The Flash has officially kicked off The CW's three-part “Invasion” DC crossover event, and while the invasion of the alien Dominators is the big threat, it's Flashpoint that struck the biggest blow to the superhero team. However, this crossover conflict won’t be the end of Flashpoint’s impact on the Arrowverse.
We attended a screening with other press where executive producers Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim explained how tonight’s Flashpoint truth bomb will affect the Arrowverse going forward.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for The Flash episode “Invasion!”
When Cisco forced Barry to tell the group about Flashpoint, Diggle was struck hardest when he learned that he once had a daughter, Sara, who was essentially erased from existence and replaced with John Jr. The cast of Arrow will continue to deal with the revelations of Flashpoint, especially in the show's fall finale next week.
“[In the Arrow] midseason finale, there's a fair amount of discussion about Flashpoint, given the fact that, essentially the crossover outed Flashpoint to the Arrow characters who weren't Felicity, and they deal with -- I think in some humorous ways, actually -- deal with some of the ramifications. For example, I think Curtis is concerned that maybe he was straight originally, as one example,” Guggenheim explained.
It's also worth noting that the rest of the “Invasion” crossover in this week’s Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow will continue to deal with the revelation of Flashpoint. When asked if there will continue to be Flashpoint deviations for other characters in the Arrowverse after the "Invasion!" crossover concludes, Kreisberg hedged the question by answering, "Pass!"
Flashpoint initially gets brought up when Stein and Jax share a secret recording with Barry that contains a message recorded by Barry 40 years in the future, warning Rip Hunter to not trust Barry. We assumed that Rip was being warned about Flashpoint, but that might not be the whole story, according to Kreisberg.
“The message from the future relates to Flashpoint, but it also may relate to something else coming up,” he teased.
Guggenheim elaborated, saying, “As far as Flash is concerned, obviously based on Episode 7 of Flash, Cisco and Barry were probably at their lowest point because Cisco learned that Dante died in the Flashpoint conundrum, to suddenly make it a Big Bang Theory title. But their friendship has been renewed through the course of these episodes. So when we come back in Episode 9, Team Flash is in a really good place and strong again, which they need to be, because they're going to confront Savitar in Episode 9.”
Speaking of Episode 9, Kriesberg revealed a significant piece of information: there’s something coming in the next episode of The Flash (which is the midseason finale where we’ve come to expect game-changing cliffhangers) that is so bad (and probably has to do with speed god Savitar) that it takes precedent over dealing with Flashpoint.
“The midseason finale, episode 9, kind of creates a new problem for our heroes that they weren't anticipating, something that they've never faced before," said Kreisberg. "It's so big, we're actually considering changing the saga sell from talking about Flashpoint to talking about that, because that's really what's driving the episodes for the rest of the season, actually. Flashpoint won't loom as large as the challenge that presents itself in [episode 9]."
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