Next Week’s Arrowverse Crossover Is All Barry Allen’s Fault, Again

For Arrowverse followers, it’s a recurring gag you could blame Barry Allen continually altering the timeline for principally something going fallacious. Wake up as a fully totally different particular person? Blame Barry. You’ve bought superpowers now and your life’s unhealthy? Blame Barry. The multiverse is at risk? Blame Barry, even when that’s simply the film model. And what’s the inciting incident for subsequent week’s “Armageddon” crossover? Take a guess.

In an interview with TV Line, Gustin mentioned how his Scarlet Speedster would cross paths with the crossover’s villain, Tony Curran as Despero. After the previous seven seasons, Barry’s “leveled up” considerably and might deal with outdated foes just like the Royal Flush Gang no downside, however then Despero reveals up and claims that Barry’s gotta die to forestall some unhealthy shit. “Barry tries to tell Despero that this is just not possible,” Gustin says, “but there’s enough evidence that Despero gives to leave Barry pretty concerned that this future is something that might end up happening.”

Is the proof half of The Flash’s existence? From the aforementioned examples to comparatively small modifications like erasing the start of John Diggle’s daughter Sara or turning into his personal nemesis, Barry modifications the timeline on a regular basis…line. (At this level, Barry might most likely sneeze and trigger an earthquake.) In any case, Despero’s lifeless set on killing Barry to chop that occasion off on the cross, and meaning calling in some outdated pals to assist with the brand new baddie.

Starting off the spherical of visitor stars will likely be Brandon Routh’s lovable Legend of Tomorrow Ray Palmer, who had his first crossover on The Flash. “That was fun, because it’s just two old friends catching up for a while, until Despero shows up.” Once Ray leaves, different heroes like Cress Williams’ Black Lightning, Javicia Leslie’s Batwoman, and Mia Smoak’s Green Arrow will be a part of the fray. Gustin guarantees that although the five-week occasion is billed beneath The Flash, the looks from different characters ought to assist it really feel like an actual crossover, identical to the outdated days. “It’s not just standalones. We’re going to see a lot of different characters in the same episodes in the same scenes at the same time.”

“Armageddon” carries its personal significance past its weighty title, because it’s the primary full blown crossover for the Arrowverse for the reason that pandemic. Since the schedules of 5 totally different reveals didn’t should be balanced, issues had been simpler for Gustin, although not by a lot, particularly since he needed to miss two weeks after the start of his little one. “It was kind of the most challenging stretch of Flash I’ve had since season one,” he recollects. “My schedule was jam-packed for about six weeks. But it was cool — it definitely felt like a crossover event, but it all took place “at home” for us.”

The Flash’s “Armageddon” crossover will start on November 16.

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