the idea of going back-to-basics and things from Season 1 coming back around. Arrow Season 5 begins October 5.
The Flash Season 3 synopsis is:
"Blinded by anger, Barry unwittingly plays into Zoom’s game and uncovers the evil speedster’s true goal: to destroy all Earths in the multiverse. In the race of his life, Barry ultimately gets the upper hand against Zoom and defeats his nemesis. But unable to celebrate victory, Barry makes a world-shaking decision and speeds back in time to the night his mother died to stop Reverse Flash from killing her, irrevocably changing his past and redetermining his future."
No clues there, but just further affirmation to how much they're going to be pushing Flashpoint in the first part of the season. Season 3 will be up and running from October 4.
Finally, the Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 synopsis (which is considerably longer than all the others):
"After the defeat of the immortal villain Vandal Savage and the corrupt Time Masters who colluded with him, a new threat emerges. Dr. Nate Heywood (Nick Zano), an unconventional and charming historian, is thrust into the action upon making a shocking discovery – the Legends are scattered throughout time."Nate must find a way to rescue season one’s beloved team of heroes and rogues, including billionaire inventor Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh), who has created an exo-suit with the power to shrink him to miniscule size, as the Atom; Sara Lance (Caity Lotz), the White Canary, a trained assassin; Professor Martin Stein (Victor Garber) and Jefferson “Jax” Jackson (Franz Drameh), who together form the meta-human Firestorm; and Mick Rory (Dominic Purcell), aka Heat Wave, a career criminal. When the Legends encounter the J.S.A (the Justice Society of America, the precursor to DC’s Justice League) in the 1940s, Amaya Jiwe (Maisie Richardson-Sellers), aka Vixen, joins the team. While the team reunites, a mystery looms – the fate of former captain Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill)."Once reunited, the Legends continue their new mission to protect the timeline from temporal aberrations – unusual changes to history that spawn potentially catastrophic consequences. When Nate, the grandson of J.S.A. member Commander Steel, unexpectedly finds himself with powers, he must overcome his own insecurities and find the hero within himself. Ultimately, the Legends will clash with foes both past and present, to save the world from a mysterious new threat."
There's a bit more meat to that one, teasing the arrival of the new team members, and in particular the presence of the JSA, and an upping of the stakes from Season 1. Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 gets underway October 13.
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