THE FLASH: According To CW President, Barry's Flashpoint Arc Will Only Last "A Couple Of Episodes"

THE FLASH: According To CW President, Barry's Flashpoint Arc Will Only Last "A Couple Of Episodes"

It's been somewhat expected that the Flashpoint storyline wouldn't last the entirety of the season, and we've received an interesting tidbit from The CW president Mark Pedowitz regarding the length of the arc.

By RohanPatel - Aug 11, 2016 10:08 AM EST
Filed Under: The Flash
Source: TCA
At the Television Critics Association press tour, The CW president Mark Pedowitz revealed to the audience the length of Barry's journey into the alternate Flashpoint timeline, teasing that "The Flashpoint exercise is only for a couple episodes before it comes back in" (presumably back into the original timeline). He doesn't say much more, likely saving it for the show's panel later today.

With the show set to co-host an epic four-part crossover event with its DC TV sister shows - Supergirl, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow - sometime before the winter hiatus, it wasn't a stretch to assume the Flashpoint arc would be completed before the event took place and/or be resolved during the crossover itself. Not much is currently known about how The Flash plans on tackling Flashpoint, but a couple things we do know are that Wally West will be taking on the Kid Flash mantle, the Reverse Flash will return, and the Mirror Master is set to make his debut.

So, what do you guys think? Were you expecting more time in the Flashpoint Paradox? Sound off with your thoughts below!


Blinded by anger, Barry unwittingly plays into Zoom's game and uncovers the evil speedster's true goal: to destroy all the earths in the multiverse. In the face 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.

The Flash features:
Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/Flash
Candice Patton as Iris West
Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow
Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon
Tom Cavanagh as Dr. Harrison Wells
Jesse L. Martin as Detective Joe West
John Wesley Shipp as Henry Allen/Jay Garrick
Michelle Harrison as Nora Allen
Keiynan Lonsdale as Wally West/Kid Flash
Violett Beane as Jesse Quick
Tom Felton as Julian Dorn


The Flash returns October 4

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Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/11/2016, 10:13 AM
What? That's a turn off man...i was hoping for...at the very least half a season! :(
Yaf
Yaf - 8/11/2016, 10:36 AM
@Doomsday8888 - I called it from day one. It's like the show Supernatural, they had a similar arc but ended it before its 200th episode. This arc will get ended before the 50th.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/11/2016, 12:29 PM
@Yaf - I guess, only tv series like "Fringe" had the balls to carry out an entire arc for a complete season, rewrite timelines etc...
JonesTheCat
JonesTheCat - 8/11/2016, 1:08 PM
@Doomsday8888 - it's gonna be just like last year when the team was split up and it seemed like a new dynamic, only for them to reunite by the end of the first episode
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/11/2016, 2:18 PM
@JonesTheCat - Yeah i think so too.
BUT! I REALLY hope that his parents stay alive! : \
MrDandy
MrDandy - 8/11/2016, 10:33 AM
WHAT?! Boo! I knew it wouldn't go all season but I was hoping for at least a third of the season to cover Flashpoint.
MrAisA
MrAisA - 8/11/2016, 10:33 AM
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 8/11/2016, 10:34 AM
It will be interesting to find out how the universe would be had Reverse Flash not killed off Barry's mom. Hopefully it will show how Barry acted before Flash: Rebirth, because l personally liked Barry more then compared to how now his mom has to be killed off.

I liked back then how it showed not everyone that wants to be a superhero needs to have one or both of their parents killed off. So hopefully some of that will be explored.
MeAreLegend
MeAreLegend - 8/11/2016, 4:17 PM
@BlackIceJoe - It's the original Timeline, where Barry's mom is still alive and stuff, and where he eventually dies battling the reverse flash.
McGee
McGee - 8/11/2016, 10:44 AM
So Flashpoint will be a two-hour TV movie adaptation.

AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 8/11/2016, 11:04 AM
@McGee - You want this Flashpoint to cause a time rip that puts a version of Felicity on every CW show. You know it to be true
Shazam
Shazam - 8/11/2016, 11:28 AM
@McGee -

McGee
McGee - 8/11/2016, 11:42 AM
@AsgardianHobo - I just want that inevitable spin off series.

McGee
McGee - 8/11/2016, 11:42 AM
@Shazam - LMFAO!!!!!!
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 8/11/2016, 10:47 AM
Just please make it good and not me drama... The Action in the Flash is the reason why I watch it.


McGee
McGee - 8/11/2016, 11:43 AM
@slickrickdesigns -

Asrchele
Asrchele - 8/11/2016, 11:16 AM
Predictable. Every cliffhanger is resolved in one or two episodes and back to the status quo.
JohnnyTBP
JohnnyTBP - 8/11/2016, 11:21 AM
It shout be 6 episodes to me, flesh it out., no need to end it so quickly unless they can piece it together to make sense
NightBoyWonder
NightBoyWonder - 8/11/2016, 11:21 AM
Well I mean, this is the best choice to go with honestly.
TheRockmore
TheRockmore - 8/11/2016, 11:23 AM
Lol all these ignorant people in the comments.

You do know that the actual comic book arc of Flashpoint lasted 5 issues and MAYBE was a week of Barry's life right?
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