Official Descriptions For Season And Series Premieres Of ARROW And THE FLASH

Official Descriptions For Season And Series Premieres Of ARROW And THE FLASH

The CW have released the official descriptions for both the season premiere of Arrow ("The Calm") and the very first episode of The Flash ("City of Heroes"). The former reveals some very interesting details about the role Peter Stormare's Vertigo will have...

By JoshWilding - Sep 18, 2014 11:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Arrow

OLIVER SEARCHES FOR AN IDENTITY BEYOND THE ARROW — With crime in Starling City at an all-time low thanks to the Arrow (Stephen Amell) and his team, Oliver thinks he can finally balance being both the Arrow and Oliver Queen and asks Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) out on a date. However, when a new villain (guest star Peter Stormare) emerges, who has claimed the name Vertigo from the recently deceased Count, Oliver is caught off-guard and someone close to him is hurt. Oliver and a newly suited up Roy (Colton Haynes) take on the Count. Meanwhile, Diggle (David Ramsey) becomes a father, Lance (Paul Blackthorne) is promoted to Captain, Laurel (Katie Cassidy) joins Arrow’s inner circle and Felicity gets a part-time job at a tech store to make ends meet. Also, Oliver fights to regain his company, Queen Consolidated, but comes up against a very worthy opponent – the charming Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh). Glen Winter directed the episode with story by Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg and teleplay by Marc Guggenheim & Jake Coburn. 


Starring Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey, Emily Bett Rickards, Colton Haynes, Willa Holland, Paul Blackthorne, and John Barrowman, Arrow will air on Wednesdays at 8pm ET/PT on The CW with season three set to premiere on October 8th. Are you guys excited?

THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE IS BORN — Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) was just 11 years old when his mother was killed in a bizarre and terrifying incident and his father (John Wesley Shipp) was falsely convicted of the murder. With his life changed forever by the tragedy, Barry was taken in and raised by Detective Joe West (Jesse L. Martin), the father of Barry’s best friend, Iris (Candice Patton). Now, Barry has become a brilliant, driven and endearingly geeky CSI investigator, whose determination to uncover the truth about his mother’s strange death leads him to follow up on every unexplained urban legend and scientific advancement that comes along. Barry’s latest obsession is a cutting edge particle accelerator, created by visionary physicist Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh) and his S.T.A.R. Labs team members, Caitlin Snow (Danielle Panabaker) and Cisco Ramon (Carlos Valdes), who claim that this invention will bring about unimaginable advancements in power and medicine. However, something goes horribly wrong during the public unveiling, and when the devastating explosion causes a freak storm, many lives are lost and Barry is struck by lightning. After nine months in a coma, Barry awakens to find his life has changed once again – the accident has given him the power of super speed. Thrilled with his new powers, Barry learns how to control them with the help of Dr. Wells and his team. However, keeping his secret from his best friend Iris (Candice Patton) is proving to be harder than he thought, especially when Joe’s new partner, Eddie Thawne (Rick Cosnett), catches her eye. When another meta-human attacks the city, it’s time to put Barry’s new powers, and himself, to the test. David Nutter directed the episode with story by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kresiberg and Geoff Johns and teleplay by Andrew Kreisberg and Geoff Johns. 


Starring Grant Gustin as Barry Allen, The Flash will premiere on the CW on October 7th! The pilot was well-received after being shown at this year's San Diego Comic-Con (as well as by fans who managed to get their hands on a leaked copy a little while before that), and with Captain Cold, Firestorm and more all coming to Central City, this one will be well worth keeping an eye on!
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SKOne
SKOne - 9/18/2014, 11:44 AM
I am beyond excited for these two shows and Constantine, I really hope they are all great!
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 9/18/2014, 12:04 PM
Official Description of Spock0Clock's Reaction to Arrow and the Flash Premieres:



Disappointment and mild frustration.
TheBeard
TheBeard - 9/18/2014, 12:06 PM
Coming from someone who has never read a single Flash book, i thought the first episode was good.
Dmon
Dmon - 9/18/2014, 12:16 PM
This is how excited I am:

Dmon
Dmon - 9/18/2014, 12:18 PM
@DaneMendieta And AOS would be a much better show if they got rid of the eye rolling moments. I think I rolled my eyes every 5 seconds during the Sif episode.
Pasto
Pasto - 9/18/2014, 12:19 PM
I am most excited.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 9/18/2014, 12:21 PM
@Dmon

Can we please not do this Brand vs. Brand garbage in every [frick]ing thread?
Dmon
Dmon - 9/18/2014, 12:22 PM
@Spock0Clock

Can you please not come on every Arrow article and post nothing but negative comments.
Pasto
Pasto - 9/18/2014, 12:28 PM
I watched both AoS and Arrow and for the most part enjoyed them, but there are eye rolling bits in both series

He look, someone who isn't biased or has their head up their ass.

