The Flash Season 3: 12 Things You Need To Know
Get up to speed with all you need to know about The Flash's upcoming season.
With The Flash set to speed back to the small screen next month, there's a whole lot of change in the air for Grant Gustin's Scarlet Speedster.
By the time Season 2 of The CW's Sultan of Speed show came to a close, Gustin's Barry Allen had finally given in to the urge to go back in time and save his mother. Just when he'd managed to get his long-craved relationship with Iris West to become 'a thing', Barry instead opted to give up all of that as he sped back to the night his mother was killed. From there, he'd stop the Reverse-Flash from killing Nora, which in turn will lead to an entirely different 'present' for Barry and his world.
As ever, this new season has plenty of new additions, including some hugely intriguing villains, and the added element of Barry having changed the past means that there's the potential for so many things to be different in the modern-day setting of Central City. It really is a case of forgetting everything you know, as nothing is now what you once thought it to be; there's new heroes, those who were once dead are alive, and literally all bets are off on what to expect.
So, with that all said, let's take a look at what lies ahead for The Flash's third season and get you up to speed on all that you need to know.
12. Flashpoint!
First and foremost, the main inspiration for the initial elements of Season 3 of The Flash will be pulled from the fan favourite Flashpoint comic book arc. Penned by the iconic Geoff Johns, Flashpoint saw a completely different modern day setting come to be courtesy of Barry Allen travelling back in time to stop his mother from being killed.
The end of The Flash’s second season saw Grant Gustin’s Scarlet Speedster doing just that – speeding off back to the day that his mother was killed, and stopping the Reverse-Flash in his tracks – and so now we’ll have to see Barry dealing with an altered ‘present’ thanks to his actions in the past.
In the comic book world, Flashpoint saw huge shifts in established continuity, such as Bruce Wayne dying that night in Crime Alley, Thomas Wayne become a brutal, alcoholic Batman, Martha Wayne becoming The Joker, Superman being kept as a science experiment, Aquaman and Wonder Woman causing chaos across the globe as they embark on a bloody battle against each other, and Cyborg as the world’s main hero. And let’s face it, you know things are bad when Cyborg is humanity’s main sign of hope.
The televisual Flashpoint will see an altered ‘present’ timeline play out for the first four of five episodes of the season before things return to a more recognizable norm. Still, the repercussions of Flashpoint will be felt throughout the rest of this season and beyond.