Yep, Stephen Amell is returning as Oliver Queen for The Flash’s final season too
Stephen Amell joins Arrowverse alums David Ramsey, Keiynan Lonsdale, and Javica Leslie for The Flash's star-studded final season
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After yesterday’s news about returning guest stars for the final season of The Flash (which premieres on February 8, 2023 on the CW), we noted that the slippery nature of death for DC heroes could allow for another favorite from the Arrowverse to return. Specifically, The Arrow himself, who perished (twice!) in the multiversal crossover event “Crisis On Infinite Earths.” So it has come to pass just a day later that Flash showrunner Eric Wallace confirmed that Stephen Amell would return for the big Arrowverse sendoff.
“As soon as our final season was announced, we knew we wanted Stephen to come back and reprise his iconic role as Oliver Queen,” Wallace says in a statement (per TVLine). “After all, it was Oliver who originally launched Barry Allen on his heroic path. That’s why everyone on Team Flash felt so strongly that it was important to create a full-circle moment with Oliver’s return in the final season of The Flash.”
Wallace describes Amell’s upcoming guest appearance as “an epic-yet-emotional episode we hope Arrowverse fans will enjoy.” He adds, “It’s all to say ‘thank you’ to everyone for watching and supporting our show throughout nine wonderful years. We absolutely cannot wait for everyone to see Grant [Gustin] and Stephen saving the world together again. And yes, there will be thrills, chills and tears.”
Thrills, chills, and tears, oh my! Given that this is likely the end of an era for DC television that Amell helped usher in, it only makes sense for him to come back for the grand finale. Whether it’s in the form of a flashback, some sort of Speed Force mirage, or a genuine resurrection, fans of this corner of the multiverse are sure to enjoy Amell’s return. For his part, the actor addressed the news on Twitter with the simple message, “Of course I’m coming back,” and a GIF of Barry and Oliver hugging.
This is far from the only bit of fan service The Flash’s final season is serving. Previously announced guest stars include Keiynan Lonsdale (a.k.a. Wally West/Kid Flash), David Ramsey (John Diggle/Spartan), Javica Leslie (a.k.a. Ryan Wilder/Batwoman), and Nicole Maines (a.k.a. Nia Nal/Dreamer), among other familiar faces from Flash’s rogues’ gallery.
Not yet announced, but in the “likely” category, are Flash OGs like Carols Valdes (a.k.a. Cisco Ramon/Vibe) and Tom Cavanagh, who played Eobard Thawne and various versions of Harrison Wells, most of whom died or were erased from the multiverse. Wallace confirmed in a previous TVLine interview that his character was indeed dead after the eighth season, but added, “I’m pretty sure that in Season 9, there’s some reason that you might see Tom Cavanagh again. I won’t go into it, but that’s a pretty safe bet.” Death isn’t really an obstacle anymore, after all.
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K but Legends tho
Now we just need a JLA/Avengers crossover onscreen! (and no, the parodies from The Boys don’t count)
If they’re treating the Flash finale as the Arrowverse finale (as they should) can we at least get a Legends wrap-up too?
Also gotta get one last Captain Cold/Mick Rory scene in there. Seriously, can we just get a whatever plot they were gonna do for like 8 eps, then just spend the last five wrapping up the Arrowverse?
Awesome.
Is it weird that the IMDB page for season 9 has a synopsis for the series finale?“
As barry and the red death are closing in on each other, they have a
violent fight causing the multiverse to rupture with team flash to help.”
Is it worth watching the final season? Peaced out during the mirror arc and never came back.
I mean… it’s not out yet so… I don’t know?
Logic suggests that a fan-service final-season victory lap will feature a lot of things from the time when you still enjoyed the show. So there’s that.
Glad I’m not the only one.
It can’t be worse than the mirror universe arc and everything after that, right?RIGHT?
This is what I did too. I am torn-I really want to watch the final season of Flash because I so enjoyed the Arrowverse. But, as much as I enjoyed the performances of Gustin and Cavanaugh throughout, the Flash has been a pretty bad show for quite some time now. For me, it had the strongest first season of any Arrowverse show, followed by a big drop off and steady decline. I really don’t want to slog through a bunch of mediocre episodes to catch up.Maybe I will just find a summary of the last couple seasons to read somewhere?
But what about Robbie Amell? He was a pretty important character in Season 1 and then promptly never (or almost never) mentioned again.Edit: looks like he came back in 2022.
yeah man, he was DeathStorm in just last year..
I dropped off the Arrowverse in Flash S5, with plans to catch up on Netflix but it’s just soo many episodes. 20 episodes per show per seasons is too much for me.
Just let me know which episode and I’ll watch it. Other than that, I haven’t been bothered with The Flash in a couple of seasons or so. The only reason I watched it, to begin with, was to keep up with crossovers.
But will it top Stephen Amell conquering American Ninja Warrior:
Honestly, if someone is still watching the show at this point, good for them. I hope this final season is everything they could ever want. Meanwhile I’m pretty sure that this was the show that kickstarted my superhero fatigue – there’s something impressive about how vacuous it managed to feel after just a short time. Not even the illusion of meaningful character arcs.