Good job Doopie.

Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 9/18/2014, 12:29 PM
@Dmon

I'm positive that the first two seasons of Arrow were mediocre television, but if they do shift gears away from standard soap opera relationship angsting (and avoid it starting in Flash), then it could potentially improve.

What is it about "Arrow" that makes its fans so completely defensive and reactionary to criticism? I've never seen anything like it outside of fundamentalist religions.
Dmon
Dmon - 9/18/2014, 12:30 PM
Every memorable moment in the Green Arrow comics has been soap opera ones. Drug Addict surrogate son, drug induced rape, 2 illegitimate sons, his marriage to Black Canary.
Pasto
Pasto - 9/18/2014, 12:31 PM
@Spock0Clock
The funny thing is you make it seem that only fans of Arrow are defensive about what they like.

Are you new here?

Cause I think you might be...
Pasto
Pasto - 9/18/2014, 12:34 PM
@DaneMendieta
Give me some examples of how I'm biased.




I'll wait.
Pasto
Pasto - 9/18/2014, 12:38 PM
Still waiting.

JamesMan
JamesMan - 9/18/2014, 12:39 PM
@Dane

Are you saying there are no Marvel fans like that? Really?
Pasto
Pasto - 9/18/2014, 12:40 PM
@DaneMendieta


I guess the times I reported Jollem, Mantinium, and several trolls have just gone under your radar.

Try again.
Dmon
Dmon - 9/18/2014, 12:42 PM
@DaneMendieta I am going to laugh when AOS gets canceled "V" in the same time slot on ABC got better ratings and got canceled after 2 seasons. I have said since the beginning that AOS was a 2 season show.
Pasto
Pasto - 9/18/2014, 12:42 PM
The truly pitiful thing is you used something as mundane as the report system to supposedly show my bias among a subject.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 9/18/2014, 12:43 PM
I think the first half-season or so of Arrow (despite some very weird plotholes) were actually really promising. The "vigilante on a mission" with the mysterious events on the island in his past would have made a good show, but the flashbacks really demystified the island experience (similar to how every Wolverine origin story makes the character less interesting rather than more), and Oliver's mission has become muddled and vague to just helping people in general sort of and stopping Slade. Most shows tend to get sharper and better over time, (and I know some people think Arrow has), but I just don't see it.

I like the lead for the Flash, he's a strong screen presence and they seem to have found the right tone for him overall, but pretty much everything else about the pilot screamed "follow the standard TV formula". Wackie techies, unrequited will/they/won't/they, villains of the week per a single origin event, etc. etc. I just wonder what might have been if both shows had taken the road less traveled. Maybe Arrow being an actual modern day Robin Hood, and running afoul of the established social power structures and Flash as a CSI-lite detective show where the protagonist happens to have superspeed.

I'm not saying they should abandon the comicbook formula entirely, but build it into a larger recipe that doesn't just hit the same "secret identity/power-responsibility/hero-the-city-needs/will the hero get the girl" narrative we've already seen play out in the superhero genre over and over again.
Pasto
Pasto - 9/18/2014, 12:45 PM
Funny thing is some people differentiate between who they are reporting. They categorize them into two groups, Marvel trolls and DC trolls.

I have one group I report...

Trolls...
Pasto
Pasto - 9/18/2014, 12:46 PM
I've since stopped reporting Mantinium because I've realized that he won't be banned anytime soon. So why waste my time clogging up the hall of shame when people who could be banned should be in there?
Pasto
Pasto - 9/18/2014, 12:47 PM
And how the hell is someone who's only been here for a couple of months going to tell me who I report and who I don't?
Pasto
Pasto - 9/18/2014, 12:49 PM
@DaneMendieta
Maybe if you were here longer than me and have actually seen me in action (yeah, I said it) I would possibly give a shit about what you're saying...

But you haven't...

Soooo....
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